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Derek Holland

Derek Lane Holland (twitter: @Dutch_Oven45)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 9, 1986 in Newark, OH
High School: Newark HS (Newark, OH)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed May 20, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 2009
Team: Rangers 2009-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2016, 5 yrs/$28.5M (12-16) & 17-18 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.120, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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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
2009 22 TEX AL 8 13 .381 6.12 33 21 0 1 1 0 138.1 160 98 94 26 47 0 107 4 3 3 611 76 1.496 10.4 1.7 3.1 7.0 2.28
2010 23 TEX AL 3 4 .429 4.08 14 10 2 0 0 0 57.1 55 30 26 6 24 0 54 4 1 0 253 110 1.378 8.6 0.9 3.8 8.5 2.25
2011 24 TEX AL 16 5 .762 3.95 32 32 0 4 4 0 198.0 201 97 87 22 67 1 162 6 1 2 843 112 1.354 9.1 1.0 3.0 7.4 2.42
2012 25 TEX AL 4 4 .500 5.11 11 10 1 0 0 0 61.2 58 39 35 9 22 0 57 0 0 0 261 86 1.297 8.5 1.3 3.2 8.3 2.59
4 Yrs 31 26 .544 4.78 90 73 3 5 5 0 455.1 474 264 242 63 160 1 380 14 5 5 1968 94 1.392 9.4 1.2 3.2 7.5 2.38
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .544 4.78 38 30 1 2 2 0 190 198 110 101 26 67 0 159 6 2 2 821 94 1.392 9.4 1.2 3.2 7.5 2.38

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
2009 22 TEX AL 138.1 33 21 98 6.38 4.95 0.03 0.11 104.3 5.24 -19 -1.8 1.5 -0.2 -0.7 -1 .447 .489 $
2010 23 TEX AL 57.1 14 10 30 4.71 4.47 -0.05 0.07 106.1 4.86 1 0.1 .7 -0.1 0.5 8 .504 .500 $
2011 24 TEX AL 198.0 32 32 97 4.41 4.38 0.11 0.16 104.9 4.64 5 0.5 -0.1 2.1 28 .515 .503 $431,810
2012 25 TEX AL 61.2 11 10 39 5.69 4.53 0.18 0.17 109.6 4.95 -5 -0.5 .3 -0.1 -0.1 2 .451 .497 $
4 Seasons 455.1 90 73 264 5.22 4.58 0.08 0.13 105.5 4.89 -19 -1.7 1.2 -0.5 1.8 36 .481 .497 $431,810

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 23 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 5.79 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 6 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 19 1.500 11.6 1.9 1.9 7.7 4.00
2010 23 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 21 0.882 4.8 0.0 3.2 6.4 2.00
2010 23 TEX AL WS L SFG 0 0 27.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 3 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 4.000 0.0 0.0 36.0 9.0 0.25
2011 24 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 1 0 1.000 1.42 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 7 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 28 1.421 9.9 1.4 2.8 2.8 1.00
2011 24 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 0 8.59 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.1 11 7 7 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 36 2.045 13.5 4.9 4.9 6.1 1.25
2011 24 TEX AL WS L STL 1 0 1.000 0.87 2 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 4 1 1 1 2 0 7 0 0 0 36 0.581 3.5 0.9 1.7 6.1 3.50
2 Yrs (6 Series) 3 0 1.000 3.82 12 4 2 0 0 0 35.1 31 17 15 7 15 0 23 1 0 1 147 1.302 7.9 1.8 3.8 5.9 1.53
2 ALDS 1 0 1.000 3.27 4 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 6 4 2 3 0 6 0 0 1 47 1.455 10.6 1.6 2.5 4.9 2.00
2 ALCS 1 0 1.000 4.85 4 2 1 0 0 0 13.0 14 7 7 4 6 0 9 1 0 0 57 1.538 9.7 2.8 4.2 6.2 1.50
2 WS 1 0 1.000 3.18 4 1 1 0 0 0 11.1 4 4 4 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 43 0.882 3.2 0.8 4.8 6.4 1.33

