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Brian Holman

Brian Scott Holman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 25, 1965 in Denver, CO
High School: North HS (Wichita, KS)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1988
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Expos 1988-1991
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 22, 1991
Relatives: Brother of Brad Holman
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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
1983	18	WSN-min	A-	0	0		11.81	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	7	1	4	0	5	1	0	0			2.062	11.8	1.7	6.8	8.4	1.25	JAM · NYPL
1984	19	WSN-min	A	5	11	.313	5.84	24	24	0	1	0	0	98.2	90	77	64	5	119	0	94	1	1	14			2.118	8.2	0.5	10.9	8.6	0.79	GST,WPB · SALL,FLOR
1985	20	WSN-min	A	9	9	.500	3.96	25	24	0	6	2	0	143.1	124	79	63	6	90	1	103	2	1	10			1.493	7.8	0.4	5.7	6.5	1.14	WPB · FLOR
1986	21	WSN-min	AA	11	9	.550	5.14	27	27	0	3	0	0	157.2	146	111	90	16	122	1	118	0	2	10			1.700	8.3	0.9	7.0	6.7	0.97	JCK · SOUL
1987	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	14	9	.609	3.19	28	28	0	6	1	0	186.0	155	80	66	13	79	2	142	8	4	10			1.258	7.5	0.6	3.8	6.9	1.80	JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1988	23	WSN-min	AAA	8	1	.889	2.36	14	13	1	2	1	0	91.1	78	26	24	6	30	0	70	0	2	9			1.182	7.7	0.6	3.0	6.9	2.33	INA · AA
1988	23	MON	NL	4	8	.333	3.23	18	16	1	1	1	0	100.1	101	39	36	3	34	2	58	0	0	2	422	112	1.346	9.1	0.3	3.0	5.2	1.71
1989	24	TOT	MLB	9	12	.429	3.67	33	25	1	6	2	0	191.1	194	86	78	11	77	6	105	7	1	8	833	108	1.416	9.1	0.5	3.6	4.9	1.36
1989	24	MON	NL	1	2	.333	4.83	10	3	0	0	0	0	31.2	34	18	17	2	15	0	23	1	1	3	145	74	1.547	9.7	0.6	4.3	6.5	1.53
1989	24	SEA	AL	8	10	.444	3.44	23	22	1	6	2	0	159.2	160	68	61	9	62	6	82	6	0	5	688	118	1.390	9.0	0.5	3.5	4.6	1.32
1990	25	SEA	AL	11	11	.500	4.03	28	28	0	3	0	0	189.2	188	92	85	17	66	2	121	6	2	8	804	97	1.339	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.7	1.83
1991	26	SEA	AL	13	14	.481	3.69	30	30	0	5	3	0	195.1	199	86	80	16	77	0	108	10	1	8	839	112	1.413	9.2	0.7	3.5	5.0	1.40
4 Yrs				37	45	.451	3.71	109	99	2	15	6	0	676.2	682	303	279	47	254	10	392	23	4	26	2898	106	1.383	9.1	0.6	3.4	5.2	1.54
162 Game Avg.				12	15	.451	3.71	36	32	1	5	2	0	221	223	99	91	15	83	3	128	8	1	9	947	106	1.383	9.1	0.6	3.4	5.2	1.54

SEA (3 yrs)				32	35	.478	3.73	81	80	1	14	5	0	544.2	547	246	226	42	205	8	311	22	3	21	2331	108	1.381	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.52
MON (2 yrs)				5	10	.333	3.61	28	19	1	1	1	0	132.0	135	57	53	5	49	2	81	1	1	5	567	100	1.394	9.2	0.3	3.3	5.5	1.65

AL (3 yrs)				32	35	.478	3.73	81	80	1	14	5	0	544.2	547	246	226	42	205	8	311	22	3	21	2331	108	1.381	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.52
NL (2 yrs)				5	10	.333	3.61	28	19	1	1	1	0	132.0	135	57	53	5	49	2	81	1	1	5	567	100	1.394	9.2	0.3	3.3	5.5	1.65

