Fred Holdsworth
Frederick William Holdsworth
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 29, 1952 in Detroit, MI
High School: Northfield (Northfield, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1972
Final Game: September 21, 1980
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1972 20 DET AL 0 1 .000 12.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 10 10 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 34 25 2.143 16.7 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50
1973 21 DET AL 0 1 .000 6.75 5 2 3 0 0 0 14.2 13 11 11 3 6 0 9 0 0 2 62 61 1.295 8.0 1.8 3.7 5.5 1.50
1974 22 DET AL 0 3 .000 4.29 8 5 2 0 0 0 35.2 40 20 17 4 14 3 16 1 0 1 158 88 1.514 10.1 1.0 3.5 4.0 1.14
1976 24 BAL AL 4 1 .800 2.04 16 0 13 0 0 2 39.2 24 9 9 0 13 1 24 0 0 2 149 160 0.933 5.4 0.0 2.9 5.4 1.85
1977 25 TOT MLB 3 4 .429 3.97 26 6 4 0 0 0 56.2 52 28 25 6 34 2 25 1 1 3 246 96 1.518 8.3 1.0 5.4 4.0 0.74
1977 25 BAL AL 0 1 .000 6.28 12 0 3 0 0 0 14.1 17 11 10 0 16 2 4 1 0 2 73 61 2.302 10.7 0.0 10.0 2.5 0.25
1977 25 MON NL 3 3 .500 3.19 14 6 1 0 0 0 42.1 35 17 15 6 18 0 21 0 1 1 173 119 1.252 7.4 1.3 3.8 4.5 1.17
1978 26 MON NL 0 0 7.27 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 16 10 7 3 8 3 3 0 0 0 50 48 2.769 16.6 3.1 8.3 3.1 0.38
1980 28 MIL AL 0 0 4.58 9 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 24 12 10 2 9 0 12 0 0 0 93 85 1.678 11.0 0.9 4.1 5.5 1.33
7 Seasons 7 10 .412 4.40 72 15 27 0 0 2 182.0 182 100 89 18 86 9 94 2 1 9 792 84 1.473 9.0 0.9 4.3 4.6 1.09
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .412 4.40 56 12 21 0 0 2 142 142 78 70 14 67 7 73 2 1 7 619 84 1.473 9.0 0.9 4.3 4.6 1.09
DET (3 yrs) 0 5 .000 5.97 15 9 5 0 0 0 57.1 66 41 38 7 22 3 30 1 0 4 254 63 1.535 10.4 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.36
MON (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 3.88 20 6 3 0 0 0 51.0 51 27 22 9 26 3 24 0 1 1 223 97 1.510 9.0 1.6 4.6 4.2 0.92
BAL (2 yrs) 4 2 .667 3.17 28 0 16 0 0 2 54.0 41 20 19 0 29 3 28 1 0 4 222 108 1.296 6.8 0.0 4.8 4.7 0.97
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 4.58 9 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 24 12 10 2 9 0 12 0 0 0 93 85 1.678 11.0 0.9 4.1 5.5 1.33
AL (6 yrs) 4 7 .364 4.60 52 9 24 0 0 2 131.0 131 73 67 9 60 6 70 2 0 8 569 79 1.458 9.0 0.6 4.1 4.8 1.17
NL (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 3.88 20 6 3 0 0 0 51.0 51 27 22 9 26 3 24 0 1 1 223 97 1.510 9.0 1.6 4.6 4.2 0.92

