Larry Shave  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
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. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Shave, and that's saying a lot. 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, Shave's curveball tends to hang. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Shave doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Shave is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Shave has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Shave as a pinch-runner on occasion.

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

          -- 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 67 80 61 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 30 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 40 61 250
2004 FA 67 79 61 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 39 61 247
2005 FA 67 79 61 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 31 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 39 61 247
2006 FA 66 79 61 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 33 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 37 60 242
2007 FA 64 79 59 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 34 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 36 60 235
2008 FA 63 78 57 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 35 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 12 34 60 228
2009 FA 60 75 56 53 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 36 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 11 32 59 218
2010 FA 59 72 54 52 51 49 50 52 50 67 49 0 0 39 0 0 37 0 Overhand Free Agent 0 10 30 57 208
Ratings Delta   -1 -3 -2 -1                         +1         -1 -2 -2 -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.