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
1988	23	MON	NL	100.1	18	16	39	3.50	3.86	0.25	0.12	106.1	3.96	5	0.6	.0	-0.1	1.3	14	.531	.503	$
1989	24	MON	NL	31.2	10	3	18	5.12	3.95	-0.19	-0.06	100.2	4.08	-4	-0.4	.4	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.460	.498	$
1989	24	SEA	AL	159.2	23	22	68	3.83	4.31	0.04	0.15	102.4	4.52	12	1.3	.7	-0.1	2.5	28	.556	.508	$
1990	25	SEA	AL	189.2	28	28	92	4.37	4.42	0.33	0.16	100.0	4.25	-1	-0.1		-0.1	1.5	19	.496	.499	$193,000
1991	26	SEA	AL	195.1	30	30	86	3.96	4.38	-0.19	0.16	100.6	4.75	17	1.9		-0.1	3.5	40	.562	.512	$300,000
4 Seasons				676.2	109	99	303	4.03	4.28	0.08	0.14	101.6	4.41	29	3.2	.4	-0.4	8.7	100	.529	.504	$493,000

SEA (3 yrs)				544.2	81	80	246	4.06	4.37	0.06	0.16	100.9	4.51	28	3.0	.7	-0.4	7.5	87	.538	.506	$493,000
MON (2 yrs)				132.0	28	19	57	3.89	3.88	0.15	0.08	104.7	3.99	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	1.2	13	.505	.500	$

