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: 23-16 / in Starts: 22-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	310	2	Apr 9	OAK		CHW	L,5-7	GS-8		99	7.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.86	2.73	32	10	6	0	0	9	48			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.090	1.52	0.09%	1.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a4
2	311	6	Apr 14	OAK	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.2	6	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.87	3.10	34	14	12	1	3	4	62			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.46	0.422	2.88	0.50%	2.01	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
3	312	9	Apr 18	OAK		MIN	L,4-5	GS-8	L(1-1)	3	7.1	8	5	2	3	2	0	0	2.74	3.15	33	8	12	1	1	8	47			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.47	-0.361	2.68	-0.40%	-1.62	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out d1
4	313	14	Apr 22	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	CG	L(1-2)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	4	0	1	2.25	2.93	34	11	11	1	0	6	72			0	2	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	1	.86	0.190	1.68	0.22%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
5	314	18	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-3)	3	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.03	2.74	30	11	8	1	0	6	69			2	1	1	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.201	1.78	0.27%	2.53	1b start tie	8b 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	315	22	May 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-7		6	6.0	5	3	3	4	3	1	1	2.35	3.20	29	10	6	2	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.59	-0.311	3.15	-0.37%	-1.55	1b start a 1	7b -23 0 out tie
7	316	24	May 6	OAK		CAL	W,5-3	GS-7		2	6.1	4	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.41	3.10	24	11	2	0	0	3	59			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.163	2.37	0.21%	1.78	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a1
8	317	28	May 10	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	L(1-4)	3	9.0	9	3	3	4	1	0	0	2.49	3.19	36	10	12	1	0	9	54			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	2	1	0	.73	0.013	1.41	0.02%	1.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
9	318	31	May 13	OAK		BOS	W,9-5	5-5	W(2-4)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.48	3.15	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.90	0.051	3.63	0.06%	0.35	5t --3 2 out tie	5t 3 out tie
10	319	33	May 17	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(3-4)	3	9.0	5	1	0	6	3	0	0	2.17	3.25	36	15	7	1	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.259	1.82	0.32%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
11	320	37	May 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	3	6.1	7	7	7	4	2	2	0	2.81	3.64	31	9	9	0	0	7	29			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.253	1.83	-0.29%	-3.89	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d5
12	321	42	May 26	OAK		BAL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	5.0	6	4	4	4	0	0	0	3.07	3.72	25	4	11	1	0	6	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.051	2.29	-0.06%	-1.27	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a2
13	322	46	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,1-4	GS-3	L(3-6)	4	2.2	4	3	3	3	1	2	0	3.30	4.08	14	4	2	0	0	4	36			0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.202	1.47	-0.28%	-2.01	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d3
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	323	50	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(4-6)	3	8.0	6	3	2	5	7	0	1	3.21	3.99	37	12	6	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	.46	0.085	.99	0.11%	0.75	1t start tie	8t 3 out a8
15	324	53	Jun 8	OAK		DET	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-6)	3	9.0	1	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.92	3.76	28	12	7	1	0	1	91			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.478	1.66	0.66%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	325	58	Jun 13	OAK	@	DET	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	5	5	5	2	7	2	0	3.18	3.86	25	4	7	0	0	5	47			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.204	1.99	-0.29%	-2.04	1b start a 3	6b 3 out tie
17	326	62	Jun 17(2)	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS-6	W(6-6)	3	5.1	10	6	6	3	3	1	0	3.50	3.94	29	8	5	1	1	10	24			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.403	3.11	-0.74%	-3.97	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
18	327	66	Jun 21	OAK		KCR	L,1-4	CG	L(6-7)	3	9.0	7	4	2	5	4	2	0	3.39	4.11	38	13	9	3	2	7	60			1	1	1	33	1	0	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.140	3.32	-0.32%	0.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
19	328	71	Jun 25	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	CG	W(7-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	6	4	0	0	3.23	4.08	38	11	10	0	3	7	67			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.236	1.61	0.39%	3.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
20	329	74	Jun 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	3	6.2	2	1	1	4	1	0	1	3.14	4.11	27	7	12	2	0	2	63			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.191	2.23	0.24%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
