Jim Bullinger  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Bullinger 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, Bullinger has to fool them instead. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Bullinger helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. 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. Bullinger is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bullinger has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Bullinger 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
1998 STL 64 81 62 53 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 7 16 57 307
1999 ST. L. 64 86 62 53 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 32 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 312
2000 ST. L. 67 86 62 53 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 33 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 314
2001 ST. L. 69 84 62 52 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 34 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 312
2002 ST. L. 69 83 62 50 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 35 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 308
2003 ST. L. 68 83 62 52 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 36 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 308
2004 ST. L. 66 85 62 52 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 37 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 307
2005 FA 66 85 62 52 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 38 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 57 306
2006 FA 64 84 60 52 56 48 48 48 47 41 50 55 0 72 0 0 39 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 55 299
Ratings Delta   -2 -1 -2                           +1 +1           -2 -7
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.