What years did Al Holland play?

Al Holland played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1987.

Was Al Holland a pitcher?

Yes. Al Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 513 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Al Holland hit?

Al Holland hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.

What teams did Al Holland play for?

Al Holland played for 5 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977, 1985), the San Francisco Giants (1979–1982), the Philadelphia Phillies (1983–1985), the California Angels (1985), and the New York Yankees (1986–1987).

Did Al Holland win a Cy Young Award?

No. Al Holland did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Al Holland win?

Al Holland was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Al Holland's career stats?

In 384 games, Al Holland went 34-30 with a 2.98 ERA, 513 strikeouts, 646.0 innings pitched, and 78 saves.

What was Al Holland's salary?

Al Holland's last recorded salary was $400,000, in 1987. His highest recorded salary was $625,000, in 1985, and his lowest was $400,000, in 1987. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1987.

What position did Al Holland play?

Al Holland played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Al Holland and how much did he weigh?

Al Holland was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 207 pounds.

What was Al Holland's career ERA?

Al Holland finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 34-30 with 513 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Al Holland have?

Al Holland recorded 513 career strikeouts.

Is Al Holland in the Hall of Fame?

No. Al Holland has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Al Holland

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1977-1987)

Al Holland was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1987 for 5 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 11 seasons. Across 384 career appearances, he went 34-30 with a 2.98 ERA, 513 strikeouts, and 78 saves. Al Holland was an All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8448.7.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 34–30

ERA 2.98

WHIP 1.21

SO 513

Pitcher PIV 8448.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 207 lb
Born: 8/16/1952 in Roanoke, VA, USA
MLB Debut: 1977-09-05
Last Game: 1987-08-09
Awards: All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Alfred Willis Holland

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Career Pitching Statistics

Al Holland — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
34	30	384	11	0	0	78	646.0	548	214	55	232	513	2.98	8448.7

Career ERA 2.98 vs. league average 3.92 across their career seasons — 24.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Al Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1977	PIT	NL	0	0	2	0	0	2.1	4	2	0	1	7.71	—	0.0
1979	SFN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	7.0	3	0	5	7	0.00	—	0.0
1980	SFN	NL	5	3	54	0	7	82.1	71	16	34	65	1.75	3.84 (+54%)	2255.0
1981	SFN	NL	7	5	47	3	7	100.2	87	27	44	78	2.41	3.58 (+33%)	1658.2
1982	SFN	NL	7	3	58	7	5	129.2	115	48	40	97	3.33	3.86 (+14%)	1633.5
1983	PHI	NL	8	4	68	0	25	91.2	63	23	30	100	2.26	3.87 (+42%)	2761.7
1984	PHI	NL	5	10	68	0	29	98.1	82	37	30	61	3.39	3.81 (+11%)	-1261.5
1985	PHI	NL	0	1	3	0	1	4.0	5	2	4	1	4.50	—	0.0
1985	PIT	NL	1	3	38	0	4	58.2	48	22	17	47	3.38	3.89 (+13%)	1238.2
1985	CAL	AL	0	1	15	0	0	24.1	17	4	10	14	1.48	3.89 (+62%)	-614.4
1986	NYA	AL	1	0	25	1	0	40.2	44	23	9	37	5.09	3.97 (-28%)	778.0
1987	NYA	AL	0	0	3	0	0	6.1	9	10	9	5	14.21	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			34	30	384	11	78	646.0	548	214	232	513	2.98	—	8,449

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Al Holland — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
384	72	4	6	0	2	0	3	1	4	36	.083	.132	.139	.270	0

Career AVG .083 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 68.1% below league average.

Career OBP .132 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 59.6% below league average.

Career SLG .139 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — 64.6% below league average.

Career OPS .270 vs. league average .719 across their career seasons — 62.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Al Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1977	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	SFN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	SFN	NL	54	5	2	1	1	2	0	2	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	SFN	NL	47	16	1	1	0	1	1	1	8	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	SFN	NL	58	34	0	2	0	0	0	0	15	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	PHI	NL	68	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	PHI	NL	68	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	PIT	NL	38	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	CAL	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	NYA	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	NYA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			384	72	4	6	2	3	1	4	36	.083	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Al Holland — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Al Holland — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1983	NLCS	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	WS	PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Al Holland — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	4	0	2	6.2	2	0	0	8	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Al Holland — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1983	NLCS	PHI	0	0	2	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	3	0.00
1983	WS	PHI	0	0	2	0	1	3.2	1	0	0	5	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Al Holland — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	186	33	3	5	0	3	.152
Away	198	39	1	1	0	0	.026

