Brian Holton
Brian John Holton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 193 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
Final Game: July 30, 1990
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Standard Pitching

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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
1985 25 LAD NL 1 1 .500 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 21 38 2.500 20.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00
1986 26 LAD NL 2 3 .400 4.44 12 3 4 0 0 0 24.1 28 13 12 1 6 2 24 1 0 1 106 78 1.397 10.4 0.4 2.2 8.9 4.00
1987 27 LAD NL 3 2 .600 3.89 53 1 26 0 0 2 83.1 87 39 36 11 32 11 58 0 4 0 360 103 1.428 9.4 1.2 3.5 6.3 1.81
1988 28 LAD NL 7 3 .700 1.70 45 0 11 0 0 1 84.2 69 19 16 1 26 7 49 1 6 1 339 197 1.122 7.3 0.1 2.8 5.2 1.88
1989 29 BAL AL 5 7 .417 4.02 39 12 8 0 0 0 116.1 140 63 52 11 39 1 51 1 1 5 514 94 1.539 10.8 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.31
1990 30 BAL AL 2 3 .400 4.50 33 0 13 0 0 0 58.0 68 31 29 7 21 6 27 0 2 2 257 85 1.534 10.6 1.1 3.3 4.2 1.29
6 Seasons 20 19 .513 3.62 185 16 62 0 0 3 370.2 401 172 149 31 125 27 210 3 13 10 1597 103 1.419 9.7 0.8 3.0 5.1 1.68
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .513 3.62 63 5 21 0 0 1 125 136 58 50 10 42 9 71 1 4 3 540 103 1.419 9.7 0.8 3.0 5.1 1.68
LAD (4 yrs) 13 9 .591 3.12 113 4 41 0 0 3 196.1 193 78 68 13 65 20 132 2 10 3 826 117 1.314 8.8 0.6 3.0 6.1 2.03
BAL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.18 72 12 21 0 0 0 174.1 208 94 81 18 60 7 78 1 3 7 771 91 1.537 10.7 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.30
NL (4 yrs) 13 9 .591 3.12 113 4 41 0 0 3 196.1 193 78 68 13 65 20 132 2 10 3 826 117 1.314 8.8 0.6 3.0 6.1 2.03
AL (2 yrs) 7 10 .412 4.18 72 12 21 0 0 0 174.1 208 94 81 18 60 7 78 1 3 7 771 91 1.537 10.7 0.9 3.1 4.0 1.30

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1988 28 LAD NL NLCS W NYM 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1988 28 LAD NL WS W OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 1.50 4 0 1 0 0 1 6.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 20 0.667 3.0 0.0 3.0 3.0 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 2.25 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.750 4.5 0.0 2.3 4.5 2.00
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1985 25 LAD NL 3 21 20 7 9 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 .450 .476 .600 1.076 .474 12 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 LAD NL 12 106 96 13 28 9 0 1 5 0 6 24 .292 .337 .417 .753 .375 40 2 1 2 1 2
1987 27 LAD NL 53 360 323 39 87 14 2 11 11 4 32 58 .269 .332 .427 .760 .296 138 7 0 2 3 11
1988 28 LAD NL 45 339 302 19 69 10 3 1 6 2 26 49 .228 .289 .291 .581 .267 88 10 1 7 3 7
1989 29 BAL AL 39 514 467 63 140 25 2 11 15 7 39 51 .300 .352 .433 .784 .315 202 11 1 2 5 1
1990 30 BAL AL 33 257 233 31 68 13 0 7 7 1 21 27 .292 .348 .438 .785 .303 102 5 0 1 2 6
6 Seasons 185 1597 1441 172 401 74 7 31 44 16 125 210 .278 .334 .404 .738 .305 582 35 3 14 14 27
162 Game Avg. 63 540 488 58 136 25 2 10 15 5 42 71 .278 .334 .404 .738 .305 197 12 1 5 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1986 26 LAD NL 12 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45 59 37 4 1 1 1 2.0 0.0 3.8
1987 27 LAD NL 53 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52 52 52 6 2 0 0 5.0 0.0 5.0
1989 29 BAL AL 39 12 3 3 6 2 1 9 3 .750 2 1 0 0 3 25% 47 62 22 31 15 2 6 4.8 5.1 4.7 72 8 3 0 0 94
3 Seasons 104 16 3 5 8 2 1 10 6 .625 2 3 0 0 3 19% 47 62 22 41 18 3 7 4.3 3.9 4.6 72 8 3 0 0 94
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1985 25 LAD NL 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0.684 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1986 26 LAD NL 12 9 4 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 3 1.280 3 2 4 3 2 4 3 6 4 3 4 2 4.3
1987 27 LAD NL 53 52 26 3 2 3 2 1 67% 5 2 31 10 32% 7 0.718 9 9 33 8 4 40 16 36 31 10 31 12 4.5
1988 28 LAD NL 45 45 11 7 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 38 9 24% 7 0.758 9 13 23 5 9 31 17 28 31 6 31 9 5.6 27
1989 29 BAL AL 39 27 8 2 4 1 0 1 0% 3 2 30 16 53% 5 0.967 7 6 11 9 2 16 16 11 21 1 22 4 6.6 35
1990 30 BAL AL 33 33 13 2 3 1 0 1 0% 4 3 33 13 39% 7 0.631 10 4 19 7 3 23 22 11 18 9 19 4 5.3 26
6 Seasons 185 169 62 17 14 8 3 5 38% 15 7 140 50 36% 0.829 40 34 91 33 21 115 75 94 107 30 109 31 5.3 28

