Rusty Oquendo  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Because he can't overpower hitters, Oquendo has to fool them instead. When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Oquendo is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Oquendo has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Oquendo 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 PAR 74 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 47 64 0 62 0 0 27 4 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 360
2004 PAR 74 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 51 64 0 62 0 0 28 5 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 364
2005 CAR 72 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 51 64 0 62 0 0 29 7 Sidearm DL 0 0 0 48 361
2006 CAR 72 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 51 64 0 62 0 0 29 7 Sidearm DL 0 0 0 48 361
2007 SAN 73 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 53 64 0 62 0 0 31 8 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 362
2008 FA 73 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 55 64 0 62 0 0 32 9 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 48 363
2009 MOR 73 92 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 55 64 0 62 0 0 33 10 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 362
2010 MOR 71 91 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 56 64 0 62 0 0 34 11 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 358
2011 MOR 71 89 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 57 64 0 62 0 0 35 12 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 48 356
2012 FA 74 87 84 54 51 47 52 49 52 50 57 64 0 62 0 0 36 13 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 48 356
Ratings Delta   +3 -2                             +1 +1              
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.