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: 24-16 / in Starts: 24-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	231	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,2-4	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	6	4	2	1	6	1	0	2.00	3.01	36	14	9	3	0	6	68			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	0	1	2	.60	-0.125	.81	-0.10%	0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
2	232	7	Apr 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	4	1	1	5	6	0	0	1.50	2.95	33	7	11	3	4	4	76			0	1	0	27	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.50	0.741	1.75	0.52%	3.47	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
3	233	11	Apr 20	OAK		CAL	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	6	2	0	2.00	3.57	33	10	9	2	0	6	67			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.03	0.032	1.14	0.02%	1.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	234	15	Apr 24	OAK		CLE	W,4-0	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1.56	3.20	30	11	8	4	1	6	70			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.395	.91	0.21%	3.22	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
5	235	19	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(3-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	1	0	1.65	3.18	36	10	14	1	3	8	67			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	2	.80	0.180	.79	0.11%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	236	22	May 2	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG(10)	W(4-2)	3	10.0	6	3	2	3	8	0	1	1.68	2.99	41	11	12	1	3	6	75			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	0.222	1.23	0.12%	1.63	1b start a 1	10b 3 out a4
7	237	25	May 6(1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,12-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.44	2.77	32	9	13	2	1	5	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.27	0.112	.22	0.06%	4.39	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a12
8	238	29	May 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,17-2	GS-7	W(6-2)	3	7.0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.29	2.77	23	13	5	3	1	3	69			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	.41	0.117	.49	0.09%	2.18	1b start a 5	7b 3 out a7
9	239	33	May 14	OAK		CHW	W,5-1	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	1.26	2.74	32	13	7	3	2	3	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.296	1.07	0.30%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	240	37	May 18	OAK		KCR	W,5-4	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	8	4	3	4	3	1	0	1.44	2.94	40	15	10	3	2	8	56			0	0	0	36	2	1	0	1	0	2	1.34	0.165	2.11	0.16%	0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	241	41	May 22	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	1.30	2.86	34	10	12	2	1	7	74			1	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.00	0.343	1.26	0.26%	3.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
12	242	44	May 26	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-6		3	5.2	6	5	5	3	5	1	0	1.67	2.96	26	6	6	2	0	6	39			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	-0.345	1.73	-0.28%	-2.07	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d2
13	243	48	May 31	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS-8	W(10-2)	4	7.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	2.91	23	9	12	1	1	1	77			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.219	.40	0.14%	3.43	1b start a 3	8b --- 1 out a6
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
14	244	52	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	L,0-2	GS-8	L(10-3)	3	7.1	8	2	2	2	3	1	0	1.62	3.00	30	9	8	0	3	8	55			0	1	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.10	0.129	1.32	0.09%	1.49	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
15	245	56	Jun 9	OAK		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-3)	4	9.0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.50	2.88	29	10	11	3	3	2	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.412	.70	0.24%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	246	59	Jun 13	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	GS-5	L(11-4)	3	4.0	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	1.66	2.85	22	4	6	1	0	11	29			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.224	2.05	-0.20%	-2.15	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d2
17	247	63	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GS-9	L(11-5)	3	8.0	12	4	4	1	3	1	0	1.83	2.91	37	16	6	1	0	11	44			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.101	1.31	-0.10%	-1.71	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out d3
18	248	67	Jun 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(11-6)	3	8.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	1.85	2.85	32	10	7	2	0	7	64			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	0.061	2.32	0.08%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
19	249	72	Jun 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-3	L(11-7)	3	3.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.99	2.87	14	4	3	1	0	4	38			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.183	2.18	-0.22%	-1.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
20	250	76	Jun 29	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(11-8)	3	9.0	9	4	3	1	3	1	0	2.05	2.91	38	12	13	4	2	9	57			1	1	0	36	0	0	0	0	1	2	.83	-0.098	2.40	-0.17%	0.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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	251	81	Jul 3	OAK		CAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	1	12	0	0	1.94	2.77	31	6	7	1	1	5	88			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.463	2.51	0.81%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
