UBL Biorhythm: Tom Branson

Tom Branson
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
A groundball pitcher, Branson needs to have sharp command to succeed. Branson can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Branson has one of the better pickoff moves among big league righthanders. Branson is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Branson is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Branson has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Branson 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	CHI	90	61	83	78	56	46	51	46	51	49	48	58	0	60	0	0	33	4	Overhand	Active	0	0	0	45	352
2004	ROM	90	61	83	77	56	46	51	46	51	49	48	59	0	60	0	0	34	5	Overhand	Active	0	0	0	45	350
2005	LON	87	57	83	77	56	46	51	46	51	49	48	59	0	60	0	0	35	7	Overhand	Active	0	0	0	43	394
2006	LON	87	57	83	77	56	46	51	46	51	49	48	59	0	60	0	0	35	7	Overhand	Active	0	0	0	43	394
2007	LON	87	57	83	76	56	46	51	46	51	49	48	60	0	60	0	0	37	8	Overhand	Active	0	0	0	43	391
2008	LON	83	55	83	76	56	46	51	46	51	49	49	60	0	60	0	0	38	9	Overhand	AA/AAA	0	0	0	43	383
2009	FA	83	53	83	77	56	46	51	46	51	49	49	60	0	60	0	0	39	10	Overhand	Free Agent	0	0	0	44	383
Ratings Delta			-2		+1													+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.