123 pitchers listed below; updated 7/25/2008.

Rocky Ellis (Negro Leagues)
Key Pitch: Fastball
Note: Ellis threw sidearm.
Source: Black Baseball in Pittsburgh (Larry Lester and Sammy J. Miller, 2001)

Red Embree
Key Pitch: Sinker Ball
Source: Baseball is a Funny Game (Joe Garagiola, 1960)

(Above supplements Embree's entry in book.)

Art Evans (1932)
Pitch Selection:  1. Knuckleball  2. Curve  3. Fastball
Source: The Sporting News (6/10/1937); this was five years removed from Evans’ very brief stint in the majors, and may not accurately describe his earlier repertoire.

Red Evans (1936 1939)
Pitch Selection:  1. Fastball  2. Curve  3. Screwball
Source: The Sporting News (8/1/1935, Paul Williams)

Red Faber
Faber: "When I pitched, I chewed tobacco on one side of my mouth and gum on the other. I never got 'em mixed up, and the combination gave me a better 'slippery' for the spitball."
Source: Baseball Digest (March 1960)

(Above supplements Faber's entry in book.)

Pete Falcone
Pitches: 1. Knuckle Curve 2. Fastball 3. Palmball
Source: The Sporting News (12/27/1975, Neal Russo)

(Above supplements Falcone's entry in book.)

Kyle Farnsworth (1999 2007)
Pitches: 1. Fastball (100) 2. Slider
Source: ESPN The Magazine (8/15/2005, Jim Caple)

Charlie Faust (1911)
John McGraw: "If a pitcher needed nothing but a wind-up I'll back Charley Faust against the world."
Source: Victory Faust: The Rube Who Saved McGraw's Giants (Gabriel Schechter, 2000)

Jack Faszholz (Minors, 1944 1956)
Ed Mickelson: ". . . a solidly built 6'2" guy with tremendous control and a sneaky fastball . . . His chief pitches were a good fastball (though not blazing), a curve and a slider."
Source: Out of the Park (Mickelson, 2007; this describes Perkovich in 1947)

Vern Fear (1952)
Key Pitch: Knuckleball
Source: The Sporting News (1/16/1952, Edgar Munzel)

Bob Feller
Hal Newhouser: "There are a number of pitchers in the American League who throw good sliders, especially Marvin Shea, of the Yankees; Tex Hughson of the Red Sox; and Bob Feller of the Indians."
Source: Pitching to Win (Hal Newhouser, 1948)

(Above supplements Feller's entry in book.)

Bob Feller
Ray Hayworth: "I was a pull hitter, usually hitting down the third base line. But when I hit against Feller, I hit mainly down the first base line. That's how fast he was. And he had so much deception. During his whole delivery, he was looking out in right field until the very last second. Then he'd pick you up at the plate, and the ball would come whizzing in. I hated to hit against him. I had a wife and two kids to support, and I used to think that one of these days he was going to kill me at home plate."
Source: The National Pastime: Number 22 (SABR, 2002)

(Above supplements Feller's entry in the book.)

Terry Felton (1979 1982)
Pitches: 1. Fastball 2. Curve 3. Slider 4. Change (occasional)
Brooks Robinson: "What can you say about a guy who has lost 16 in a row? He has to get better if his control improves. He has outstanding stuff, and there is just no way that he is as bad as his 1982 record indicates. Don't give up on him yet."
Source: The Scouting Report: 1983

Note: The Twins did give up on Felton, whose career ended at 0-16 in the majors.

Sid Fernandez
Gary Carter: "Sid Fernandez is even easier to catch than Bobby O[jeda]. He throws with a powerful thrust off his left leg, the arming coming not straight over the top but at three-quarters. His fastball climbs. It begins belt-high, then sails past the hitter at the letters on his chest. Duke's curve ball floats, and he will seldom bounce one in front of me. I relax when Dukey's out there."
Source: A Dream Season (Gary Carter & John Hough, Jr., 1987)

(Above information supplements Fernandez's entry in the book.)

Tom Ferrick
Ferrick: "That knuckler sure was a good pitch. I threw it as hard as my fast ball and it would drop off sharp. One winter I put it on the shelf and I never could find it again."
Source: Arthur Daley in The New York Times (3/16/1960); according to Daley, Ferrick's knuckleball had been "misplaced about a dozen years ago."

(Above information supplements Fernandez's entry in book.)

Wilmer Fields (Negro Leagues)
1. Fastball 2. Curves 3. Knuckleball
Fields: "After gaining control of my fastball, I added a curveball to my repertoire... Sometimes I'd throw my curveball more like a slider, and other times like a big curve. As my career progressed, and I gained more confidence with my two pitches, I decided I needed a third option, especially for those times when my other pitches weren't working. So I watched an old-timer for the Grays, Raymond Brown, throw his outstanding knuckleball, and I worked with him for several years while learning to throw one myself. Eventually, I got to the point where I could throw one consistently, and I had my third pitch."
Source: My Life in the Negro Leagues (Wilmer Fields, 1992)

Eddie Fisher
Al Lopez: "The turning point with him, I believe, came about the middle of 1964 when he finally got around to making the knuckler his main pitch. He had been throwing it before, but only 20 percent of the time. Now he throws it at least 80 percent of the time. The knuckleball is hard to control. Therefore, I've always felt that if you were going to be a knuckleball pitcher, you have to be one all the way or you'll never perfect it."
Source: Baseball Dope Book -- 1966 (article by Edgar Munzel)

(Above supplements Fisher's entry in book.)

