Steve Trachsel  
Starting Pitcher | Chicago White Sox

Pitching
It's tough to get much loft on the ball against him, as he works down in the strike zone to begin with and his two-seamer produces mostly groundballs. Trachsel 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. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. The Chicago White 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 attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
He's average in terms of controlling the running game. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Trachsel is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Trachsel 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 CIN 80 73 58 53 58 49 47 51 54 59 0 66 0 79 0 0 26 5 Overhand Active 1 5 20 51 305
1999 CIN 81 79 58 56 58 49 47 51 54 59 0 73 0 79 0 0 27 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 320
2000 MIN 80 82 58 59 58 49 47 51 54 65 0 73 0 83 0 0 27 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 339
2001 MIN 79 82 58 60 58 49 47 51 54 68 0 77 0 85 0 0 28 8 Overhand DL 0 0 0 60 346
2002 MIN 78 86 58 63 58 49 47 51 54 70 0 77 0 85 0 0 29 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 354
2003 MIN 82 85 58 63 58 49 47 51 54 71 0 79 0 85 0 0 30 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 359
2004 MIN 82 87 58 64 58 49 47 51 54 72 0 81 0 85 0 0 32 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 362
2005 CHW 81 87 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 72 0 82 0 87 0 0 32 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 366
2006 ANA 81 87 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 73 0 83 0 88 0 0 33 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 368
2007 ANA 83 86 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 73 0 83 0 88 0 0 34 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 369
2008 CHW 82 87 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 73 0 83 0 89 0 0 35 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 369
2009 CHW 82 86 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 73 0 83 0 89 0 0 37 16 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 365
2010 CHW 80 84 58 65 58 49 47 51 54 73 0 83 0 89 0 0 37 17 Overhand Active 0 0 0 61 361
Ratings Delta   -2 -2                               +1             -4
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.