Mike Holtz
Michael James Holtz
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: October 10, 1972 in Arlington, VA
High School: Central Cambria (Edensburg, PA)
School: Clemson University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 17th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 1996
Final Game: May 16, 2006
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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
1996 23 CAL AL 3 3 .500 2.45 30 0 8 0 0 0 29.1 21 11 8 1 19 2 31 3 0 1 127 200 1.364 6.4 0.3 5.8 9.5 1.63
1997 24 ANA AL 3 4 .429 3.32 66 0 11 0 0 2 43.1 38 21 16 7 15 4 40 2 0 1 187 140 1.223 7.9 1.5 3.1 8.3 2.67
1998 25 ANA AL 2 2 .500 4.75 53 0 9 0 0 1 30.1 38 16 16 0 15 1 29 1 0 4 137 100 1.747 11.3 0.0 4.5 8.6 1.93
1999 26 ANA AL 2 3 .400 8.06 28 0 9 0 0 0 22.1 26 20 20 3 15 1 17 2 0 3 106 60 1.836 10.5 1.2 6.0 6.9 1.13
2000 27 ANA AL 3 3 .500 5.05 61 0 6 0 0 0 41.0 37 26 23 4 18 2 40 2 0 1 176 100 1.341 8.1 0.9 4.0 8.8 2.22
2001 28 ANA AL 1 2 .333 4.86 63 0 11 0 0 0 37.0 40 24 20 5 15 4 38 2 0 5 167 93 1.486 9.7 1.2 3.6 9.2 2.53
2002 29 TOT MLB 2 2 .500 5.40 49 0 12 0 0 0 35.0 42 25 21 5 30 3 26 2 0 3 178 74 2.057 10.8 1.3 7.7 6.7 0.87
2002 29 OAK AL 0 0 6.43 16 0 7 0 0 0 14.0 24 11 10 3 9 0 7 1 0 0 77 67 2.357 15.4 1.9 5.8 4.5 0.78
2002 29 SDP NL 2 2 .500 4.71 33 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 18 14 11 2 21 3 19 1 0 3 101 79 1.857 7.7 0.9 9.0 8.1 0.90
2006 33 BOS AL 0 0 16.20 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 13 29 4.200 16.2 0.0 21.6 10.8 0.50
8 Seasons 16 19 .457 4.76 353 0 67 0 0 3 240.0 245 146 127 25 131 17 223 15 0 18 1091 98 1.567 9.2 0.9 4.9 8.4 1.70
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .457 4.76 68 0 13 0 0 1 46 47 28 24 5 25 3 43 3 0 3 210 98 1.567 9.2 0.9 4.9 8.4 1.70
ANA (6 yrs) 14 17 .452 4.56 301 0 54 0 0 3 203.1 200 118 103 20 97 14 195 12 0 15 900 105 1.461 8.9 0.9 4.3 8.6 2.01
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 16.20 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 3 3 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 13 29 4.200 16.2 0.0 21.6 10.8 0.50
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 6.43 16 0 7 0 0 0 14.0 24 11 10 3 9 0 7 1 0 0 77 67 2.357 15.4 1.9 5.8 4.5 0.78
SDP (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.71 33 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 18 14 11 2 21 3 19 1 0 3 101 79 1.857 7.7 0.9 9.0 8.1 0.90
AL (8 yrs) 14 17 .452 4.77 320 0 62 0 0 3 219.0 227 132 116 23 110 14 204 14 0 15 990 100 1.539 9.3 0.9 4.5 8.4 1.85
NL (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.71 33 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 18 14 11 2 21 3 19 1 0 3 101 79 1.857 7.7 0.9 9.0 8.1 0.90

