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

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: 16-18 / in Starts: 15-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1968 Pitching Game Log

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1968 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	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	ATL	L,3-5	8-8	H(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	11.39	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.004	2.35	0.01%	0.01	8b --- 1 out a1	8b 1-- 2 out a1
2	51	10	Apr 21	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	2	4.0	7	5	5	2	0	1	0	10.38	7.46	20	6	4	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.386	1.82	-0.39%	-3.39	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d2
3	52	16	Apr 28(2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	W(1-1)	6	7.1	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	4.63	4.27	28	6	14	3	3	3	63			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	.81	0.248	1.51	0.28%	1.38	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out a3
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
4	53	21	May 4	CHC	@	NYM	L,3-7	GS-3		5	2.2	3	2	2	4	2	0	1	5.02	4.69	15	1	4	0	0	3	42			0	1	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.075	2.49	-0.07%	-0.55	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out a1
5	54	26	May 9	CHC		LAD	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	3	3	3	1	6	2	0	5.12	4.97	19	7	3	1	1	2	54			0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.153	1.01	-0.17%	-0.97	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
6	55	31	May 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-2)	3	7.1	9	1	1	1	6	0	0	4.05	3.92	31	8	7	1	1	9	61			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.108	1.58	0.12%	0.75	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a4
7	56	36	May 18	CHC	@	SFG	W,10-7	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.2	15	7	7	1	4	1	0	4.84	3.77	42	10	12	0	0	15	29			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	1	1	1	.45	0.126	.94	0.16%	-3.82	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a3
8	57	41	May 24	CHC		SFG	L,2-4	GS-6	L(3-3)	5	5.0	7	4	4	4	3	0	0	5.13	3.75	26	8	4	0	0	7	36			1	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.201	2.58	-0.30%	-2.92	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out d4
9	58	44	May 29(1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	2	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.56	3.56	33	14	6	0	2	2	76			0	1	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	0.031	2.63	0.05%	1.42	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
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
10	59	48	Jun 2	CHC	@	HOU	W,3-2	GS-11		3	10.0	6	2	1	3	5	0	0	3.94	3.35	39	12	13	1	5	6	76			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	0.104	2.64	0.16%	0.75	1b start tie	11b 12- 0 out tie
11	60	51	Jun 6	CHC		NYM	L,3-5	GS-5	L(4-4)	3	4.1	8	5	5	4	8	2	0	4.38	3.63	25	4	1	0	1	8	31			2	0	0	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	.86	-0.347	1.71	-0.41%	-3.84	1t start tie	5t --3 1 out d4
12	61	55	Jun 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	3	7.0	8	3	0	2	4	0	0	3.95	3.47	30	10	6	1	2	8	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.74	-0.190	2.53	-0.17%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
13	62	67	Jun 23(1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS-7		12	6.0	7	5	5	2	3	1	0	4.23	3.56	25	4	9	0	2	7	39			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.154	.62	-0.07%	-1.53	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a4
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
14	63	77	Jul 3	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	GS-7	L(5-5)	9	7.0	8	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.20	3.31	30	3	11	3	2	7	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.132	.19	-0.03%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
15	64	83	Jul 7(1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	GS-9		3	8.2	7	4	4	1	5	1	0	4.19	3.28	33	12	10	2	2	5	58			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.208	.13	0.02%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a2
16	65	87	Jul 12	CHC	@	NYM	L,0-4	GS-6	L(5-6)	4	5.2	7	3	3	1	6	1	1	4.22	3.30	26	5	6	1	1	7	48			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.105	.17	-0.02%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
17	66	91	Jul 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.2	5	3	1	4	7	0	0	3.97	3.21	36	13	8	1	0	4	69			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.244	.26	0.03%	1.15	1b start tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
18	67	95	Jul 20	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-7)	3	6.0	6	3	2	1	4	1	0	3.91	3.24	26	10	6	0	3	5	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.62	-0.183	.21	-0.04%	-0.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
19	68	99	Jul 24	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.62	3.12	35	12	8	0	0	7	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.60	0.550	.32	0.07%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	69	103	Jul 28(2)	CHC		LAD	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-7)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	10	0	0	3.38	2.94	31	9	8	1	0	3	88			2	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	0.665	.24	0.06%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 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
21	70	108	Aug 2	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-7)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.16	2.88	33	10	14	0	3	2	86			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	.91	0.370	.14	0.04%	3.39	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
22	71	113	Aug 7	CHC	@	ATL	L,2-10	GS-4	L(8-8)	4	4.0	5	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.32	2.91	19	6	6	2	3	5	34			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	.84	-0.287	.30	-0.06%	-2.47	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
23	72	117	Aug 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS-7		3	6.1	8	3	3	3	3	2	0	3.36	3.08	28	7	7	1	0	8	45			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.01	-0.233	.12	-0.02%	-1.48	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out a2
24	73	121	Aug 15	CHC		STL	L,0-8	GS-1	L(8-9)	3	0.1	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	3.59	3.10	6	0	1	0	1	4	27			0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.369	.41	-0.07%	-4.20	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
25	74	126	Aug 19	CHC		ATL	W,5-1	CG	W(9-9)	3	9.0	12	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.45	3.04	38	12	12	1	3	10	61			0	1	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.203	.01	0.00%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	75	129	Aug 21(2)	CHC		ATL	W,13-5	7-GF	S(1)	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3.38	3.02	11	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.077	.01	0.00%	1.22	7t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 8
27	76	131	Aug 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-5	GS-7	L(9-10)	2	7.0	6	4	2	6	5	0	2	3.35	3.08	33	11	3	0	0	6	52			0	2	0	23	0	1	1	2	0	2	.87	-0.251	.01	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
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
28	77	140	Sep 2(1)	CHC		SFG	L,4-8	GS-4	L(9-11)	8	3.0	5	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.39	3.06	16	2	4	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-2.11	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d2
29	78	144	Sep 4(2)	CHC		SFG	L,4-5	GS-8		1	7.1	6	3	3	3	8	0	0	3.41	3.00	28	8	3	0	0	6	59			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	3	1	0	.93	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.44	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
30	79	147	Sep 8	CHC		PHI	W,10-3	CG	W(10-11)	3	9.0	8	3	3	3	6	1	0	3.39	3.02	36	8	12	2	0	7	62			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.34	0.149	.00	0.00%	0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
31	80	150	Sep 13(1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-12)	4	7.0	4	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.31	3.07	28	14	4	1	0	3	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.115	.00	0.00%	1.66	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
32	81	154	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	GS-7	L(10-13)	3	7.0	6	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.33	3.13	29	11	6	0	2	4	53			2	1	0	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	.81	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-0.34	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
33	82	158	Sep 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-6	L(10-14)	4	5.1	7	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.42	3.16	26	7	3	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.199	.00	0.00%	-1.62	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d2
34	83	161	Sep 27	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	W(11-14)	4	7.0	2	1	1	1	6	1	0	3.35	3.15	24	8	7	2	0	2	74			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
							16-18		W-L:11-14,Sv:1,Hld:1	3.7	215.0	201	89	80	76	151	17	6	3.35	3.15	907	1.18		5%	8%	185	54	0	---%	9	6	0	810	31	8	7	24	2	10	.95	-0.173	.75	-0.83%	-6.23

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