Rube Stafford  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
Stafford has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. The Free Agents 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. Dating back to his days in the minors, Stafford has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Stafford's move to first base is 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. Stafford is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Stafford has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
I just don't know if The Free Agents 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 CHW 64 71 28 27 49 41 51 53 53 61 0 0 55 47 0 0 22 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 2 27 30 186
1999 PIT 64 72 35 28 49 41 51 53 53 61 0 0 55 47 0 0 23 0 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 34 194
2000 PIT 64 72 38 30 49 41 51 53 53 61 0 0 55 54 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 34 207
2001 PIT 65 75 42 32 49 41 51 53 53 63 0 0 55 54 0 0 25 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 220
2002 PIT 65 77 55 35 49 41 51 53 53 63 0 0 55 57 0 0 26 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 244
2003 PIT 68 78 60 37 49 41 51 53 53 64 0 0 55 59 0 0 27 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 260
2004 PIT 71 79 61 39 49 41 51 53 53 64 0 0 57 61 0 0 28 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 271
2005 PIT 71 79 61 40 49 41 51 53 53 64 0 0 59 62 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 275
2006 NYM 71 79 61 43 49 41 51 53 53 65 0 0 59 63 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 279
2007 NYM 71 79 61 43 49 41 51 53 53 65 0 0 60 63 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 279
2008 FA 70 79 61 47 49 41 51 53 53 65 0 0 61 63 0 0 32 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 282
2009 FA 69 79 61 47 49 41 51 53 53 65 0 0 61 63 0 0 33 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 280
2010 FA 68 79 59 46 49 41 51 53 53 65 0 0 61 63 0 0 33 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 52 276
Ratings Delta   -1   -2 -1                           +1           -2 -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.