Matt Whiteside  
Relief Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
Now he's the consumate ground-ball pitcher, which I love: ground balls never leave the stadium. I've seen Whiteside work himself into a jam on occassion. The good thing about him is that he knows how to work himself out of them. He's a good late inning man, which is when being a pitcher really counts. Whiteside also has a decent changeup. Because he can't overpower hitters, Whiteside has to fool them instead. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. He struggles away from home.

Defense & Hitting
Runners do not get a good jump on Whiteside... many have noted that his motion is difficult to pick up. He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Whiteside is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Whiteside has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Whiteside 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 ATL 66 50 80 97 64 54 60 59 55 58 62 0 56 0 0 0 29 6 Overhand Active 0 11 33 56 349
1999 ATL 70 53 89 99 64 54 60 59 55 58 62 0 62 0 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 57 379
2000 ATL 74 53 94 99 64 54 60 59 55 69 62 0 62 0 0 0 31 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 413
2001 ATL 91 52 94 79 64 54 60 59 55 69 62 0 62 0 0 0 32 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 422
2002 ATL 90 52 99 86 64 54 60 59 55 69 68 0 66 0 0 0 33 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 444
2003 ANA 90 54 99 66 64 54 60 59 55 77 72 0 66 0 0 0 34 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 33 440
2004 ANA 90 54 99 45 64 54 60 59 55 77 72 0 70 0 0 0 35 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 33 422
2005 MON 90 52 99 49 64 54 60 59 55 80 72 0 70 0 0 0 36 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 429
2006 MON 89 54 99 58 64 54 60 59 55 80 72 0 70 0 0 0 37 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 35 436
Ratings Delta   -1 +2   +9                         +1 +1           -1 +7
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.