Glendon Rusch  
Starting Pitcher | Florida Marlins

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Rusch can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Rusch also has a decent changeup. He changes speeds well enough to keep righthanders from teeing off on him.

Defense & Hitting
Rusch remains one of the best fielding pitchers in the game's history. He's average in terms of controlling the running game. Rusch is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rusch 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
1998 BOS 55 65 67 43 56 52 55 50 50 54 54 0 0 44 0 0 21 2 Overhand Active 0 1 8 57 237
1999 MIL 61 65 71 46 56 52 55 50 50 54 54 0 0 61 0 0 22 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 273
2000 MIL 72 65 77 49 56 52 55 50 50 64 54 0 0 61 0 0 23 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 308
2001 MIL 82 65 77 52 56 52 55 50 50 64 54 0 0 61 0 0 24 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 83 322
2002 HOU 86 66 77 61 56 52 55 50 50 64 54 0 0 72 0 0 25 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 80 350
2003 HOU 86 67 77 64 56 52 55 50 50 64 54 0 0 72 0 0 26 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 353
2004 HOU 86 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 64 54 0 0 81 0 0 27 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 365
2005 HOU 88 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 70 57 0 0 81 0 0 28 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 377
2006 HOU 88 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 75 57 0 0 81 0 0 29 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 382
2007 FLA 88 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 75 59 0 0 86 0 0 30 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 390
2008 FLA 88 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 77 60 0 0 86 0 0 31 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 392
2009 FLA 88 67 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 79 60 0 0 88 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 395
2010 FLA 88 66 77 65 56 52 55 50 50 79 60 0 0 90 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 96 396
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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.