News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

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
    About biographical information

20
41
38
16
47
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Pitching

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 26 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 62 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 89 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 2 149 162 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 97 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 62 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 1 173 120 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 51 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 87 1.678 11.0 0.9 4.1 5.5 1.33
7 Yrs 7 10 .412 4.40 72 15 27 0 0 2 182.0 182 100 89 18 86 9 94 2 1 9 792 85 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 85 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 65 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 98 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 4 222 110 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 87 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 81 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 98 1.510 9.0 1.6 4.6 4.2 0.92

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1972 20 DET AL 7.0 2 2 10 12.86 3.26 0.06 0.05 99.8 3.24 -7 -0.6 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .193 .496 $
1973 21 DET AL 14.2 5 2 11 6.75 4.30 -0.11 -0.00 102.8 4.53 -4 -0.4 .1 0.0 -0.2 -2 .425 .498 $
1974 22 DET AL 35.2 8 5 20 5.05 4.21 -0.18 -0.01 102.5 4.48 -2 -0.2 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .470 .498 $
1976 24 BAL AL 39.2 16 0 9 2.04 3.90 0.08 -0.32 95.6 3.34 6 0.7 1.9 0.2 1.3 10 .543 .504 $
1977 25 BAL AL 14.1 12 0 11 6.91 4.65 0.28 -0.38 90.4 3.61 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.1 -0.5 -4 .456 .497 $
1977 25 MON NL 42.1 14 6 17 3.61 4.64 0.15 0.02 97.6 4.40 3 0.4 .7 -0.1 0.6 8 .526 .502 $
1978 26 MON NL 8.2 6 0 10 10.38 3.86 0.59 -0.31 101.8 3.01 -7 -0.7 .5 0.2 -0.5 -6 .379 .496 $
1980 28 MIL AL 19.2 9 0 12 5.49 4.85 0.16 -0.39 94.9 4.09 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .465 .498 $
7 Seasons 182.0 72 15 100 4.95 4.30 0.08 -0.15 98.0 3.99 -20 -1.8 1.1 0.3 0.1 -1 .476 .499 $
DET (3 yrs) 57.1 15 9 41 6.44 4.11 -0.13 -0.00 102.3 4.34 -13 -1.2 .1 0.0 -0.7 -8 .418 .497 $
MON (2 yrs) 51.0 20 6 27 4.76 4.51 0.23 -0.04 98.3 4.16 -4 -0.4 .6 0.1 0.1 2 .482 .499 $
BAL (2 yrs) 54.0 28 0 20 3.33 4.10 0.13 -0.34 94.2 3.41 1 0.2 1.6 0.1 0.8 6 .506 .500 $
MIL (1 yr) 19.2 9 0 12 5.49 4.85 0.16 -0.39 94.9 4.09 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .465 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 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 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 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 3
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 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 0
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 1
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 1
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 2
7 Yrs 72 792 689 100 182 34 5 18 14 10 86 94 .264 .344 .406 .750 .280 280 13 2 7 8 9 10
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 8
MLB Averages .258 .324 .379 .703 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 20 DET AL -6.6 -0.6 37 -0.8 0.5 -1.2 1.11 -0.5 -0.2 -6.9 -0.6 1.11 -4.5 0 0 0
1973 21 DET AL -3.3 -0.3 65 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .74 -0.0 -0.6 -2.8 -0.3 0.74 -0.7 0 0 3
1974 22 DET AL -2.1 -0.2 167 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 .82 -0.6 0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.82 -5.4 0 0 3
1976 24 BAL AL 6.6 0.7 153 1.4 3.3 -1.9 1.18 1.2 -0.0 11.2 1.3 1.18 11.9 8 4 4
1977 25 TOT MLB -0.8 -0.1 262 -0.9 3.2 -4.1 .77 -0.3 -0.8 -5.0 -0.5 0.77 -4.9 5 5 10
1977 25 BAL AL -3.9 -0.4 78 -0.7 0.7 -1.5 .80 -0.4 -0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.80 -5.2 4 3 5
1977 25 MON NL 3.0 0.3 184 -0.2 2.4 -2.6 .76 0.1 -0.3 -0.9 -0.1 0.76 0.3 1 2 5
1978 26 MON NL -4.5 -0.4 50 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 .33 -0.7 0.3 -5.8 -0.6 0.33 -7.2 1 0 5
1980 28 MIL AL -1.8 -0.2 96 -0.1 1.3 -1.4 .80 -0.2 0.1 -3.1 -0.3 0.80 -2.4 1 3 5
7 Yrs -12.5 -1.2 830 -1.3 11.3 -12.6 .85 -1.1 -0.5 -16.0 -1.4 0.85 -13.3 15 12 30

