Damien
Holcombe
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: June 9, 1984 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MD FF     0 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 8 8 0 1 0 4 5 4 5 6 5
2005 21 MD FF     0 0 2 1 1 3 2 8 8 8 1 2 1 4 5 4 6 7 6
2006 22 MD FF     0 1 3 2 2 3 2 8 8 8 2 3 2 4 5 4 7 7 7
2007 23 MD FF     0 3 5 4 2 3 2 8 8 8 3 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
2008 24 MD FF $ 300,000   3 4 6 5 2 3 2 8 8 8 3 5 4 4 5 5 8 9 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 8 8 0 1 0 4 4 4 5 6 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 4 6 5 2 3 2 8 8 8 3 5 4 4 5 5 8 9 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 MD FF $ 300,000 9 7 8 8 4 5 4 4 5 5
2010 26 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
2011 27 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
2012 28 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
2013 29 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 9 5 5 5 6 7 7
2014 30 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
2015 31 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 9 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
2016 32 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 4 5 5 6 8 7
2017 33 MD FF $ 300,000 9 8 8 8 4 5 4 6 8 7
2018 34 MD FF $ 300,000 9 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 7 6
2019 35 MD FF $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3
2020 36 MD FF $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 1 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 8 9 9 5 5 5 6 8 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 20 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 21 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 22 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 23 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 24 MD FF $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 25 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 26 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 27 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 28 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 29 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 30 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2015 31 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2016 32 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2017 33 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2018 34 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2019 35 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
2020 36 MD FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
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 20 A   6 11 .353 22 22 0 0 0 134.0 211 98 14 50 125 6.58 .359 .409 .536 .945  
2005 21 A   7 9 .438 21 21 2 1 0 143.7 166 74 19 43 179 4.64 .288 .338 .464 .801  
2006 22 AA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 10 5 2 8 21 3.07 .185 .290 .333 .624  
    A   10 3 .769 16 16 4 1 0 116.7 104 44 15 24 164 3.39 .235 .275 .382 .657  
2007 23 AA   10 9 .526 25 25 4 2 0 184.3 159 77 30 65 283 3.76 .233 .300 .411 .711  
2008 24 MD FF 1 3 .250 5 5 1 0 0 36.3 44 32 14 14 29 7.93 .297 .358 .635 .993 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 4 4 1 0 0 31.0 27 8 4 9 40 2.32 .235 .290 .409 .699  
    AA   8 5 .615 18 18 3 2 0 142.0 98 32 8 41 222 2.03 .191 .251 .293 .544  
2009 25 MD FF 7 5 .583 25 17 1 0 0 134.0 134 53 16 58 80 3.56 .259 .334 .397 .730 7.0
2010 26 MD FF 15 7 .682 32 32 3 1 0 212.7 190 100 24 103 105 4.23 .238 .325 .374 .699 7.5
2011 27 MD FF 12 14 .462 34 34 3 1 0 229.0 159 78 22 92 115 3.07 .194 .276 .323 .599 11.5
2012 28 MD FF 18 8 .692 35 35 3 2 0 246.3 204 83 24 83 183 3.03 .224 .288 .338 .626 12.6
