Jeff Holly

Jeffrey Owen Holly

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 1, 1953 in San Pedro, CA
High School: Aviation HS (Redondo Beach, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1977
Team: Twins 1977-1979

Final Game: April 28, 1979
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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
1971	18	CHW-min	Rk	3	0	1.000	1.00	7	7					36.0	29	5	4	0	8								1.028	7.2	0.0	2.0			WHS · GULF
1972	19	CHW-min	A	5	5	.500	4.58	39	0					59.0	59	36	30	8	31								1.525	9.0	1.2	4.7			APP · MIDW
1973	20	CHW-min	A	8	9	.471	3.45	35	19					154.0	171	71	59	10	56								1.474	10.0	0.6	3.3			APP · MIDW
1974	21	CHW-min	AA	10	12	.455	3.34	31	27		6	2	0	170.0	176	75	63	13	44	1	92	0	0	3			1.294	9.3	0.7	2.3	4.9	2.09	KNX · SOUL
1975	22	CHW-min	AA	1	2	.333	5.21	17	2		0	0	0	38.0	45	29	22	2	23	4	26	0	0	3			1.789	10.7	0.5	5.4	6.2	1.13	KNX · SOUL
1976	23	MIN-min	AA	5	5	.500	2.72	25	5		2	0	3	96.0	98	35	29	0	26	3	46	1	0	2			1.292	9.2	0.0	2.4	4.3	1.77	ORL · SOUL
1977	24	MIN-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.76	11	8		3	1	0	55.0	69	27	23	4	14	0	32	0	0	1			1.509	11.3	0.7	2.3	5.2	2.29	TAC · PCL
1977	24	MIN	AL	2	3	.400	6.89	18	5	6	0	0	0	48.1	57	37	37	8	12	0	32	1	0	1	207	58	1.428	10.6	1.5	2.2	6.0	2.67
1978	25	MIN-min	AA	6	0	1.000	0.77	25	0		0	0	10	47.0	27	5	4	1	12	1	41	0	0	2			0.830	5.2	0.2	2.3	7.9	3.42	ORL · SOUL
1978	25	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	3.57	15	1	6	0	0	0	35.1	28	15	14	1	18	3	12	0	1	3	150	109	1.302	7.1	0.3	4.6	3.1	0.67
1979	26	MIN-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.88	38	1		0	0	3	72.0	71	34	23	2	25	6	44	1	0	4			1.333	8.9	0.2	3.1	5.5	1.76	TOL · IL
1979	26	MIN	AL	0	0		7.11	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	10	7	5	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	31	65	2.053	14.2	0.0	4.3	7.1	1.67
3 Yrs				3	4	.429	5.60	39	6	14	0	0	0	90.0	95	59	56	9	33	3	49	1	1	4	388	72	1.422	9.5	0.9	3.3	4.9	1.48
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.429	5.60	59	9	21	0	0	0	136	144	89	85	14	50	5	74	2	2	6	586	72	1.422	9.5	0.9	3.3	4.9	1.48

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	48.1	18	5	37	6.89	4.65	-0.03	-0.13	97.9	4.46	-13	-1.3	.4	0.1	-0.7	-8	.429	.492	$
1978	25	MIN	AL	35.1	15	1	15	3.82	4.09	0.06	-0.27	99.2	3.72	-0	-0.0	.9	-0.1	0.2	3	.498	.500	$
1979	26	MIN	AL	6.1	6	0	7	9.95	5.75	-0.02	-0.46	101.4	5.38	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.448	.498	$
3 Seasons				90.0	39	6	59	5.90	4.51	0.01	-0.21	98.6	4.24	-17	-1.6	.6	0.1	-0.7	-7	.459	.497	$

