Erv Gross  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Gross 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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! Gross is a flyball pitcher susceptible to the home run. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is only fair. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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 WAR 85 73 71 70 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 61 49 0 0 28 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 347
2004 STO 85 73 71 70 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 347
2006 FA 83 73 71 70 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 31 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 63 343
2007 FA 82 72 71 70 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 32 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 339
2008 FA 81 69 71 70 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 33 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 333
2009 FA 81 68 71 69 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 34 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 63 330
2010 FA 80 67 71 68 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 35 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 326
2011 FA 80 67 70 68 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 36 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 62 324
2012 FA 76 65 68 66 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 37 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 311
2013 FA 76 63 66 66 43 42 45 51 47 56 46 0 62 49 0 0 38 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 305
Ratings Delta     -2 -2                           +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.