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
1996 23 CAL AL 30 127 103 11 21 5 0 1 2 1 19 31 .204 .341 .282 .623 .278 29 3 3 1 1 2
1997 24 ANA AL 66 187 167 21 38 10 0 7 6 2 15 40 .228 .296 .413 .709 .254 69 2 2 1 2 4
1998 25 ANA AL 53 137 118 16 38 10 0 0 1 3 15 29 .322 .397 .407 .804 .418 48 6 1 1 2 1
1999 26 ANA AL 28 106 88 20 26 6 0 3 0 3 15 17 .295 .410 .466 .875 .338 41 1 2 1 0 1
2000 27 ANA AL 61 176 149 26 37 3 0 4 5 0 18 40 .248 .331 .349 .680 .306 52 5 2 4 3 2
2001 28 ANA AL 63 167 146 24 40 14 1 5 6 0 15 38 .274 .348 .486 .834 .337 71 2 2 3 1 4
2002 29 TOT MLB 49 178 143 25 42 11 2 5 1 1 30 26 .294 .416 .503 .919 .322 72 2 2 0 3 3
2002 29 OAK AL 16 77 67 11 24 6 1 3 1 0 9 7 .358 .442 .612 1.053 .368 41 0 1 0 0 0
2002 29 SDP NL 33 101 76 14 18 5 1 2 0 1 21 19 .237 .396 .408 .804 .276 31 2 1 0 3 3
2006 33 BOS AL 3 13 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 .429 .667 .857 1.524 .600 6 0 1 1 0 0
8 Seasons 353 1091 921 146 245 60 4 25 21 10 131 223 .266 .362 .421 .784 .321 388 21 15 12 12 17
162 Game Avg. 68 210 177 28 47 12 1 5 4 2 25 43 .266 .362 .421 .784 .321 75 4 3 2 2 3
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
1996 23 CAL AL 30 30 8 3 3 0 0 0 8 5 29 6 21% 7 0.953 11 7 10 11 5 14 19 11 10 14 13 7 2.9 17
1997 24 ANA AL 66 66 11 3 4 8 2 6 25% 22 14 56 12 21% 8 1.421 34 15 16 30 16 20 34 32 9 44 15 20 2.0 11
1998 25 ANA AL 53 53 9 2 2 2 1 1 50% 20 13 56 18 32% 8 0.986 22 12 19 25 8 20 32 21 6 39 9 16 1.7 11
1999 26 ANA AL 28 28 9 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 17 5 29% 7 0.644 10 3 12 4 8 16 11 17 3 15 5 1 2.4 14
2000 27 ANA AL 61 61 6 3 3 0 0 0 14 10 59 10 17% 7 1.054 18 20 23 22 8 31 36 25 10 41 19 23 2.0 12
2001 28 ANA AL 63 63 11 1 2 1 0 1 0% 19 15 50 13 26% 7 0.888 26 11 26 25 10 28 34 29 5 42 6 23 1.8 10
2002 29 TOT MLB 49 49 12 2 2 4 0 4 0% 11 5 48 11 23% 0.814 15 10 23 19 7 23 29 20 6 31 9 14 2.1 14
2002 29 OAK AL 16 16 7 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 1 15 4 27% 8 0.372 4 2 10 3 1 12 7 9 3 6 4 3 2.6 17
2002 29 SDP NL 33 33 5 2 2 3 0 3 0% 8 4 33 7 21% 8 1.151 11 8 13 16 6 11 22 11 3 25 5 11 1.9 13
2006 33 BOS AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0% 6 0.640 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.7 20
8 Seasons 353 353 67 16 19 15 3 12 20% 97 64 316 75 24% 0.987 136 79 131 137 62 154 196 157 49 228 76 104 2.0 12

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%
1996 23 CAL AL 127 59% 0.8% 24.4% 15.0% 4.7% 29% 0.72 1.00 57% 22% 2.9% 19% 30 3 10%
1997 24 ANA AL 187 47% 3.7% 21.4% 8.0% 9.1% 45% 1.14 1.64 65% 23% 13.5% 12% 39 2 5%
1998 25 ANA AL 137 35% 0.0% 21.2% 11.0% 7.3% 26% 0.86 1.57 66% 26% 0.0% 16% 36 6 17%
