Brian Looney  
Relief 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. His composure needs work. When Looney starts getting hit, he gets mad and loses concentration. 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 righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Looney does an average job of holding runners. Looney is nothing special in the field. Looney is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Looney has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Looney as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2010 Outlook
If Looney doesn't perform, the Retired or Inactive Players won't hesitate to send him down to the minors. 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 SEA 79 30 57 55 56 54 51 47 53 39 41 0 0 70 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 8 16 53 253
1999 SEA 79 30 57 57 56 54 51 47 53 39 41 0 0 72 0 0 28 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 256
2000 SEA 88 30 57 59 56 54 51 47 53 43 41 0 0 72 0 0 29 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 279
2001 SEA 88 30 57 59 56 54 51 47 53 47 43 0 0 72 0 0 30 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 287
2002 SEA 87 31 57 59 56 54 51 47 53 49 43 0 0 73 0 0 31 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 289
2003 SEA 91 31 57 59 56 54 51 47 53 49 43 0 0 73 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 295
2004 BAL 91 33 57 59 56 54 51 47 53 50 44 0 0 73 0 0 33 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 297
2005 BAL 91 32 57 57 56 54 51 47 53 51 42 0 0 73 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 294
2006 FA 91 31 57 58 56 54 51 47 53 51 42 0 0 73 0 0 35 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 293
2007 FA 91 30 57 58 56 54 51 47 53 51 42 0 0 73 0 0 36 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 292
2008 ANA 91 30 57 58 56 54 51 47 53 51 42 0 0 73 0 0 37 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 291
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1             -1
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.