What years did Greg Holland play?

Greg Holland played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2022.

Was Greg Holland a pitcher?

Yes. Greg Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 30 wins and 677 strikeouts.

What was Greg Holland's career ERA?

Greg Holland finished with a 3.14 career ERA, going 30-28 with 677 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Greg Holland have?

Greg Holland recorded 677 career strikeouts.

Is Greg Holland in the Hall of Fame?

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

What teams did Greg Holland play for?

Greg Holland played for the Kansas City Royals, the Colorado Rockies, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Washington Nationals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Texas Rangers.

Greg Holland

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2010-2022)

Greg Holland was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2022 for 6 teams, including the Kansas City Royals, a span of 13 seasons. Across 556 career appearances, he went 30-28 with a 3.14 ERA, 677 strikeouts, and 220 saves. Greg Holland was a 3-time All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 15332.0.

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 September 8, 2026

W–L 30–28

ERA 3.14

WHIP 1.20

SO 677

Pitcher PIV 15332.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 210 lb
Born: 11/20/1985 in Marion, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 2010-08-02
Last Game: 2022-04-16
Awards: 3× All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Gregory Scott Holland

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Career Pitching Statistics

Greg Holland — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
30	28	556	0	0	0	220	547.7	417	191	43	241	677	3.14	15332.0

Career ERA 3.14 vs. league average 4.09 across their career seasons — 23.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Greg Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2010	KCA	AL	0	1	15	0	18.7	23	14	8	23	6.75	4.08 (-65%)	42.2
2011	KCA	AL	5	1	46	4	60.0	37	12	19	74	1.80	3.94 (+54%)	2632.7
2012	KCA	AL	7	4	67	16	67.0	58	22	34	91	2.96	4.01 (+26%)	2930.7
2013	KCA	AL	2	1	68	47	67.0	40	9	18	103	1.21	3.87 (+69%)	4252.4
2014	KCA	AL	1	3	65	46	62.3	37	10	20	90	1.44	3.74 (+61%)	3011.2
2015	KCA	AL	3	2	48	32	44.7	39	19	26	49	3.83	3.96 (+3%)	781.6
2017	COL	NL	3	6	61	41	57.3	40	23	26	70	3.61	4.36 (+17%)	931.4
2018	SLN	NL	0	2	32	0	25.0	34	22	22	22	7.92	4.15 (-91%)	-257.4
2018	WAS	NL	2	0	24	3	21.3	9	2	10	25	0.84	4.15 (+80%)	629.8
2019	ARI	NL	1	2	40	17	35.7	25	18	24	41	4.54	4.51 (-1%)	-223.9
2020	KCA	AL	3	0	28	6	28.3	20	6	7	31	1.91	4.45 (+57%)	1376.8
2021	KCA	AL	3	5	57	8	55.7	49	30	26	53	4.85	4.27 (-14%)	-775.4
2022	TEX	AL	0	1	5	0	4.7	6	4	1	5	7.71	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			30	28	556	220	547.2	417	191	241	677	3.14	—	15,332

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

Greg Holland — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
556	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

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Greg Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2010	KCA	AL	15	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	KCA	AL	46	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	KCA	AL	67	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	KCA	AL	68	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	KCA	AL	65	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	KCA	AL	48	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	COL	NL	61	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SLN	NL	32	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	WAS	NL	24	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	ARI	NL	40	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	KCA	AL	28	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	KCA	AL	57	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	TEX	AL	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			556	—	—	—	—	—	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

Greg Holland — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Greg Holland — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2017	NLWC	COL	1	.000
2014	ALCS	KCA	4	.000
2014	ALDS1	KCA	3	.000
2014	ALWC	KCA	1	.000
2014	WS	KCA	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Greg Holland — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	12	0	7	11.7	7	3	6	15	2.31

Playoff Pitching by Year

Greg Holland — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	NLWC	COL	1	0	0.7	3	2	1	0	27.00
2014	ALCS	KCA	4	4	4.0	3	1	2	3	2.25
2014	ALDS1	KCA	3	2	3.0	0	0	0	6	0.00
2014	ALWC	KCA	1	0	1.0	0	0	3	1	0.00
2014	WS	KCA	3	1	3.0	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

Greg Holland — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	295	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	261	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Greg Holland — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	295	294.2	208	82	102	369	2.50
Away	261	253.0	209	109	139	308	3.88

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Greg Holland — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-04-16	TEX	LAA	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1
2022-04-15	TEX	LAA	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
2022-04-12	TEX	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2022-04-11	TEX	COL	L	1.0	2	2	1	0	1	1
2022-04-08	TEX	TOR	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1
2021-10-01	KCR	MIN	—	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-29	KCR	CLE	W	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-09-25	KCR	DET	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-09-21	KCR	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-17	KCR	SEA	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Greg Holland — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	556	0	44	42	2	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Greg Holland — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2010	KCA	P	15	5	1	0	0
2011	KCA	P	46	1	3	0	0
2012	KCA	P	67	2	3	0	1
2013	KCA	P	68	5	6	0	1
2014	KCA	P	65	4	5	0	0
2015	KCA	P	48	1	9	0	1
2017	COL	P	61	7	3	1	0
2018	SLN	P	32	2	3	0	0
2018	WAS	P	24	2	3	0	1
2019	ARI	P	40	7	1	0	1
2020	KCA	P	28	1	0	0	0
2021	KCA	P	57	7	5	1	0
2022	TEX	P	5	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Greg Holland Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	556

Awards & Honors

Greg Holland — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2017	Reliever of the Month	April
2017	Reliever of the Month	May
2017	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2014	Reliever of the Year Award
2014	This Year in Baseball Closer of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2013	Reliever of the Month	July
2013	Reliever of the Month	September

Salary History

Greg Holland — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	KCA	AL	$8,250,000
2014	KCA	AL	$4,675,000
2013	KCA	AL	$539,500
2012	KCA	AL	$497,150
Total Career Earnings			$13,961,650

College History

Greg Holland — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Western Carolina University	Cullowhee	NC	2005, 2006, 2007

Award Voting History

Greg Holland — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2014	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	1.0	210
2014	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	13.0	420
2013	Cy Young Award	AL	9th	4.0	210
2013	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	3.0	420

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Frequently Asked Questions about Greg Holland

What years did Greg Holland play?: Greg Holland played in Major League Baseball from 2010 to 2022.
Was Greg Holland a pitcher?: Yes. Greg Holland pitched in the major leagues, recording 30 wins and 677 strikeouts.
What was Greg Holland's career ERA?: Greg Holland finished with a 3.14 career ERA, going 30-28 with 677 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Greg Holland have?: Greg Holland recorded 677 career strikeouts.
Is Greg Holland in the Hall of Fame?: No. Greg Holland has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
What teams did Greg Holland play for?: Greg Holland played for the Kansas City Royals, the Colorado Rockies, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Washington Nationals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Texas Rangers.