Fred
Holdsworth
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 29, 1952 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 20 CLN NL   6 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1973 21 CLN NL   6 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6
1974 22 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7
1975 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1976 24 CLN NL   6 5 6 5 4 6 5 7 7 7
1977 25 CLE AL   6 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7
1978 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1979 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7
1980 28 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1981 29 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7
1982 30 CLE AL $ 2,207,143 5 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
1983 31 CLE AL $ 2,207,143 6 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 5
1984 32 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 5
1985 33 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
1986 34 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4
1987 35 CLE AL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,207,143 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1972 20 AA   13 5 .722 25 25 1 0 0 179.7 155 49 11 71 172 2.45 .231 .304 .317 .621  
1973 21 AA   13 5 .722 25 25 1 0 0 174.3 150 54 8 65 151 2.79 .229 .298 .306 .605  
1974 22 CLN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.3 17 8 2 5 4 6.35 .333 .386 .510 .896 0.0
    AAA   3 7 .300 12 12 0 0 0 76.3 86 50 10 36 42 5.90 .281 .357 .431 .788  
    AA   8 2 .800 14 14 2 0 0 102.3 89 25 4 33 93 2.20 .231 .291 .306 .597  
1975 23 CLN NL 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 2 16.7 27 13 4 10 8 7.02 .360 .430 .587 1.017 0.0
    AAA   9 8 .529 28 28 0 0 0 186.0 203 89 9 78 123 4.31 .277 .346 .372 .719  
1976 24 AAA   17 8 .680 27 27 3 0 0 180.3 181 78 7 83 139 3.89 .259 .337 .344 .681  
1977 25 AAA   5 5 .500 20 20 3 0 0 138.7 128 48 9 47 110 3.12 .245 .308 .331 .639  
1978 26 CLE AL 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 1 26.3 23 11 3 5 14 3.76 .240 .269 .365 .634 2.0
    AAA   6 6 .500 14 14 0 0 0 93.3 77 45 12 52 68 4.34 .226 .329 .391 .720  
1979 27 CLE AL 6 5 .545 65 0 0 0 24 78.7 67 28 4 29 41 3.20 .227 .294 .322 .617 13.4
1980 28 CLE AL 11 9 .550 28 28 2 0 0 183.3 170 79 15 76 107 3.88 .245 .320 .366 .686 11.4
1981 29 CLE AL 13 12 .520 37 37 4 3 0 242.7 241 110 27 94 163 4.08 .257 .326 .405 .731 11.1
1982 30 CLE AL 5 6 .455 65 8 0 0 6 133.3 156 81 26 61 88 5.47 .290 .360 .494 .855 1.0
1983 31 CLE AL 9 5 .643 66 10 2 2 13 120.3 126 49 9 31 72 3.66 .272 .315 .416 .731 10.2
1984 32 CLE AL 7 4 .636 69 0 0 0 12 107.0 83 40 12 32 63 3.36 .212 .271 .362 .633 10.8
1985 33 CLE AL 14 5 .737 44 15 0 0 0 133.0 125 52 15 46 66 3.52 .249 .313 .396 .709 10.1
1986 34 CLE AL 11 11 .500 29 29 0 0 0 167.0 187 106 23 70 99 5.71 .277 .345 .442 .787 2.2
1987 35 CLE AL 3 2 .600 44 0 0 0 3 100.3 130 60 13 43 61 5.38 .314 .379 .481 .859 1.9
12 Years Sim 80 62 .563 467 129 8 5 61 1320.0 1352 637 153 502 786 4.34 .263 .329 .415 .744 74.0
5 Years AAA 40 34 .541 101 101 6 0 0 674.7 675 310 47 296 482 4.14 .260 .335 .366 .701  
3 Years AA 34 12 .739 64 64 4 0 0 456.3 394 128 23 169 416 2.52 .230 .299 .310 .609  
8 Years Minors 74 46 .617 165 165 10 0 0 1131.0 1069 438 70 465 898 3.49 .248 .321 .344 .665  
Season Average 6 5 .545 38 10 0 0 5 110.0 112 53 12 41 65 4.34 .263 .329 .415 .744  
