What years did Derek Holland play?

Derek Holland played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021.

Was Derek Holland a pitcher?

Yes. Derek Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 1241 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Derek Holland hit?

Derek Holland hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.

What teams did Derek Holland play for?

Derek Holland played for 6 teams: the Texas Rangers (2009–2016), the Chicago White Sox (2017), the San Francisco Giants (2018–2019), the Chicago Cubs (2019), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020), and the Detroit Tigers (2021).

What were Derek Holland's career stats?

In 346 games, Derek Holland went 82-83 with a 4.62 ERA, 1,241 strikeouts, and 1,466.0 innings pitched.

What was Derek Holland's salary?

Derek Holland's last recorded salary was $7,400,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $7,400,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $431,810, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2015.

What position did Derek Holland play?

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

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

Derek Holland was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 223 pounds.

What was Derek Holland's career ERA?

Derek Holland finished with a 4.62 career ERA, going 82-83 with 1,241 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Derek Holland have?

Derek Holland recorded 1,241 career strikeouts.

Is Derek Holland in the Hall of Fame?

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

Derek Holland

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2021)

Derek Holland was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021 for 6 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 13 seasons. Across 346 career appearances, he went 82-83 with a 4.62 ERA and 1,241 strikeouts.

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 82–83

ERA 4.62

WHIP 1.38

SO 1,241

Pitcher PIV -15971.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 223 lb
Born: 10/9/1986 in Newark, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-04-22
Last Game: 2021-09-29

Full name: Derek Lane Holland

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Career Pitching Statistics

Derek Holland — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
82	83	346	228	9	8	0	1466.0	1,489	753	220	533	1,241	4.62	-15971.1

Career ERA 4.62 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 12.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Derek Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	TEX	AL	8	13	33	21	1	1	138.1	160	94	47	107	6.12	4.32 (-42%)	-2689.7
2010	TEX	AL	3	4	14	10	0	0	57.1	55	26	24	54	4.08	4.08 (avg)	85.4
2011	TEX	AL	16	5	32	32	4	4	198.0	201	87	67	162	3.95	3.94 (avg)	14.9
2012	TEX	AL	12	7	29	27	0	0	175.1	162	91	52	145	4.67	4.01 (-16%)	-3242.7
2013	TEX	AL	10	9	33	33	2	2	213.0	210	81	64	189	3.42	3.87 (+11%)	2378.7
2014	TEX	AL	2	0	6	5	0	0	37.0	34	6	5	25	1.46	3.74 (+61%)	1448.7
2015	TEX	AL	4	3	10	10	1	1	58.2	59	32	17	41	4.91	3.96 (-24%)	-1960.8
2016	TEX	AL	7	9	22	20	0	0	107.1	116	59	35	67	4.95	4.19 (-18%)	-1500.4
2017	CHA	AL	7	14	29	26	0	0	135.0	156	93	75	104	6.20	4.36 (-42%)	-7048.8
2018	SFN	NL	7	9	36	30	0	0	171.1	154	68	67	169	3.57	4.15 (+14%)	1224.6
2019	SFN	NL	2	4	31	7	1	0	68.2	68	45	35	71	5.90	4.51 (-31%)	-2683.8
2019	CHN	NL	0	1	20	1	0	0	15.2	14	12	10	11	6.89	4.51 (-53%)	-669.4
2020	PIT	NL	1	3	12	5	0	0	40.2	42	31	15	45	6.86	4.45 (-54%)	-1717.1
2021	DET	AL	3	2	39	1	0	0	49.2	58	28	20	51	5.07	4.27 (-19%)	389.2
Career · 14 seasons			82	83	346	228	9	8	1,466.0	1,489	753	533	1,241	4.62	—	-15,971

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

Derek Holland — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
349	82	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	50	.073	.116	.085	.202	-673

Career AVG .073 vs. league average .253 across their career seasons — 71.1% below league average.

Career OBP .116 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 63.8% below league average.

Career SLG .085 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 79.2% below league average.

Career OPS .202 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 72.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Derek Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	TEX	AL	33	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TEX	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TEX	AL	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TEX	AL	33	5	1	0	0	2	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TEX	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TEX	AL	22	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CHA	AL	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SFN	NL	37	53	2	3	1	1	33	.057	.247 (-77%)	.318 (-77%)	.409 (-82%)	.727 (-79%)	-673.5
2019	SFN	NL	33	12	0	1	0	0	8	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CHN	NL	20	2	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	PIT	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	DET	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			349	82	3	6	1	4	50	.073	—	—	—	—	-673

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

Derek Holland — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Derek Holland — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	AVG
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2012	ALWC	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALCS	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2011	ALDS2	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2011	WS	TEX	2	1	1	.000
2010	ALCS	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2010	ALDS1	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2010	WS	TEX	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Derek Holland — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	14	5	0	37.2	37	21	16	24	5.02