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	330	79	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.95	3.99	31	9	9	1	1	4	82			1	2	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.391	1.57	0.50%	4.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
22	331	83	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,15-5	GS-7	W(10-7)	3	6.2	10	5	5	1	4	1	0	3.11	3.98	31	12	4	0	0	10	37			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.006	1.39	-0.01%	-1.14	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a9
23	332	87	Jul 13	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	6.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.16	4.00	25	9	5	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.006	1.39	0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out a1
24	333	88	Jul 17	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	GS-6	W(12-7)	3	5.0	4	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.22	4.03	23	5	8	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	.97	-0.096	1.32	-0.08%	-1.01	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a3
25	334	93	Jul 21	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-5	L(12-8)	3	4.0	9	6	5	1	1	1	0	3.42	4.08	23	8	4	0	0	9	22			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.316	.77	-0.17%	-3.81	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d4
26	335	98	Jul 25	OAK		CHW	W,8-6	GS-6		3	5.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.47	4.04	22	10	5	0	0	7	41			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.14	-0.162	1.17	-0.10%	-2.13	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d3
27	336	104	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	W,1-0	GS-9	W(13-8)	4	8.1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.31	3.94	30	11	9	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.350	1.35	0.19%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 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
28	337	108	Aug 4	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-12	GS-6	L(13-9)	4	5.2	7	6	6	7	5	0	1	3.50	3.98	32	7	5	0	0	7	29			1	0	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.249	.57	-0.13%	-3.64	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d6
29	338	113	Aug 8	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	GS-8	W(14-9)	3	7.1	5	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.42	3.91	27	11	7	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.012	1.43	0.01%	1.10	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
30	339	117	Aug 12	OAK		NYY	L,2-7	GS-4	L(14-10)	3	3.0	8	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.50	3.90	17	5	2	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.243	1.56	-0.22%	-2.94	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d3
31	340	121	Aug 16	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	GS-8		3	7.1	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.42	3.91	30	8	8	4	0	4	68			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.227	1.96	0.25%	1.87	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out tie
32	341	126	Aug 21	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	W(15-10)	4	9.0	6	2	1	4	3	0	0	3.32	3.88	35	4	18	6	0	6	68			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.93	0.268	1.84	0.32%	2.31	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
33	342	132	Aug 28	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(15-11)	6	8.0	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3.32	3.92	29	6	15	1	0	3	64			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.223	.83	-0.09%	0.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
34	343	137	Sep 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(15-12)	4	7.1	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.37	3.88	30	9	11	0	0	8	46			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.040	.65	0.01%	-0.11	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d3
35	344	142	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	W,8-2	CG	W(16-12)	5	9.0	5	2	2	5	5	1	0	3.32	3.91	36	8	14	2	2	4	69			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.103	3.90	0.25%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
36	345	147	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-5	GS-6	W(17-12)	4	5.2	3	3	2	3	3	0	0	3.32	3.89	23	6	8	2	2	3	53			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.049	.58	-0.01%	-0.29	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a1
37	346	151	Sep 17	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(17-13)	3	8.0	5	3	1	1	6	0	1	3.25	3.82	33	11	9	2	0	5	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	1	1	3	.84	-0.022	.06	0.00%	0.91	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
38	347	156	Sep 22	OAK		MIN	L,1-2	CG	L(17-14)	4	9.0	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	3.17	3.77	31	10	16	0	6	3	77			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	1	1	.75	0.150	.00	0.00%	2.22	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	348	161	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	GS-5	W(18-14)	4	5.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.14	3.75	21	10	6	0	0	3	55			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	2	1.19	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.34	1t start tie	5t 3 out tie
							23-16		W-L:18-14	3.5	266.1	217	111	93	108	122	16	7	3.14	3.75	1110	1.08		6%	3%	213	55	1	0%	18	13	3	979	39	4	1	14	8	18	.96	0.643	1.68	1.05%	12.42

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