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
2009 22 TEX AL 33 611 555 98 160 37 4 26 8 3 47 107 .288 .346 .510 .856 .315 283 13 4 2 3 0 6
2010 23 TEX AL 14 253 223 30 55 16 0 6 6 1 24 54 .247 .328 .399 .727 .297 89 5 4 0 2 0 6
2011 24 TEX AL 32 843 766 97 201 36 1 22 7 9 67 162 .262 .325 .398 .724 .306 305 20 6 1 3 1 11
2012 25 TEX AL 11 261 236 39 58 13 2 9 3 2 22 57 .246 .307 .432 .739 .283 102 3 0 0 3 0 4
4 Yrs 90 1968 1780 264 474 102 7 63 24 15 160 380 .266 .330 .438 .767 .305 779 41 14 3 11 1 27
162 Game Avg. 38 821 743 110 198 43 3 26 10 6 67 159 .266 .330 .438 .767 .305 325 17 6 1 5 0 11
MLB Averages .258 .326 .406 .732 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 22 TEX AL -20.1 -1.9 630 -1.5 9.3 -10.7 .85 -1.6 -0.1 -23.8 -2.2 0.85 -21.0 5 3 4
2010 23 TEX AL 1.6 0.2 265 -0.0 4.3 -4.3 .98 -0.3 0.3 1.8 0.2 0.98 -1.5 0 1 3
2011 24 TEX AL 9.3 1.0 865 0.8 13.5 -12.7 .86 0.9 0.1 6.2 0.6 0.86 8.1 0 0 0
2012 25 TEX AL -5.0 -0.5 268 -0.2 4.2 -4.4 .90 0.0 -0.2 -5.0 -0.5 0.90 -0.5 0 0 1
4 Yrs -14.2 -1.3 2028 -0.9 31.3 -32.2 .88 -1.0 -0.0 -20.8 -1.9 0.88 -14.8 5 4 8

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
2009 22 TEX AL 33 21 6 12 3 3 0 8 13 .381 1 1 1 1 4 19% 43.6 88 3 27 12 1 12 4.4 4.4 5.6 90 2 18 1 0 118
2010 23 TEX AL 14 10 3 4 3 2 0 5 5 .500 2 1 0 0 2 20% 49.1 68 31 8 4 1 5 5.8 4.3 4.7 88 2 5 3 0 106
2011 24 TEX AL 32 32 16 5 11 3 1 19 13 .594 4 4 4 4 19 59% 52.0 84 23 16 4 0 16 6.5 7.5 6.2 100 5 4 23 0 119
2012 25 TEX AL 11 10 4 4 2 0 0 5 5 .500 1 0 0 0 6 60% 49.9 68 7 6 3 0 5 5.9 6.0 6.1 99 1 2 7 0 115
4 Yrs 90 73 29 25 19 8 1 37 36 .507 8 6 5 5 31 42% 49 88 3 57 23 2 38 5.7 6.1 5.8 95 10 29 34 0 119
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 100 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

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
2009 22 TEX AL 33 12 0 2 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 17 8 47% 7 .849 5 3 4 5 2 5 8 4 9 2 11 0 5.3 29
2010 23 TEX AL 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 5 .982 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 3 0 8.0 45
2012 25 TEX AL 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .901 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9
3 Yrs 58 17 3 2 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 20 8 40% .891 5 4 8 6 2 9 10 7 12 2 14 0 5.8 31

