Mark Small  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. But Small, do us a favor. Stop throwing that changeup. It looks like a beachball. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
His pickoff move is merely average. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Small is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Small has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Small as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

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 CAL 74 42 75 43 56 48 51 48 53 41 29 0 0 57 0 0 30 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 9 26 50 239
1999 CAL 73 42 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 57 0 0 31 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 244
2000 ANA 73 42 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 32 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 244
2001 MIN 75 41 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 33 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 246
2002 MIN 75 42 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 34 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 245
2003 MIN 74 42 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 35 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 242
2004 FA 75 41 78 43 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 36 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 243
2005 FA 74 41 75 42 56 48 51 48 53 42 29 0 0 58 0 0 37 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 234
Ratings Delta   -1   -3 -1                         +1 +1           -1 -9
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.