Ben Houser  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Houser 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. But Houser, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Houser has a very good move to first base, and he varies it so that he's extremely difficult to read. Houser never has been a good fielder. Houser is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Houser has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Houser 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 NEW 80 81 83 78 47 47 48 48 49 65 35 48 0 78 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 385
2004 NOR 82 81 83 78 47 47 48 48 49 65 35 48 0 78 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 40 386
2005 NOR 78 81 83 78 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 48 0 78 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 380
2006 NOR 78 81 83 78 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 48 0 78 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 380
2007 NOR 79 79 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 48 0 78 0 0 33 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 376
2008 MIA 79 78 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 34 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 375
2009 PIT 82 77 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 35 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 38 377
2010 NOR 81 76 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 36 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 37 373
2011 NOR 80 74 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 37 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 37 369
2012 NOR 78 73 83 78 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 38 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 36 366
2013 NOR 77 71 83 76 47 47 48 48 49 65 36 50 0 78 0 0 39 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 35 359
Ratings Delta   -1 -2   -2                         +1 +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.