Dave Church  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Church can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Church has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. 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 comes right after righthanded hitters, who are lucky even to reach base against him, but he works more carefully to lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Church is nothing special in the field. Church is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Church has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Church 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 LOS 80 82 78 63 48 41 51 52 49 53 43 55 0 58 0 0 31 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 335
2004 LOS 80 82 78 63 48 41 51 52 49 53 43 55 0 58 0 0 33 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 332
2005 LOS 80 81 78 63 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 34 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 333
2006 LOS 80 81 78 63 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 34 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 333
2006 FA 80 81 78 63 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 35 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 331
2007 FA 79 78 77 62 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 36 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 323
2008 FA 79 77 74 62 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 37 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 317
2009 FA 78 76 71 62 48 41 51 52 49 53 45 55 0 58 0 0 38 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 310
Ratings Delta   -1 -1 -3                           +1 +1             -7
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.