1999 26 ANA AL 106 53% 2.8% 16.0% 14.2% 8.5% 35% 0.61 1.04 64% 24% 7.3% 7% 23 1 4%
2000 27 ANA AL 176 41% 2.3% 22.7% 10.2% 4.0% 19% 0.86 1.24 61% 22% 8.0% 14% 44 5 11%
2001 28 ANA AL 167 46% 3.0% 22.8% 9.0% 12.0% 50% 1.13 2.17 62% 25% 11.6% 10% 27 2 7%
2002 29 TOT MLB 178 57% 2.8% 14.6% 16.9% 10.1% 43% 0.93 1.11 65% 21% 10.2% 17% 34 2 6%
2002 29 OAK AL 77 71% 3.9% 9.1% 11.7% 13.0% 42% 0.97 0.94 74% 22% 12.5% 17% 16 0 0%
2002 29 SDP NL 101 47% 2.0% 18.8% 20.8% 7.9% 44% 0.90 1.26 57% 20% 8.0% 17% 18 2 11%
2006 33 BOS AL 13 62% 0.0% 15.4% 30.8% 15.4% 67% 0.67 2.00 38% 0% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
8 Seasons 1091 48% 2.3% 20.4% 12.0% 8.2% 36% 0.90 1.37 63% 23% 8.0% 13% 236 21 9%
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
1996 23 CAL AL 112 433 3.87 253 58% 33% 20% 21% 26% 67% 3% 39% 70% 46% 9% 10 6 22% 25 12 0 28% 4 2 15 0 0
1997 24 ANA AL 174 678 3.90 403 59% 31% 17% 21% 30% 69% 5% 41% 75% 45% 10% 17 8 18% 32 22 4 31% 3 5 13 0 0
1998 25 ANA AL 137 556 4.06 315 57% 34% 15% 22% 29% 66% 2% 37% 77% 42% 7% 9 6 20% 27 13 1 28% 3 2 0 0 0
1999 26 ANA AL 106 386 3.64 223 58% 28% 16% 24% 32% 72% 2% 41% 78% 49% 7% 7 3 18% 19 10 2 24% 3 3 0 0 0
2000 27 ANA AL 176 707 4.02 416 59% 34% 16% 22% 28% 66% 2% 39% 76% 50% 7% 12 5 15% 26 13 3 18% 3 5 0 0 0
2001 28 ANA AL 167 641 3.84 386 60% 31% 20% 19% 29% 69% 6% 41% 70% 51% 8% 13 8 21% 35 20 1 24% 9 1 0 0 0
2002 29 TOT MLB 178 685 3.85 384 56% 30% 18% 21% 31% 70% 4% 39% 75% 52% 10% 17 7 16% 29 13 4 12% 1 7 0 0 0
2002 29 OAK AL 77 269 3.49 158 59% 27% 18% 17% 38% 73% 0% 43% 76% 58% 9% 7 4 18% 14 4 1 0% 0 3 0 0 0
2002 29 SDP NL 101 416 4.12 226 54% 32% 18% 23% 27% 68% 6% 37% 74% 48% 10% 10 3 15% 15 9 3 16% 1 4 0 0 0
2006 33 BOS AL 13 59 4.54 30 51% 47% 7% 27% 20% 53% 0% 27% 88% 62% 15% 2 2 23% 3 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1063 4145 3.90 2410 58% 32% 17% 21% 29% 68% 3% 39% 75% 48% 8% 87 45 18% 196 104 15 24% 26 25 28 0 0
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
1996 23 CAL AL 127 21 5 0 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 11 3 3 27% 0 1 1 50 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 24 ANA AL 187 38 6 1 7 1 8 5 2 3 4 10 6 1 60% 5 1 0 77 6 2 75% 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1998 25 ANA AL 137 38 4 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 14 11 0 79% 1 4 0 68 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1999 26 ANA AL 106 26 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 3 0 6 3 1 50% 0 3 0 42 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