2013 29 MD FF 7 10 .412 33 33 1 0 0 211.7 168 83 23 77 134 3.53 .214 .284 .358 .642 10.6
2014 30 MD FF 7 15 .318 32 32 1 0 0 191.3 180 101 29 83 121 4.75 .248 .323 .404 .726 0.7
2015 31 MD FF 13 14 .481 34 34 1 0 0 217.3 186 108 29 99 129 4.47 .231 .315 .394 .709 3.7
2016 32 MD FF 8 14 .364 34 34 1 0 0 230.0 203 82 19 92 145 3.21 .235 .307 .357 .664 10.8
2017 33 MD FF 8 16 .333 34 34 3 1 0 234.3 179 86 22 89 163 3.30 .211 .285 .334 .619 9.6
2018 34 MD FF 10 13 .435 33 33 3 2 0 221.7 190 88 25 87 145 3.57 .235 .309 .369 .678 11.4
2019 35 MD FF 9 12 .429 31 31 0 0 0 192.0 199 95 21 96 95 4.45 .270 .353 .402 .755 7.5
2020 36 AAA   3 11 .214 21 21 0 0 0 102.3 143 76 19 70 45 6.68 .336 .430 .536 .967  
12 Years Sim 115 131 .467 362 354 21 7 0 2356.6 2036 989 268 973 1444 3.78 .232 .308 .371 .679 92.8
2 Years AAA 5 13 .278 25 25 1 0 0 133.3 170 84 23 79 85 5.67 .315 .402 .509 .912  
3 Years AA 19 14 .576 45 45 7 4 0 341.0 267 114 40 114 526 3.01 .214 .280 .359 .639  
3 Years A 23 23 .500 59 59 6 2 0 394.3 481 216 48 117 468 4.93 .300 .347 .468 .815  
8 Years Minors 47 50 .485 129 129 14 6 0 868.6 918 414 111 310 1079 4.29 .271 .332 .434 .766  
Season Average 9 10 .474 30 29 1 0 0 196.4 169 82 22 81 120 3.78 .232 .308 .371 .679  
Career Highs 18 16 .692 35 35 3 2 0 246.3 204 108 29 103 183 7.93 .297 .358 .635 .993  
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   1160 532 137 574 899   .227 .306 .355 .661
vs LH   876 457 131 399 545   .239 .313 .392 .705
Home 60 67 .472 186 182 12 4 0 1261.0 1064 492 135 502 788 3.51 .227 .302 .355 .657
Away 55 64 .462 176 172 9 3 0 1095.6 972 497 133 471 656 4.08 .238 .316 .389 .705
Mar/Apr 8 22 .267 49 46 2 1 0 302.7 265 127 37 126 203 3.78 .235 .312 .391 .703
May 28 16 .636 61 56 3 1 0 397.0 327 146 40 148 232 3.31 .225 .296 .353 .650
June 19 22 .463 61 61 3 0 0 402.6 358 179 44 154 238 4.00 .237 .308 .364 .672
July 13 22 .371 56 56 3 2 0 349.6 314 159 43 141 195 4.09 .237 .311 .376 .687
August 19 31 .380 65 65 5 1 0 420.3 379 200 55 188 248 4.28 .240 .320 .398 .718
Sep/Oct 28 18 .609 70 70 5 2 0 484.3 393 178 49 216 328 3.31 .222 .306 .349 .655
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 24 MD FF 5 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.3 0.0
2009 25 MD FF 25 40 5 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 17 .150 .209 .225 .434 1.7 0.0
2010 26 MD FF 32 73 6 15 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 18 .205 .216 .288 .504 3.7 0.0
2011 27 MD FF 34 65 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 23 .077 .118 .138 .256 -0.8 0.0
2012 28 MD FF 35 80 5 7 4 0 0 3 0 0 4 33 .088 .131 .138 .268 -0.9 0.0
2013 29 MD FF 33 66 5 14 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .212 .235 .212 .447 2.9 0.0
2014 30 MD FF 32 61 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .049 .049 .066 .115 -3.9 0.0
2015 31 MD FF 34 65 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 24 .108 .159 .138 .298 -0.2 0.0
2016 32 MD FF 34 61 3 8 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 19 .131 .172 .230 .401 1.4 0.0
2017 33 MD FF 34 68 1 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 29 .088 .101 .132 .234 -1.5 0.0
2018 34 MD FF 33 64 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 19 .141 .191 .188 .379 1.9 0.0
2019 35 MD FF 31 59 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 .169 .169 .203 .373 0.7 0.0
12 Years Sim 362 716 36 90 26 1 2 36 0 0 25 258 .126 .155 .173 .328 3.7 0.0
162 Game Average 320 16 40 11 0 0 16 0 0 11 115 .126 .155 .173 .328 1.6  
Career Highs 35 80 6 15 6 1 1 6 0 0 4 33 .212 .235 .288 .504 3.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   563 26 67 21 1 2 28 0 0 18 202 .119 .146 .171 .317 -1.0
vs LH   153 10 23 5 0 0 8 0 0 7 56 .150 .188 .183 .371 2.5