22	252	85	Jul 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(13-8)	3	7.1	9	4	4	3	1	1	0	2.07	2.88	31	13	5	2	0	9	42			1	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.37	-0.132	3.42	-0.20%	-0.72	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 1 out a1
23	253	90	Jul 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,13-4	GS-7	W(14-8)	5	6.1	8	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.09	2.94	27	9	8	3	1	8	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.24	0.035	3.71	0.06%	0.37	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a1
24	254	95	Jul 18	OAK		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(14-9)	4	8.1	11	5	5	6	5	2	0	2.24	3.11	40	10	8	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.153	2.35	-0.29%	-1.05	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out d2
25	255	98	Jul 22	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(15-9)	3	9.0	12	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.23	3.06	37	10	10	3	0	12	58			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.09	0.241	3.47	0.46%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	256	100	Jul 26(2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,5-7	GS-8		3	7.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	1	2.32	3.11	31	8	11	1	1	8	48			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.020	3.97	0.04%	-0.13	1b start a 1	8b --- 2 out a1
27	257	106	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(16-9)	4	11.0	9	3	3	2	7	0	1	2.33	3.06	45	14	12	1	1	9	72			1	0	0	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.316	4.28	0.74%	2.00	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
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
28	258	110	Aug 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(17-9)	3	7.1	5	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.33	3.03	28	13	6	0	0	5	62			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.223	2.68	0.43%	2.14	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a3
29	259	114	Aug 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-8	L(17-10)	3	7.1	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.37	3.07	31	6	13	1	1	9	49			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	1	.90	0.068	2.94	0.13%	0.86	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d1
30	260	117	Aug 12	OAK	@	NYY	W,13-12	GS-4		3	3.0	9	6	6	1	2	0	0	2.57	3.06	19	4	3	0	1	9	18			0	0	0	18	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.421	3.56	-0.79%	-4.00	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 0 out d1
31	261	121	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(18-10)	4	8.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.56	3.09	30	10	9	1	1	6	63			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	0.298	4.30	0.62%	1.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
32	262	125	Aug 21	OAK		DET	L,4-6	GS-5	L(18-11)	3	4.0	9	5	3	0	2	0	1	2.63	3.08	22	8	2	1	0	9	30			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.381	2.57	-0.65%	-3.79	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d3
33	263	129	Aug 26	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-11)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.54	3.06	31	8	16	0	6	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.678	3.01	1.01%	4.09	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	264	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-7	GS-3		4	2.2	8	7	6	1	3	1	0	2.72	3.09	16	3	1	0	1	8	18			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.474	3.85	-1.29%	-5.81	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
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
35	265	137	Sep 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-8	W(20-11)	3	7.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.72	3.08	30	8	9	1	1	5	61			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.273	4.20	0.46%	1.67	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a2
36	266	141	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-5		3	4.0	6	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.78	3.14	21	6	2	0	1	6	37			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.406	1.76	-0.39%	-3.00	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out tie
37	267	145	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,0-5	GS-8	L(20-12)	3	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	2	0	2.86	3.21	34	13	8	1	2	7	46			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	-0.221	.76	-0.17%	-1.37	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
38	268	149	Sep 17	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	GS-12		4	12.0	8	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.80	3.18	47	12	17	0	2	8	80			0	1	0	41	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.71	0.564	.48	0.10%	3.45	1t start tie	12t 3 out tie
39	269	154	Sep 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-8	GS-2	L(20-13)	3	1.1	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	2.94	3.19	10	1	2	0	1	6	21			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.41	-0.303	.02	0.00%	-3.95	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
40	270	161	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,7-5	GS-7	W(21-13)	7	7.0	6	4	3	0	6	1	0	2.97	3.18	28	5	11	0	1	6	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.82	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							24-16		W-L:21-13	3.5	297.1	275	109	98	66	157	22	4	2.97	3.18	1210	1.08		8%	7%	271	57		---%	6	11	1	1131	31	10	5	28	4	19	1.02	3.069	2.00	2.41%	25.67

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