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	18	207	190	37	57	12	3	8	3	2	12	32	.300	.343	.521	.864	.325	99	6	1	3	1	0	1
1978	25	MIN	AL	15	150	126	15	28	5	0	1	1	1	18	12	.222	.313	.286	.599	.233	36	2	0	3	3	3	2
1979	26	MIN	AL	6	31	26	7	10	1	0	0	1	0	3	5	.385	.419	.423	.842	.435	11	1	0	0	2	0	1
3 Yrs				39	388	342	59	95	18	3	9	5	3	33	49	.278	.338	.427	.765	.297	146	9	1	6	6	3	4
162 Game Avg.				59	586	517	89	144	27	5	14	8	5	50	74	.278	.338	.427	.765	.297	221	14	2	9	9	5	6
MLB Averages																.263	.328	.392	.720	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	24	MIN	AL	-13.3	-1.3	214	-1.4	2.3	-3.7	.72	-0.8	-1.1	-14.8	-1.4	0.72	-9.9	0	4	9
1978	25	MIN	AL	1.6	0.2	158	-0.0	1.2	-1.2	.56	0.5	-0.5	4.5	0.5	0.56	5.2	2	4	8
1979	26	MIN	AL	-2.3	-0.2	32	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.45	-0.2	-0.4	-3.4	-0.3	0.45	-2.3	0	2	3
3 Yrs				-14.0	-1.3	404	-1.7	3.7	-5.3	.64	-0.5	-2.1	-13.7	-1.3	0.64	-7.1	2	10	20

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	18	5	1	3	1	1	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	0	0%	32.8	49	14	7	2	0	4	5.9	4.5	4.5
1978	25	MIN	AL	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	41	41	5	1	0	1	3.0	0.0	4.7
2 Yrs				33	6	1	4	1	1	0	2	4	.333	0	1	0	0	0	0%	34	49	14	12	3	0	5	5.4	3.7	4.6
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	24	MIN	AL	18	13	6	1	0	0	10	4	40%	5	.718	0	4	9	0	13	7	6	6	6	8	1	5.9
1978	25	MIN	AL	15	14	6	1	1	1	19	3	16%	8	.561	2	4	8	2	12	10	4	8	6	8	1	6.6
1979	26	MIN	AL	6	6	2	0	0	0	5	1	20%	7	.447	0	2	3	0	6	4	2	2	3	3	2	3.2
3 Yrs				39	33	14	2	1	1	34	8	24%		.636	2	10	20	2	31	21	12	16	15	19	4	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	24	MIN	AL	207	49%	3.9%	15.5%	5.8%	11.1%	40%	1.08	73%	36	6	17%
1978	25	MIN	AL	150	42%	0.7%	8.0%	12.0%	4.0%	21%	0.46	77%	28	2	7%
1979	26	MIN	AL	31	58%	0.0%	16.1%	9.7%	3.2%	10%	1.17	74%	8	1	13%
3 Yrs				388	47%	2.3%	12.6%	8.5%	7.7%	32%	0.76	75%	72	9	13%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	12.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.10	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
1977	24	MIN	AL	207	57			8	0	1	5	3	4	4	9	4	1	44%	1	1	0	72	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1978	25	MIN	AL	150	28			1	1	5	1	0	0	1	12	6	1	50%	2	3	2	58	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
1979	26	MIN	AL	31	10			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				388	95			9	1	6	6	3	4	5	24	12	2	50%	4	4	2	145	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1977	24	2	3	.400	6.89	18	5	6	48.1	57	37	37	8	12	0	32	1	0	1	207	58	1.428	10.6	1.5	2.2	6.0	2.67	58
1978	25	3	4	.429	5.49	33	6	12	83.2	85	52	51	9	30	3	44	1	1	4	357	72	1.375	9.1	1.0	3.2	4.7	1.47	72
1979	26	3	4	.429	5.60	39	6	14	90.0	95	59	56	9	33	3	49	1	1	4	388	72	1.422	9.5	0.9	3.3	4.9	1.48	72

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
1977	24	1	4	.200	8.00	45.0	59	44	40	8	12	30	1	1.578	11.8	2.4	6.0	2.50	1.6	18
1978	25	1	2	.333	4.24	34.0	30	18	16	1	19	11	0	1.441	7.9	5.0	2.9	0.58	0.3	15
1979	26	0	0		7.50	6.0	10	6	5	0	3	5	0	2.167	15.0	4.5	7.5	1.67	0.0	6
3 Yrs		2	6	.250	6.46	85.0	99	68	61	9	34	46	1	1.565	10.5		4.9	1.35	1.0	39

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