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 20 DET AL 2 34 31 10 13 3 0 0 2 0 2 5 .419 .441 .516 .957 .481 16 0 0 0 1 0
1973 21 DET AL 5 62 55 11 13 3 0 3 0 0 6 9 .236 .311 .455 .766 .233 25 0 0 1 0 0
1974 22 DET AL 8 158 140 20 40 4 1 4 2 3 14 16 .286 .355 .414 .769 .300 58 2 1 3 0 3
1976 24 BAL AL 16 149 134 9 24 4 1 0 0 2 13 24 .179 .250 .224 .474 .216 30 4 0 1 1 1
1977 25 BAL AL 12 73 51 11 17 5 1 0 2 1 16 4 .333 .479 .471 .949 .340 24 3 1 2 3 2
1977 25 MON NL 14 173 152 17 35 9 2 6 6 3 18 21 .230 .306 .434 .741 .227 66 4 0 0 3 0
1977 25 TOT MLB 26 246 203 28 52 14 3 6 8 4 34 25 .256 .357 .443 .800 .258 90 7 1 2 6 2
1978 26 MON NL 6 50 42 10 16 2 0 3 0 0 8 3 .381 .480 .643 1.123 .361 27 0 0 0 0 3
1980 28 MIL AL 9 93 84 12 24 4 0 2 2 1 9 12 .286 .355 .405 .760 .314 34 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 72 792 689 100 182 34 5 18 14 10 86 94 .264 .344 .406 .750 .280 280 13 2 7 8 9
162 Game Avg. 56 619 539 78 142 27 4 14 11 8 67 73 .264 .344 .406 .750 .280 219 10 2 5 6 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 20 DET AL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 30 35 25 1 1 0 2 5.5 6.4 3.5
1973 21 DET AL 5 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38 49 26 2 2 0 2 4.0 1.6 5.3
1974 22 DET AL 8 5 0 3 2 0 2 1 4 .200 0 2 0 0 2 40% 42 66 23 6 2 0 3 2.0 0.4 5.1
1977 25 TOT MLB 26 6 3 3 0 2 1 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 65 31 14 3 1 3 4.8 2.2 5.1
1977 25 MON NL 14 6 3 3 0 2 1 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 2 33% 51 65 31 6 0 1 3 4.8 2.2 5.1
4 Seasons 29 15 3 8 4 2 3 6 9 .400 0 4 0 0 4 27% 43 66 23 15 5 1 10 3.8 1.9 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 21 DET AL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.751 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0
1974 22 DET AL 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0.821 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 10.3
1976 24 BAL AL 16 16 13 4 1 4 2 2 50% 4 0 24 2 8% 6 1.276 10 4 2 5 3 8 12 4 11 4 11 3 7.4
1977 25 TOT MLB 26 20 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 27 13 48% 0.799 6 4 10 4 1 15 14 6 10 9 10 2 3.9
1977 25 BAL AL 12 12 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 18 7 39% 5 0.839 5 2 5 4 1 7 10 2 4 7 4 0 3.6
1977 25 MON NL 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 6 0.782 1 2 5 0 0 8 4 4 6 2 6 2 4.4
1978 26 MON NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 6 0.364 1 0 5 0 1 5 1 5 3 1 3 2 4.3
1980 28 MIL AL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 7 0.832 1 3 5 0 1 8 6 3 5 3 7 0 6.6
6 Seasons 70 57 27 4 2 5 2 3 40% 7 2 64 19 30% 0.869 18 11 28 9 6 42 34 23 33 17 35 7 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1972 20 DET AL 34 32% 0.0% 14.7% 5.9% 8.8% 23% 1.33 79% 8 0 0%
1973 21 DET AL 62 45% 4.8% 14.5% 9.7% 9.7% 46% 0.70 69% 12 0 0%
1974 22 DET AL 158 36% 2.5% 10.1% 8.9% 5.7% 23% 0.93 76% 23 2 9%
1976 24 BAL AL 149 41% 0.0% 16.1% 8.7% 3.4% 21% 0.82 75% 20 4 20%
1977 25 TOT MLB 246 48% 2.4% 10.2% 13.8% 9.4% 44% 0.89 72% 36 7 19%
1977 25 BAL AL 73 41% 0.0% 5.5% 21.9% 8.2% 35% 0.81 68% 17 3 18%
1977 25 MON NL 173 51% 3.5% 12.1% 10.4% 9.8% 49% 0.92 74% 19 4 21%
1978 26 MON NL 50 50% 6.0% 6.0% 16.0% 10.0% 31% 0.83 72% 12 0 0%
1980 28 MIL AL 93 45% 2.2% 12.9% 9.7% 6.5% 25% 1.42 75% 16 0 0%