Al Fitzmorris
John Mayberry: "Fitzy had absolutely nothing. He threw the kind of junk you leave on your front lawn and hope that someone steals."
Source: The Soul of Baseball (Joe Posnanski, 3/24/2007)

(Above supplements Fitzmorris's entry in book.)

Ben Flowers (1951 1956)
Key Pitch: Knuckleball
Source: The Sporting News (9/7/1955, Cy Kritzer)

Wes Flowers (1940 1944)
Key Pitch: Knuckleball
Source: The Sporting News (8/15/1940, Tommy Holmes; and 4/29/1943, Page 7)

Josh Fogg (2001 2007)
Report: "RHP Josh Fogg gets a lot of ground balls with his sinker, but he also isn't afraid to use his curve and changeup to induce fly balls -- even at Coors Field."
Source: The Sporting News (7/21/2006, Thomas Harding)

Rich Folkers (1970 1977)
Pitches: 1. Screwball 2. Fastball 3. Curve
Source: The Sporting News (8/11/1973, Neal Russo)

Jim Foor (1971 1973)
Pitch Selection:  1. Fastball  2. Hard Curve  3. Change
Source: Foor in Cup of Coffee (Rob Trucks, 2002)

Steve Foucault
Foucault on his Sidearm Curve: "Now it's my best pitch. I can't throw it hard or soft, and it takes the place of both a slider and a change. I'm sure the sidearm delivery, mixed with the three-quarter fast ball, disturbs the batter, too."
Source: The Sporting News (Merle Heryford, 6/8/1974)

Earl Weaver: "I can't understand it. He looks so easy to hit I was tempted to grab a bat."
Source: The Sporting News (Randy Galloway, 6/29/1974)

(Above replaces Foucault's entry in book.)

Ken Frailing (1972 1976)
Pitches: 1. Sinking Fastball 2. Curve 3. Slider 4. Knuckleball
Source: 1975 Pitcher Performance Handbook (Ronald H. Lewis)

Earl Francis (1960 1965)
Comment: "Earl Francis of the Pirates, who has one of the best curves in baseball today, throws his with the index finger cocked against a seam to help him impart greater spin. And some pitchers throw what they term a 'knuckle curve,' which is a curve spun off the index finger knuckle."
Source: The Making of a Big League Pitcher (Ed Richter, 1963)

Jeff Francis (2004 2007)
Comment: "Though he rarely tops 88 mph on the radar gun, Francis's success is a result of using pinpoint command to locate his two-seam fastball and looping curve. Says an NL advance scout, 'There's no real secret to why he pitches well [in Colorado]. The bottom line is, he's a very smart pitcher with very good stuff."
Source: Sports Illustrated (6/6/2005, Albert Chen)

Report: "Even on the night the Rockies' Jeff Francis shut out the Reds for seven innings, I wasn't impressed with his stuff. His command has to be right on for him to be effective. He's kind of a low-cost version of Denny Neagle."
Source: anonymous scout in The Sporting News (5/19/2006)

Jason Frasor (2004 2007)
Report: "RHP Jason Frasor abandoned his curveball after being sent to Syracuse and now uses a slider as his main breaking pitch. Frasor also is mixing in more split-finger fastballs. The approach is similar to the one Frasor used in 2004, when he had 17 saves."
Source: The Sporting News (9/1/2006, Jordan Bastian)

Dave Freisleben (1974 1979)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball  2. Curve  3. Change  4. Slider (occasional)
Source: The Sporting News (6/23/1973, Fred Borsch); this describes his repertoire while pitching in the Pacific Coast League, and might not accurately describe his pitches afterward, in the majors.

Marion Fricano (1952 1955)
Key Pitch: Knuckleball
Source: The Sporting News (8/11/1954, Art Morrow; and 11/17/1954, Morrow)

Kason Gabbard (2006 2007)
Report: "Scouts and GMs are divided on how good LHP Kason Gabbard, shipped from Boston to Texas in the Eric Gagne deal, will be. Some swear he's a young Jimmy Key, while others say he's nothing special, a soft-tosser with a little deception and a bit of sink on his fastball."
Source: ESPN The Magazine (Tim Kurkjian, 8/27/2007)

Yovani Gallardo (2007)
Pitches: 1. Fastball (88-94) 2. Curve 3. Change 4. Slider
Source: ESPN.com (Keith Law, 6/18/2007)

Bob Garibaldi (1962 1969)
Garibaldi: "I was mainly a fastball pitcher. If I could look back and say if I had to do it all over again, maybe instead of going with a curveball I should have went with a change-up, or something else."
Source: SF Giants: An Oral History (Mike Mandel, 1979)