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
1988	23	MON	NL	18	422	382	39	101	15	4	3	14	4	34	58	.264	.324	.348	.672	.304	133	7	0	4	1	2	2
1989	24	MON	NL	10	145	126	18	34	5	0	2	3	1	15	23	.270	.350	.357	.707	.314	45	1	1	2	1	0	3
1989	24	SEA	AL	23	688	613	68	160	24	7	9	8	3	62	82	.261	.333	.367	.700	.288	225	18	6	4	3	6	5
1989	24	TOT	MLB	33	833	739	86	194	29	7	11	11	4	77	105	.263	.336	.365	.702	.292	270	19	7	6	4	6	8
1990	25	SEA	AL	28	804	724	92	188	34	2	17	8	8	66	121	.260	.324	.383	.706	.288	277	15	6	1	7	2	9
1991	26	SEA	AL	30	839	743	86	199	36	4	16	4	5	77	108	.268	.343	.392	.735	.294	291	22	10	6	3	0	6
4 Yrs				109	2898	2588	303	682	114	17	47	37	21	254	392	.264	.333	.375	.708	.293	971	63	23	17	15	10	25
162 Game Avg.				36	947	846	99	223	37	6	15	12	7	83	128	.264	.333	.375	.708	.293	317	21	8	6	5	3	8
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.381	.702	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1988	23	MON	NL	4.6	0.5	446	0.4	7.5	-7.1	1.02	0.5	-0.1	5.0	0.5	1.02	4.8	0	2
1989	24	TOT	MLB	6.7	0.7	857	-0.4	13.0	-13.4	.94	0.8	-1.3	7.1	0.7	0.94	8.9	2	6
1989	24	MON	NL	-3.8	-0.4	152	-0.4	1.9	-2.2	.88	-0.3	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.88	-3.2	1	6
1989	24	SEA	AL	10.6	1.1	705	-0.1	11.1	-11.1	.95	1.1	-1.2	10.8	1.1	0.95	12.1	1	0
1990	25	SEA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	832	0.2	14.1	-13.9	1.01	0.5	-0.3	0.1	0.0	1.01	1.0	0	0
1991	26	SEA	AL	9.9	1.0	861	1.1	15.2	-14.1	1.00	0.1	1.0	12.5	1.3	1.00	1.4	0	0
4 Yrs				20.9	2.2	2996	1.2	49.8	-48.6	.99	1.9	-0.6	24.7	2.5	0.99	16.2	2	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
1988	23	MON	NL	18	16	4	8	4	1	2	7	9	.438	3	0	1	1	8	50%	52.4	80	33	13	5	0	5	2.7	3.3	6.1	95	2	9	4	1	127
1989	24	TOT	MLB	33	25	9	11	5	2	1	10	15	.400	2	2	6	2	11	44%	0.1	84	9	18	8	1	13	4.1	4.2	7.0	111	0	5	13	6	135
1989	24	MON	NL	10	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.3	46	39	2	0	0	3	4.5	5.1	5.9	105	0	1	2	0	110
1989	24	SEA	AL	23	22	8	9	5	1	1	9	13	.409	2	2	6	2	11	50%	52.9	84	9	16	8	1	10	4.0	4.1	7.2	112	0	4	11	6	135
1990	25	SEA	AL	28	28	11	11	6	2	4	15	13	.536	4	2	3	0	16	57%	51.4	88	20	27	9	0	8	3.8	4.3	6.8	103	1	8	17	2	136
1991	26	SEA	AL	30	30	13	14	3	3	4	16	14	.533	1	1	5	3	14	47%	51.0	81	21	20	7	0	15	3.6	3.7	6.5	102	2	8	19	1	131
4 Yrs				109	99	37	44	18	8	11	48	51	.485	10	5	15	6	49	49%	51	88	9	78	29	1	41	3.6	3.9	6.7	103	5	30	53	10	136
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	103	-4					4.2	4.2	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	23	MON	NL	18	2	1	0	0	0	0		8	1.017	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	3.0	13
1989	24	TOT	MLB	33	8	1	1	1	1	4	0%		.936	2	6	1	7	3	5	7	7	6.0	33
1989	24	MON	NL	10	7	0	0	1	1	3	0%	4	.875	1	6	1	6	2	5	6	6	6.0	33
1989	24	SEA	AL	23	1	1	1	0	0	1	0%	7	.949	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	6.0	36
2 Yrs				51	10	2	1	1	1	4	0%		.963	2	8	1	9	3	7	7	7	5.4	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%
1988	23	MON	NL	422	44%	0.7%	13.7%	8.1%	5.2%	22%	0.77	0.87	76%	22%	3.1%	46%	70	7	10%
1989	24	TOT	MLB	833	51%	1.3%	12.6%	9.2%	5.6%	24%	0.94	1.18	75%	21%	4.0%	15%	167	19	11%
1989	24	MON	NL	145	50%	1.4%	15.9%	10.3%	4.8%	21%	0.70	0.78	70%	20%	4.1%	18%	29	1	3%
1989	24	SEA	AL	688	51%	1.3%	11.9%	9.0%	5.8%	25%	0.99	1.27	76%	21%	4.0%	15%	138	18	13%
1990	25	SEA	AL	804	47%	2.1%	15.1%	8.2%	6.6%	28%	0.93	1.20	74%	19%	6.5%	17%	156	15	10%
1991	26	SEA	AL	839	47%	1.9%	12.9%	9.2%	6.7%	28%	0.96	1.29	74%	20%	6.0%	17%	186	22	12%
4 Yrs				2898	48%	1.6%	13.5%	8.8%	6.1%	26%	0.92	1.16	75%	21%	5.2%	21%	579	63	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.9%	8.5%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.5%	24%			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
1988	23	MON	NL	420	1528	3.64	945	62%	26%	11%	28%	35%	74%	1%	46%	85%	57%	6%	24	21	17%	71	33	3	40%	7	1	2	1	1
1989	24	TOT	MLB	810	2939	3.63	1726	59%	27%	12%	25%	36%	73%	2%	43%	83%	54%	6%	52	31	14%	112	36	4	32%	12	16	23	0	7
1989	24	MON	NL	146	545	3.73	316	58%	30%	13%	23%	34%	70%	0%	40%	81%	50%	9%	13	10	11%	16	8	0	30%	3	3	-1	0	1
1989	24	SEA	AL	664	2394	3.61	1410	59%	26%	12%	25%	37%	74%	2%	43%	84%	55%	6%	39	21	14%	96	28	4	33%	9	13	24	0	6
1990	25	SEA	AL	808	2889	3.58	1745	60%	27%	12%	26%	35%	73%	1%	44%	84%	55%	5%	43	23	16%	132	58	2	31%	16	18	-4	0	1
1991	26	SEA	AL	841	3060	3.64	1796	59%	26%	11%	28%	36%	74%	0%	44%	85%	52%	6%	54	37	15%	124	45	7	26%	10	17	-2	0	0
4 Yrs				2879	10416	3.62	6212	60%	26%	11%	27%	35%	74%	1%	44%	84%	54%	6%	173	112	15%	439	172	16	31%	45	52	19	1	9
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

