Rich Rowland  
Catcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
Rowland never has been a patient hitter. Let's face facts: Rowland 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. Rich Rowland has made a career of putting the ball to the opposite field. That's rare in this day and age.

Baserunning & Defense
When you play Rowland you're not putting him in for his glove. His arm is accurate enough. He has below-average speed and is stiff on the basepath. He's poor on a straight steal but has some success at reading pitchers and working a delayed steal.

2010 Outlook
One has to wonder what Rich Rowland is doing in AA. In all honesty, he could use a lot of work on the fundamentals in the low minors.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 SAN C 42 50 31 57 43 54 53 51 49 32 8 AA/AAA 45 71 . 206
1999 FA C 42 52 33 57 43 54 53 51 49 33 9 Free Agent 45 73 . 210
2000 FA C 41 51 31 57 43 54 53 51 49 34 10 Free Agent 44 73 . 204
2001 FA C 41 51 29 57 43 54 53 51 49 35 11 Free Agent 43 74 . 201
2002 FA C 40 51 27 57 43 54 53 51 49 36 12 Free Agent 43 72 . 196
2003 FA C 38 49 24 57 43 54 53 51 49 37 13 Free Agent 42 72 . 185
2004 FA C 36 48 22 57 43 54 53 51 49 38 14 Free Agent 41 70 . 176
2005 FA C 32 45 20 57 43 54 53 51 49 39 15 Free Agent 40 70 . 161
Ratings Delta     -4 -3 -2             +1 +1   -1     -15
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.