Herbert Hoover  
Relief Pitcher | St. Louis Cardinals

Pitching
He struggles with his command at times and is still learning to mix his pitches and set up hitters. Hoover also has a decent changeup. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Hoover has no endurance. He's good for an inning an outing, tops. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Hoover does an average job of holding runners. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Hoover is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Hoover has some pop in his swing.

          -- 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
2003 CLE 85 10 60 61 52 50 52 49 46 60 58 0 0 50 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 9 24 45 298
2004 CLE 87 10 65 68 52 50 52 49 46 60 58 0 0 52 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 3 52 318
2005 CLE 90 12 65 72 52 50 52 49 46 60 58 0 0 52 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 326
2006 CLE 90 12 65 74 52 50 52 49 46 60 58 0 0 52 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 327
2007 CLE 90 12 65 74 52 50 52 49 46 60 58 0 0 52 0 0 27 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 326
2008 ST. L. 89 12 65 74 52 50 52 49 46 60 59 0 0 53 0 0 28 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 325
2009 ST. L. 89 12 65 74 52 50 52 49 46 60 59 0 0 53 0 0 29 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 59 324
2010 ST. L. 88 12 65 74 52 50 52 49 46 60 60 0 0 53 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 322
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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.