Matt Garza
Joe Maddon: "Arguably some of the best stuff in the league. Fastball veloity-wise, he's about 93 to 95, plus he throws at a down angle with movement. And then the slider off that and the curveball off of that."
Source: NESN broadcast, 7/1/2008

Dave Gassner (2005)
Report: "His fastball usually tops out at 88 mph, but good command and a wide array of reliable breaking pitches helps him succeeed -- much like Seatle Mariners veteran Jamie Moyer, after whom Gassner has patterned himself."
Source: Associated Press story, published 4/14/2005

Aubrey Gatewood (1963 1970)
Pitches, 1963 - Sept. 6, 1965: 1. Fastball 2. Curve
Pitches, Sept. 10, 1965 - ?: 1. Knuckleball (75-80%) 2. Fastball 3. Curve
Source: The Sporting News (9/25/1985, Ross Newhan)

Trivia: The last batter Gatewood faced in the majors was San Francisco's Jim Ray Hart, in the fifth inning on July 8, 1970. Hart tripled to complete the cycle; he'd doubled in the second, singled in the third, and homered earlier in the fifth.

Paul Giel (1954 1961)
Pitches: 1. Fastball (low-mid 80s) 2. Slider 3. Change
Source: Giel in Baseball's Bonus Babies (Brent Kelly, 2006)

Tom Glavine
Report: "Glavine went through a similar process last summer when, mired in an awful slump, he abandoned his approach of changing speeds and throwing down-and-away changeups. He resurrected his curveball and started to throw inside more. The success rejuvenated his career."
Source: The New York Times (Ben Shpigel, 8/6/2006)

Report: "The guy with the underwhelming fastball decided to begin serving his lukewarm heater on the inside part of the plate more often. Instead of living low and away, Glavine expanded his repertoire. He started throwing more curves and varying the location of all his pitches. In short, a guy who had always relied on touch and feel became an even better pitcher. The turnaround has been stunning: Since the second half of 2005, Glavine has gone 27-15 with a 3.28 ERA. In the 2 1/2 seasons prior: 26-35, 4.21."
Source: The Sporting News (Stan McNeal, 6/4/2007)

(Above supplements Glavine's entry in book.)

Jim Golden (1960 1963)
Pitches: 1. Curve 2. Fastball 3. Slider 4. Change
Source: Jim Golden: the Boy from the Golden West (1962, part of "Here Come the Colts" series of booklets); same source says that Golden learned his slider from Art Fowler when the two were teammates on the Dodgers' St. Paul farm team.

Dave Goltz
Pitches: 1. Sinking Fastball 2. Slider 3. Rising Fastball (developed in 1974) 4. Knuckle Curve 5. Change (occasional)
Source: Goltz in The Sporting News (3/22/1975, Bob Fowler)

(Above supplements Goltz's entry in book.)

Mike Gonzalez (2003 2006)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball (mid-90s) 2. Slider
Source: The Sporting News (9/1/2006, Ed Eagle)

Gonzalez: "I'm not going to trick you. I've got a fastball and a slider."
Source: The Sporting News (Matt Crossman, 3/12/2007)

Dwight Gooden
Gary Carter: "Dwight Gooden throws hard, always. His breaking ball bites hard. His pitches are alive; they sail, they fly, which means they don't feel heavy hitting in the mitt."
Source: A Dream Season (Gary Carter & John Hough, Jr., 1987)

(Above information supplements Gooden's entry in book.)

Marv Goodwin
Comment: "The former Cincinnati great, Marvin Goodwin, was another fine spitter. He took the slime off the bottom of his chin as he prepared to pitch. He had such a mouthful of slippery ellum at times that the corners of his mouth were sore."
Source: Kill the Ump! (Dusty Boggess as told to Ernie Helm, 1966)

(Above information supplements Goodwin's entry in book.)

Rich Gossage
Gossage: "I already had an out pitch. My fastball consistently registered in the midnineties. It was one of a handful of the hardest in the game and it had plenty of movement. I threw a sinker fastball and a high one with hop. Either could blow hitters away. In 1975 I added a much-improved slider to the mix."
Source: The Goose is Loose (Gossage with Russ Pate, 2000)

(Above supplements Gossage entry in book.)

Eli Grba (1959 1963)
Pitches: 1. Fastball 2. Curve 3. Slider 4. Change
Source: The Sporting News (6/1/1960, Laurence Leonard)

Trivia: Grba started and won (7-2) the first game in L.A. Angels history.

Bill Greason (1954)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball  2. Curve
Note: Greason threw mostly overhand, but also dropped to three-quarters and sidearm.
Source: Greason in Cup of Coffee (Rob Trucks, 2002)

Ross Grimsley
Bill Madlock: "You wonder how the guy does it. He seems like he's throwing junk up there, but he wins so I guess you've got to rate his control and concentration as excellent."
Roger Craig: "I admire Ross for learning how to pitch after he had arm problems and lost his overpowering fastball. Now, he's got a good sinking fastball, a screwball and a great changeup."
Source: SPORT Magazine (May 1979, Stephen Hanks)

(Above supplements Grimsley's entry in book.)

