Joe Borden vs. Bill Holland — Career Comparison

Joe Borden
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Holland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Bill Holland built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Borden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Borden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.273 compared to 4.13 and 1.344 for Bill Holland. By the career numbers, Joe Borden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Holland

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.14
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.38
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.98
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.07
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.53
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.51
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.55
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.83
44.83
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.99
48.99
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.11
86.11
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.56
77.56
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.73
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.8
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.56
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
761
4.13
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
27
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4976
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
284.1
9
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658.2
9
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
9.62
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1780
9.66
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.62
9.62
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.66
9.66
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.57
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.84
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
449
2.44
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.36
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
5.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.833
0.833
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.7
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.17
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1249
39.53
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6831
37.07
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
5.86
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
4.99
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.94
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.56
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.344
1.344
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
37.7
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6176
33.51
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.53
39.53
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07

Fielding Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Holland

Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.38
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.45
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
1.1
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1020
27
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4948
27
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
9
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1649.1
9
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.58
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.29
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.22
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
2.21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.85
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.65
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
481
2.62
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.8
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
459
2.5
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.43
95.43
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.726
1.726
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.94
75.94
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Borden and Bill Holland

Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
39
153.95
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
232.86
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
152
600
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
706
600
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
588.16
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
612
520.11
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.418
0.418
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.495
0.495
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
110.53
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
90.93
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
98.68
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
80.74
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
9.35
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.84
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
10.2
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
6.09
24.04
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.36
26.65
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
122.37
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
120
101.98
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
31
122.37
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
137.68
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
86.84
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
47.59
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
8
31.58
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
39.09
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
118.42
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
86.69
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
5.85
23.08
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.71
29.5
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.84
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
45.89
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
15.79
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.65
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
38
38
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78.44
78.44
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
33.14
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Joe Borden
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100