Buck Hummel  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a pretty good ground-ball pitcher, which I like because ground balls stay in the park. The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. Never a hard thrower, Hummel now has games when he can't hit 85 MPH with his fastball. The running movement on his pitches makes life tougher on lefties than righties.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hummel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hummel has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Hummel 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 CAR 70 64 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 64 62 0 0 0 27 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 270
2004 CAR 69 64 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 28 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 270
2005 CAR 70 63 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 268
2006 CAR 70 63 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 268
2007 SAN 70 63 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 267
2008 SAN 69 64 70 69 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 32 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 266
2009 TIJ 67 62 70 68 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 33 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 259
2010 TIJ 66 62 70 67 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 34 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 256
2011 FA 66 61 70 67 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 35 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 253
2012 FA 66 59 69 66 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 36 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 316
2013 FA 65 58 67 66 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 37 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 309
2014 FA 62 58 65 64 54 55 48 55 45 72 0 65 63 0 0 0 38 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 297
Ratings Delta   -3   -2 -2                         +1 +1           -2 -12
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.