Lance Besecker  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

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. If you're going in to face Besecker, better be wearing plenty of protection. He's wild. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Besecker doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Besecker is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Besecker is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Besecker has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Besecker as a pinch-runner on occasion.

2025 Outlook
Besecker flat-out isn't ready for this level of competition. Expect the Retired or Inactive Players to send him down promptly. But if you ask me, I'll pass on Besecker.

          -- Moostard Nyman

 

Player Skills Yearly Scouting Report Cards
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
2001 TAB 66 77 34 43 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 46 40 52 0 0 24 0 Overhand Active 1 4 26 39 238
2002 TAB 66 77 42 46 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 46 41 52 0 0 25 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 41 250
2003 TAB 69 77 53 48 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 46 41 56 0 0 26 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 45 273
2004 TAB 69 77 62 51 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 41 56 0 0 27 3 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 290
2005 BAR 70 77 72 52 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 41 56 0 0 28 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 304
2006 EDM 70 77 73 52 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 41 57 0 0 29 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 305
2007 EDM 70 77 73 53 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 41 58 0 0 30 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 50 306
2008 BAN 70 77 73 53 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 31 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 306
2009 SHE 71 77 73 55 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 32 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 50 309
2010 FA 71 76 73 57 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 33 9 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 50 308
2011 FA 71 74 71 57 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 34 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 49 303
2012 CRE 71 72 71 57 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 35 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 299
2013 SHE 70 72 73 56 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 36 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 298
2014 SHE 70 71 73 56 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 37 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 48 296
2015 FA 69 69 73 55 54 47 50 52 49 58 0 53 42 58 0 0 38 14 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 47 291
Ratings Delta -1 -2   -1                         +1 +1           -1 -5

CBL Collegiate League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
Totals     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

CBL Pioneer League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2002 25 PDER 7 21 0 0 37 37 14 2 220.2 6.0 254 32 153 168 0 0 6.87 1.10 1.85 .285 .454 .333 .262 6.16
2003 26 PDER 14 17 0 0 36 36 23 4 246 7.0 235 23 105 180 0 0 6.59 1.71 1.38 .248 .367 .298 .213 3.70
2004 27 PDER 11 13 0 0 37 37 16 1 241.2 6.2 260 32 96 157 0 0 5.86 1.64 1.48 .270 .427 .275 .268 4.62
2011 34 PGER 8 24 0 0 38 38 11 2 222.2 6.0 329 38 73 104 0 0 4.21 1.42 1.81 .338 .526 .321 .351 7.03
2012 35 PGER 10 21 0 0 38 38 11 5 219.2 5.2 296 48 65 103 0 0 4.23 1.58 1.65 .316 .542 .309 .321 6.68
2013 36 PNAN 5 3 2 1 40 0 0 0 137 3.1 139 16 32 61 25 5 4.01 1.91 1.25 .263 .426 .313 .242 3.88
Totals     55 99 2 1 226 186 75 14 1287.2 5.2 1513 189 524 773 25 5 5.40 1.48 1.58 .289 .460 .316 .273 5.40

CBL Major League Yearly Statistical Records
Year Age Team W L Sv Hld G GS QS CG IP AIP H HR BB SO IR IRS K/9 K/BB Whip Avg Slg LHB RHB ERA
2001 24 TAB 3 3 0 5 22 0 0 0 47.1 2.0 58 7 28 26 18 6 4.97 0.93 1.83 .294 .472 .355 .267 5.13
2005 28 BAR 3 4 1 4 62 0 0 0 132.2 2.0 199 22 51 52 24 8 3.54 1.02 1.89 .349 .559 .368 .338 7.12
2006 29 EDM 3 2 2 2 40 0 0 0 66.2 1.2 90 18 29 19 9 2 2.58 0.66 1.80 .317 .577 .327 .310 7.83
2007 30 EDM 1 4 0 2 26 0 0 0 55.2 2.0 63 16 17 17 8 3 2.77 1.00 1.45 .276 .544 .208 .311 6.63
2008 31 BAN 7 14 0 0 32 25 15 5 180.2 5.2 187 34 42 68 4 4 3.40 1.62 1.27 .262 .459 .268 .255 4.48
2009 32 SHE 4 12 0 0 35 15 2 2 147 4.1 188 37 44 40 6 2 2.45 0.91 1.58 .309 .558 .310 .309 6.74
2012 35 CRE 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.1 2.1 8 1 1 1 0 0 4.29 1.00 4.29 .615 .000 .714 .500 23.1
2013 36 SHE 2 6 0 0 15 10 3 0 72 4.2 87 13 25 12 3 2 1.50 0.48 1.56 .294 .500 .309 .281 6.00
2014 37 SHE 3 8 6 1 23 8 2 1 71.1 3.0 77 14 17 20 12 1 2.53 1.18 1.32 .272 .456 .256 .286 4.67
Totals     26 54 9 14 256 59 22 8 775.2 3.0 957 162 254 255 84 28 2.96 1.00 1.56 .300 .515 .301 .299 6.05

Transfer History for Lance Besecker
Date Transferred with Besecker To New Club In Exchange For To Old Club
April 22 2012 Free Agent signing by Creston Kokanee
May 31 2013 Released to Free Agents by Creston Kokanee
July 2 2013 Free Agent signing by Sherwood Park Ice
June 17 2015 Released to Free Agents by Fort Mac Roughnecks

Lance Besecker's Comparable Players
Player Names
Jack Ewoldt 97.8% Saiujjwal Penalver 95.1% Bret Sachs 94.4% Spenser Risse 94.1% Gustavo Patlan 93.9%

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