Brian Holton

Brian John Holton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 29, 1959 in McKeesport, PA
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1985
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Orioles 1985-1990

Final Game: July 30, 1990
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1978	18	LAD-min	A	14																									CLI · MIDW
1979	19	LAD-min	AA,A	23	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			SAN,LOD · TL,CALL
1980	20	LAD-min	AA	29	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	2	0			SAN · TL
1981	21	LAD-min	AAA	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1982	22	LAD-min	AAA	32	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1		0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1983	23	LAD-min	AAA	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1984	24	LAD-min	AAA	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	1	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1985	25	LAD-min	AAA	28	32	29	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.103	.133	.103	.237		3		0	2	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1985	25	LAD	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	26	LAD-min	AAA	28	39	35	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	9	.086	.108	.086	.194		3		1	2	1	0		ABQ · PCL
1986	26	LAD	NL	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	27	LAD	NL	53	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	LAD	NL	45	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.091	.000	.091	-71	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	BAL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	30	BAL-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1990	30	BAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	31	LAD-min	AAA	29	20	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.200	.388		3		0	4	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1992	32	LAD-min	AAA	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
6 Yrs				185	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1	0	0	0	0

LAD (4 yrs)				113	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				113	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1	0	0	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1985	25	LAD	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1986	26	LAD	NL	12	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000	1
1987	27	LAD	NL	53	5	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$65,000	1
1988	28	LAD	NL	45	11	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$90,000	1
1989	29	BAL	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1990	30	BAL	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$347,500	1
6 Seasons				185	21	-3	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$562,500

LAD (4 yrs)				113	21	-3	0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$215,000
BAL (2 yrs)				72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$347,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1986	26	LAD	NL	5	5	92	.000	.000	.253	.000	.322	.000	.382	.000	.704	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1987	27	LAD	NL	5	4	104	.250	.200	.267	.200	.336	.200	.415	.400	.751	8	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1988	28	LAD	NL	11	11	88	.000	.000	.254	.091	.317	.000	.373	.091	.690	-71	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.091	.100	.000
6 Yrs				21	20	93	.100	.050	.257	.095	.323	.050	.386	.145	.709	-58	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.100	.050	.000
162 Game Avg.				18	18	93	.100	.050	.257	.095	.323	.050	.386	.145	.709	-58	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.100	.050	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1988	28	LAD	NL	NLCS	NYM	W	3	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0
1988	28	LAD	NL	WS	OAK	W	1	0	0	0	0					0
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0
1 NLCS							3	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0					0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	26	LAD	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5				1.00	60%
1987	27	LAD	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0				2.00	80%
1988	28	LAD	NL	11	0.0%	63.6%	9.1%	0.0%		7.00	1.4			1.00	1.00	27%	0%		100%
6 Yrs				21	0.0%	47.6%	4.8%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.0			1.00	1.25	48%	0%		100%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	40.0	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1985	25	LAD	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	26	LAD	NL	-1.3	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.56	-0.6	0
1987	27	LAD	NL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.73	-0.9	0
1988	28	LAD	NL	-2.2	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.80	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.92	-2.1	0
1989	29	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
1990	30	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-4.2	-0.4	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.68	-0.3	-0.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.79	-3.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1986	26	LAD	NL	1		3	0%	1	1
1987	27	LAD	NL	0	0%	1		0	0
1988	28	LAD	NL	0	0%	1		0	0
6 Yrs				1	0%	5	0%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1986	26	LAD	NL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1987	27	LAD	NL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1988	28	LAD	NL	11	55%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				21	43%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	LAD	NL	11	38	3.45	27	71%	37%	41%	4%	11%	56%	0%	39%	24%	45%	9%	1	0	9%	1	0	9%	1	0	33%	0	0	2
1 Yr				11	38	3.45	27	71%	37%	41%	4%	11%	56%	0%	39%	24%	45%	9%	1	0	9%	1	0	9%	1	0	33%	0	0	2
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1986	26	15	5	5	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1987	27	68	10	10	1	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	1	0
1988	28	113	21	20	1	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1
1989	29	152	21	20	1	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1
1990	30	185	21	20	1	1	10	.050	.095	.050	.145	-58	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1986	26	12	5	5	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	12
1987	27	53	5	5	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	53
1988	28	45	11	10	1	7	.000	.091	.000	.091	45
3 Yrs		110	21	20	1	10	.000	.048	.000	.048	110
162 Game Avg.		162	31	29	1	15	.000	.048	.000	.048	110

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