Dave Lankford  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Lankford throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. If you're going in to face Lankford, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Lankford, and that's saying a lot. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Lankford is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Lankford has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Free Agents have been known to use Lankford as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2014 Outlook
But if you ask me, I'll pass on Lankford.

          -- 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 ALA 66 83 57 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 29 4 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 58 284
2004 ALA 65 83 57 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 30 5 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 58 282
2005 ALA 65 83 57 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 31 7 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 58 282
2006 ALA 65 83 57 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 31 7 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 58 282
2007 FA 66 83 56 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 33 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 279
2008 FA 66 83 56 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 34 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 278
2009 FA 65 81 56 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 35 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 273
2010 FA 64 81 55 61 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 36 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 270
2011 FA 63 80 55 60 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 37 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 265
2012 FA 63 80 53 60 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 262
2013 FA 61 78 51 60 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 53 254
2014 FA 59 74 50 60 53 42 50 52 55 57 0 79 0 66 0 0 40 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 244
Ratings Delta   -2 -4 -1                           +1 +1           -3 -10
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.