Bobby Barton  
Starting Pitcher | Detroit Polar Bears

Pitching
The bottom also falls out of his very good changeup. Barton throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. Barton 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. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Barton uses a slide step to keep runners close. He fielded his position creditably. Barton is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Barton has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Detroit Polar Bears have been known to use Barton as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

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
2004 LON 79 63 25 50 48 47 48 49 47 56 54 66 0 0 0 0 19 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 5 35 37 200
2005 SJ 82 65 35 65 48 47 48 49 47 56 54 72 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 40 235
2006 SJ 82 65 35 65 48 47 48 49 47 56 54 72 0 0 0 0 20 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 7 40 235
2007 SJ 83 65 52 76 48 47 48 49 47 56 66 72 0 0 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 277
2008 SJ 85 65 59 80 48 47 48 49 47 58 73 72 0 0 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 299
2009 SJ 87 65 67 82 48 47 48 49 47 59 73 72 0 0 0 0 24 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 313
2010 DET 87 65 73 82 48 47 48 49 47 59 78 72 0 0 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 65 323
2011 DET 87 65 73 82 48 47 48 49 47 59 81 72 0 0 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 326
2012 DET 87 65 73 82 48 47 48 49 47 60 82 75 0 0 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 329
2013 DET 85 65 73 82 48 47 48 49 47 61 83 77 0 0 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 329
2014 DET 87 65 73 82 48 47 48 49 47 61 83 77 0 0 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 330
Ratings Delta   +2                               +1 +1             +1
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.