Buddy Larkin  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Larkin also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players 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. Because he can't overpower hitters, Larkin has to fool them instead. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. When you throw a curveball, it better break. Hanging curves equal earned runs in this league, you just can't get away with them. Unfortunately, Larkin's curveball tends to hang. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Larkin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Larkin has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Larkin 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 FA 75 75 65 77 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 1 11 32 55 312
2004 FA 73 75 65 77 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 31 55 306
2005 FA 73 75 65 77 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 32 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 31 55 308
2006 FA 74 74 66 77 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 27 54 305
2007 FA 71 74 64 77 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 24 52 297
2008 FA 69 71 61 76 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 22 51 282
2009 FA 66 69 60 75 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 38 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 20 49 272
2010 FA 65 67 57 75 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 39 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 9 17 47 263
2011 FA 63 65 56 75 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 39 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 8 15 45 257
2012 FA 59 61 53 76 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 40 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 7 12 42 243
2013 FA 55 59 51 76 50 43 48 47 52 51 55 0 57 32 0 0 41 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 6 9 38 229
Ratings Delta   -4 -2 -2                           +1         -1 -3 -4 -14
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.