Marv Grissom
Al Worthington: "Marv Grissom was an outstanding pitcher, I don't know how a man could be any better. He had a tremendous curveball and a fastball and a screwball and he used them all."
Source: SF Giants: An Oral History (Mike Mandel, 1979)

(Above information supplements Grissom's entry in book.)

Eddie Guardado
Pat Borders: "Hitting the spots is key, and Eddie seldom misses. He's very deceptive with his fastball. It jumps on hitters and they are often behind it quite a bit."

Eric Chavez: "It's deception. He tucks his throwing arm behind the shoulder during the delivery, so the hitter picks the ball up real late. You think it's a heater, and you get the splitter. I've never really liked facing him."
Source: Mariners Magazine (August 2005, Scott Holter)

(Above information supplements Guardado's entry in book.)

Ron Guidry
Scout Frank Malzone, 1978: "Guidry throws harder than anyone in baseball . . . Harder than Blue or Tanana, equal to Ryan. But his secret is his slider. He gets 'em looking for his heat, then dipsey-doodles it and they're dead."
Source: Sport (October 1978, Mark Ribowsky)

Guidry: "I never threw a changeup. Not until I was about 36 years old and I was going out the door."
Report: "In Guidry's prime, his catcher, Thurman Munson, had only two signs, each with a variation. One finger meant a straight fastball. If Munson wiggled the finger, he wanted a tailing fastball. Three fingers meant the vicious slider Guidry had learned from Sparky Lyle. Three wiggling fingers meant a slider thrown just a bit slower."
Source: The New York Times (Tyler Kepner, 3/4/2007)

(Above information supplements Guidry's entry in book.)

Randy Gumpert
Favorite Pitch: Slider
Gumpert: "I gave up Mantle's first home run. Five, one, fifty-one. I was with the White Sox and pitching at Comiskey Park. I threw Mantle a screwball. Evidently, it didn't screw very well and he hit it into the bullpen in center field.
Source: The National Pastime: Number 19 (SABR, 1999, article by Victor Debs, Jr.)

(Above information supplements, and somewhat contradicts, Gumpert's entry in the book.)

Larry Gura
Ron Luciano: "He'll be sailing along, then start to lose it, survive on junk pitches for two innings, then finish strong. It's his ability to get through those two innings when he doesn't have his best stuff that has made him a major league winner."
Source: The Umpire Strikes Back (Luciano & David Fisher, 1982)

(Above information supplements Gura's entry in book.)

Jeremy Guthrie (2004 2007)
Report: "Guthrie throws a low-90s fastball, a slider and a changeup -- none of them plus pitches."
Source: The Sporting News (Spencer Fordin, 4/23/2007)

Harvey Haddix
Comment: "A hitch, or jerking motion of the leg, is calculated to throw batters off stride. It works well for Harvey Haddix of the Pirates."
Source: The Making of a Big League Pitcher (Ed Richter, 1963)

(Above information supplements Haddix's entry in book.)

Charlie Haeger (2006 2007)
Pitches: 1. Knuckleball 2. Cut Fastball
Source: Baseball America Prospect Handbook (2006 edition)

Kevin Hagen (1983 1984)
Pitches: 1. Sinker 2. Slider
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Dan Raley, 5/31/2006)

Roy Halladay (1998 2005)
Pitches: 1. Cutter (93) 2. Sinker (93) 3. Curve 4. Splitter
Source: Blue Jays catcher Tom Wilson in The Toronto Sun (6/12/2003, Bob Elliott)

Note: Many would argue that Halladay's curveball, of the 12-to-6 variety, is actually his best pitch. And at least one source suggests he sometimes gets his fastball into the 97-m.p.h. neighborhood.

Brad Halsey (2004 2007)
Pitches: 1. Slider 2. Four-Seam Fastball (low-90s) 3. Cut Fastball 4. Change
Report: "Halsey's out pitch is a slider with late bite that tops out at 82 mph. He complements it with a 92-mph four-seam fastball, a cut fastball and a change-up. His slider sometimes looks more like a slurve, particularly when thrown from the windup. The slider and cutter look similar coming out of Halsey's hand. Halsey throws his change for strikes, but the pitch lacks dive and is too easy to hit.
Source: Lewis Shaw in The Sporting News (4/29/2005)

Jack Hamilton
Hamilton: "I did throw a spitter now and then. But not to Conigliaro. I guess people can believe what they want ... People always want to know what I remember about Tony Conigliaro. To me, he was a first-ball hitter who had trouble with the curveball, and of course I couldn’t throw the curveball. I was just a fastball pitcher."
Source: Bost Herald (Steve Buckley, 8/17/2007)

(Above supplements, and perhaps should replace, Hamilton's entry in book.)

