Ken Burkhart

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN us

Died: December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, TN

High School: Central HS (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 28-154d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 1949 (Age 32-311d)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Kenneth William Burkhart

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.84

148

519.2

181

WHIP

1.368

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Team Record in Appearances: 7-26 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 15

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	68	5	Apr 19	STL		CHC	L,1-7	8-GF		99	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4.50	4.18	9	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.001	.17	0.00%	0.08	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
2	69	7	Apr 23	STL		PIT	L,5-8	3-6	L(0-1)	3	4.0	3	2	2	1	5	1	0	4.50	4.18	15	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.052	2.35	-0.07%	0.15	3t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
3	70	10	Apr 29	STL	@	NYG	L,2-7	3-4		5	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.52	3.85	8	4	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.023	.46	0.02%	0.80	3b --- 1 out d5	4b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	71	12	May 1	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	2-7	L(0-2)	1	5.2	6	3	3	1	2	1	1	4.05	4.48	24	3	11	0	1	6		1	0	0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.62	-0.161	1.82	-0.11%	0.16	2b 1-- 1 out a2	7b 3 out d1
5	72	20	May 11(2)	STL	@	PIT	T,3-3	GS-6		9	5.2	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.26	4.15	28	4	13	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	-0.125	1.78	-0.10%	-0.43	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out tie
6	73	22	May 14	STL		NYG	L,4-6	4-4		2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.95	4.08	6	1	2	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.136	1.20	-0.09%	-1.54	4t --3 0 out d1	4t 3 out d4
7	74	26	May 18(1)	STL		PHI	L,3-6			3	3.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.63	3.88	14												14					0
8	75	35	May 27	STL		CHC	L,3-10	3-6		8	3.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.00	3.49	11	6	2	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.168	.80	0.11%	2.06	3t -23 1 out d1	6t 3 out d1
9	76	37	May 30(1)	STL		CIN	L,8-12	5-5	L(0-3)	2	0.0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.00	3.49	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.18	-0.377	2.02	-0.21%	-3.24	5t 1-- 0 out a1	5t -2- 0 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	77	44	Jun 6	STL	@	NYG	L,4-7	11-GF(11)		6	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.33	3.97	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.29	-0.289	5.48	-0.22%	-2.34	11b 12- 1 out tie	11b end d 3
11	78	48	Jun 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-5	1-1		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.20	4.05	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.118	1.50	-0.08%	-1.10	1b 12- 1 out tie	1b 3 out d2
12	79	62	Jun 26	STL		CIN	L,3-6	9-GF		14	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.14	3.96	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.002	.15	0.00%	0.24	9t 1-- 2 out d4	9t end d 4
13	80	63	Jun 27	STL		CIN	W,6-5	9-11		0	2.2	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	4.99	4.01	12	0	6	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.49	-0.033	4.13	-0.03%	0.16	9t --- 0 out tie	11t 12- 2 out d1
14	81	65	Jun 29(1)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	1-3		1	2.2	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.13	4.24	12	3	5	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.44	-0.087	.86	-0.10%	-1.70	1t 1-3 1 out d3	3t 3 out d7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	82	70	Jul 4(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	3-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.93	4.12	4	1	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.052	1.21	0.08%	1.09	3b -23 2 out d3	4b 3 out d3
16	83	75	Jul 11(1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	6-GF	BW(1-3)	6	3.2	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	4.46	3.80	13	2	4	0	2	1		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.476	6.40	0.81%	1.78	6b 1-3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
17	84	79	Jul 13(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-4)	1	8.0	6	4	4	2	3	0	0	4.47	3.60	31	7	13	0	3	6	55			0	0	0	28	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.103	3.28	-0.17%	-0.07	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
18	85	83	Jul 16	STL	@	BSN	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.37	3.58	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.007	.43	0.02%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
19	86	89	Jul 23	STL		NYG	W,6-5	3-8		6	5.2	5	1	1	1	4	1	0	4.08	3.64	22	9	3	0	1	5		1	0	1	1	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.188	2.31	0.43%	2.40	3t -2- 0 out d2	8t 12- 2 out d3
20	87	92	Jul 26	STL		BSN	W,9-5	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.79	3.50	13	3	6	1	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.138	2.29	0.35%	2.55	6t 1-- 0 out a4	9t end a 4
21	88	94	Jul 28	STL		BSN	W,8-7	4-4		1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.03	3.71	5	0	2	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.240	4.06	-0.43%	-1.97	4t -23 0 out a2	4t 3 out d2
22	89	96	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,10-11	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.90	3.69	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.15	0.01%	1.08	6t --- 0 out d10	7t 3 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	90	100	Aug 3	STL		PHI	W,10-8	GS-8	W(2-4)	3	7.0	9	5	5	0	0	2	1	4.16	4.02	29	19	0	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.113	1.02	0.12%	-1.23	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out a3
24	91	108	Aug 10(2)	STL		PIT	W,7-5	GS-8	W(3-4)	6	7.1	12	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.36	3.91	35	18	2	1	1	11	34			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.151	4.56	0.43%	-0.14	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a4
25	92	113	Aug 16	STL	@	PIT	L,7-12	GS-3	L(3-5)	5	2.1	6	6	6	2	0	4	0	4.93	4.63	14	4	2	0	1	6	19			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.435	3.84	-1.09%	-4.69	1b start a 4	3b --- 1 out d2
26	93	115	Aug 18(1)	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	5-6		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.83	4.60	6	0	4	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.004	4.02	0.02%	0.50	5b --3 1 out d2	6b 3 out d3
27	94	116	Aug 18(2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	7-GF(8)		-1	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	5.15	4.59	13	3	3	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.013	.17	-0.05%	-2.94	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 9
28	95	126	Aug 27	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	7-8		8	1.1	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	5.29	4.70	6	1	1	0	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.036	1.38	-0.06%	-1.26	7b 1-- 0 out d1	8b -2- 1 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	96	135	Sep 7(2)	STL		CIN	L,2-4	6-8		10	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.10	4.58	10	1	6	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.097	1.29	0.18%	1.61	6t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
30	97	140	Sep 13	STL		BRO	L,7-8	9-9		5	0.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.27	4.54	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.061	1.83	-0.20%	-1.71	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 1-- 2 out d4
31	98	142	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,5-10	7-GF		1	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	5.20	4.41	10	3	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.12	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.61	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
32	99	144	Sep 17	STL		BSN	L,8-10	6-6		1	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.34	4.40	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-1.46	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d7
33	100	149	Sep 22(2)	STL		CHC	L,3-6			4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.28	4.38	3												3					0
34	101	156	Sep 28	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	GS-5	L(3-6)	5	5.0	6	2	2	3	2	1	1	5.19	4.51	22	4	6	1	2	6	46			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
							7-26		W-L:3-6,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.4	95.1	108	55	55	23	44	14	4	5.19	4.51	408	1.06		2%	6%	100	39	22	59%	3	3	0	372	15	4	2	4	0	2	.92	-0.879	2.10	-0.43%	-9.56

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