Ken Holcombe

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 169lb (180cm, 76kg)

Born: August 23, 1918 in Burnsville, NC us

Died: March 15, 2010 in Weaverville, NC

Buried: Ashelawn Gardens of Memory, Asheville, NC

Debut: April 27, 1945 (Age 26-247d, 9,933rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 10, 1953 (Age 34-260d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Kenneth Edward Holcombe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

ERA

3.98

375.0

118

WHIP

1.459

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-15 / in Starts: 6-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 3

1950 Pitching Game Log

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1950 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	26	7	Apr 30(2)	CHW		DET	T,7-7			99	2.0	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	4.50	4.58	11												9			0		0
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
2	27	11	May 6	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	GS-2	L(0-1)	5	1.1	5	4	4	2	0	2	0	13.50	13.38	11	2	2	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.305	1.71	-0.38%	-4.05	1b start tie	2b 1-3 1 out d3
3	28	18	May 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		6	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	13.50	11.58	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.048	.23	-0.03%	-1.44	8b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 4
4	29	22	May 17	CHW		WSH	L,0-2	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	9.00	8.42	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.054	.36	0.02%	1.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	30	28	May 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-9	5-6		4	0.2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	8.10	8.73	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.119	.45	-0.02%	-0.96	5t --- 2 out tie	6t 123 1 out tie
6	31	37	May 30(2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-9	GS-1		7	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	13.50	8.73	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.232	.38	-0.04%	-3.03	1b start tie	1b 12- 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
7	32	44	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	7	4	4	5	2	1	0	8.04	6.73	38	13	11	0	0	7	54			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.162	.13	0.01%	1.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
8	33	49	Jun 11(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	9	3	3	3	6	0	0	6.20	5.10	39	9	13	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	.66	0.110	.04	0.01%	1.86	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
9	34	55	Jun 17	CHW		WSH	L,3-6	GS-1	L(2-2)	5	0.1	2	5	5	3	0	0	0	7.92	5.42	6	0	1	0	0	2	24			0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.319	.22	-0.03%	-4.02	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
10	35	62	Jun 25(2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-13	1-1		7	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	8.64	5.54	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	-0.175	.49	-0.03%	-2.50	1t 123 0 out tie	1t 1-3 0 out d3
11	36	65	Jun 28	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	2	7.0	12	6	3	3	2	2	0	7.59	5.87	35	8	12	2	1	10	34			0	1	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.206	.14	-0.02%	-1.90	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d5
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
12	37	71	Jul 3	CHW		DET	L,4-8	GS-3	L(2-4)	4	2.1	6	4	0	1	2	1	0	7.08	5.99	15	3	4	0	1	5	38			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.294	.17	-0.03%	-3.81	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d4
13	38	73	Jul 4(2)	CHW		DET	L,9-10			0	4.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.34	5.48	12												12			0		0
14	39	78	Jul 8(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	GS-		3	5.0	6	5	3	2	4	0	0	6.23	5.10	24						41						22			0		0
15	40	82	Jul 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS-3	L(2-5)	5	2.0	8	9	7	1	1	1	0	7.35	5.30	17	6	2	0	1	7	8			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.407	.02	0.00%	-7.75	1b start tie	3b --- 0 out d8
16	41	88	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7.19	5.37	5	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	0.111	.01	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out tie	8b 3 out tie
17	42	89	Jul 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7		L(2-6)	1	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.13	5.33	8												7			0		0
18	43	99	Jul 30(2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(2-7)	8	8.0	11	4	4	1	5	2	0	6.75	5.28	35	12	6	0	3	11	48			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.42	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
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
19	44	103	Aug 4	CHW		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9		4	9.0	11	2	2	0	3	0	0	6.09	4.81	36	16	6	1	0	11	60			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.22	0.370	.00	0.00%	2.97	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
20	45	109	Aug 10(1)	CHW		DET	L,6-10	GS-4	L(2-8)	5	4.0	3	5	5	4	0	0	0	6.39	4.86	18	8	3	1	2	3	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	-0.328	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
21	46	114	Aug 13(2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	6-GF	S(1)	2	4.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	6.16	4.84	18	6	2	0	0	4		2	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.79	0.285	.00	0.00%	1.56	6t 1-3 0 out a3	9t end a 2
22	47	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(2-9)	5	8.0	10	1	1	2	1	1	0	5.67	4.83	34	11	10	1	0	10	57			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.245	.00	0.00%	3.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	48	122	Aug 25(1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	W(3-9)	5	9.0	9	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.20	4.63	36	12	11	1	0	9	65			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.271	.00	0.00%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	49	128	Aug 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-10)	4	6.0	5	4	0	3	1	0	0	4.88	4.57	29	11	9	3	0	5	52			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	3	.73	-0.127	.00	0.00%	-0.25	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
							8-15		W-L:3-10,Sv:1	4.3	96.0	122	68	52	45	37	10	0	4.88	4.57	450	1.28		5%	4%	107	42	6	83%	2	1	0	398	19	3	1	9	0	7	1.04	-0.927	.11	-0.55%	-15.15

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