Ed Tomlin  
Left Fielder | Retired or Inactive Players

Hitting
He has the mental discipline to handle clutch situations. This guy can't hit a watermelon with a lampost. Even though you might not start him, he's not a bad guy to have on your bench for the tough left-handed reliever. You can expect Ed Tomlin to hit the ball to the opposite field... that's just the kind of hitter he is. It's hard to explain but Ed Tomlin plays much better on the road then he does at home. It's unfortunate too, with Tomlin signing a hefty contract. You gotta imagine management wants a little better relationship between him and the fans.

Baserunning & Defense
Tomlin doesn't read balls well off the bat, misses cutoff men consistently and floats throws to the infield. Runners take advantage of his weak arm. Tomlin isn't a good baserunner. He doesn't get good jumps on steals nor runs sharp routes around the bases.

2010 Outlook
What The Retired or Inactive Players was thinking when they signed Tomlin to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
1998 FA LF 26 21 18 48 46 61 42 54 50 34 0 Free Agent 22 38 . 91
1999 FA LF 25 21 17 48 46 61 42 54 50 35 0 Free Agent 22 38 . 86
2000 FA LF 23 21 15 48 46 61 42 54 50 36 0 Free Agent 22 37 . 78
2001 FA LF 22 21 13 48 46 61 42 54 50 37 0 Free Agent 21 35 . 72
2002 FA LF 21 20 11 48 46 61 42 54 50 38 0 Free Agent 20 33 . 65
2003 FA LF 19 19 9 48 46 61 42 54 50 39 0 Free Agent 19 32 . 55
2004 FA LF 17 18 7 48 46 61 42 54 50 40 0 Free Agent 18 30 . 46
2005 FA LF 15 16 5 48 46 61 42 54 50 41 0 Free Agent 16 28 . 35
2006 FA LF 13 15 4 48 46 61 42 54 50 42 0 Free Agent 14 26 . 26
Ratings Delta     -2 -1 -1             +1     -2 -2   -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.