Orel Hershiser vs. Darren Holmes — Career Comparison

Orel Hershiser
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerAll-Star
Darren Holmes
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Orel Hershiser built a career as a starting pitcher and Darren Holmes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darren Holmes led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 96), home run suppression (HR9+ 129 vs 112), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 111 vs 95). Role difference aside, Darren Holmes holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Orel Hershiser and Darren Holmes

Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
7.37
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
1.34
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
0.59
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.46
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.43
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.44
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.63
57.63
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.47
51.47
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.37
91.37
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.2
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.07
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.48
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.25
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2040
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
9
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2939
8.45
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
9.38
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.38
9.38
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
0.68
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.83
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
2.9
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
3.39
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.31
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
5.79
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
7.69
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.965
0.965
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.35
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.34
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.34
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13150
37.81
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2966
39.26
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.05
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.81
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1366
3.93
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
4.61
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
0.36
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.21
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.29
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
0.9
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.71
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.419
1.419
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11829
34.01
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2637
34.9
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.81
37.81
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26

Fielding Stats for Orel Hershiser and Darren Holmes

Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
510
1.47
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
7.37
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
1.34
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9391
27
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2040
27
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3130.1
9
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
680
9
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
0.95
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.69
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
1.64
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.15
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.15
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
2.74
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
2.04
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
901
2.59
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
1.84
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.64
94.64
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.26
90.26
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.767
1.767
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Orel Hershiser and Darren Holmes

Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
521
329.4
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
557
9283.33
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
949
600
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
810
512.12
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
28
466.67
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.547
0.547
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
103.06
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
83.46
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
18.34
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.26
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
19.6
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.77
28.31
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.42
23.67
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
196
123.92
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
100
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
123.29
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.359
0.359
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
41.1
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
31.61
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
72.71
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.1
29.78
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
5.95
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.16
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
17.07
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
115.07
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
233.33
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.21
5.21
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
63.86
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
100
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.79
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Orel Hershiser
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.43
Darren Holmes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
5.06
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.9
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.95
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Orel Hershiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.73
72.73
Darren Holmes
Career
Per 600 PA