Playoff Pitching by Year

Derek Holland — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	ALDS2	TEX	0	1	1	1	2.0	5	6	1	0	27.00
2012	ALWC	TEX	0	0	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	0.00
2011	ALCS	TEX	0	0	2	2	7.1	11	7	4	5	8.59
2011	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	2	1	6.1	7	1	2	2	1.42
2011	WS	TEX	1	0	2	1	10.1	4	1	2	7	0.87
2010	ALCS	TEX	1	0	2	0	5.2	3	0	2	4	0.00
2010	ALDS1	TEX	0	0	2	0	4.2	6	3	1	4	5.79
2010	WS	TEX	0	0	2	0	1.0	0	3	4	1	27.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Derek Holland — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	178	29	1	2	0	0	.069
Away	171	53	2	4	0	0	.075

Pitching — Home / Away

Derek Holland — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	175	746.2	788	382	256	648	4.60
Away	171	719.1	701	371	277	593	4.64

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Derek Holland — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2021-09-29	DET	MIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-26	DET	KCR	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
2021-09-24	DET	KCR	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
2021-09-19	DET	TBR	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
2021-09-17	DET	TBR	—	1.2	2	0	0	0	1
2021-09-14	DET	MIL	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	1
2021-09-10	DET	TBR	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2021-09-08	DET	PIT	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2021-09-06	DET	PIT	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	2
2021-09-03	DET	CIN	W	2.0	0	0	0	2	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Derek Holland — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	346	228	57	170	26	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Derek Holland — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2009	TEX	P	33	21	5	13	5	2
2010	TEX	P	14	10	3	9	1	0
2011	TEX	P	32	32	7	31	3	2
2012	TEX	P	29	27	9	28	2	1
2013	TEX	P	33	33	3	17	2	0
2014	TEX	P	6	5	1	2	1	0
2015	TEX	P	10	10	1	8	1	1
2016	TEX	P	22	20	3	8	2	0
2017	CHA	P	29	26	5	16	3	1
2018	SFN	P	36	30	9	15	2	0
2019	SFN	P	31	7	4	14	0	0
2019	CHN	P	20	1	2	2	1	0
2020	PIT	P	12	5	2	3	2	0
2021	DET	P	39	1	3	4	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Derek Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	346

Salary History

Derek Holland's recorded salaries total $12,231,810 over 4 seasons, 2011 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Holland's career ran from 2009 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2016.

Derek Holland — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	TEX	AL	$7,400,000
2013	TEX	AL	$3,400,000
2012	TEX	AL	$1,000,000
2011	TEX	AL	$431,810
Total recorded salary (partial)			$12,231,810

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Derek Holland: the record in brief

The profile opens with Derek Holland's first major league game on April 22, 2009; the last one listed came on September 29, 2021. By club, Holland's seasons break down as the Texas Rangers (2009 to 2016), the Chicago White Sox (2017), the San Francisco Giants (2018 to 2019), the Chicago Cubs (2019), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020), and the Detroit Tigers (2021). Holland played primarily as a pitcher and batted from both sides and threw left-handed. The bio adds a birth date on October 9, 1986, in Newark, OH, USA and a listed size of 6'2" and 223 pounds. The given name on file is Derek Lane Holland.

Holland's career pitching line is 82 wins, 83 losses and a 4.62 ERA over 346 appearances. The same table counts 1,241 strikeouts and 8 shutouts. Against a 4.13 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.62 mark was 12.1% worse. The best win total was 16, in 2011. 2013 produced Holland's most strikeouts, 189.

Frequently Asked Questions about Derek Holland

What years did Derek Holland play?: Derek Holland played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2021.
Was Derek Holland a pitcher?: Yes. Derek Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 82 wins and 1241 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Derek Holland hit?: Derek Holland hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.
What teams did Derek Holland play for?: Derek Holland played for 6 teams: the Texas Rangers (2009–2016), the Chicago White Sox (2017), the San Francisco Giants (2018–2019), the Chicago Cubs (2019), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2020), and the Detroit Tigers (2021).
What were Derek Holland's career stats?: In 346 games, Derek Holland went 82-83 with a 4.62 ERA, 1,241 strikeouts, and 1,466.0 innings pitched.
How much did Derek Holland earn in his career?: Derek Holland's recorded salaries total $12,231,810 over 4 seasons, 2011 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Holland's career ran from 2009 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2016.
What was Derek Holland's salary?: Derek Holland's last recorded salary was $7,400,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $7,400,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $431,810, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2015.
What position did Derek Holland play?: Derek Holland played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Derek Holland and how much did he weigh?: Derek Holland was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 223 pounds.
What was Derek Holland's career ERA?: Derek Holland finished with a 4.62 career ERA, going 82-83 with 1,241 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Derek Holland have?: Derek Holland recorded 1,241 career strikeouts.
Is Derek Holland in the Hall of Fame?: No. Derek Holland has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.