Vinny Blackburn  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Blackburn needs to have sharp command to succeed. Blackburn also has a solid changeup that he'll use at any point in the count. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Because he can't overpower hitters, Blackburn has to fool them instead. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Blackburn has been regarded as a poor fielder throughout his career, and last year was no different. Blackburn is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Blackburn has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Blackburn 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
2003 FA 70 76 59 61 56 57 49 49 47 64 77 0 0 64 0 0 32 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 44 320
2004 FA 68 76 58 61 56 57 49 49 47 64 77 0 0 64 0 0 33 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 316
2005 FA 68 76 58 61 56 57 49 49 47 64 77 0 0 64 0 0 33 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 316
2006 FA 65 72 58 61 56 57 49 49 47 64 77 0 0 64 0 0 83 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 43 209
Ratings Delta   -3 -4                             +50 +2             -107
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.