2000 27 ANA AL 176 37 5 0 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 12 8 1 67% 3 1 0 79 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2001 28 ANA AL 167 40 4 1 5 0 2 3 2 3 2 18 7 5 39% 2 5 1 67 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 29 TOT MLB 178 42 5 1 5 0 10 2 3 4 1 11 6 2 55% 3 3 1 89 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2002 29 OAK AL 77 24 2 0 3 0 6 2 1 2 1 6 3 2 50% 1 0 0 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 29 SDP NL 101 18 3 1 2 0 4 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 60% 2 3 1 50 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2006 33 BOS AL 13 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1091 245 32 3 25 1 51 15 10 15 10 84 45 14 54% 14 18 3 479 21 10 68% 17 9 4 1 0 0 2 2 43 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+
1996 23 3 3 .500 2.45 30 0 8 0 0 0 29.1 21 11 8 1 19 2 31 3 0 1 127 200 1.364 6.4 0.3 5.8 9.5 1.63 200
1997 24 6 7 .462 2.97 96 0 19 0 0 2 72.2 59 32 24 8 34 6 71 5 0 2 314 160 1.280 7.3 1.0 4.2 8.8 2.09 160
1998 25 8 9 .471 3.50 149 0 28 0 0 3 103.0 97 48 40 8 49 7 100 6 0 6 451 136 1.417 8.5 0.7 4.3 8.7 2.04 136
1999 26 10 12 .455 4.31 177 0 37 0 0 3 125.1 123 68 60 11 64 8 117 8 0 9 557 111 1.492 8.8 0.8 4.6 8.4 1.83 111
2000 27 13 15 .464 4.49 238 0 43 0 0 3 166.1 160 94 83 15 82 10 157 10 0 10 733 108 1.455 8.7 0.8 4.4 8.5 1.91 108
2001 28 14 17 .452 4.56 301 0 54 0 0 3 203.1 200 118 103 20 97 14 195 12 0 15 900 105 1.461 8.9 0.9 4.3 8.6 2.01 105
2002 29 16 19 .457 4.68 350 0 66 0 0 3 238.1 242 143 124 25 127 17 221 14 0 18 1078 100 1.548 9.1 0.9 4.8 8.3 1.74 100
2003 30 16 19 .457 4.68 350 0 66 0 0 3 238.1 242 143 124 25 127 17 221 14 0 18 1078 100 1.548 9.1 0.9 4.8 8.3 1.74 100
2004 31 16 19 .457 4.68 350 0 66 0 0 3 238.1 242 143 124 25 127 17 221 14 0 18 1078 100 1.548 9.1 0.9 4.8 8.3 1.74 100
2005 32 16 19 .457 4.68 350 0 66 0 0 3 238.1 242 143 124 25 127 17 221 14 0 18 1078 100 1.548 9.1 0.9 4.8 8.3 1.74 100
2006 33 16 19 .457 4.76 353 0 67 0 0 3 240.0 245 146 127 25 131 17 223 15 0 18 1091 98 1.567 9.2 0.9 4.9 8.4 1.70 98

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
1996 23 2 1 .667 2.17 29.0 20 8 7 1 18 31 3 1.310 6.2 5.6 9.6 1.72 0.3 30
1997 24 2 2 .500 3.07 44.0 37 17 15 7 15 41 2 1.182 7.6 3.1 8.4 2.73 1.4 66
1998 25 1 2 .333 4.66 29.0 36 17 15 0 14 28 1 1.724 11.2 4.3 8.7 2.00 0.0 53
1999 26 0 2 .000 7.36 22.0 24 20 18 3 14 17 2 1.727 9.8 5.7 7.0 1.21 1.2 28
2000 27 2 2 .500 4.17 41.0 34 21 19 4 17 40 2 1.244 7.5 3.7 8.8 2.35 0.9 61
2001 28 2 2 .500 4.62 37.0 40 21 19 5 15 38 2 1.486 9.7 3.6 9.2 2.53 1.2 63
2002 29 1 2 .333 5.82 34.0 44 24 22 5 31 25 2 2.206 11.6 8.2 6.6 0.81 1.3 49
2006 33 0 0 13.50 2.0 3 3 3 0 4 2 1 3.500 13.5 18.0 9.0 0.50 0.0 3
8 Seasons 10 13 .435 4.46 238.0 238 131 118 25 128 222 15 1.538 9.0 8.4 1.73 0.9 353

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