Richard Baldwin  
Relief Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
When his release point drops below three-quarters, his fastball tends to hang in the strike zone. He tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. If you're going in to face Baldwin, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. You know, some times I think I can throw harder than Baldwin, and that's saying a lot. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His slow delivery makes him fairly easy to steal upon, but Baldwin helps himself by holding runners with throws to first, and with slide steps and varied deliveries to home. Baldwin is nothing special in the field. Baldwin is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Baldwin has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
What The Free Agents was thinking when they signed Baldwin to a long contract, is beyond me: this guy flat-out sucks. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Baldwin.

          -- 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 STL 47 44 13 29 55 51 46 47 47 65 0 0 67 0 0 0 22 0 Sidearm Low Minors 0 0 21 36 93
1999 FA 51 44 23 32 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 23 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 38 121
2000 FA 52 43 25 35 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 24 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 1 41 127
2001 FA 52 43 27 37 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 25 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 2 44 131
2002 FA 52 44 28 38 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 26 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 2 47 132
2003 FA 52 45 29 40 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 27 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 2 50 134
2004 FA 51 45 33 42 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 28 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 2 52 139
2005 FA 50 46 36 43 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 29 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 1 54 142
2006 FA 50 47 38 43 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 30 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 1 55 144
2007 FA 48 46 39 43 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 31 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 1 55 140
2008 FA 48 45 39 44 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 32 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 55 139
2009 FA 48 44 39 44 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 33 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 53 136
2010 FA 48 44 39 44 55 51 46 47 47 66 0 0 67 0 0 0 33 0 Sidearm Free Agent 0 0 0 54 136
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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.