A – F Historic Reports
Steve Bedrosian / RHP / closer
Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins
Bedrosian had some successful seasons in the ’80s as a closer. He had a good fastball and coupled it with a hard, downward breaking slider. Bedrosian lucked out in 1987, when no NL pitcher had a dominant season, and he stole a Cy Young award. 10/23/08 CSJ
[fastball, slider (09/22/88)]
Don Carman / LHP / starter - reliever
Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers
Carman relied on his slider to get outs. It was a sharp pitch that he would use to either side of the plate against any hitter, routinely backdooring RHs with it. He threw a straight changeup that he appeared to have difficult controling. Carman's fastball looked fairly straight for a lefty. 10/23/08 CSJ
[fastball, slider, changeup, curve (09/22/88)]
Mike Cuellar / LHP / starter
Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Redlegs, St.Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros, California Angels
Cuellar threw tons of quality innings during his career. The Cuban owned a good changeup and curveball, two pitches that kept hitters off balance. His fastball was straight but his control and pitch mixture made him tough to hit. 10/22/08 CSJ
[fastball, changeup, curve (1969 WS Game 4)]
Ron Darling / RHP / starter
New York Mets, Montreal Expos, Oakland A's
Darling was smart with his fastballs. He threw a running 2-seamer when he needed a groundball and a straight 4-seamer when he was looking for a K. Ronnie mixed in a good curveball and a split-finger pitch for his change of pace. He said he could never command a standard changeup grip, and used a split-finger grip to throw his offspeed pitch. He would routinely throw his splitter against both LHs and RHs. Darling had an exceptionally quick pickoff move and won a gold glove in 1989. 10/23/08 CSJ
[2-seam fastball, 4-seam fastball, splitter, curve (09/22/88)]
