 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sam Holbrook akavamba basa rake rokutonga muAppalachian League muna 1990, achiteverwa nenhambo muMidwest, Carolina, Texas, Eastern neInternational Leagues asati aita kutanga kwake muMajor League muna June, 1996. Holbrook akashanda mwaka wa1996 muAmerican League, achiteverwa nemwaka mitatu muNational League. Muna 1999, aive mumwe wevatongi makumi maviri nevaviri avo kusiya basa kwakagamuchirwa mune yakundikana mubatanidzwa wekutaurirana zano, uye akabhadharwazve muna 2002, achitonga mitambo muMajor Leagues kubva ipapo. Holbrook akatonga mumashanu Division Series 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2019, mana League Championship Series 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012., uye nhatu World Series 2010, 2016, 2019. Iyewo akatonga 2004 MLB All-Star Game. Holbrook akatumidzwa mukuru wechikwata muna Kukadzi 2017 neMLB. Ari kubatana nevashandi vake ve2017 naGreg Gibson, Jim Wolf naD.J. Reyburn. 