Ken Holtzman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: November 3, 1945 in St. Louis, MO us

Died: April 14, 2024 in St. Louis, MO

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL).

High School: University City HS (University City, MO)

Schools: University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)

Debut: September 4, 1965 (Age 19-305d, 12,398th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 19, 1979 (Age 33-320d)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season

Full Name: Kenneth Dale Holtzman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.3

174

150

ERA

3.49

451

410

2867.1

1601

WHIP

1.289

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-19 / in Starts: 15-17
Longest Hitting Streak	1 game
Longest On Base Streak	1 game
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	55 (25-20-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	47 (24-15-7)

Most Driven In
J Hickman	3
R Santo	1
R Hundley	1
A Phillips	0

Most Driven In By
G Beckert	3
B Williams	1

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	50	5 (4)	Apr 16	CHC		CIN	L,8-9	3-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
2	51	7 (1)	Apr 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-5	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						P
3	52	10 (2)	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.70	-0.004	1.17	0.00%	-0.08	P
4	53	16 (5)	Apr 28 (2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.61	-0.048	1.14	-0.05%	-1.07	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	54	21 (4)	May 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.81	-0.019	1.35	-0.02%	-0.19	P
6	55	26 (4)	May 9	CHC		LAD	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.49	-0.034	2.76	-0.04%	-0.25	P
7	56	31 (4)	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.28	-0.020	.51	-0.02%	-0.21	P
8	57	36 (4)	May 18	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-7	GS-9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	.50	0.070	1.06	0.09%	0.25	P
9	58	41 (4)	May 24	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.43	-0.010	1.05	-0.02%	-0.08	P
10	59	44 (2)	May 29 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.79	-0.074	2.19	-0.12%	-1.42	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	60	48 (3)	Jun 2	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240	9	2.14	-0.143	5.57	-0.22%	-0.53	P
12	61	51 (2)	Jun 6	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.115	.231	9	.56	-0.013	1.11	-0.02%	-0.13	P
13	62	55 (3)	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.103	.103	.207	9	1.61	-0.147	2.34	-0.13%	-0.88	P
14	63	67 (11)	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.152	.152	.303	9	.60	-0.034	.46	-0.02%	-0.68	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
15	64	77 (9)	Jul 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	2.05	-0.103	.67	-0.02%	-0.87	P
16	65	83 (5)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.132	.263	9	.21	-0.015	.03	0.00%	-0.41	P
17	66	87 (3)	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.62	-0.029	.15	0.00%	-0.20	P
18	67	91 (3)	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.136	.136	.159	.295	9	1.54	0.058	.27	0.01%	-0.22	P
19	68	95 (3)	Jul 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.130	.152	.283	9	.73	-0.033	.25	-0.01%	-0.24	P
20	69	99 (3)	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.122	.122	.143	.265	9	1.19	-0.083	.23	-0.01%	-0.49	P
21	70	103 (3)	Jul 28 (2)	CHC		LAD	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.135	.250	9	.68	-0.052	.09	0.00%	-0.56	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	71	108 (4)	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.143	.268	9	.70	0.020	.11	0.00%	0.19	P
23	72	113 (4)	Aug 7	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.123	.140	.263	9	1.31	-0.034	.46	-0.01%	-0.28	P
24	73	117 (3)	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.150	.283	9	1.41	0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.13	P
25	74	121 (3)	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,0-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.133	.150	.283	9						P
26	75	126 (4)	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.127	.143	.270	9	.30	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.40	P
27	76	129 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		ATL	W,13-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.141	.266	9	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
28	77	131 (1)	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.121	.136	.258	9	1.50	-0.070	.02	0.00%	-0.44	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	78	140 (8)	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.119	.134	.254	9	.43	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.08	P
30	79	144 (3)	Sep 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.114	.114	.129	.243	9	.22	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
31	80	147 (2)	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.135	.149	.284	9	.53	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.26	P
32	81	150 (2)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.132	.145	.276	9	2.31	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
33	82	154 (3)	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.128	.141	.269	9	.75	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
34	83	158 (3)	Sep 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.138	.263	9	1.11	-0.049	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
35	84	161 (2)	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.136	.138	.273	9	1.33	0.036	.00	0.00%	0.20	P
							16-19		82	80	4	10	1	0	0	5	1	0	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.125	.136	.138	.273		.93	-0.936	.85	-0.61%	-9.78

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