Frank Houser  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Houser also has a decent changeup. His composure needs work. When Houser starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. If you're going in to face Houser, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. A shaky fielder, he's slow to react to grounders and often looks unsure on his throws to the bases. 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 Free Agents have been known to use Houser as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 ZUR 83 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 73 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 38 331
2004 FA 83 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 26 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 38 332
2005 FA 83 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 26 4 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 38 332
2006 FA 83 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 28 6 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 330
2007 FA 83 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 29 7 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 329
2008 FA 82 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 30 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 327
2009 FA 81 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 31 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 2 0 38 324
2010 FA 81 66 60 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 32 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 38 323
2011 FA 80 64 59 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 33 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 38 318
2012 FA 80 62 59 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 34 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 38 314
2013 FA 79 60 57 65 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 35 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 38 307
2014 FA 79 60 55 64 49 44 54 45 47 65 62 0 0 74 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 37 303
Ratings Delta       -2 -1                         +1 +1           -1 -4
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.