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Greg Holland

Gregory Scott Holland

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 20, 1985 in Asheville, NC
High School: McDowell HS (Marion, NC)
School: Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, NC)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 2010 (Age 24)
Team: Royals 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$540k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.028, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Turner Gary Sports [*]
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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
2007	21	KCR-min	Rk	6	1	.857	3.48	22	0	18	6	33.2	28	16	13	1	15	0	37	1	1	3	143		1.277	7.5	0.3	4.0	9.9	2.47	IDF · PION
2008	22	KCR-min	A+	4	5	.444	3.42	32	7	8	4	84.1	70	37	32	4	35	2	96	1	0	8	355		1.245	7.5	0.4	3.7	10.2	2.74	WMT · CARL
2009	23	KCR-min	AA,AAA	4	3	.571	3.81	35	0	22	10	54.1	58	23	23	4	24	0	50	1	0	6	236		1.509	9.6	0.7	4.0	8.3	2.08	NTA,OMA · TL,PCL
2010	24	KCR-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.81	36	0	16	3	56.2	40	26	24	3	30	1	60	0	0	4	235		1.235	6.4	0.5	4.8	9.5	2.00	OMA · PCL
2010	24	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	15	0	10	0	18.2	23	15	14	3	8	0	23	0	0	2	87	63	1.661	11.1	1.4	3.9	11.1	2.88
2011	25	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	2.08	13	0	6	2	21.2	13	5	5	1	11	0	27	0	0	2	86		1.108	5.4	0.4	4.6	11.2	2.45	OMA · PCL
2011	25	KCR	AL	5	1	.833	1.80	46	0	15	4	60.0	37	13	12	3	19	3	74	1	0	7	233	228	0.933	5.6	0.5	2.9	11.1	3.89
2012	26	KCR-min	AA	0	1	.000	0.00	2	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	13.5		NTA · TL
2012	26	KCR	AL	7	4	.636	2.96	67	0	36	16	67.0	58	22	22	2	34	7	91	0	1	3	289	140	1.373	7.8	0.3	4.6	12.2	2.68
2013	27	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	3.00	16	0	14	7	15.0	13	7	5	0	8	1	24	0	0	0	64	144	1.400	7.8	0.0	4.8	14.4	3.00
4 Yrs				13	7	.650	2.97	144	0	75	27	160.2	131	57	53	8	69	11	212	1	1	12	673	140	1.245	7.3	0.4	3.9	11.9	3.07
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.650	2.97	68	0	35	13	76	62	27	25	4	33	5	100	0	0	6	318	140	1.245	7.3	0.4	3.9	11.9	3.07

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2010	24	KCR	AL	18.2	15	15	7.23	4.66	-0.59	-0.36	99.5	4.86	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.2	-3	.466	.497
2011	25	KCR	AL	60.0	46	13	1.95	4.54	0.09	-0.35	99.9	4.11	14	1.5	1.6	0.3	2.5	21	.533	.509
2012	26	KCR	AL	67.0	67	22	2.96	4.55	0.05	-0.34	99.8	4.15	9	0.9	1.6	0.1	1.8	16	.514	.506	$497,150
2013	27	KCR	AL	15.0	16	7	4.20	4.43	0.23	-0.32	103.7	4.02	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1	.497	.500	$539,500
4 Seasons				160.2	144	57	3.19	4.55	0.01	-0.34	100.2	4.20	17	1.9	1.5	0.5	4.1	34	.513	.503	$1,036,650

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
2010	24	KCR	AL	15	87	78	15	23	5	0	3	1	0	8	23	.295	.360	.474	.835	.385	37	1	0	1	0	0	1
2011	25	KCR	AL	46	233	211	13	37	8	2	3	1	0	19	74	.175	.246	.275	.521	.252	58	6	1	1	1	3	1
2012	26	KCR	AL	67	289	248	22	58	12	3	2	2	2	34	91	.234	.323	.331	.653	.354	82	6	0	4	3	7	4
2013	27	KCR	AL	16	64	56	7	13	1	1	0	0	0	8	24	.232	.328	.286	.614	.406	16	1	0	0	0	1	1
4 Yrs				144	673	593	57	131	26	6	8	4	2	69	212	.221	.301	.325	.627	.326	193	14	1	6	4	11	7
162 Game Avg.				68	318	280	27	62	12	3	4	2	1	33	100	.221	.301	.325	.627	.326	91	7	0	3	2	5	3
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.402	.724	.296

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2010	24	KCR	AL	-5.1	-0.5	90	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	.33	-0.3	-1.7	-6.0	-0.6	0.33	-4.9	1	0	14
2011	25	KCR	AL	15.4	1.6	243	3.1	6.7	-3.6	1.42	1.8	0.4	22.6	2.3	1.42	17.9	25	13	8
2012	26	KCR	AL	9.4	1.0	298	1.0	9.5	-8.5	1.83	1.0	-0.5	6.7	0.7	1.83	10.4	31	18	18
2013	27	KCR	AL	1.4	0.1	65	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	2.00	0.1	-0.2	1.0	0.1	2.00	3.2	8	3	5
4 Yrs				21.3	2.2	696	3.3	18.7	-15.4	1.51	2.6	-0.4	24.2	2.5	1.51	26.5	65	34	45

