Mike Mussina  
Starting Pitcher | Kansas City Lords

Pitching
Mussina is a control pitcher; when he's on he has pinpoint control. Mussina throws a nice sinker... The rookies never seem to know when it's coming. His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Mussina also has a decent changeup. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. 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. Mussina is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Mussina has some pop in his swing.

2010 Outlook
Mussina has arguably the best stuff in baseball.

          -- 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 PHI 86 81 93 74 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 75 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 8 18 49 509
1999 PHI 85 81 93 75 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 82 0 0 28 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 51 517
2000 PHI 86 81 93 76 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 82 0 0 29 9 Overhand DL 0 0 0 53 518
2001 PHI 84 80 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 87 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 521
2002 ATL 84 78 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 31 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 522
2003 ATL 82 78 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 519
2004 ATL 82 79 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 519
2005 TEX 82 83 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 53 523
2006 KC 81 86 93 76 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 52 523
2007 KC 80 86 93 76 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 36 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 521
2008 KC 80 85 93 76 56 52 52 50 51 92 73 85 0 90 0 0 37 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 519
2009 KC 80 84 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 92 76 85 0 90 0 0 38 18 Overhand Active 0 0 0 49 521
2010 KC 76 84 93 77 56 52 52 50 51 93 76 85 0 90 0 0 39 19 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 516
Ratings Delta   -4                 +1             +1 +1           -2 -5
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.