Mark Gardner  
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! 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
Gardner does an average job of holding runners. Gardner doesn't field his position well. Gardner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Gardner has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Gardner as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
I just don't know if The Retired or Inactive Players are ever going to get what they expect out of him.

          -- 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 FA 64 61 52 43 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 34 9 Sidearm Free Agent 0 9 31 42 254
1999 FA 64 59 52 43 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 35 10 Sidearm Free Agent 0 8 29 42 240
2000 FA 62 58 50 42 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 36 11 Sidearm Free Agent 0 8 28 42 230
2001 FA 60 56 48 41 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 37 12 Sidearm Free Agent 0 8 26 41 220
2002 FA 60 55 46 41 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 38 13 Sidearm Free Agent 0 7 24 39 216
2003 FA 57 54 45 40 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 39 14 Sidearm Free Agent 0 6 21 38 206
2004 FA 55 51 43 40 57 49 45 52 53 37 48 0 47 66 0 0 40 15 Sidearm Free Agent 0 5 18 37 197
Ratings Delta   -2 -3 -2                           +1 +1       -1 -3 -1 -9
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.