Turk Wendell  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He walks too many hitters and throws too many pitches. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
His move to first isn't very good, but his delivery is fairly quick and he isn't overly vulnerable to the stolen base. 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. Wendell is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Wendell has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Wendell as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- 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 CHC 78 55 63 51 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 48 47 45 0 0 29 5 Overhand Active 0 6 20 54 317
1999 SAN 78 56 63 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 45 0 0 30 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 55 319
2000 SAN 78 56 63 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 56 319
2001 FA 78 55 63 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 32 8 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 318
2002 FA 76 53 63 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 33 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 313
2003 FA 75 53 63 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 34 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 310
2004 FA 75 53 62 52 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 35 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 60 307
2005 FA 74 53 62 50 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 36 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 59 302
2006 FA 74 51 60 50 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 37 13 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 297
2007 FA 72 49 59 49 56 46 52 48 47 59 0 50 47 46 0 0 38 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 56 289
Ratings Delta   -2 -2 -1 -1                         +1 +1           -2 -8
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.