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1985 25 LAD NL 21 19% 0.0% 4.8% 4.8% 14.3% 33% 0.67 90% 5 0 0%
1986 26 LAD NL 106 43% 0.9% 22.6% 5.7% 9.4% 36% 1.58 68% 18 2 11%
1987 27 LAD NL 360 50% 3.1% 16.1% 8.9% 7.5% 31% 1.09 71% 79 7 9%
1988 28 LAD NL 339 53% 0.3% 14.5% 7.7% 4.1% 20% 1.01 1.36 75% 15% 1.5% 48% 58 10 17%
1989 29 BAL AL 514 48% 2.1% 9.9% 7.6% 7.4% 27% 0.77 1.01 80% 19% 5.7% 18% 92 11 12%
1990 30 BAL AL 257 44% 2.7% 10.5% 8.2% 7.8% 29% 1.00 1.47 78% 22% 7.9% 13% 41 5 12%
6 Seasons 1597 48% 1.9% 13.2% 7.8% 7.0% 28% 0.88 1.19 76% 19% 5.5% 25% 293 35 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 28 LAD NL 339 1199 3.54 738 62% 30% 13% 22% 36% 70% 5% 43% 81% 56% 6% 22 15 18% 61 30 3 17% 8 2 0 0 2
1989 29 BAL AL 476 1653 3.47 1004 61% 29% 10% 21% 40% 71% 1% 43% 85% 58% 4% 18 11 13% 60 23 4 25% 3 6 38 0 2
1990 30 BAL AL 257 844 3.28 517 61% 30% 10% 19% 40% 69% 7% 42% 85% 61% 8% 20 11 15% 39 15 4 44% 1 3 0 0 2
3 Seasons 1072 3696 3.45 2259 61% 30% 11% 20% 38% 70% 4% 43% 84% 58% 6% 60 37 15% 160 68 11 26% 12 11 38 0 6
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1985 25 LAD NL 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 1 0 10 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 26 LAD NL 106 28 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 3 2 30% 1 1 0 35 5 0 100% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 27 LAD NL 360 87 11 0 18 7 4 2 9 26 12 2 46% 7 0 0 147 11 4 73% 9 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 7 0
1988 28 LAD NL 339 69 12 1 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 22 12 1 55% 2 1 0 133 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 11 0
1989 29 BAL AL 514 140 15 3 11 0 15 4 7 8 3 28 20 3 71% 5 5 2 203 15 7 68% 15 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 18 0
1990 30 BAL AL 257 68 9 2 7 0 9 6 1 6 1 23 8 3 35% 2 2 0 98 7 1 88% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
6 Seasons 1597 401 36 6 31 0 55 17 14 16 15 111 56 12 50% 17 10 2 626 44 16 73% 41 13 3 1 0 2 6 1 45 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1985 25 1 1 .500 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 21 38 2.500 20.3 0.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 38
1986 26 3 4 .429 5.08 15 3 4 0 0 0 28.1 37 20 16 1 7 2 25 1 0 2 127 68 1.553 11.8 0.3 2.2 7.9 3.57 68
1987 27 6 6 .500 4.19 68 4 30 0 0 2 111.2 124 59 52 12 39 13 83 1 4 2 487 92 1.460 10.0 1.0 3.1 6.7 2.13 92
1988 28 13 9 .591 3.12 113 4 41 0 0 3 196.1 193 78 68 13 65 20 132 2 10 3 826 117 1.314 8.8 0.6 3.0 6.1 2.03 117
1989 29 18 16 .529 3.45 152 16 49 0 0 3 312.2 333 141 120 24 104 21 183 3 11 8 1340 107 1.398 9.6 0.7 3.0 5.3 1.76 107
1990 30 20 19 .513 3.62 185 16 62 0 0 3 370.2 401 172 149 31 125 27 210 3 13 10 1597 103 1.419 9.7 0.8 3.0 5.1 1.68 103

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985 25 0 0 9.00 4.0 9 4 4 0 1 1 0 2.500 20.3 2.3 2.3 1.00 0.0 3
1986 26 1 1 .500 5.48 23.0 30 16 14 1 6 23 1 1.565 11.7 2.3 9.0 3.83 0.4 12
1987 27 4 4 .500 4.05 80.0 88 40 36 11 32 56 0 1.500 9.9 3.6 6.3 1.75 1.2 53
1988 28 6 2 .750 2.16 79.0 74 21 19 1 28 46 1 1.291 8.4 3.2 5.2 1.64 0.1 45
1989 29 5 7 .417 4.83 108.0 148 64 58 12 41 47 1 1.750 12.3 3.4 3.9 1.15 1.0 39
1990 30 2 4 .333 5.33 54.0 72 36 32 7 22 25 0 1.741 12.0 3.7 4.2 1.14 1.2 33
6 Seasons 18 18 .500 4.22 348.0 421 181 163 32 130 198 3 1.583 10.9 5.1 1.52 0.8 185

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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