Gerry Hannahs (1976 1979)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball 2. Knuckle Curve 3. Change (developing in 1976)
Source: The Sporting News (8/28/1976, John Broderick)

Jim Hannan (1962 1971)
Key Pitches: Fastball and Curve
Comment: "Hannan's pitching repertoire otherwise was without fault. He boasted a fast-ball that made him the strikeout king of the NY-Penn League last season, bu this curve was his clutch pitch."
Source: The Sporting News (7/28/1962, Shirley Povich)

Devern Hansack (2006)
Pitches: 1. Slider 2. Fastball (low-90s) 3. Change 4. Splitter
Source: BostonHerald.com (Jeff Horrigan, 9/23/2006)

Note: In his second MLB start (10/1/2006) Hansack pitched a five-inning "no-hitter".

Aaron Harang (2002 2007)
Report: " 'He's sneaky,' says Mets centerfielder Carlos Beltran. 'He doesn't look like he's throwing that hard, but somehow he gets it in on you, or by you.' The 6'7", 275-pound righthander accomplishes that with a slight hitch in his delivery that hides the ball well behind his right hip until he's past his balance point. That blind spot also helps Harang to get hitters to chase his slider out of the strike zone."
Source: ESPN The Magazine (Jeff Bradley, 8/13/2007)

Rich Harden (2003 2007)
Report: "Don't even bother sitting on his splitter or his changeup, because even if you do, you won't hit it. Try to hit his fastball. Emphasis on try."
Source: Anonymous advance scout in Sports Illustrated (Tom Verducci, 4/24/2006)

Dan Haren (2003 2007)
Report: "RHP Dan Haren can overpower opponents with a fastball in the low to mid-90s, but his split-finger fastball makes him one of the most promising young starters in the A.L. During a loss that ended a six-game winning streak, he struck out a career-high 12 hitters -- 11 on splitters. Haren uses his changeup sparingly and has a good slider. He's also an excellent athlete who fields his position well."
Source: The Sporting News (9/15/2006, Mychael Urban)

Report: "But priority No. 1 was mastering the cut fastball, which, in addition to two- and four-seam fastballs, the spiked curveball he learned from Jason Isringhausent, and his trademark diving splitter, gave Haren five pitches he can throw for strikes."
Source: ESPN The Magazine (Lindsay Berra, 7/30/2007)

Roy Henshaw (1933 1944)
Key Pitch: Sneak-Ball
Source: Baseball Magazine (September 1937, Dan Daniel)

Clay Hensley (2005 2008)
Pitches: 1. Hard Sinker 2. Slider 3. Curve 4. Change
Source: Interview with Portland Beavers pitching coach Gary Lance (7/7/2005, Rob Neyer)

Dustin Hermanson (1995 2005)
Key Pitch: Sinker
Hermanson: "I'm a sinkerball pitcher. I can always hit that outside corner to a lefty, but it's tougher for me to hit that inside corner to a lefty, so with me standing over farther on the first base side it enables me to get the ball over there on that side easier."
Source: The Starting Pitcher (Rob Trucks, 2005)

Felix Hernandez (2005 2008)
Pitches: 1. Fastball (96-97) 2. Curve (82-84) 3. Change (80-83)
Source: Seth Stohs, who charted Hernandez's second start (8/9/2005) and posted the results on his Website. According to Stohs, Hernandez threw 59 fastballs, 23 curveballs, and 12 change-ups (all of them after the first four innings), in the course of shutting out the Twins for eight innings.

Mariners pitching coach Brian Price: "He is a tremendous power pitcher, and yet he throws his off-speed pitches with as much accuracy as his fastball. He's also got a terrific slider, but we tell him not to use it -- simply because he just doesn't need it right now."
Source: Sports Illustrated (8/22/2005)

Livan Hernandez
Report: "Hernandez typically throws in the 80s, keeping hitters off-balance with a variety of screwy fastballs down in the zone."
Source: The Sporting News (6/23/2008)

Orlando Hernandez
Report: "White Sox RHP Orlando Hernandez has a similar pitching style to that of the team's closer, RHP Shingo Takatsu. Hernandez comes at hitters with a variety of arm angles and speeds; his pitches ranged from 55 to 86 mph during a recent outing. But the team would like Hernandez to pick up a few more mph on his fastball, making the change of speeds more distinct."
Source: The Sporting News (3/25/2005, Scott Merkin)

(Above supplement's Hernandez's entry in book.)

Guy Hoffman (1979 1988)
Pitches: 1. Curve 2. Change 3. Sneaky Fastball
Source: The Scouting Report: 1987

Brad Hogg (1911 1919)
Key Pitch: Spitball
Source: Spitting on Diamonds (Clyde H. Hogg, 2005)

Bill Holland (Negro Leagues)
Key Pitch: Fastball
Report: "A fastball pitcher, this right-hander's repertory also included a curve, drop, change-up, and emery ball."
Source: The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (James A. Riley, 1994)

Bobo Holloman (1953)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball 2. Sinker
Source: The New York Times (Associated Press, 5/7/1953)

Bob Hooper (1950 1955)
Red Rolfe in 1950: "Hooper throws sinkers and sliders. Very few curve balls. When he throws latter he lowers his head. Do not be agressive against him. Make him pitch. He tires with all his motions on the mound."
Source: The View from the Dugout (ed. William M. Anders, 2006)

Bruce Howard
Al Lopez: "He has everything: a sinking fastball, a curveball, a slider, and plenty of poise."
Source: Dell Sports (March 1965)

(Above supplements Howard's entry in book.)

