Larry Ball  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Ball can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Ball's move to first base is average. Ball is nothing special in the field. Ball is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ball has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Ball as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2003 DET 94 72 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 49 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 348
2004 DET 94 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 51 0 0 0 30 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 348
2005 DET 94 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 51 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 346
2006 DET 94 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 51 0 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 346
2007 DET 93 72 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 51 0 0 0 33 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 345
2008 DET 94 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 51 0 0 0 34 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 344
2009 DET 92 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 52 0 0 0 35 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 342
2010 DET 94 71 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 52 0 0 0 36 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 343
2011 DET 91 70 76 72 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 52 0 0 0 37 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 335
2012 DET 88 70 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 52 0 0 0 38 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 333
2013 FA 85 67 76 74 54 42 56 50 56 65 46 60 53 0 0 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 325
Ratings Delta   -3 -3                     +1       +1 +1           -1 -8
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.