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: 2-17 / in Starts: 2-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 12, Entered with runners on base: 2

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	78	6	Apr 20(1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	6.75	5.14	17	3	7	0	0	6	39			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.140	1.64	-0.17%	-1.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
2	79	14	Apr 30(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-8		9	7.2	7	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.86	3.16	32	10	9	1	1	7	59			1	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.45	0.212	3.69	0.33%	1.30	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a1
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
3	80	21	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	GS-2	L(0-2)	6	1.2	4	5	5	4	1	0	1	6.75	4.04	13	1	2	1	0	4	24			1	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.323	2.72	-0.46%	-4.50	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
4	81	29	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	GS-8	L(0-3)	7	8.0	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	4.64	3.94	30	13	7	0	0	3	69			1	0	0	25	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.10	0.269	3.46	0.51%	2.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
5	82	32	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS-5	L(0-4)	4	4.1	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	5.26	3.75	21	6	4	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.176	2.13	-0.28%	-1.57	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d3
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	83	44	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG(10)	L(0-5)	12	9.1	9	6	6	4	2	1	1	5.40	4.08	39	13	10	1	0	9	44			0	0	0	33	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.10	-0.324	7.66	-0.71%	-1.30	1b start tie	10b --- 1 out d4
7	84	50	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS-1		5	0.0	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	6.17	4.53	3	0	0	0	0	2	33			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.263	3.57	-0.45%	-3.00	1b start a 4	1b --- 0 out a1
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Browns
8	85	60	Jun 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	GS-3	L(0-6)	10	2.1	4	1	1	3	1	0	0	6.03	4.59	12	3	1	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.109	1.24	-0.06%	-1.12	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d1
9	86	65	Jun 23	SLB		NYY	L,10-14			3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.87	4.53	3												3			0		0
10	87	66	Jun 24	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	5-7		0	3.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	5.44	4.45	13	6	4	0	2	2		1	0	1	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	0.004	.09	0.00%	0.80	5t 1-- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
11	88	68	Jun 26	SLB		DET	L,0-6			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.31	4.35	3												3			0		0
12	89	70	Jun 28	SLB		DET	L,2-5			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	4.31	3												3			0		0
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
13	90	76	Jul 4(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	4.26	3	2	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.013	.03	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
14	91	77	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5			0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	4.24	2												2			0		0
15	92	78	Jul 6	SLB	@	DET	L,6-8	7-GF(8)	BS(1)	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.17	4.18	10	3	2	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.362	.04	-0.01%	-2.10	7b 12- 0 out a1	8b end d 3
16	93	82	Jul 13(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-8	9-GF(10)	L(0-7)	6	1.2	2	3	3	1	1	1	0	5.55	4.40	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.84	-0.227	.09	0.00%	-2.11	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 3
17	94	88	Jul 17(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.33	4.38	9	3	3	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.98	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
18	95	89	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	8-8		0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.29	4.37	3	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.50	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d1
19	96	91	Jul 20(1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	3-7		1	5.0	5	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.30	4.19	20	3	7	1	3	5		0	0	1	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.75	3b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d6
							2-17		W-L:0-7,BSv:1	3.2	56.0	58	34	33	27	19	4	2	5.30	4.19	244	1.17		5%	5%	58	43	3	67%	6	3	0	209	11	0	4	6	0	3	1.13	-1.445	2.77	-1.31%	-11.67

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