Ed Holley

Edward Edgar Holley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 23, 1899 in Benton, KY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1928
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Pirates 1928-1934

Final Game: August 8, 1934
Died: October 26, 1986 in Paducah, KY
Buried: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Paducah, KY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1923	23	LOU	AA	3	3	.500	5.62	16						72.0	84	50	45		28							1.556	10.5		3.5			LOU · AA
1924	24	LOU	AA	10	12	.455	3.87	41						223.0	250	117	96		85							1.502	10.1		3.4			LOU · AA
1925	25	LOU	AA	20	7	.741	4.05	45						260.0	270	137	117		109							1.458	9.3		3.8			LOU · AA
1926	26	LOU	AA	8	10	.444	5.72	37						192.0	263	140	122		70							1.734	12.3		3.3			LOU · AA
1927	27	LOU	AA	6	11	.353	6.00	26						144.0	173	106	96		63							1.639	10.8		3.9			LOU · AA
1928	28	CHC	NL	0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63

1930	30	KCY	AA	6	12	.333	3.79	32						159.0	159	91	67		65							1.409	9.0		3.7			KCY · AA
1931	31	KCY	AA	14	12	.538	4.02	34						233.0	227	124	104		63							1.245	8.8		2.4			KCY · AA
1932	32	PHI	NL	11	14	.440	3.95	34	30	2	16	2	0	228.0	247	114	100	15	55	87	6	0	0	975	112	1.325	9.8	0.6	2.2	3.4	1.58
1933	33	PHI	NL	13	15	.464	3.53	30	28	0	12	3	0	206.2	219	93	81	18	62	56	13	0	3	896	108	1.360	9.5	0.8	2.7	2.4	0.90
1934	34	TOT	NL	1	11	.083	8.12	20	17	1	2	0	0	82.0	105	78	74	11	37	16	6	0	0	383	58	1.732	11.5	1.2	4.1	1.8	0.43
1934	34	PHI	NL	1	8	.111	7.18	15	13	1	2	0	0	72.2	85	62	58	10	31	14	4	0	0	328	66	1.596	10.5	1.2	3.8	1.7	0.45
1934	34	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	15.43	5	4	0	0	0	0	9.1	20	16	16	1	6	2	2	0	0	55	28	2.786	19.3	1.0	5.8	1.9	0.33
1935	35	BFL	AA	3	5	.375	7.22	23						81.0	110	70	65		31							1.741	12.2		3.4			BFL · IL
1936	36	LOU	AA	2	6	.250	5.56	13	8					55.0	62	37	34		20							1.491	10.1		3.3			LOU · AA
4 Yrs				25	40	.385	4.40	97	76	11	30	5	0	547.2	602	300	268	45	170	169	27	1	3	2391	95	1.410	9.9	0.7	2.8	2.8	0.99
162 Game Avg.				10	16	.385	4.40	38	30	4	12	2	0	215	237	118	105	18	67	66	11	0	1	940	95	1.410	9.9	0.7	2.8	2.8	0.99

PHI (3 yrs)				25	37	.403	4.24	79	71	3	30	5	0	507.1	551	269	239	43	148	157	23	0	3	2199	100	1.378	9.8	0.8	2.6	2.8	1.06
PIT (1 yr)				0	3	.000	15.43	5	4	0	0	0	0	9.1	20	16	16	1	6	2	2	0	0	55	28	2.786	19.3	1.0	5.8	1.9	0.33
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63

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
1928	28	CHC	NL	31.0	13	1	15	4.35	4.85	0.33	0.00	99.2	4.48	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.504	.500	$

1932	32	PHI	NL	228.0	34	30	114	4.50	4.50	-0.18	0.00	110.6	5.18	17	1.8	1.0	-0.1	3.5	39	.554	.511	$
1933	33	PHI	NL	206.2	30	28	93	4.05	4.12	-0.18	0.00	111.1	4.78	17	2.1	1.0	-0.1	3.6	34	.569	.513	$
1934	34	PHI	NL	72.2	15	13	62	7.68	4.86	-0.04	0.00	107.6	5.27	-20	-1.8	1.0	-0.0	-1.2	-12	.381	.489	$
1934	34	PIT	NL	9.1	5	4	16	15.43	4.98	-0.28	0.00	94.0	4.94	-11	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-10	.318	.494	$
4 Seasons				547.2	97	76	300	4.93	4.43	-0.13	0.00	109.5	5.00	4	1.3	1.0	-0.3	5.4	55	.513	.502	$

PHI (3 yrs)				507.1	79	71	269	4.77	4.40	-0.16	0.00	110.4	5.03	15	2.1	1.0	-0.2	5.9	61	.527	.504	$
PIT (1 yr)				9.1	5	4	16	15.43	4.98	-0.28	0.00	94.0	4.94	-11	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-10	.318	.494	$
CHC (1 yr)				31.0	13	1	15	4.35	4.85	0.33	0.00	99.2	4.48	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.504	.500	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1928	28	CHC	NL	137	0.7%	7.3%	11.7%			77%

1932	32	PHI	NL	975	1.5%	8.9%	5.6%	5.4%	22%	82%
1933	33	PHI	NL	896	2.0%	6.3%	6.9%	4.4%	18%	81%
1934	34	TOT	NL	383	2.9%	4.2%	9.7%	4.2%	15%	81%
1934	34	PHI	NL	328	3.1%	4.3%	9.5%	4.6%	18%	81%
1934	34	PIT	NL	55	1.8%	3.6%	10.9%			80%
4 Yrs				2391	1.9%	7.1%	7.1%	4.5%	18%	81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.0%	8.0%	3.3%	13%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1928	28	0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63	104
1929	29	0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63	104
1930	30	0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63	104
1931	31	0	0		3.77	13	1	8	0	0	31.0	31	15	13	1	16	10	2	1	0	137	104	1.516	9.0	0.3	4.6	2.9	0.63	104
1932	32	11	14	.440	3.93	47	31	10	16	2	259.0	278	129	113	16	71	97	8	1	0	1112	111	1.347	9.7	0.6	2.5	3.4	1.37	111
1933	33	24	29	.453	3.75	77	59	10	28	5	465.2	497	222	194	34	133	153	21	1	3	2008	110	1.353	9.6	0.7	2.6	3.0	1.15	110
1934	34	25	40	.385	4.40	97	76	11	30	5	547.2	602	300	268	45	170	169	27	1	3	2391	95	1.410	9.9	0.7	2.8	2.8	0.99	95

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
1928	28	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	32	14	13	1	17	10	2	1.581	9.3	4.9	2.9	0.59	0.3	13

1932	32	15	11	.577	3.29	241.0	237	98	88	14	53	92	6	1.203	8.9	2.0	3.4	1.74	0.5	34
1933	33	13	10	.565	3.54	211.0	227	92	83	19	64	57	13	1.379	9.7	2.7	2.4	0.89	0.8	30
1934	34	2	7	.222	6.75	88.0	102	73	66	11	36	17	6	1.568	10.4	3.7	1.7	0.47	1.1	20
4 Yrs		32	29	.525	3.94	571.0	598	277	250	45	170	176	27	1.345	9.4		2.8	1.04	0.7	97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1932 NL 3.5 (8th) 1933 NL 3.6 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1932 NL 16 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1932 NL 2 (7th) 1933 NL 3 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1932 NL 15 (8th) 1933 NL 18 (1st)
Hits s c a p y 1932 NL 247 (10th)	Losses s c a p y 1932 NL 14 (8th) 1933 NL 15 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1932 NL 100 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1932 NL 6 (3rd) 1933 NL 13 (2nd) 1934 NL 6 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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