Billy Percibal  
Starting Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
He's got a really stong arm, so he can blow it by you on occasion. His slider is sharp and breaks both horizontally and vertically. Percibal can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. Percibal's fastball is a tick above average, in the 90-91 MPH range on most nights. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Percibal has an impressive presence on the mound, always taking an aggressive posture. He has a quick pickoff move, but sometimes concentrates on pitching so much that he forgets about runners. Percibal is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Percibal has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 CHC 88 62 55 54 52 50 52 49 52 54 0 0 60 47 0 0 22 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 18 57 265
1999 CHW 91 62 59 58 52 50 52 49 52 60 0 0 60 47 0 0 23 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 283
2000 CHW 96 66 65 61 52 50 52 49 52 60 0 0 69 47 0 0 24 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 312
2001 SAN 96 74 70 64 52 50 52 49 52 62 0 0 69 47 0 0 25 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 71 332
2002 BAL 96 80 70 67 52 50 52 49 52 62 0 0 75 52 0 0 26 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 75 353
2003 BAL 95 83 70 71 52 50 52 49 52 62 0 0 79 56 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 81 368
2004 BAL 86 87 70 63 52 50 52 49 52 64 0 0 81 58 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 359
2005 BAL 86 87 70 63 52 50 52 49 52 65 0 0 81 60 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 362
2006 NYY 85 87 70 63 52 50 52 49 52 66 0 0 81 60 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 70 361
2007 NYY 89 85 70 65 52 50 52 49 52 66 0 0 81 60 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 78 365
2008 NYY 94 86 70 65 52 50 52 49 52 66 0 0 83 60 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 373
2009 NYY 93 84 70 69 52 50 52 49 52 66 0 0 84 60 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 86 373
2010 ST. L. 95 83 70 71 52 50 52 49 52 66 0 0 84 61 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 85 377
Ratings Delta   +2 -1   +2                   +1     +1 +1           -1 +4
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.