Dax Bonkowski  
Starting Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
His impeccable control is one of the main reasons for his success. He can spot all his pitches wherever he wants. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Bonkowski gives up his share of home runs, but is always around the plate and doesn't give up many walks. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Bonkowski is nothing special in the field. Basestealers have succeeded against Bonkowski because his pickoff move is weak for a lefthander. Bonkowski is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Bonkowski has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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 BOS 60 58 37 20 47 48 46 52 53 54 0 0 45 53 0 0 20 0 Overhand Active 14 11 36 34 166
1999 BOS 64 58 48 21 47 48 46 52 53 54 0 0 47 53 0 0 21 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 4 36 195
2000 BOS 65 58 59 24 47 48 46 52 53 57 0 0 47 53 0 0 22 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 39 224
2001 BOS 65 58 63 26 47 48 46 52 53 57 0 0 47 53 0 0 23 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 48 232
2002 MON 65 61 81 19 47 48 46 52 53 59 0 0 48 56 0 0 24 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 40 232
2003 SAN 65 62 99 20 47 48 46 52 53 59 0 0 49 56 0 0 25 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 255
2004 SAN 65 63 99 24 47 48 46 52 53 59 0 0 49 56 0 0 26 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 53 259
2005 SAN 65 63 99 27 47 48 46 52 53 59 0 0 50 56 0 0 27 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 262
2006 ST. L. 65 63 99 29 47 48 46 52 53 59 0 0 50 58 0 0 28 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 61 266
2007 ST. L. 65 63 99 30 47 48 46 52 53 60 0 0 50 58 0 0 29 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 63 267
2008 ST. L. 65 63 99 31 47 48 46 52 53 61 0 0 50 59 0 0 30 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 270
2009 ST. L. 65 63 99 31 47 48 46 52 53 61 0 0 50 60 0 0 31 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 64 270
2010 ST. L. 64 62 99 32 47 48 46 52 53 61 0 0 50 60 0 0 31 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 65 270
Ratings Delta   -1 -1   +1                           +1           +1  
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.