James Baldwin  
Relief Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. He walks too many hitters and throws too many pitches. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
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. He doesn't have much of a pickoff move and he's slow getting the ball to home plate out of the set position. Baldwin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Baldwin has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
1998 CAL 90 44 58 23 56 49 50 49 53 69 0 0 46 66 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 8 14 57 299
1999 CAL 90 45 60 24 56 49 50 49 53 72 0 0 50 66 0 0 26 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 64 311
2000 ANA 90 46 60 24 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 53 66 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 316
2001 PIT 94 47 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 53 66 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 317
2002 SAN 93 53 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 53 66 0 0 29 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 43 316
2003 OAK 93 56 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 55 66 0 0 30 8 Overhand DL 0 0 0 46 318
2004 OAK 94 60 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 55 66 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 278
2005 MIN 92 60 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 74 0 0 55 66 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 274
2006 ST. L. 91 60 60 19 56 49 50 49 53 76 0 0 55 66 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 274
2007 ST. L. 93 58 60 20 56 49 50 49 53 77 0 0 55 66 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 320
2008 ST. L. 91 60 60 21 56 49 50 49 53 77 0 0 55 66 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 62 275
2009 ST. L. 90 58 60 21 56 49 50 49 53 77 0 0 56 66 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 315
2010 ST. L. 90 57 60 24 56 49 50 49 53 77 0 0 56 66 0 0 36 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 318
Ratings Delta     -1   +3                           +1           +3 +3
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

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.