Sinkerballers

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

McDowell

[Edgy MD]

Sinkers and splitters in the same category?

As for sinkers only, Doug Sisk. Gave us two homers in 182 innings between 1983 and 1984

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I guess we could do splitters in a separate thread. I don;t wanna clog things up too much but could tackle a thread for trick pitches (knucklers, scroogies etc)

[seawolf17]

Terry Leach? I know sidearmers tend to fall into the sinker category.

McDowell and Sisk are the first guys who came to mind here, though. I remember Sisk being described as throwing a "heavy" ball.

[Edgy MD]

When Chad Bradford was on his game, and a right-hander was coming up, I was tempted to just write 5-3 on the scorecard before the first pitch.

Against lefties was another matter.

[Frayed Knot]

Pelfrey was drafted with the sinking fastball he had in college although that seemed to have disappeared in his pro career.

I would say splitters probably are a separate category.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Did Bradford throw an actual sinker, or did his fastball just do weird angle-y things?

And are we putting my boy Hyoorees here?

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, Bradford's was certainly called a sinker. He was the man. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/sports/baseball/the-pitch-from-down-under.html?_r=0

I tend to categorize Jeurys' pitch as a splitter. Or is this two different pitches we're speaking of?

[MFS62]

If sp(l)itters count, Roger Craig developed one, never threw it as a Met (as far as I can tell) but later taught it to pitchers on other teams. Mike Scott was the primary pupil who came to mind.

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