Willis Hudlin
Hudlin: "The sinker-ball was my out pitch. I was a low-ball pitcher against all batters, even the ones supposed to be good low-ball hitters. My fastball sinker was my bread-and-butter pitch. But when I started losing it, I had to come up with some kind of a curveball, which I'd never had before. And there were no pitching coaches to teach you..."
Source: Baseball Research Journal (Volume 16, 1987)

(Above information supplements Hudlin's entry in book.)

Charlie Hudson (1972 1975)
Key Pitch, 1972: Screwball
Source: The Sporting News (8/11/1972?, Neal Russo)

Key Pitch: Knuckleball (developed in 1973)
Source: The Sporting News (9/29/1973, Randy Galloway)

Luke Hudson (2002 2006)
Key Pitch: Sinker
Source: The Sporting News (8/18/2006, Dick Kaegel)

Sid Hudson
Report: "Hudson lacks the bruising power of Bob Feller, Rowe and Newsom, with whom the figures rank him. He's a heady pitcher and is called by Rick Ferrell, the Senators' catcher, 'the smartest rookie I ever handled.' Hudson spends long hours pouring over charts and studying batting styles of opposing hitters."
Source: Jimmy Powers in the New York Daily News (8/14/1940).

(Above supplements Hudson's entry in book.)

Jim Hughes
Pitches: 1. Fastball  2. Curveball
Joe Garagiola: "As the hitter, I had worked the count to two and two with both strikes being fouled off on fast balls. The two-ball count had been on curve balls and bad curves at that. This was about the pattern you figured, because Hughes was strictly a fast-ball pitcher. The two-two pitch was outside, a fast ball that missed, and now it was a full count. A walk would put the tying run at second, and I would be the winning run on at first base. Hughes broke off the best curve I'd seen in a long time, and all I could do was watch it sail by for strike three..."
Source: Baseball is a Funny Game (Joe Garagiola, 1960)

Philip Hughes (2007)
Report: "Hughes throws a four-seam fastball and a two-seamer in the low to mid-90s to both sides of the plate and also has a terrific curveball."
Source: The Sporting News (Sean Deveney, 2/25/2008)

Tex Hughson
Hal Newhouser: "There are a number of pitchers in the American League who throw good sliders, especially Marvin Shea, of the Yankees; Tex Hughson of the Red Sox; and Bob Feller of the Indians."
Source: Pitching to Win (Hal Newhouser, 1948)

(Above supplements Hughson's entry in book.)

Fred Hutchinson
Hal Newhouser: "Freddie Hutchinson, of the Tigers, also can throw three or four different changes of pace."
Source: Pitching to Win (Hal Newhouser, 1948)

Ira Hutchinson (1933 1945)
Hutchinson: "I had a curve ball which they call a slider today."
Source: Baseball Digest (May 1967, John P. Carmichael)

Al Jackson
Comment: "Change-ups are thrown mostly off fastballs. But some pitchers use change curves and change sliders. Al Jackson of the Mets is one."
Source: The Making of a Big League Pitcher (Ed Richter, 1963)

Note: Same book, photo caption of Jackson reads, "Tiny Al Jackson of the New York Mets. He uses high kick and delayed lay-back to get more momentum into each pitch."

(Above information supplements Jackson's entry in book.)

Chuck James (2005 2007)
Report: "His willingness to attack opponents inside allows him to get away with a 91-mph fastball and a solid changeup. Hitters say they have a tough time picking up James' release point. If his slider improves, he will be even more deceptive.
Source: The Sporting News (12/1/2006, Mark Bowman)

Casey Janssen (2006 2007)
Report: "His fastball barely reaches 90 mph, so he mixes in a curve, slider, changeup, and cutter. 'They all have their days,' he says. 'If I don't have a feel for one of the pitches, I still hae a couple of others I can use.' Janssen mainly credits the two-seam cutter for his rapid rise. He discovered the grip as a college sophomore, when he was tinkering with a baseball on his couch when sidelined with an injury."
Source: ESPN The Magazine (7/3/2006, Matt Meyers)

Bobby Jenks (2005 2008)
Pitches: 1. Fastball (100) 2. Curve 3. Change (83)
Source: ESPN The Magazine (9/26/2005, Amy K. Nelson)

Jason Jennings
Report: "Jennings is more successful when he is aggressive and doesn't overanalyze every pitch sequence. He has a good slider but tends to be predictable with it, which allows hitters to sit on the pitch."
Source: The Sporting News (1/15/2007)

(Above supplements Jennings's entry in book.)

Tommy John
Ted Simmons: "He'll throw maybe four balls to every strike. That sinking fastball starts at the knees and seems so slow, you feel you can golf the ball 450 yards to the green. But by the time you finish swinging, the damn thing's at your ankles."
Source: SPORT Magazine (May 1979, Stephen Hanks)

(Above supplements John's entry in book.)

