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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Team Record in Appearances: 9-4 / in Starts: 8-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1972	ALCS g3	Oct 10	OAK	@	DET	L,0-3	GS-4	L(0-1)	6	4.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.50	2.90	17					4	5	0	0	4	46			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.092	31.00	-1.23%	-0.41	1b start tie	4b 3 out d2
2	1972	WS g1	Oct 14	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	3	5.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.00	2.95	22					7	4	0	1	5	49			0	0	1	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.115	78.31	-4.04%	-0.57	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a1
3	1972	WS g4	Oct 19	OAK		CIN	W,3-2	GS-8		4	7.2	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.58	28					16	7	2	1	4	66			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.42	0.415	91.01	14.83%	2.64	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out a1
4	1972	WS g7	Oct 22	OAK	@	CIN	W,3-2	8-8		2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.70	2.58	1					0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	-0.229	496.67	-24.50%	-1.11	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b -23 0 out a2
1973 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(1-0)	9	11.0	3	1	1	1	7	1	0	0.82	2.75	38					13	14	4	1	3	93			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	0.650	46.67	15.77%	4.00	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
6	1973	WS g1	Oct 13	OAK		NYM	W,2-1	GS-5	W(2-0)	3	5.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.13	3.00	21					7	6	1	0	3	54			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.164	61.11	4.76%	1.27	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
7	1973	WS g4	Oct 17	OAK	@	NYM	L,1-6	GS-1	L(2-1)	3	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	1	0	2.76	3.97	6					2	0	0	0	3	30			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.310	57.10	-10.52%	-3.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d3
8	1973	WS g7	Oct 21	OAK		NYM	W,5-2	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	5.1	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.49	3.40	21					4	7	1	1	5	57			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.169	118.57	15.64%	1.08	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a4
1974 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
9	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	OAK		BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.58	32					14	8	1	0	5	78			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	0.474	23.89	7.52%	3.86	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
10	1974	WS g1	Oct 12	OAK	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-5		5	4.1	7	1	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.58	21	71	41	13	3	6	4	0	1	6	48			0	0	1	19	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.45	0.023	75.67	0.55%	0.36	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out a1
11	1974	WS g4	Oct 16	OAK		LAD	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-0)	3	7.2	6	2	2	2	7	0	0	0.86	2.20	31	104	65	16	13	11	6	2	1	5	64			0	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.044	67.16	1.61%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
1975 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	1975	ALCS g1	Oct 4	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	6.1	5	4	2	1	4	0	0	2.84	1.80	27					12	6	0	2	4	54			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	2	.56	-0.035	17.57	-0.61%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d3
13	1975	ALCS g3	Oct 7	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-2)	2	4.2	7	4	3	0	3	0	0	4.09	1.59	21					5	6	0	0	7	39			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.051	23.90	-1.13%	-0.14	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
											70.1	61	22	18	18	39	2	0	2.30		286																			1

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