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: 19-15 / in Starts: 19-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	349	2	Apr 10	BAL		BOS	W,5-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	7	1	1	6	2	0	0	1.13	4.38	35	13	7	2	0	7	60			0	1	0	27	0	0	1	2	1	1	1.71	0.197	2.78	0.19%	2.33	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
2	350	7	Apr 18	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-10		7	10.0	4	1	1	4	2	0	0	1.00	3.86	37	13	14	1	0	4	78			1	1	1	31	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.51	0.608	1.89	0.46%	3.21	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
3	351	11	Apr 24	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS-7		5	7.0	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.08	3.67	26	11	8	1	0	4	64			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.296	.99	0.18%	2.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
4	352	14	Apr 28	BAL		CAL	W,4-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	1.32	3.49	38	18	6	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	35	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.249	1.06	0.14%	1.75	1t start tie	9t 3 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
5	353	18	May 4	BAL		CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(2-1)	5	9.0	8	3	1	1	4	0	1	1.26	3.26	37	13	10	2	0	8	66			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.055	.69	-0.03%	0.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
6	354	21	May 8	BAL		KCR	L,3-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	3	5.0	9	5	5	0	0	1	0	2.06	3.47	22	6	7	0	0	9	29			0	2	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.191	.80	-0.10%	-2.92	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d5
7	355	24	May 12	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-6	GS-2		3	1.2	5	5	5	3	1	0	0	2.90	3.58	12	2	1	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.381	1.34	-0.24%	-3.43	1b start tie	2b -2- 2 out d2
8	356	28	May 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,7-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.45	3.59	33	16	9	1	0	5	74			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.33	0.211	.55	0.21%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
9	357	33	May 23	BAL		DET	L,6-10	GS-6		6	5.2	12	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.80	3.53	30	5	9	1	0	12	29			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.28	-0.182	2.36	-0.20%	-1.89	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a1
10	358	38	May 27	BAL	@	DET	W,4-3	GS-8	W(4-2)	3	7.1	10	3	3	1	3	2	0	2.89	3.76	32	10	9	1	0	9	48			0	0	0	30	0	2	0	1	0	1	1.52	-0.069	2.28	-0.06%	-0.21	1b start a 2	8b 12- 1 out a1
11	359	42	May 31(1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(4-3)	3	8.0	13	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.05	3.94	39	9	12	2	0	13	37			0	1	0	35	0	2	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.165	1.69	-0.18%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 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
12	360	46	Jun 5	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.74	3.77	33	8	16	2	0	5	77			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.266	1.40	0.25%	2.75	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	361	51	Jun 9	BAL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	L(5-4)	3	9.0	10	4	4	5	3	0	0	2.86	3.76	40	13	9	2	0	10	49			0	0	0	34	5	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.054	.94	-0.04%	-0.25	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees
14	362	57	Jun 18	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS-8		8	7.1	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.83	3.69	29	8	10	0	3	9	52			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.074	3.49	-0.11%	0.73	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
15	363	62	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	L(5-5)	4	9.0	7	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.92	3.55	32	13	9	1	0	7	60			1	0	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.184	2.05	-0.35%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
16	364	68	Jun 28	NYY	@	DET	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(5-6)	4	8.0	6	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.10	3.70	32	15	8	2	0	6	51			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.071	1.39	-0.10%	-1.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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
17	365	72	Jul 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	GS-8	W(6-6)	4	7.1	10	3	2	1	2	1	0	3.06	3.73	33	12	8	2	0	10	49			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	1	.58	0.031	1.92	0.06%	0.01	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
18	366	78	Jul 8	NYY		CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(7-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.86	3.62	34	11	14	3	0	4	76			1	0	0	33	5	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.385	1.81	0.51%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	367	84	Jul 16	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-6)	7	9.0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2.69	3.62	33	21	9	2	0	0	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	0.492	1.81	0.48%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
20	368	88	Jul 20	NYY	@	CHW	W,14-9	GS-1		3	0.1	5	7	6	2	0	1	0	3.05	3.75	9	2	4	2	0	1	13			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	-0.415	1.21	-0.27%	-6.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d6
21	369	93	Jul 25	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.26	3.82	21	9	2	1	0	9	24			0	1	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.232	.56	-0.11%	-2.65	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
22	370	98	Jul 31(1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	L(8-7)	5	6.1	8	4	3	2	2	1	0	3.30	3.87	29	9	8	0	1	8	43			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.140	.73	-0.06%	-1.07	1b start a 1	7b 123 1 out d1
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
23	371	104	Aug 4(2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	W(9-7)	3	9.0	12	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.23	3.76	37	10	9	0	2	12	59			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	0.224	.67	0.11%	1.91	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a5
24	372	108	Aug 9	NYY	@	KCR	L,2-8	GS-4	L(9-8)	4	3.2	9	8	8	0	0	2	0	3.58	3.89	20	4	7	0	1	9	11			1	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	.51	-0.377	.63	-0.28%	-6.50	1b start tie	4b -2- 2 out d7
25	373	113	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.60	3.88	35	11	15	4	0	2	58			2	1	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.53	0.311	.82	0.10%	0.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	374	117	Aug 18	NYY		TEX	W,8-6	GS-2		3	1.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.82	3.87	12	4	0	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.390	.55	-0.15%	-5.25	1t start tie	2t 1-3 1 out d5
27	375	121	Aug 23	NYY		MIN	W,9-4	CG	W(11-8)	4	9.0	8	4	2	1	4	0	0	3.74	3.79	35	17	5	1	0	8	62			0	1	0	34	2	1	0	1	0	2	.89	-0.001	.62	0.00%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
28	376	126	Aug 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,4-5	GS-9		5	9.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.75	3.76	34	13	11	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.172	.19	-0.02%	-0.29	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
Sep/Oct				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	377	131	Sep 4(1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS-8	W(12-8)	5	7.2	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.70	3.77	36	11	12	2	0	9	47			1	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.49	-0.018	.19	0.00%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 1-3 2 out a1
30	378	137	Sep 9	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	CG	W(13-8)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.63	3.74	35	14	13	2	0	2	65			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.287	.02	0.00%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	379	142	Sep 13	NYY		DET	L,1-3	GS-8	L(13-9)	3	7.2	11	3	3	0	1	2	0	3.62	3.81	32	16	9	4	0	6	46			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	0	.95	-0.056	.03	0.00%	0.21	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out d2
32	380	148	Sep 20	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(13-10)	6	8.0	7	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.65	3.87	35	9	14	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
33	381	153	Sep 24(1)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(13-11)	3	8.0	7	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.64	3.89	34	13	8	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	.66	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
34	382	159	Oct 2(2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-11)	7	7.0	10	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.65	3.91	30	10	5	0	0	10	46			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.128	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
							19-15		W-L:14-11	4.3	246.2	265	108	100	70	66	18	1	3.65	3.91	1041	1.24		6%	1%	238	51		---%	13	11	1	953	45	12	2	25	6	14	1.00	0.029	1.11	0.38%	-2.20

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