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: 11-19 / in Starts: 11-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1971 Pitching Game Log

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1971 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	162	3	Apr 8	CHC	@	HOU	L,3-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	7	6	6	7	6	0	0	11.57	4.38	27	3	9	5	1	2	25			0	0	0	20	4	0	2	1	0	0	.95	-0.261	1.26	-0.21%	-3.61	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d4
2	163	7	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-2)	3	6.0	6	4	4	1	1	2	0	8.44	5.83	25	11	9	3	0	3	44			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.221	.97	-0.16%	-1.55	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
3	164	11	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-3)	4	4.1	9	3	3	2	4	1	0	7.80	5.58	23	3	5	0	0	9	35			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.332	1.10	-0.24%	-2.34	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d1
4	165	16	Apr 23	CHC		NYM	L,6-7	GS-5		5	4.2	9	5	4	3	5	1	0	7.78	5.45	26	3	6	1	0	9	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.415	1.28	-0.27%	-2.90	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out d2
5	166	20	Apr 29	CHC		MON	L,6-7	GS-8		5	7.2	11	4	3	1	3	0	0	6.59	4.50	34	17	12	8	0	1	45			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.179	1.30	0.14%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
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
6	167	24	May 3	CHC	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(0-4)	3	10.2	9	3	3	5	11	0	0	5.45	3.74	45	14	14	7	1	1	70			0	0	0	39	5	0	2	1	1	0	1.62	-0.035	1.93	-0.03%	1.28	1b start a 1	11b 12- 2 out d1
7	168	28	May 8	CHC	@	MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	1	4.40	3.37	31	9	14	3	2	0	86			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.449	.83	0.25%	3.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
8	169	32	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	7	4	4	3	11	2	0	4.34	3.45	37	6	11	3	2	6	65			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	.65	0.135	.55	0.07%	-0.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	170	36	May 16 susp	CHC		SDP	W,6-4	GS-6	W(3-4)	3	6.0	5	3	3	2	6	0	0	4.35	3.26	26	10	6	1	2	2	54			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.046	1.14	-0.03%	-0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
10	171	39	May 20	CHC		SFG	L,7-8	GS-8		3	7.1	7	4	4	5	8	0	0	4.41	3.16	33	7	6	1	0	7	51			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.41	0.199	1.90	0.16%	1.03	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
11	172	44	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-7	L(3-5)	5	6.1	9	5	5	3	7	0	0	4.64	3.03	31	5	7	2	0	9	39			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.058	1.52	-0.04%	-0.70	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a1
12	173	48	May 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	GS-4	L(3-6)	3	3.2	11	8	8	0	5	2	0	5.33	3.21	23	6	1	0	0	11	12			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.292	.60	-0.13%	-5.53	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d7
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
13	174	52	Jun 3	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-6)	3	9.0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.79	3.13	30	10	10	1	2	0	89			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.753	.80	0.25%	3.71	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
14	175	54	Jun 5	CHC	@	ATL	L,4-6	11-GF(11)	BS(1)	1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.87	3.27	2	0	1	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.81	-0.678	4.56	-0.27%	-2.23	11b 12- 1 out a1	11b end d 2
15	176	57	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	SHO(12)	W(5-6)	2	12.0	9	0	0	0	12	0	0	4.29	2.94	44	18	7	2	0	7	96			1	0	0	44	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.68	1.087	1.20	0.47%	5.89	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
16	177	60	Jun 12	CHC		CIN	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-6)	3	6.1	3	1	1	2	4	1	0	4.12	3.01	24	7	10	1	2	1	65			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.208	.50	0.09%	1.54	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a4
17	178	64	Jun 16	CHC		ATL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(6-7)	3	4.2	7	5	0	1	2	0	0	3.95	2.98	22	7	9	4	0	3	41			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.39	-0.322	1.25	-0.18%	-2.86	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d4
18	179	68	Jun 20	CHC		STL	L,4-5	GS-8	L(6-8)	3	8.0	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.99	3.01	34	13	13	6	1	3	51			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.291	1.31	-0.21%	-0.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
19	180	72	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	W(7-8)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.78	2.94	35	11	11	1	2	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	0	0	.86	0.280	.63	0.12%	3.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	181	76	Jun 30	CHC		LAD	W,10-5	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	11	5	3	2	2	0	0	3.73	2.92	41	15	15	5	4	7	49			1	0	0	39	4	1	0	0	0	1	.82	0.013	.55	0.01%	-0.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
21	182	80	Jul 5	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	GS-6	L(8-9)	4	6.0	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.76	2.88	23	6	11	4	1	4	48			1	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.130	1.67	-0.12%	-0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
22	183	84	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	W(9-9)	2	9.0	10	2	2	2	7	0	0	3.66	2.80	37	12	11	4	2	5	64			0	0	0	35	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.71	0.398	1.74	0.24%	1.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
23	184	90	Jul 15	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	GS-3		6	3.0	5	6	5	2	3	2	0	3.87	2.96	17	3	5	1	0	4	28			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.356	.61	-0.18%	-4.53	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
24	185	94	Jul 19	CHC		MON	L,3-5	GS-6	L(9-10)	3	5.2	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.96	3.02	24	8	8	2	0	3	44			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.135	.40	-0.04%	-1.37	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
25	186	98	Jul 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(9-11)	3	8.0	10	4	4	4	7	1	0	3.99	3.06	36	11	5	0	2	9	49			0	1	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.153	.73	-0.07%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	187	102	Jul 27	CHC	@	MON	L,1-6	GS-6	L(9-12)	3	6.0	7	4	3	1	3	1	0	4.00	3.10	27	9	12	5	1	2	46			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	1	.65	-0.178	.44	-0.07%	-1.42	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
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
27	188	123	Aug 20(2)	CHC		HOU	W,5-4	GS-4		23	3.2	6	3	3	3	2	0	0	4.07	3.11	18	5	7	2	1	1	36			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.145	2.68	-0.17%	-1.14	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d3
28	189	134	Aug 31 susp	CHC		MON	L,2-11	GS-6	L(9-13)	10	5.0	5	6	6	2	1	0	1	4.26	3.13	21	10	5	2	1	2	32			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.27	-0.308	.71	-0.10%	-2.89	1t start tie	6t 1-3 0 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
29	190	141	Sep 6(2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-10	GS-5	L(9-14)	5	5.0	9	6	6	1	4	1	0	4.43	3.15	24	6	8	2	2	5	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	0	.88	-0.450	.04	-0.01%	-3.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
30	191	145	Sep 12	CHC		STL	L,0-4	GS-6	L(9-15)	5	6.0	10	4	4	2	3	1	0	4.48	3.20	28	8	5	1	0	10	37			1	2	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-1.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
							11-19		W-L:9-15,BSv:1	3.5	195.0	213	108	97	64	143	18	2	4.48	3.20	848	1.00		15%	6%	133	49	2	100%	11	5	0	771	39	7	7	16	5	8	1.09	-1.278	1.04	-0.74%	-17.52

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