Don Johnson (1947 1958)
Comment: "When Johnson found himself in trouble because his fastball wasn't taking off, he was up the creek. Johnson, though, is a valuable bit of pitching bric-a-brac and a comer. Less reliance on his fastball and more of an assortment will make him a great pitcher because he has almost every other requisite."
Source: Yankee Doodles (Milton Gross, 1948); this was written at the very beginning of Johnson's major-league career.

Earl Johnson (1940 1951)
Eddie Collins: "Though he is the rawest rookie on the staff he is the most polished of the lot at keeping down the stolen base total. Johnson has such a deceptive motion he keeps the base runner clinging to first -- like a drunk to a lamp post."
Source: Jimmy Powers column in the New York Daily News (8/26/1940)

Josh Johnson (2006)
Pitches: 1. Fasball (92-96) 2. Slider 3. Changeup
Source: The Sporting News (Stan McNeal, 9/15/2006)

Ken Johnson
Pitches: 1. Knuckleball 2. Fastball 3. Curve
Comment: "Johnson estimates he now throws the knuckle ball about one-third of the time and he is convinced that it has had a great deal to do with making his fast ball and curve more effective."
Johnson: "I've got quite a few strikeouts with my knuckle ball, but I think I've had just as many with my fast ball and curve. If I didn't have the knuckler, though, they wouldn't be striking out on those other pitches."
Source: Ken Johnson: Tree-Tall Master of the Knuckler (entry in "Here Come the Colts" booklet series published in 1962)

(Above information supplements Johnson entry in book.)

Roy Joiner (1934 1940)
Pitches, 1940: 1. Fastball  2. Curve  3. Sinker  4. Knuckleball
Source: Billy Terry in The Sporting News (4/11/1940, Page 12)

Dave Jolly (1953 1957)
Report: "Dave Jolly, who faded in midseason last year after appearing to regain his 1954 form as a relief pitcher, is experimenting with a knuckleball this spring. He used the knuckler to some advantage when he posted an 11-6 record in 1954, but not at all the last two seasons."
Source: The Sporting News (Bob Wolf, 3/13/1957)

Randy Jones
Jones on his famous Sinker: Warren "Hacker Hacker taught me about finger pressure, how in a sinker the thumb pushes in and the index finger pushes down on the ball. The other fingers just do the guiding. Before I'd been using pressure on all fingers. Thanks to Hacker, my sinker developed a different spin and the ball rotates counter-clockwise and it sinks very sharply."
Source: Sport (Don Freeman, May 1976; article says Jones throws his sinker "at least 80 percent of the time.")

(Above supplements Jones's entry in book.)

Slim Jones (Negro Leagues)
Key Pitch: Fastball
Scouting Report: "I only knew one guy that [Satchel Paige] couldn't beat, and that was Slim Jones. That's the only pitcher Satchel couldn't beat. Slim Jones was tall--about 6'6"--and skinny like Satchel, and he could throw the ball as hard as Satchel."
Source: Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues (Frazier "Slow" Robinson with Paul Bauer, 1999)

Stacy Jones (1991 1996)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball  2. Slider  3. Split-Finger
Source: Jones in Cup of Coffee (Rob Trucks, 2002)

Todd Jones
Jones: "As far back as 1999, I started working with a cutter, a pitch that for a righthanded pitcher will tail away from righthanded hitters because of the way the wrist is turned. It wasn't until 2005, however, that I really learned how to use it.. Paul Lo Duca, my catcher with the Marlins, showed me the way. Though the cutter had become part of my mix, Lo Duca helped make it a primary pitch -- a pitch I can go to when the chips are on the table."
Source: The Sporting News (Todd Jones, 3/5/2007)

(Above supplements Jones's entry in book.)

Mike Jurewicz (1965)
Pitch Selection:  1. Fastball (upper 90s)  2. Curve  3. Change (occasional)
Source: Jurewicz in Cup of Coffee (Rob Trucks, 2002)

Herb Karpel (1946)
Key Pitch: Change
Description: “. . . great change of pace, lots of slow stuff—good control.”
Source: Pacific Coast Baseball News (4/25/1949)

Scott Kazmir (2004 2008)
Report: "His best pitches are a cut fastball that tops out at 93 mph and a four-seam fastball with late life that reaches the upper 90s. Also throws a hard slider that has good tilt when thrown from the windup but is not as effective when thrown from the stretch. Throws a low-80s changeup with decent dive and still is learning how to change speeds with it."
Source: The Sporting News (Lewis Shaw, 6/2/2006)

Brooks Kieschnick (2003 2004)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball 2. Change 3. Breaking Ball
Sources: The New York Times (5/9/2004, Dave Caldwell); Kieschnick interview on ESPN.com (posted 8/12/2003, Alan Schwarz)

Harry Kelley (1925 1939)
Key Pitch: Slow Curve
Comment: “Kelley’s is one of the slowest curves in the majors, and has led to the supposition that he throws a knuckler.”
Source: Baseball Magazine (September 1937, Dan Daniel)

Note: Kelley pitched briefly for Washington in 1926 and ’26, then spent nine full seasons in the minors before resurfacing with the Athletics in 1936, when somehow he ranked as one of the better starters in the league (it didn’t last).