Home 186 352 15 39 10 1 0 17 0 0 9 124 .111 .133 .145 .278 -4.7
Away 176 364 21 51 16 0 2 19 0 0 16 134 .140 .176 .201 .377 6.3
RISP   168 0 23 7 0 0 31 0 0 5 54 .137 .162 .179 .340 0.8
Close/Late   24 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .167 .327 0.0
Mar/Apr 46 88 3 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 35 .114 .124 .182 .305 -0.5
May 61 125 5 14 4 0 1 7 0 0 2 52 .112 .126 .168 .294 -1.2
June 61 121 7 17 5 1 0 7 0 0 1 34 .140 .148 .198 .346 0.5
July 56 105 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 45 .048 .091 .057 .148 -5.2
August 65 122 6 23 9 0 0 10 0 0 6 38 .189 .227 .262 .489 6.0
Sep/Oct 70 155 10 21 4 0 0 5 0 0 10 54 .135 .188 .161 .349 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2008 24 MD FF P 5 5 36.3 3 6 1 1 .900 2.23    
2009 25 MD FF P 25 17 134.0 11 25 1 2 .973 2.42    
2010 26 MD FF P 32 32 212.7 19 40 5 4 .922 2.50    
2011 27 MD FF P 34 34 229.0 13 47 8 3 .882 2.36    
2012 28 MD FF P 35 35 246.3 21 49 3 6 .959 2.56    
2013 29 MD FF P 33 33 211.7 22 46 4 2 .944 2.89    
2014 30 MD FF P 32 32 191.3 18 30 5 0 .906 2.26    
2015 31 MD FF P 34 34 217.3 19 33 2 1 .963 2.15    
2016 32 MD FF P 34 34 230.0 18 37 5 1 .917 2.15    
2017 33 MD FF P 34 34 234.3 18 49 6 3 .918 2.57    
2018 34 MD FF P 33 33 221.7 13 34 1 2 .979 1.91    
2019 35 MD FF P 31 31 192.0 13 32 1 2 .978 2.11    
Career Totals   362 354 2356.6 188 428 42 27 .936 2.35    
Career Highs   35 35 246.3 22 49 8 6 .979 2.89    
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
2008 24 MD FF 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 3 3 0 1 1 81.82 .750 .800 1.000 1.800
2010 26 MD FF 3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 27.3 21 8 3 7 19 2.63 .210 .262 .370 .632
2011 27 MD FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 9 5 2 2 5 9.00 .375 .423 .625 1.048
2012 28 MD FF 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.3 5 5 2 1 1 33.83 .625 .667 1.500 2.167
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 3 .500 7 6 0 0 0 34.0 38 21 7 11 26 5.56 .279 .333 .500 .833
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010 26 MD FF 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
2011 27 MD FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
2012-5-18
Losses
2011-8-14
2014-6-15
2015-10-14
2016-7-14
2017-9-16
Winning Pct
2012-6-.692
Games Started
2012-10-35
Complete Games
2012-8-3
2017-3-3
2018-8-3
Shutouts
2012-6-2
2018-3-2
Innings Pitched
2012-4-246.3
2017-6-234.3
Hits Allowed
2012-9-204
Homeruns Allowed
2012-7-24
2013-10-23
2014-4-29
2015-6-29
2017-7-22
2018-3-25
2019-7-21
CAR-40-268
Strikeouts
2012-5-183
2017-6-163
2018-9-145
Walks Allowed
2010-4-103
2011-3-92
2012-9-83
2013-10-77
2014-7-83
2015-2-99
2016-5-92
2017-9-89
2018-6-87
2019-2-96
CAR-23-973
Hits per 9IP
2011-4-6.2
Strikeouts per 9IP
2012-6-6.7
OAVG
2011-4-.194
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 55)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Maryland in 2004
Injured on 5/3/2005 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
Injured on 8/31/2005 with a Strained Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 7/6/2006 with a Spasms Back, out for 7 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/19/2008
Had first career hit on 5/24/2009, off Dennis Collins (Vir)
Won National Cup with Maryland in 2010
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/2011, off Luis Marrufo (NC)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2012, winning 2 games with a 0.56 ERA
Injured on 4/17/2014 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 9/28/2017 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/23/2019 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks