Glenn Dishman  
Starting Pitcher | Pittsburgh Pirates

Pitching
When sportscasters talk about Dishman's rubber arm, they're not kidding. Sometimes I think he can start both games of a double header! Dishman likes to get hitters looking down and away, then ties them up by coming inside with hard stuff, getting a lot of groundball outs. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Dishman also has a decent changeup. His pitches lose some movement when he pitches from the stretch position. He traditionally fares better against lefties.

Defense & Hitting
Dishman has a very good move to first base, and he varies it so that he's extremely difficult to read. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Dishman is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Dishman 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 70 64 78 58 55 49 45 54 49 50 53 0 0 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 5 14 56 240
1999 BOS 61 78 64 82 58 55 49 45 54 51 55 53 0 0 0 0 26 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 262
2000 BOS 59 78 64 87 58 55 49 45 54 51 58 62 0 0 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 273
2001 SAN 60 84 64 69 58 55 49 45 54 53 58 67 0 0 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 268
2002 SAN 62 85 64 78 58 55 49 45 54 53 58 67 0 0 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 279
2003 TOR 65 88 64 83 58 55 49 45 54 53 58 67 0 0 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 290
2004 TOR 68 88 64 73 58 55 49 45 54 54 60 70 0 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 37 288
2005 TOR 68 92 64 79 58 55 49 45 54 54 60 70 0 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 40 298
2006 PIT 67 92 64 79 58 55 49 45 54 54 60 72 0 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 45 297
2007 PIT 68 95 64 78 58 55 49 45 54 54 60 72 0 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 51 300
2008 PIT 74 94 64 82 58 55 49 45 54 54 60 72 0 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 309
2009 PIT 74 93 64 82 58 55 49 45 54 55 61 73 0 0 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 310
2010 PIT 71 93 64 85 58 55 49 45 54 55 61 73 0 0 0 0 37 15 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 308
Ratings Delta   -3     +3                         +1 +1           +4 -2
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.