Mel Bunch  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Because he can't overpower hitters, Bunch has to fool them instead. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He's trying to develop a sinker, but as of yet it's been well below par. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Bunch does an average job of holding runners. Bunch is nothing special in the field. Bunch is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bunch has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Bunch 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 COL 70 53 79 45 56 49 45 48 52 55 37 36 0 69 0 0 24 3 Overhand Active 0 5 17 58 331
1999 COL 72 54 84 47 56 49 45 48 52 55 37 42 0 69 0 0 25 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 350
2000 NEV 72 59 84 49 56 49 45 48 52 55 37 42 0 69 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 68 352
2001 KC 70 60 84 51 56 49 45 48 52 55 37 42 0 79 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 325
2002 KC 70 61 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 55 37 42 0 84 0 0 28 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 332
2003 KC 70 62 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 58 37 42 0 84 0 0 29 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 336
2004 KC 69 62 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 58 37 46 0 84 0 0 30 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 336
2005 NEV 73 61 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 58 37 46 0 84 0 0 31 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 339
2006 NEV 73 61 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 60 37 46 0 84 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 340
2007 NEV 72 59 84 52 56 49 45 48 52 60 44 46 0 84 0 0 33 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 71 381
2008 NEV 76 58 84 50 56 49 45 48 52 60 44 46 0 84 0 0 34 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 385
2009 NEV 79 57 84 49 56 49 45 48 52 60 44 46 0 84 0 0 35 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 70 388
Ratings Delta   +3 -1   -1                         +1 +1           -1 +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.