Bill Kelso
Report: "Bill throws a sinking fast ball, a high hard one which he calls his strikeout pitch, plus a slider, curve and occasional screwball."
Source: Baseball Digest (Ritter Collett, June 1968)

(Above supplements, and perhaps replaces, Kelso's entry in book.)

Mike Kilkenny (1969 1973)
Billy Martin: "Our other starter was Mike Kilkenny, who should have been a 20-game winner every year he pitched, but he never challenged the hitters like he should. He went out and pitched to spots, and though he should have been great was just mediocre."
Source: Number 1 (Billy Martin & Peter Golenbock, 1980)

Byung-Hyun Kim
Report: "RHP Byung-Hyun Kim has improved against lefthanded hitters by mixing in his changeup without overusing it and staying low with his two- and four-seam fastballs."
Source: The Sporting News (8/18/2006, Steve Gilbert)

(Above supplements Kim's entry in book.)

Ellis Kinder
Coach Bill McKechnie: "He's got a heart, a head and a low, sharp-breaking slider that's as tough a pitch to hit as anybody throws."
Source: The Sporting News (Hy Hurwitz, 9/30/1953)

(Above supplements Kinder's entry in book.)

Eric King
Pitch Selection, 1988: 1. Fastball 2. Slider 3. Slow Curve (added in June 1988)
Report: "Always blessed with an overpowering fastball which tails high and tight to righthanded hitters and a wicked slider ..."
Source: Tiger Tracks - 1989 (1989, The Mayo Smith Society)

(Above supplements King's entry in book.)

Clay Kirby
Hank Aaron: "Kirby was not one of the best pitchers in the National League, but he had one of the best sliders..."
Source: I Had a Hammer (Hank Aaron with Lonnie Wheeler, 1991)

(Above supplements Kirby's entry in book.)

Ed Klieman (1943 1950)
Key Pitch: Sinker
Source: The Sporting News (Ed McAuley, 6/25/1947)

Bob Knepper
Scout Hugh Alexander, 1978: "Knepper is a carbon copy of San Diego's Randy Jones, only he throws harder. He turns the ball over, makes the ball run away from righthanded hitters. I don't see the league solving him the second time around because he's got enough hard stuff to get the strikeout when they're looking for the screwball."
Source: Sport (October 1978, Mark Ribowsky)

(Above supplements Knepper's entry in book.)

Darold Knowles
Dick Groat: "He reminds me so much of Ron Perranoski. His fast ball tails off the same way, and hitters chop those big bouncers to shortstop. And he's really got heart."
Source: Baseball Digest (Sandy Grady, July 1966)

George Koby (Minors, 1943-1951)
Ed Mickelson: "He had been in the Cardinal organization only a few years, but his blazing fastball and Greek-god-like physique gave him a can't-miss tag. He was with the Cardinals in spring training of '48 and was supposed to have a chance to make the parent club. George hurt his arm in spring training, though, and was on his way down, if not out of baseball. . . He had nothing on his fastball, but he did have pitching experience and pinpoint control."
Source: Out of the Park (Mickelson, 2007; this describes Perkovich in 1948)

Doug Konieczny (1973 1977)
Pitch Selection: 1. Fastball  2. Slider  3. Curve
Source: The Sporting News (7/21/1973, Page 42)

Jack Kralick
Note: As late as 1961, Kralick was throwing the occasional knuckleball, though our other, later sources don't mention a knuckler at all.
Source: Kralick in The Sporting News (5/24/1961, Tom Briere)

(Above information supplements Kralick's entry in book.)

Harry Krause
Report: "Control is his strong point, though his repertoire includes a fine curve and fair speed. His demeanor is modest and he admits that his sensational showing last year was as much of a surprise to himself as to anyone else."
Source: The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide for 1910

Report: "His assortment of curves is wonderful, but without his fast one moving well he cannot do his best work. He is a sensitive, high-strung youngster, and much of his success in the 1909 season was due to the coaching of Ira Thomas."
Source: Francis Richter in The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide for 1911

(Above supplements Krause's entry in book.)

Lou Kretlow
Story: "'What an exhibition you gave your last time out,' chided Detroit Catcher Aaron Robinson to Pitcher Art Houtteman. 'You were so wild that we were thinking of changing your name to Lou Kretlow..'"
Source: Baseball Digest  (September 1950, Ed McAuley in the Cleveland News)

(Above supplements Kretlow's entry in book.)

Johnny Kucks
Kucks on his famous Sinker: "I don't know why it sinks, or how. I'm just glad it does."
Source: The Decline and Fall of the New York Yankees (Jack Mann, 1967)

(Above information supplements Kucks's entry in book.)

Masumi Kuwata (2007)
Report: "His fastball seldom clocks above 86 mph, the speed of many pitchers' sliders. But, when blended with his curveball, slider, changeup and ... sushi-ball" -- a super-slow curveball -- "the velocity becomes relative."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Dejan Kovasevic, 6/26/2007)