Fred Holdsworth

Frederick William Holdsworth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI
High School: Northfield HS (Northfield, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1972
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Expos/Tigers/Brewers 1972-1980

Final Game: September 21, 1980
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1970	18	DET-min	Rk,A	11	25	25	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		5							BRS,LAK · APPY,FLOR
1971	19	DET-min	A,AA	30	71	70	2	13	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	7	.186	.186	.257	.443		18		0	1	0			RKM,LAK,MTG · CARL,FLOR,SOUL
1972	20	DET-min	AAA	21	41	37	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.216	.256	.243	.500		9		0	2	0			TOL · IL
1972	20	DET	AL	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	21	DET-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			TOL · IL
1973	21	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1974	22	DET-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			EVN · AA
1974	22	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1975	23	BAL-DET-min	AAA	27	36	31	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.129	.229	.129	.358		4		0	1	0			ROC,EVN · IL,AA
1976	24	BAL-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			ROC · IL
1976	24	BAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	25	TOT	MLB	26	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	25	BAL	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	25	MON	NL	14	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	26	WSN-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			DEN · AA
1978	26	MON	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1979	27	DET-min	AA,AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1980	28	MIL-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			VAN · PCL
1980	28	MIL	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1981	29	OAK-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
7 Yrs				72	13	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	29	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	2	0	0	0	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				15	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1	0	0	0	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				52	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1972	20	DET	AL	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.518	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1973	21	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1974	22	DET	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1976	24	BAL	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	25	BAL	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	25	MON	NL	14	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1978	26	MON	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1980	28	MIL	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				72	13	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

DET (3 yrs)				15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MON (2 yrs)				20	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
BAL (2 yrs)				28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MIL (1 yr)				9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1972	20	DET	AL	3	2	0	0.0	85	.500	.333	.250	.333	.319	.333	.361	.667	.680	97	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000

1977	25	TOT	MLB	10	10	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.332	.000	.403	.000	.735	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1977	25	MON	NL	10	10	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.332	.000	.403	.000	.735	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				13	12	0	0.0	96	.125	.077	.261	.077	.329	.077	.393	.154	.722	-57	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				29	27	0	0.0	96	.125	.077	.261	.077	.329	.077	.393	.154	.722	-57	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.083	.000	.000

MON (2 yrs)				10	10	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.332	.000	.403	.000	.735	-100	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
DET (3 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	85	.500	.333	.250	.333	.319	.333	.361	.667	.680	97	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	20	DET	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%

1977	25	TOT	MLB	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			0.50	60%
1977	25	MON	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			0.50	60%
7 Yrs				13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			0.75	62%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.53	6.8	46.5	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1972	20	DET	AL	-0.0	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.89	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.85	-0.0	0
1973	21	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1974	22	DET	AL	0.0	0.0

1976	24	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1977	25	TOT	MLB	-2.8	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.95	-0.3	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.83	-2.7	0
1977	25	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1977	25	MON	NL	-2.8	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.95	-0.3	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.83	-2.7	0
1978	26	MON	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1980	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-2.8	-0.3	13	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.94	-0.3	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.83	-2.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	20	DET	AL	0	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1977	25	TOT	MLB	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	25	MON	NL	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				0	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1972	20	DET	AL	3	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1977	25	TOT	MLB	10	70%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	25	MON	NL	10	70%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				13	69%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			49%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1972	20	2	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1
1973	21	7	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1
1974	22	15	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1
1975	23	15	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1
1976	24	31	3	3	1	1	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	97	1
1977	25	57	13	13	1	1	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1
1978	26	63	13	13	1	1	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1
1979	27	63	13	13	1	1	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1
1980	28	72	13	13	1	1	5	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	20	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1977	25	26	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26
2 Yrs		28	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
162 Game Avg.		162	75	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1972 AL born 1952-05-29 (1st) 1973 AL born 1952-05-29 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1972 AL born 1952-05-29 (1st)
1973 AL born 1952-05-29 (8th)

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