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Derek Holland

Age: 35
B/T: S/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 223 lb
Number: #49

Born: October 9, 1986 in Newark, OH, United States
MLB debut: April 22, 2009

dbWAR: .0
IP: 49.2
ERA: 5.07
FIP: 3.96
K/9: 9.2
FIP−: 93

Derek Holland was a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. In 2021 he struck out 51 batters over 49.2 innings across 39 appearances, going 3-2. His ERA of 5.07 was 18.9% higher than the league average of 4.27 — 13th of 20 on his team, and 413th of 567 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 3.96 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 24.4% of swings (11.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 22.7%. His 0.5 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2021.

FIP3.96

K/99.2

WHIP1.57

WAR.5

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2021	DET	39	1	49.2	3	2	58	28	51	20	5.07	3.96	1.57	9.2	3.6	119	93	0.5
2020	PIT	12	5	40.2	1	3	42	31	45	15	6.86	6.14	1.40	10.0	3.3	154	138	-0.4
2019	SF/CHC	51	8	84.1	2	5	82	57	82	45	6.08	6.10	1.51	8.8	4.8	135	135	-1.0
2018	SF	36	30	171.1	7	9	154	68	169	67	3.57	3.87	1.29	8.9	3.5	86	93	2.5
2017	CWS	29	26	135.0	7	14	156	93	104	75	6.20	6.45	1.71	6.9	5.0	142	148	-1.7
2016	TEX	22	20	107.1	7	9	116	59	67	35	4.95	4.75	1.41	5.6	2.9	118	113	0.6
2015	TEX	10	10	58.2	4	3	59	32	41	17	4.91	5.30	1.30	6.3	2.6	124	134	-0.2

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.


2019	SF/CHC	12	16	1	1	10	.071	.133	.071	.000	.250	6.3%	62.5%	.106	-3.0	-50	-0.0
2018	SF	29	56	3	1	33	.057	.074	.075	.019	.150	1.8%	58.9%	.069	-11.3	-72	-0.3
2017	CWS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0%	0.0%	.874	+0.5	476	0.1
2016	TEX	1	2	1	0	1	.500	.500	.500	.000	1.000	0.0%	50.0%	.439	+0.2	171	0.0

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2021. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	80	74	19	1	6	17	.257	.313	.405	.314	21.3%
vs RHB	145	128	39	5	14	34	.305	.372	.484	.367	23.4%

Pitch sequencing

What Derek Holland throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	46.8%	391	93.1	2,361	49.6%	18.1%	105	.238	.668
Knuckle Curve	33.8%	282	81.4	2,087	50.4%	37.2%	67	.328	.915
Four-Seam Fastball	9.8%	82	92.8	2,295	45.1%	14.7%	12	—	—
Changeup	9.6%	80	85.0	2,078	26.3%	12.1%	19	.316	.749

Derek Holland's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2021 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Patrick MurphyWSH

ERA: 5.14
FIP: 3.99
SO: 29
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Jacob WebbATL

ERA: 4.19
FIP: 4.07
SO: 33
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Carlos EstévezCOL

ERA: 4.38
FIP: 4.03
SO: 60
WAR: 0.7

Very close

Andrew MillerSTL

ERA: 4.75
FIP: 4.50
SO: 40
WAR: 0.1

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.