Ken Bushong  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He keeps the ball down and gets a lot of groundballs. Bushong 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 comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Bushong's control of the running game is impressive for a young pitcher. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Bushong is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bushong has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Bushong 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 ZUR 87 84 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 43 64 57 0 0 27 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 393
2004 COP 87 84 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 43 64 57 0 0 28 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 392
2005 VIE 86 84 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 43 64 57 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 389
2006 VIE 86 84 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 43 64 57 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 389
2007 ATH 86 82 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 45 64 57 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 387
2008 ATH 87 82 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 45 64 57 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 387
2009 ATH 87 81 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 46 64 57 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 386
2010 ATH 87 81 72 83 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 46 64 57 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 385
2011 ATH 87 81 72 81 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 46 64 57 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 382
2012 FA 86 84 72 81 57 40 49 56 47 65 0 46 64 57 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 51 383
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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.