John Cummings  
Relief Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Cummings also has a decent changeup. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
He shows a good pickoff move and never lets runners detract from his pitching. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Cummings is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Cummings 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 PIT 71 31 72 78 56 55 49 48 52 47 47 51 0 63 0 0 27 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 7 21 56 346
1999 PIT 69 32 72 81 56 55 49 48 52 47 49 51 0 63 0 0 28 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 346
2000 PIT 73 32 72 81 56 55 49 48 52 47 49 51 0 63 0 0 29 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 351
2001 PIT 73 32 72 82 56 55 49 48 52 51 49 51 0 63 0 0 30 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 358
2002 FA 72 31 72 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 51 0 63 0 0 31 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 362
2003 ANA 71 30 72 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 51 0 63 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 359
2004 ANA 72 31 72 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 51 0 63 0 0 33 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 360
2005 FA 73 30 72 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 34 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 361
2006 FA 73 30 72 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 360
2007 FA 72 30 70 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 36 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 354
2008 FA 70 29 68 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 37 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 345
2009 FA 69 27 66 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 38 15 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 54 339
2010 CIN 66 26 66 84 56 55 49 48 52 54 49 52 0 63 0 0 39 16 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 332
Ratings Delta   -3 -1                             +1 +1           -2 -7
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.