Lincoln
Holdzkom
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 255
 
Born: March 23, 1982 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2013    2015   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 FLO NL   1 4 3 4 1 1 1 5 3 4
2005 23 FLO NL   1 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 5
2006 24 FLO NL   1 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6
2007 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7
2008 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 1 7 6 7 3 3 3 10 9 9
2009 27 TEX AL $ 300,000 1 8 7 7 3 3 3 10 9 10
2010 28 TEX AL $ 300,000 1 9 8 9 5 5 5 10 9 10
2011 29 TEX AL $ 800,000 1 9 8 9 5 5 5 10 9 10
2012 30 TEX AL $ 800,000 1 9 8 9 5 5 5 10 9 10
2013 31 TEX AL $ 2,160,000 1 9 8 9 5 5 5 10 9 10
2014 32 TEX AL $ 2,160,000 1 10 9 9 6 6 6 10 10 10
2015 33 TEX AL $ 2,160,000 1 10 9 10 6 6 6 10 9 10
2016 34 NYA AL $ 7,500,000 1 10 9 9 5 5 5 10 9 10
2017 35 CHA AL $ 7,500,000 1 9 8 9 5 5 5 9 8 9
2018 36 CHA AL $ 1,070,000 1 9 8 8 5 5 5 8 7 8
2019 37 CHA AL   1 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 4 3 4 1 1 1 5 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,500,000 1 10 9 10 6 6 6 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 22 A   1 5 .167 55 0 0 0 14 59.7 54 21 2 25 63 3.17 .241 .317 .304 .621  
2005 23 A   10 8 .556 47 0 0 0 20 52.7 44 16 6 18 44 2.73 .219 .283 .348 .631  
2006 24 AA   7 8 .467 54 0 0 0 23 52.7 46 19 3 23 52 3.25 .240 .321 .339 .659  
2007 25 MIN AL 2 2 .500 25 0 0 0 1 28.0 32 18 6 13 26 5.79 .288 .365 .477 .843 0.7
    AAA   2 3 .400 22 0 0 0 5 23.3 25 9 2 13 15 3.47 .281 .373 .382 .755  
2008 26 MIN AL 2 4 .333 59 0 0 0 0 61.7 85 49 7 37 51 7.15 .326 .408 .510 .918 0.0
2009 27 MIN AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 6 5 0 4 1 10.37 .353 .476 .471 .947 0.0
  TEX AL 1 1 .500 27 0 0 0 1 24.3 31 15 3 16 23 5.55 .310 .398 .520 .918 1.0
  TOT   1 1 .500 30 0 0 0 1 28.7 37 20 3 20 24 6.28 .316 .410 .513 .923 1.0
2010 28 TEX AL 5 3 .625 67 0 0 0 2 78.3 54 34 4 47 65 3.91 .196 .313 .301 .614 7.3
2011 29 TEX AL 3 4 .429 68 0 0 0 5 61.7 58 24 1 39 61 3.50 .252 .367 .343 .711 5.4
2012 30 TEX AL 3 3 .500 59 0 0 0 0 54.3 68 33 4 28 59 5.47 .311 .385 .525 .910 2.0
2013 31 TEX AL 4 3 .571 69 0 0 0 4 56.0 42 21 3 28 49 3.38 .214 .313 .337 .650 7.0
2014 32 TEX AL 7 1 .875 52 0 0 0 0 68.0 54 23 1 30 67 3.04 .218 .307 .335 .642 7.1
2015 33 TEX AL 2 1 .667 70 0 0 0 2 69.0 69 30 5 35 68 3.91 .262 .352 .418 .770 5.6
2016 34 NYA AL 4 4 .500 81 0 0 0 4 71.7 63 27 2 48 66 3.39 .236 .350 .345 .695 6.9
2017 35 NYA AL 0 3 .000 54 0 0 0 3 40.3 41 22 2 26 43 4.91 .252 .358 .411 .769 2.0
  CHA AL 0 1 .000 24 0 0 0 3 22.3 23 12 1 11 23 4.84 .256 .343 .400 .743 1.9
  TOT   0 4 .000 78 0 0 0 6 62.7 64 34 3 37 66 4.88 .253 .353 .407 .760 3.9
2018 36 CHA AL 2 4 .333 43 0 0 0 19 38.0 45 26 3 29 37 6.16 .300 .418 .447 .864 1.8
2019 37 CHA AL 3 3 .500 60 0 0 0 6 44.0 45 26 5 27 52 5.32 .265 .365 .453 .818 2.9
13 Years Sim 38 37 .507 761 0 0 0 50 722.0 716 365 47 418 691 4.55 .259 .358 .406 .764 51.7
1 Years AAA 2 3 .400 22 0 0 0 5 23.3 25 9 2 13 15 3.47 .281 .373 .382 .755  
1 Years AA 7 8 .467 54 0 0 0 23 52.7 46 19 3 23 52 3.25 .240 .321 .339 .659  
2 Years A 11 13 .458 102 0 0 0 34 112.3 98 37 8 43 107 2.96 .231 .301 .325 .626  
4 Years Minors 20 24 .455 178 0 0 0 62 188.3 169 65 13 79 174 3.11 .239 .316 .336 .652  
Season Average 2 2 .500 58 0 0 0 3 55.5 55 28 3 32 53 4.55 .259 .358 .406 .764  
Career Highs 7 4 .875 81 0 0 0 19 78.3 85 49 7 48 68 7.15 .326 .418 .525 .923  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   352 198 28 211 330   .260 .360 .415 .774
vs LH   364 167 19 207 361   .259 .354 .398 .752
Home 22 20 .524 408 0 0 0 28 391.3 389 204 25 232 384 4.69 .259 .358 .412 .769