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
1988	23	MON	NL	422	101	10	1	3	0	2	0	3	3	0	17	10	0	59%	2	2	0	154	14	4	78%	14	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0
1989	24	TOT	MLB	833	194	18	2	11	0	20	6	5	7	4	49	23	8	47%	8	8	0	315	11	4	73%	11	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
1989	24	MON	NL	145	34	1	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	50%	3	3	0	73	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1989	24	SEA	AL	688	160	17	1	9	0	17	5	4	6	3	43	20	6	47%	5	5	0	242	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
1990	25	SEA	AL	804	188	19	0	17	0	14	7	10	7	10	37	23	3	62%	9	8	0	279	8	8	50%	7	6	1	2	0	0	2	1	21	0
1991	26	SEA	AL	839	199	52	4	16	0	16	10	6	5	11	44	22	3	50%	6	8	1	327	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	15	0
4 Yrs				2898	682	99	7	47	0	52	23	24	22	25	147	78	14	53%	25	26	1	1075	37	21	64%	36	18	1	3	0	0	10	1	56	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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+
1988	23	4	8	.333	3.23	18	16	1	1	1	100.1	101	39	36	3	34	2	58	0	0	2	422	112	1.346	9.1	0.3	3.0	5.2	1.71	112
1989	24	13	20	.394	3.52	51	41	2	7	3	291.2	295	125	114	14	111	8	163	7	1	10	1255	109	1.392	9.1	0.4	3.4	5.0	1.47	109
1990	25	24	31	.436	3.72	79	69	2	10	3	481.1	483	217	199	31	177	10	284	13	3	18	2059	104	1.371	9.0	0.6	3.3	5.3	1.60	104
1991	26	37	45	.451	3.71	109	99	2	15	6	676.2	682	303	279	47	254	10	392	23	4	26	2898	106	1.383	9.1	0.6	3.4	5.2	1.54	106

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1988	23	5	5	.500	3.73	94.0	105	43	39	3	35	54	0	1.489	10.1	3.4	5.2	1.54	0.3	18
1989	24	10	10	.500	4.10	182.0	200	92	83	11	79	100	7	1.533	9.9	3.9	4.9	1.27	0.5	33
1990	25	8	11	.421	4.73	177.0	197	103	93	18	69	113	6	1.503	10.0	3.5	5.7	1.64	0.9	28
1991	26	10	10	.500	4.15	182.0	204	93	84	16	79	101	10	1.555	10.1	3.9	5.0	1.28	0.8	30
4 Yrs		33	36	.478	4.24	635.0	706	331	299	48	262	368	23	1.524	10.0		5.2	1.40	0.7	109

* 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

Shutouts s c a p y 1989 AL 2 (7th) 1991 AL 3 (2nd)	Losses s c a p y 1991 AL 14 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1991 AL 10 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 AL 2 (7th)
1991 AL 3 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1991 AL 14 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1991 AL 10 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1243), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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.

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

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