Erik Hanna  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Hanna can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Hanna also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders. It's hard to explain but Erik Hanna plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hanna is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hanna has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Hanna as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 PAR 85 73 68 62 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 48 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 1 0 43 312
2004 FA 85 73 78 69 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 48 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 329
2005 WAR 85 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 48 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 2 0 50 331
2005 FA 85 73 78 69 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 48 0 0 25 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 48 329
2006 WAR 85 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 48 0 0 26 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 2 0 50 331
2007 AMS 85 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 54 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 336
2008 AMS 85 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 55 48 0 56 0 0 29 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 338
2009 AMS 84 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 48 0 56 0 0 30 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 339
2010 FA 82 73 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 49 0 56 0 0 31 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 336
2011 FA 82 71 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 49 0 56 0 0 32 5 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 333
2012 FA 82 71 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 49 0 56 0 0 33 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 332
2013 FA 82 68 78 73 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 49 0 56 0 0 34 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 327
2014 FA 82 68 78 72 50 43 43 52 51 43 58 49 0 56 0 0 35 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 325
Ratings Delta         -1                         +1 +1             -2
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.