Johnny Latimer  
Second Baseman | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
In past seasons, Latimer has been a bit of a liability with men on base. The book on Latimer is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Let's face facts: Latimer hits a lot of ground balls... and in my book, if you're slow of foot and put the ball on the ground, you're bound to get tied up in the double play. He hits righthanders and lefthanders with equal consistency.

Baserunning & Defense
Minor league scouts have accused Latimer of being a liability in the field. Johnny's arm leaves a little to be a desired. Latimer's absolutely no threat to steal and doubles must be obvious for him to chance advancing.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Latimer to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA 2B 18 16 21 58 50 54 46 46 51 36 0 Free Agent 38 34 . 73
1999 FA 2B 17 16 20 58 50 54 46 46 51 37 0 Free Agent 37 33 . 68
2000 FA 2B 16 15 18 58 50 54 46 46 51 38 0 Free Agent 37 33 . 61
2001 FA 2B 14 14 16 58 50 54 46 46 51 39 0 Free Agent 35 33 . 51
Ratings Delta     -2 -1 -2             +1     -2     -10
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.