7 Seasons 792 43% 2.3% 11.9% 10.9% 7.2% 31% 0.92 74% 127 13 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1972 20 DET AL 34 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 40% 0 1 0 15 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 21 DET AL 62 13 3 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 1 0 33% 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1974 22 DET AL 158 40 4 0 5 1 3 4 0 13 3 1 23% 3 1 1 52 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1976 24 BAL AL 149 24 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 9 2 2 22% 3 2 0 46 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1977 25 TOT MLB 246 52 6 0 8 4 2 3 3 21 9 3 43% 1 3 0 87 8 4 67% 8 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 15 0
1977 25 BAL AL 73 17 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 11 4 1 36% 0 2 0 35 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1977 25 MON NL 173 35 6 0 2 4 2 3 3 10 5 2 50% 1 1 0 52 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
1978 26 MON NL 50 16 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 75% 1 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 MIL AL 93 24 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 4 1 1 25% 2 0 0 42 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 792 182 18 0 29 8 10 12 6 59 21 9 36% 10 9 1 287 14 10 58% 14 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 26 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1972 20 0 1 .000 12.86 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 13 10 10 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 34 25 2.143 16.7 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50 25
1973 21 0 2 .000 8.72 7 4 3 0 0 0 21.2 26 21 21 3 8 0 14 0 0 3 96 43 1.569 10.8 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.75 43
1974 22 0 5 .000 5.97 15 9 5 0 0 0 57.1 66 41 38 7 22 3 30 1 0 4 254 63 1.535 10.4 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.36 63
1975 23 0 5 .000 5.97 15 9 5 0 0 0 57.1 66 41 38 7 22 3 30 1 0 4 254 63 1.535 10.4 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.36 63
1976 24 4 6 .400 4.36 31 9 18 0 0 2 97.0 90 50 47 7 35 4 54 1 0 6 403 82 1.289 8.4 0.6 3.2 5.0 1.54 82
1977 25 7 10 .412 4.22 57 15 22 0 0 2 153.2 142 78 72 13 69 6 79 2 1 9 649 87 1.373 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.6 1.14 87
1978 26 7 10 .412 4.38 63 15 24 0 0 2 162.1 158 88 79 16 77 9 82 2 1 9 699 83 1.448 8.8 0.9 4.3 4.5 1.06 83
1979 27 7 10 .412 4.38 63 15 24 0 0 2 162.1 158 88 79 16 77 9 82 2 1 9 699 83 1.448 8.8 0.9 4.3 4.5 1.06 83
1980 28 7 10 .412 4.40 72 15 27 0 0 2 182.0 182 100 89 18 86 9 94 2 1 9 792 84 1.473 9.0 0.9 4.3 4.6 1.09 84

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1972 20 0 0 15.43 7.0 14 13 12 0 2 5 0 2.286 18.0 2.6 6.4 2.50 0.0 2
1973 21 0 1 .000 7.07 14.0 13 12 11 3 6 9 0 1.357 8.4 3.9 5.8 1.50 1.9 5
1974 22 1 2 .333 5.18 33.0 42 21 19 4 15 15 1 1.727 11.5 4.1 4.1 1.00 1.1 8
1976 24 3 1 .750 2.68 37.0 26 12 11 0 14 22 0 1.081 6.3 3.4 5.4 1.57 0.0 16
1977 25 2 3 .400 4.50 52.0 53 29 26 6 35 23 1 1.692 9.2 6.1 4.0 0.66 1.0 26
1978 26 0 0 9.00 8.0 17 9 8 3 8 3 0 3.125 19.1 9.0 3.4 0.38 3.4 6
1980 28 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 26 12 11 2 10 12 0 1.895 12.3 4.7 5.7 1.20 0.9 9
7 Seasons 7 8 .467 5.19 170.0 191 108 98 18 90 89 2 1.653 10.1 4.7 0.99 1.0 72

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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

                                         

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