Starting Pitching*

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% 30.0 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% 37.5 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% 42.2 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% 51.2 65 31 6 0 1 3 4.8 2.2 5.1
4 Yrs 29 15 3 8 4 2 3 6 9 .400 0 4 0 0 4 27% 44 66 23 15 5 1 10 3.8 1.9 4.9
MLB Averages .500 54% 52 106 -13 4.2 4.1 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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 .736 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 .817 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 1.183 8 4 4 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% .774 5 5 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 .797 4 3 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 .764 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 .328 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 .798 1 3 5 0 1 8 6 3 5 3 7 0 6.6
6 Yrs 70 57 27 4 2 5 2 3 40% 7 2 64 19 30% .834 15 12 30 9 6 42 34 23 33 17 35 7 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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 68% 0.0% 14.7% 5.9% 8.8% 23% 1.33 79% 8 0 0%
1973 21 DET AL 62 55% 4.8% 14.5% 9.7% 9.7% 46% 0.70 69% 12 0 0%
1974 22 DET AL 158 64% 2.5% 10.1% 8.9% 5.7% 23% 0.93 76% 23 2 9%
1976 24 BAL AL 149 59% 0.0% 16.1% 8.7% 3.4% 21% 0.82 75% 20 4 20%
1977 25 TOT MLB 246 52% 2.4% 10.2% 13.8% 9.4% 44% 0.89 72% 36 7 19%
1977 25 BAL AL 73 59% 0.0% 5.5% 21.9% 8.2% 35% 0.81 68% 17 3 18%
1977 25 MON NL 173 49% 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 55% 2.2% 12.9% 9.7% 6.5% 25% 1.42 75% 16 0 0%
7 Yrs 792 57% 2.3% 11.9% 10.9% 7.2% 31% 0.92 74% 127 13 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 0 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 Yrs 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 1 0 26 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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 26 2.143 16.7 0.0 2.6 6.4 2.50 26
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 45 1.569 10.8 1.2 3.3 5.8 1.75 45
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 65 1.535 10.4 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.36 65
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 65 1.535 10.4 1.1 3.5 4.7 1.36 65
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 83 1.289 8.4 0.6 3.2 5.0 1.54 83
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 88 1.373 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.6 1.14 88
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 85 1.448 8.8 0.9 4.3 4.5 1.06 85
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 85 1.448 8.8 0.9 4.3 4.5 1.06 85
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 85 1.473 9.0 0.9 4.3 4.6 1.09 85

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 19.50 6.0 15 14 13 0 2 5 0 2.833 22.5 3.0 7.5 2.50 0.0 2
1973 21 0 1 .000 7.71 14.0 13 13 12 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 43 21 19 4 15 15 1 1.758 11.7 4.1 4.1 1.00 1.1 8
1976 24 3 1 .750 2.75 36.0 27 12 11 0 15 22 0 1.167 6.8 3.8 5.5 1.47 0.0 16
1977 25 2 3 .400 4.67 52.0 54 30 27 6 35 23 1 1.712 9.3 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 4.95 20.0 25 12 11 2 9 12 0 1.700 11.3 4.1 5.4 1.33 0.9 9
7 Yrs 7 8 .467 5.38 169.0 194 111 101 18 90 89 2 1.680 10.3 4.7 0.99 1.0 72

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. John Gabler (992)
  2. Clay Parker (992)
  3. Mike Bacsik (990)
  4. George Jeffcoat (990)
  5. Hank Webb (989)
  6. Tom Brennan (988)
  7. Ed Hobaugh (988)
  8. Randy Kramer (987)
  9. Bill Burwell (987)
  10. Tom Davey (986)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Bud Byerly (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Hank Webb (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Bacsik (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Fred Holdsworth    

Viewed 4,821 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Frederick Fred William Holdsworth

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.