Jim Strange  
Starting Pitcher | Boston Red Sox

Pitching
Strange commands a stupefying curveball. This curve is what makes him one of the most dominant lefties in the game. The Boston Red Sox 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 tends to work slowly when in a jam, which just makes his problems worse by lulling his fielders to sleep. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He's almost as effective against righthanders as he is versus lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. Strange is nothing special in the field. Strange is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Strange 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
2000 NYM 66 51 36 38 47 51 49 47 47 84 0 0 0 58 0 0 22 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 9 41 48 205
2001 NYM 68 52 47 41 47 51 49 47 47 90 0 0 0 76 0 0 23 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 8 47 258
2002 CIN 77 57 51 43 47 51 49 47 47 90 0 0 0 86 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 51 293
2003 CIN 77 59 57 44 47 51 49 47 47 94 0 0 0 93 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 317
2004 CIN 85 61 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 96 0 0 0 95 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 34 297
2005 CIN 85 69 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 96 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 39 308
2006 CIN 85 72 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 44 312
2007 CIN 85 72 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 311
2008 MON 85 72 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 310
2009 BOS 85 72 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 309
2010 BOS 85 72 58 45 47 51 49 47 47 97 0 0 0 97 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 308
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1             -1
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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.