Al Leiter  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! If you're going in to face Leiter, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He's reasonably quick to the plate but needs to vary his pickoff moves. Good baserunners appeared to time him last year. Leiter is nothing special in the field. Leiter is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Leiter has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Leiter 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 KC 74 80 31 63 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 6 18 46 325
1999 NYY 74 80 31 63 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 46 324
2000 NYY 74 80 31 63 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 323
2001 ATL 73 78 31 50 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 305
2002 SAN 73 78 31 53 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 35 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 47 307
2003 FA 73 78 31 56 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 35 16 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 311
2004 FA 73 77 30 55 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 37 17 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 305
2005 FA 70 76 29 54 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 38 18 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 46 297
2006 NYM 70 74 28 54 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 39 19 Overhand DL 0 0 0 44 292
2007 NYM 67 76 28 53 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 39 20 Overhand Active 0 0 0 42 291
2008 NYM 65 72 28 56 56 49 55 52 55 72 45 0 56 57 0 0 40 21 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 286
Ratings Delta   -2 -4   +3                         +1 +1           -1 -5
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.