Brad Holman

Bradley Thomas Holman (born February 9, 1968 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners (1993). Holman's brother Brian was also a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for Seattle and Montreal.

Playing career

Holman was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 35th round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft out of Auburn University Montgomery. He played 17 games for Low-A Eugene in 1990, but was released on March 29, 1991. On April 7, he signed with the Seattle Mariners and was assigned to High-A Peninsula. In 47 games, he had a 6-6 record and a 3.22 ERA. After beginning 1992 with Peninsula, he was promoted to Double-A Jacksonville. In 1993, he made his major league debut after starting the season with the Triple-A Cannons. Holman did not play in the majors in 1994, and he played in Seattle's, Colorado's, and Baltimore's minor league systems in 1995.

Coaching career

Holman began his coaching career in the Mariners' organization as the pitching coach for Low-A Wisconsin in 2002, and held that role through 2004. In 2006, he was the pitching coach for Double-A San Antonio, and for Double-A West Tennessee in 2007. In 2008, he served as the pitching coach for the Double-A Altoona Curve in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.During the 2008 off-season Holman signed a contract with the Texas Rangers Organization to coach for the Single-A Hickory Crawdads where he coached through 2010. In 2011 he became pitching coach for the Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans where he coached through 2012. Then he was promoted to pitching coach in Triple-A with the Round Rock Express where he coached from 2013 through 2015.

On November 5th 2015, Holman became the bullpen coach for the Texas Rangers (baseball).

External links

• Baseball Reference
• Baseball Cube
• Crawdads Chronicle : Alumni on Minor League Staffs
• Retrosheet
• Venezuelan Professional Baseball League