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2010	24	KCR	AL	15	15	10	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	9	.328	1	0	14	2	1	12	3	12	5	4	5	1	3.7	21
2011	25	KCR	AL	46	46	15	5	1	6	4	2	67%	24	18	33	2	6%	8	1.418	25	13	8	27	6	13	21	25	20	7	21	5	3.9	21
2012	26	KCR	AL	67	67	36	7	4	20	16	4	80%	29	9	27	11	41%	9	1.825	31	18	18	33	16	18	16	51	9	12	11	20	3.0	17
2013	27	KCR	AL	16	16	14	1	1	9	7	2	78%	10	1	0	0		9	2.002	8	3	5	14	1	1	0	16	0	2	0	4	2.8	17
4 Yrs				144	144	75	13	7	35	27	8	77%	63	28	63	15	24%		1.507	65	34	45	76	24	44	40	104	34	25	37	30	3.3	19

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%
2010	24	KCR	AL	87	53%	3.5%	26.4%	9.2%	9.2%	35%	0.53	0.83	60%	29%	8.6%	3%	20	1	5%
2011	25	KCR	AL	233	55%	1.3%	31.8%	8.2%	5.6%	35%	0.81	1.10	58%	17%	4.2%	4%	43	6	14%
2012	26	KCR	AL	289	57%	0.7%	31.5%	11.8%	5.9%	29%	0.82	0.93	55%	16%	2.9%	23%	65	6	9%
2013	27	KCR	AL	64	50%	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	3.1%	15%	0.60	0.75	50%	31%	0.0%	10%	13	1	8%
4 Yrs				673	55%	1.2%	31.5%	10.3%	5.9%	31%	0.75	0.96	56%	19%	4.1%	12%	141	14	10%
MLB Averages					45%	2.6%	19.1%	8.2%	7.6%	33%	0.82	1.10	69%	19%	7.6%	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
2010	24	KCR	AL	87	315	3.62	193	61%	24%	20%	27%	29%	76%	0%	47%	73%	61%	3%	3	1	16%	14	9	0	13%	6	2	0	0	0
2011	25	KCR	AL	233	946	4.06	613	65%	27%	27%	24%	23%	73%	3%	47%	64%	60%	4%	9	4	30%	69	37	1	22%	13	3	0	0	0
2012	26	KCR	AL	289	1156	4.00	720	62%	24%	23%	30%	23%	76%	6%	47%	69%	50%	9%	26	9	31%	89	51	5	24%	22	10	0	0	0
2013	27	KCR	AL	64	277	4.33	170	61%	29%	25%	26%	19%	71%	1%	43%	64%	48%	8%	5	2	28%	18	10	0	21%	7	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				673	2694	4.00	1696	63%	26%	24%	27%	23%	74%	4%	47%	67%	55%	6%	43	16	28%	190	107	6	22%	48	17	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.82		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				24%

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
2010	24	KCR	AL	87	23	0	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	1	5	4	0	80%	1	2	0	41	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2011	25	KCR	AL	233	37	2	0	3	0	9	3	0	0	3	8	2	2	25%	1	7	0	93	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2012	26	KCR	AL	289	58	7	0	2	0	16	2	0	1	1	24	8	9	33%	4	3	0	115	2	2	50%	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0
2013	27	KCR	AL	64	13	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0%	1	0	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				673	131	11	0	8	0	32	7	1	3	5	41	14	13	34%	7	12	0	266	4	2	67%	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		52%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
2010	24	0	1	.000	6.75	15	10	0	18.2	23	15	14	3	8	0	23	0	0	2	87	63	1.661	11.1	1.4	3.9	11.1	2.88	63
2011	25	5	2	.714	2.97	61	25	4	78.2	60	28	26	6	27	3	97	1	0	9	320	139	1.106	6.9	0.7	3.1	11.1	3.59	139
2012	26	12	6	.667	2.97	128	61	20	145.2	118	50	48	8	61	10	188	1	1	12	609	140	1.229	7.3	0.5	3.8	11.6	3.08	140
2013	27	13	7	.650	2.97	144	75	27	160.2	131	57	53	8	69	11	212	1	1	12	673	140	1.245	7.3	0.4	3.9	11.9	3.07	140

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
2010	24	0	2	.000	7.50	18.0	24	17	15	3	8	23	0	1.778	12.0	4.0	11.5	2.88	1.5	15
2011	25	5	1	.833	2.02	58.0	38	14	13	3	20	72	1	1.000	5.9	3.1	11.2	3.60	0.5	46
2012	26	4	3	.571	3.18	65.0	59	26	23	2	35	88	0	1.446	8.2	4.8	12.2	2.51	0.3	67
2013	27	0	1	.000	3.86	14.0	14	7	6	0	9	22	0	1.643	9.0	5.8	14.1	2.44	0.0	16
4 Yrs		9	7	.563	3.31	155.0	135	64	57	8	72	205	1	1.335	7.8		11.9	2.85	0.5	144

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1983), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (725th), 3.7 career WAR/3.7 7yr-peak WAR/3.7 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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