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: 12-16 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 1

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	50	10	Apr 29	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	3.15	35	15	14	1	0	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.94	0.465	2.37	0.70%	4.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
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	51	16	May 6(1)	CHW		PHA	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	0.50	2.92	34	11	9	0	0	5	74			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.85	0.418	1.75	0.52%	3.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	52	21	May 13(1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-11	GS-2	L(2-1)	6	1.2	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	1.83	3.24	12	2	2	0	0	4	31			1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.293	2.51	-0.49%	-3.43	1t start tie	2t 12- 2 out d4
4	53	26	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	2.51	3.18	37	18	9	2	0	5	58			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.66	0.159	5.81	0.33%	0.56	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	54	31	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	2	0	0	1.91	3.22	34	12	11	4	0	5	75			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.369	3.05	0.92%	4.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
6	55	38	Jun 3(1)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	GS-3	L(4-2)	7	3.0	5	5	5	4	0	0	0	2.88	3.46	17	5	3	1	0	5	25			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.287	6.28	-1.00%	-3.48	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
7	56	45	Jun 8	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	7.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.21	3.34	28	12	4	0	0	5	50			1	0	1	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.157	7.30	-0.67%	-0.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
8	57	48	Jun 10(2)	CHW		NYY	W,11-7	6-6	BS(1)	1	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.56	3.33	4	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.19	-0.262	16.38	-1.18%	-1.69	6t --- 0 out a1	6t 1-3 1 out tie
9	58	53	Jun 15(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-12	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	1.1	4	5	4	2	0	1	0	4.20	3.70	11	2	3	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	.81	-0.356	4.06	-1.07%	-4.65	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d4
10	59	63	Jun 24(1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	6-GF	W(5-4)	8	4.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.05	3.59	14	5	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.84	0.389	12.31	1.56%	1.28	6b --- 0 out tie	9b end a 1
11	60	64	Jun 24(2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.98	3.53	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.018	1.42	0.07%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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	61	69	Jul 1(1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(6-4)	6	11.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.44	3.35	43	15	17	0	1	6	78			0	0	0	40	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.849	8.12	2.53%	4.57	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
13	62	76	Jul 6(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS-	W(7-4)	4	7.0	4	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.48	3.53	28						56						24			0		0
14	63	83	Jul 14	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(7-5)	7	9.0	8	3	3	5	2	1	0	3.43	3.71	37	13	9	1	0	8	56			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.59	-0.156	11.86	-0.70%	1.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
15	64	93	Jul 22(2)	CHW		WSH	L,5-11	GS-2	L(7-6)	7	1.0	2	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.83	3.85	10	1	1	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.227	6.64	-0.50%	-2.34	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out tie
16	65	95	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(8-6)	2	9.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.65	3.72	32	11	16	0	0	5	69			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.333	2.38	0.64%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
17	66	100	Jul 31	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS-2		5	1.1	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	3.69	3.97	8	2	1	0	0	1	44			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.094	1.03	-0.06%	-0.89	1b start a 2	2b 12- 1 out a1
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
18	67	104	Aug 4	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-5	L(8-7)	3	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	1	3.78	3.93	23	9	6	1	2	5	43			1	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.083	1.50	-0.07%	-0.47	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
19	68	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	GS-7	L(8-8)	5	6.2	10	6	6	2	1	1	0	4.05	4.00	32	9	10	0	0	10	29			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.476	2.02	-0.43%	-2.70	1b start a 2	7b --- 2 out d2
20	69	116	Aug 18	CHW		CLE	L,0-7	GS-2	L(8-9)	7	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.17	4.11	8	2	2	1	0	4	38			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.200	.28	-0.04%	-2.18	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d2
21	70	121	Aug 22(2)	CHW		PHA	L,1-8	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	4.10	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.50	7t 1-3 2 out d6	7t 3 out d7
22	71	124	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(9-9)	2	9.0	6	2	2	7	1	1	0	3.99	4.25	38	13	11	0	0	6	61			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.208	.01	0.00%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
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
23	72	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(10-9)	6	9.0	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.77	4.17	36						65						33			0		0
24	73	136	Sep 7(1)	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(10-10)	5	9.0	11	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.79	4.04	36	13	8	1	0	11	51			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.56	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
25	74	144	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(10-11)	8	8.0	7	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.89	4.03	33	13	7	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.364	.00	0.00%	-0.45	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
26	75	147	Sep 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	4.00	6	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
27	76	149	Sep 22	CHW		SLB	L,1-5	GS-8	L(10-12)	2	7.1	9	5	5	4	0	1	0	3.95	4.10	33	11	9	0	0	9	36			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.193	.00	0.00%	-1.48	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d4
28	77	152	Sep 28(1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(11-12)	5	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.84	4.02	36						65						33			0		0
							12-16		W-L:11-12,BSv:1	4.6	159.1	142	70	68	68	39	9	1	3.84	4.02	670	1.21		3%	1%	117	51	2	50%	7	2	2	588	20	1	1	15	0	4	1.12	0.123	3.73	1.07%	3.66

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