Bub Rickner   Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players Pitching His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Rickner also has a decent changeup. The Retired or Inactive Players hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success. 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. Rickner is agile on the mound, though he makes needless errors when his concentration wanders. Rickner is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Rickner has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Rickner as a pinch-runner on occasion. 2025 Outlook Rickner 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 Rickner.           -- 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 VAF 86 63 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 62 66 0 0 0 0 30 0 Sidearm Active 2 14 23 38 237 2002 VAF 85 63 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 65 66 0 0 0 0 31 1 Sidearm Active 0 1 0 40 238 2003 VAF 85 65 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 67 66 0 0 0 0 32 2 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 40 241 2004 VAF 84 65 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 68 66 0 0 0 0 33 3 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 40 240 2005 VAF 86 64 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 69 66 0 0 0 0 34 4 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 241 2006 VAF 85 64 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 69 66 0 0 0 0 35 5 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 42 239 2007 VAF 86 64 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 69 66 0 0 0 0 36 6 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 41 239 2008 VAL 86 65 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 69 66 0 0 0 0 37 7 Sidearm Active 0 0 0 40 240 2009 VAL 85 65 46 57 50 48 56 53 52 62 69 66 0 0 0 0 38 8 Sidearm AA/AAA 0 0 0 40 237 Ratings Delta -1                               +1 +1             -3

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 2004 33 PARF 8 13 0 0 40 40 14 1 210.1 5.1 199 18 112 161 0 0 6.90 1.44 1.48 .247 .380 .242 .252 4.54 2005 34 PARF 6 18 0 0 36 36 16 0 196.1 5.1 192 19 110 131 0 0 6.01 1.19 1.54 .257 .384 .247 .263 4.81 2006 35 PARF 15 14 0 0 36 36 24 0 210 6.0 182 10 91 148 0 0 6.34 1.63 1.30 .235 .320 .240 .232 3.30 Totals     29 45 0 0 112 112 54 1 616.2 5.2 573 47 313 440 0 0 6.43 1.41 1.44 .246 .361 .259 .249 4.21

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 30 VAF 9 11 0 0 39 37 12 0 207.1 5.1 205 16 124 148 1 1 6.43 1.19 1.59 .261 .359 .279 .247 4.04 2002 31 VAF 5 12 1 5 49 25 7 1 162.2 3.1 180 24 90 121 6 3 6.71 1.34 1.66 .280 .440 .275 .284 5.53 2003 32 VAF 4 3 4 4 39 0 0 0 85 2.1 67 8 44 56 28 5 5.93 1.27 1.31 .223 .343 .197 .248 2.86 2007 36 VAF 0 3 0 3 46 0 0 0 98 2.0 122 21 59 36 23 9 3.31 0.61 1.85 .307 .510 .333 .286 6.43 2008 37 VAL 3 3 1 6 48 0 0 0 89 2.0 112 17 52 30 21 5 3.03 0.58 1.84 .312 .499 .331 .294 7.38 2009 38 VAL 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 38.2 5.0 52 7 27 14 2 0 3.30 0.52 2.07 .315 .539 .319 .311 7.91 Totals     21 32 6 18 229 62 19 1 680.2 3.0 738 93 396 405 81 23 5.36 1.02 1.67 .278 .430 .286 .273 5.25

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