Pitching — Home / Away

Al Holland — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	186	317.0	256	93	113	282	2.64
Away	198	329.0	292	121	119	231	3.31

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Al Holland — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-08-09	NYY	DET	—	0.0	0	1	1	1	0	0
1987-08-06	NYY	DET	—	4.2	4	3	3	3	3	1
1987-08-04	NYY	CLE	—	1.2	5	6	6	5	2	0
1986-08-07	NYY	MIL	—	2.2	4	5	5	2	1	1
1986-08-03	NYY	CLE	—	4.2	11	7	7	1	3	2
1986-07-29	NYY	MIL	—	4.2	4	1	1	1	5	1
1986-07-26	NYY	MIN	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
1986-07-23	NYY	TEX	—	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	0
1986-07-20	NYY	CHW	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986-07-19	NYY	CHW	—	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Al Holland — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	384	11	18	73	11	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Al Holland — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1977	PIT	P	2	0	1	0	0	0
1979	SFN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
1980	SFN	P	54	0	3	15	3	1
1981	SFN	P	47	3	7	11	4	0
1982	SFN	P	58	7	2	22	2	1
1983	PHI	P	68	0	0	5	0	0
1984	PHI	P	68	0	1	8	0	0
1985	PHI	P	3	0	0	2	0	0
1985	PIT	P	38	0	2	5	0	1
1985	CAL	P	15	0	2	2	0	0
1986	NYA	P	25	1	0	2	2	0
1987	NYA	P	3	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Al Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	384

Awards & Honors

Al Holland — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1983	Reliever of the Year Award
1983	TSN Fireman of the Year
1982	Player of the Week	Week of 1982-09-24

Salary History

Al Holland's recorded salaries total $1,025,000 over 2 seasons, 1985 to 1987. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Holland's career ran from 1977 to 1987. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1986.

Al Holland — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1987	NYA	AL	$400,000
1985	CAL	AL	$625,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,025,000

College History

Al Holland — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
North Carolina A&T State University	Greensboro	NC	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

Award Voting History

Al Holland — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1983	Cy Young Award	NL	6th	4.0	120
1983	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	42.0	336
1980	Rookie of the Year	NL	7th	1.0	120

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Al Holland: the record in brief

Between the debut on September 5, 1977 and the final game on August 9, 1987, Al Holland built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977 to 1985), the San Francisco Giants (1979 to 1982), the Philadelphia Phillies (1983 through 1985), the California Angels (1985), and the New York Yankees (1986 through 1987). Holland, a pitcher by primary position, batted right-handed and threw left-handed. The recorded size is 207 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame. The birth record reads August 16, 1952, in Roanoke, VA, USA. Al Holland was the playing name; the full given name is Alfred Willis.

The pitching table credits Holland with a 34-30 record and a 2.98 ERA in 384 games. The same table counts 513 strikeouts and 78 saves. That 2.98 ERA compares with a 3.92 league average across the same seasons, 24.0% better. The best win total was 8, in 1983. Holland saved 29 games in 1984, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Al Holland

What years did Al Holland play?: Al Holland played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1987.
Was Al Holland a pitcher?: Yes. Al Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 34 wins and 513 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Al Holland hit?: Al Holland hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.
What teams did Al Holland play for?: Al Holland played for 5 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1977, 1985), the San Francisco Giants (1979–1982), the Philadelphia Phillies (1983–1985), the California Angels (1985), and the New York Yankees (1986–1987).
Did Al Holland win a Cy Young Award?: No. Al Holland did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Al Holland win?: Al Holland was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Al Holland's career stats?: In 384 games, Al Holland went 34-30 with a 2.98 ERA, 513 strikeouts, 646.0 innings pitched, and 78 saves.
How much did Al Holland earn in his career?: Al Holland's recorded salaries total $1,025,000 over 2 seasons, 1985 to 1987. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Holland's career ran from 1977 to 1987. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1986.
What was Al Holland's salary?: Al Holland's last recorded salary was $400,000, in 1987. His highest recorded salary was $625,000, in 1985, and his lowest was $400,000, in 1987. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1987.
What position did Al Holland play?: Al Holland played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Al Holland and how much did he weigh?: Al Holland was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 207 pounds.
What was Al Holland's career ERA?: Al Holland finished with a 2.98 career ERA, going 34-30 with 513 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Al Holland have?: Al Holland recorded 513 career strikeouts.
Is Al Holland in the Hall of Fame?: No. Al Holland has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.