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%
2009 22 TEX AL 611 24% 4.3% 17.5% 7.7% 11.0% 42% 0.72 0.96 70% 21% 11.1% 10% 109 13 12%
2010 23 TEX AL 253 19% 2.4% 21.3% 9.5% 8.7% 40% 0.73 0.89 65% 17% 7.0% 13% 49 5 10%
2011 24 TEX AL 843 25% 2.6% 19.2% 8.0% 7.0% 29% 0.89 1.14 69% 20% 8.1% 14% 167 20 12%
2012 25 TEX AL 261 26% 3.5% 21.8% 8.4% 9.2% 41% 0.64 0.76 66% 16% 9.8% 17% 39 3 8%
4 Yrs 1968 24% 3.2% 19.3% 8.1% 8.7% 36% 0.78 0.99 69% 20% 9.2% 13% 364 41 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.5% 8.5% 7.6% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 22 TEX AL 612 2233 3.65 1415 63% 28% 14% 26% 32% 72% 0% 45% 81% 58% 6% 34 26 21% 128 86 9 17% 25 8 -1 0 0
2010 23 TEX AL 254 1057 4.16 648 61% 28% 15% 31% 26% 72% 0% 44% 79% 56% 4% 10 8 24% 60 30 4 28% 6 2 -1 0 0
2011 24 TEX AL 847 3206 3.79 2056 64% 30% 14% 27% 30% 70% 0% 45% 81% 58% 3% 29 17 28% 234 141 16 25% 36 11 -4 0 0
2012 25 TEX AL 262 1002 3.82 638 64% 30% 15% 26% 29% 70% 0% 45% 78% 56% 3% 7 4 22% 57 36 5 30% 8 3 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 1975 7498 3.80 4757 63% 29% 14% 27% 30% 71% 0% 45% 80% 57% 4% 80 55 24% 479 293 34 24% 75 24 -7 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

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
2009 22 TEX AL 611 160 26 4 26 1 14 23 3 17 9 23 16 2 70% 6 3 0 220 8 3 73% 6 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 11 0
2010 23 TEX AL 253 55 5 0 6 0 7 6 0 4 2 14 6 5 43% 6 0 1 100 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 4 0
2011 24 TEX AL 843 201 43 6 22 1 12 19 3 9 13 35 21 4 60% 11 2 1 315 7 9 44% 5 8 2 1 0 0 5 5 10 0
2012 25 TEX AL 261 58 4 0 9 0 2 7 2 5 4 12 8 2 67% 4 0 0 88 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0
4 Yrs 1968 474 78 10 63 2 35 55 8 35 28 84 51 13 61% 27 5 2 723 24 15 62% 19 14 5 1 0 0 14 10 28 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2009 22 8 13 .381 6.12 33 21 0 1 1 0 138.1 160 98 94 26 47 0 107 4 3 3 611 76 1.496 10.4 1.7 3.1 7.0 2.28 76
2010 23 11 17 .393 5.52 47 31 2 1 1 0 195.2 215 128 120 32 71 0 161 8 4 3 864 83 1.462 9.9 1.5 3.3 7.4 2.27 83
2011 24 27 22 .551 4.73 79 63 2 5 5 0 393.2 416 225 207 54 138 1 323 14 5 5 1707 95 1.407 9.5 1.2 3.2 7.4 2.34 95
2012 25 31 26 .544 4.78 90 73 3 5 5 0 455.1 474 264 242 63 160 1 380 14 5 5 1968 94 1.392 9.4 1.2 3.2 7.5 2.38 94

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
2009 22 5 10 .333 5.87 135.0 155 98 88 25 46 105 4 1.489 10.3 3.1 7.0 2.28 1.7 33
2010 23 3 3 .500 3.95 57.0 54 28 25 6 24 54 4 1.368 8.5 3.8 8.5 2.25 0.9 14
2011 24 10 11 .476 4.01 191.0 199 94 85 22 66 156 6 1.387 9.4 3.1 7.4 2.36 1.0 32
2012 25 2 4 .333 5.02 61.0 57 38 34 9 22 56 0 1.295 8.4 3.2 8.3 2.55 1.3 11
4 Yrs 20 28 .417 4.70 444.0 465 258 232 62 158 371 14 1.403 9.4 7.5 2.35 1.3 90

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  16 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
2011 AL  .762 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2011 AL  4 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2009 AL  1 (7th)
2011 AL  4 (1st)
Active  5 (25th)

Losses s c a p y
2009 AL  13 (2nd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2009 AL  94 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (846), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Homer Bailey (968)
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  10. David Williams (966)
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  8. Scott Karl (965)
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