Ed Franks  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. Franks can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Franks also has a decent changeup. He generates few groundballs, though he keeps the ball in the park. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Franks does an average job of holding runners. Franks is nothing special in the field. Franks is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Franks has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Franks as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I really like what this kid brings to the table.

          -- 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 DET 97 82 89 75 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 29 4 Overhand DL 0 0 0 53 433
2004 DET 96 82 89 75 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 431
2005 DET 94 81 89 75 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 425
2006 DET 94 81 89 75 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 425
2007 DET 96 80 89 74 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 425
2008 DET 98 78 89 73 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 423
2009 MOR 97 79 89 73 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 35 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 422
2010 BAR 99 79 89 71 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 36 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 421
2011 BAR 99 78 89 70 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 37 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 418
2012 BAR 96 78 89 69 44 47 44 48 45 52 60 0 73 59 0 0 38 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 412
Ratings Delta   -3     -1                         +1 +1           -1 -6
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.