Career Highs 14 12 .737 69 37 4 3 24 242.7 241 110 27 94 163 7.02 .360 .430 .587 1.017  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   655 298 76 219 438   .254 .312 .405 .717
vs LH   697 339 77 283 348   .273 .345 .425 .771
Home 41 27 .603 243 63 3 3 38 677.3 679 344 77 277 400 4.57 .260 .331 .413 .744
Away 39 35 .527 224 66 5 2 26 642.6 673 293 76 225 386 4.10 .267 .327 .417 .745
Mar/Apr 10 9 .526 67 17 0 0 11 165.6 161 79 20 79 100 4.29 .254 .336 .414 .750
May 14 11 .560 81 21 2 1 3 206.6 244 123 30 74 133 5.36 .293 .350 .462 .812
June 13 12 .520 86 17 0 0 9 197.0 183 85 15 86 127 3.88 .243 .321 .356 .677
July 11 11 .500 69 19 1 0 12 208.0 191 98 30 66 129 4.24 .241 .299 .412 .711
August 16 9 .640 82 28 2 2 12 275.0 286 130 30 99 142 4.26 .270 .332 .428 .760
Sep/Oct 16 10 .615 82 27 3 2 17 267.6 287 122 28 98 155 4.10 .271 .333 .410 .743
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1974 22 CLN NL P 2 2 11.3 0 3 1 0 .750 2.38    
1975 23 CLN NL P 8 0 16.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.16    
1978 26 CLE AL P 10 0 26.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 3.76    
1979 27 CLE AL P 65 0 78.7 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1980 28 CLE AL P 28 28 183.3 14 32 1 0 .979 2.26    
1981 29 CLE AL P 37 37 242.7 16 47 1 4 .984 2.34    
1982 30 CLE AL P 65 8 133.3 7 24 0 3 1.000 2.09    
1983 31 CLE AL P 66 10 120.3 7 13 1 2 .952 1.50    
1984 32 CLE AL P 69 0 107.0 12 12 1 2 .960 2.02    
1985 33 CLE AL P 44 15 133.0 12 17 1 1 .967 1.96    
1986 34 CLE AL P 29 29 167.0 18 28 1 2 .979 2.48    
1987 35 CLE AL P 44 0 100.3 7 12 1 1 .950 1.70    
Career Totals   467 129 1320.0 103 212 8 15 .975 2.15    
Career Highs   69 37 242.7 18 47 1 4 1.000 3.76    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 27 CLE AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 5 3 0.00 .000 .278 .000 .278
1980 28 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 9.00 .600 .600 1.200 1.800
1983 31 CLE AL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 3 6.3 7 3 1 5 3 4.27 .292 .414 .583 .997
1984 32 CLE AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 1 1 5 5.40 .333 .364 .619 .983
1985 33 CLE AL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 32.0 28 15 2 9 17 4.22 .235 .289 .319 .608
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 22 5 0 0 3 49.3 45 22 5 20 29 4.01 .247 .322 .390 .712
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1985-3-.737
Saves
1979-5-24
Games Pitched
1979-7-65
1983-9-66
1984-9-69
Games Started
1981-2-37
Shutouts
1981-2-3
1983-6-2
Homeruns Allowed
1981-4-27
1982-4-26
1986-6-23
Strikeouts
1981-10-163
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 53rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1972
Injured on 5/1/1973 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/1975 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/1/1977 (Going to CLN: 3B Kurt Bevacqua, LF Nate Colbert. Going to CLE: P Ken Wright, LF Al Ferrara, SS Denis Menke, P Fred Holdsworth)
Injured on 7/9/1977 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 10 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/17/1978
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,207,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/21/1982 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,207,143 through salary arbitration
7/31/1983: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (A), $350,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (A) in 1985
Injured on 6/17/1987 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks