Arnold Gooch  
Starting Pitcher | Free Agents

Pitching
The Free Agents hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He frequently leaves fastballs up in the strike zone, where they get pounded. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
With a decent slide step and his constant attention to the running game, Gooch limits the damage done by basestealers. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Gooch is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Gooch has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
It's really a shame he hasn't caught on somewhere. He might be a decent addition to someone's bench.

          -- 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 MIL 78 59 54 39 56 50 48 50 52 38 0 0 56 54 0 0 19 2 Overhand Active 0 2 5 52 245
1999 MIL 77 59 56 50 56 50 48 50 52 38 0 0 56 58 0 0 20 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 260
2000 MIL 77 59 56 61 56 50 48 50 52 42 0 0 56 58 0 0 21 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 277
2001 MIL 78 62 56 75 56 50 48 50 52 42 0 0 56 58 0 0 22 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 278
2002 SAN 80 62 56 83 56 50 48 50 52 42 0 0 61 61 0 0 23 6 Overhand DL 0 0 0 56 296
2003 SAN 80 62 56 86 56 50 48 50 52 46 0 0 61 61 0 0 24 7 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 303
2004 SAN 83 69 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 47 0 0 61 61 0 0 25 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 318
2005 FA 85 71 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 47 0 0 64 63 0 0 26 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 328
2006 BAL 85 73 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 47 0 0 64 63 0 0 27 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 1 0 56 329
2007 FA 85 73 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 48 0 0 66 63 0 0 28 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 331
2008 FA 85 73 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 48 0 0 66 63 0 0 29 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 56 330
2009 FA 84 73 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 48 0 0 66 63 0 0 30 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 56 328
2010 FA 84 72 56 89 56 50 48 50 52 48 0 0 66 63 0 0 31 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 1 0 56 326
Ratings Delta     -1                             +1 +1             -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.