Away 16 17 .485 353 0 0 0 24 330.6 327 161 22 186 307 4.38 .260 .356 .399 .755
Mar/Apr 7 4 .636 106 0 0 0 8 110.6 104 49 6 45 106 3.99 .252 .325 .400 .725
May 6 4 .600 136 0 0 0 7 130.0 131 68 6 91 126 4.71 .264 .378 .393 .771
June 2 4 .333 124 0 0 0 17 117.6 104 54 6 65 126 4.13 .236 .334 .374 .708
July 5 6 .455 114 0 0 0 4 102.3 105 51 5 59 99 4.49 .263 .357 .388 .745
August 7 5 .583 132 0 0 0 5 118.9 117 54 7 77 102 4.09 .259 .367 .399 .767
Sep/Oct 11 14 .440 149 0 0 0 11 142.3 155 89 17 81 132 5.63 .277 .368 .466 .834
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 25 MIN AL P 25 0 28.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 1.93    
2008 26 MIN AL P 59 0 61.7 2 14 2 2 .889 2.34    
2009 27 MIN AL P 3 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.07    
  TEX AL P 27 0 24.3 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.85    
  TOT   P 30 0 28.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.88    
2010 28 TEX AL P 67 0 78.3 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.41    
2011 29 TEX AL P 68 0 61.7 6 8 1 0 .933 2.04    
2012 30 TEX AL P 59 0 54.3 6 14 1 0 .952 3.31    
2013 31 TEX AL P 69 0 56.0 2 9 0 2 1.000 1.77    
2014 32 TEX AL P 52 0 68.0 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.19    
2015 33 TEX AL P 70 0 69.0 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.43    
2016 34 NYA AL P 81 0 71.7 1 12 2 2 .867 1.63    
2017 35 NYA AL P 54 0 40.3 3 5 1 1 .889 1.79    
  CHA AL P 24 0 22.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61    
  TOT   P 78 0 62.7 5 7 1 1 .923 1.72    
2018 36 CHA AL P 43 0 38.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.42    
2019 37 CHA AL P 60 0 44.0 5 5 0 0 1.000 2.05    
Career Totals   761 0 722.0 49 106 7 10 .957 1.93    
Career Highs   81 0 78.3 6 15 2 2 1.000 3.31    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2010 28 TEX AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.3 2 3 0 3 3 8.11 .167 .333 .250 .583
2011 29 TEX AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 4 2 0 1 1 4.92 .235 .278 .294 .572
2012 30 TEX AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 0 0 0 1 4 0.00 .000 .111 .000 .111
2013 31 TEX AL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 7.7 4 1 0 3 7 1.17 .148 .233 .222 .456
2014 32 TEX AL 2 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 9.0 2 0 0 3 10 0.00 .071 .161 .107 .268
2015 33 TEX AL 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 1 8.3 4 1 0 3 14 1.08 .138 .219 .172 .391
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 1 .750 25 0 0 0 2 34.6 16 7 0 14 39 1.82 .132 .222 .182 .404
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
2016-6-81
2017-4-78
CAR-38-761
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Traded from Florida to Minnesota on 2/28/2007 (Going to FLO: CF Lew Ford. Going to MIN: P Lincoln Holdzkom)
Earned first career win on 9/9/2007
2/28/2009: Signed a minor league contract extension with Minnesota
Traded from Minnesota to Texas on 5/6/2009 (Going to MIN: C Mikel Chatman. Going to TEX: P Lincoln Holdzkom)
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $800,000 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $800,000 through salary arbitration
5/13/2012: Signed a contract extension with Texas, $2,160,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Texas in 2013
Won World Championship with Texas in 2015
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/1/2016 to a 2-year deal worth $7,500,000 per year
Was claimed off waivers by Chicago (A) on 8/10/2017
10/6/2017: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $1,070,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 7/31/2018 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Chicago (A) on 10/26/2019