![]() The glove would come up to where it appeared as though you were catching your glove-arm shoulder while bringing the glove elbow up high enough to conceal the baseball that is positioned almost behind your head. The pitching arm would then go to where the humerus is vertical, or the pitching elbow facing the sky and the elbow at a 90-degree angle. You would start from what would look like the stretch, your glove side facing the plate with the pitching hand in the glove. You can see video of it here, but David Laurila of interviewed Outman in 2008 and asked him to explain the motion in his own words: Growing up and early in his career, Outman's delivery was based on a little-known and seldom-used method of pitching, appropriately called the "Outman Methodology." The rest is history.Ĭurrently on the 15-day disabled list for the Colorado Rockies with a strained oblique, Josh Outman is a 27-year-old, left-handed pitcher who employed a delivery growing up that was based on a little-known pitching method, appropriately named the "Outman Methodology."Ī three-year veteran who missed the 2010 season due to Tommy John surgery, Outman has a career record of 8-8 in 35 games (25 starts) with a 3.75 ERA and 1.35 WHIP over 151.1 innings pitched for the Oakland A's. My loss of velocity made me change my style of pitching, and from that came the development of my unorthodox style in order to keep hitters off balance. My attempt for a comeback went from the Braves organization to Boston where I ended up resurrecting my career. I was traded to Minnesota from Cleveland and suffered an arm injury, which led to my release. After a year off from winterball, which in those days was unheard of for Latino players, I had a dismal ’69 season after a great season in ’68 where I went 21-9 with 1.60 ERA. I started my career as a power pitcher who got his fastball up into the 96-98 mph range. Tiant explains when and why he adopted this unusual method of pitching, via : ![]() It made it nearly impossible for batters to figure out what was coming, as they not only couldn't tell what pitch he was throwing, but they had no clue as to what arm angle he was going to use in order to throw it. On top of that, Tiant would almost turn around to face second base during his windup, but instead of spinning back around and firing the ball toward home plate in a fluid motion, he'd hesitate, often looking around the park before throwing his pitch. Tiant could throw a fastball, curveball, slider, knuckleball, palmball and a slow curve, bringing his arm either over the top, three-quarters or sidearm. If the hitter was watching him, the poor schmuck didn’t have a chance of hitting the ball.Ī three-time All-Star who led the American League in ERA twice, Luis Tiant threw six different pitches from three different arm angles, and he never had the exact same delivery for any of them. He would wobble his head back and forth before releasing the ball. But he had a change-up curve, a regular change-up, a change-up off his fastball, and a change-up off that fastball. His best fastball was probably about 45 miles per hour, and then it got worse. He would frustrate the hell out of the hitters. He had a phenomenal career for a guy that couldn’t break a pane of glass with his fastball. ![]() He had three speeds for his pitches: slow, slower, and slowest. Via The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitches: Milt Pappas explains the phenomenon that was Stu Miller better than anyone else. ![]() Stu Miller never threw a pitch more than 60 miles per hour, yet he enjoyed a 16-year career that saw him save 154 games and may have had the best changeup that baseball has ever seen. ![]()
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