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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-14 / in Starts: 25-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	64 (39-16-9)
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	60 (31-19-9)

Most Driven In
D Duncan	2
G Tenace	1
L Brown	1
M Epstein	1
T Cullen	1
B Odom	0
D Maxvill	0
Self	0

Most Driven In By
J Rudi	3
R Jackson	1
M Alou	1
Self	0

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	194	1	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.19	-0.047	1.87	-0.05%	-0.30	P
2	195	4 (2)	Apr 19 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.36	-0.026	.63	-0.03%	-0.59	P
3	196	6 (1)	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.77	-0.081	3.50	-0.10%	-0.69	P
4	197	9 (2)	Apr 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	.82	0.069	1.27	0.07%	0.45	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	198	12 (2)	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	9	.46	0.005	.73	0.01%	0.01	P
6	199	15 (2)	May 9 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	9	.35	0.040	.64	0.04%	1.99	P
7	200	19 (3)	May 13	OAK		BOS	L,6-9	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	9	1.03	-0.028	1.82	-0.03%	-0.33	P
8	201	23 (3)	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.286	.250	.536	9	.60	0.160	1.15	0.19%	1.23	P
9	202	27 (3)	May 21	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	9	.55	-0.028	1.09	-0.03%	-0.46	P
10	203	31 (3)	May 26	OAK		CHW	W,4-2	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.261	.553	9	1.22	0.001	3.32	0.00%	0.06	P
11	204	36 (4)	May 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.269	.240	.509	9	.77	-0.035	1.85	-0.05%	-0.23	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	205	39 (2)	Jun 3	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.233	.207	.440	9	1.00	-0.092	2.35	-0.13%	-0.69	P
13	206	44 (4)	Jun 7	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.257	.235	.492	9	.26	-0.003	.62	-0.01%	-0.31	P
14	207	47 (2)	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.237	.216	.453	9	1.14	-0.136	2.50	-0.18%	-0.96	P
15	208	51 (3)	Jun 16	OAK		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.286	.293	.578	9	.13	0.022	.32	0.03%	1.11	P
16	209	56 (4)	Jun 21	OAK		DET	L,2-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.273	.539	9	1.69	-0.122	3.91	-0.17%	-0.77	P
17	210	61 (4)	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-0	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.265	.292	.557	9	1.23	0.188	3.02	0.28%	0.24	P
18	211	66 (4)	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.265	.292	.557	9						P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	212	71 (4)	Jul 5	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.275	.320	.595	9	.72	0.042	1.65	0.06%	0.27	P
20	213	76 (4)	Jul 10	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.283	.327	.610	9	1.39	0.148	3.20	0.20%	0.73	P
21	214	81 (4)	Jul 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.255	.268	.309	.577	9	1.55	-0.189	3.76	-0.28%	-2.12	P
22	215	86 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.254	.293	.547	9	1.31	-0.093	2.14	-0.09%	-0.52	P
23	216	91 (4)	Jul 23	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	6-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.254	.293	.547	9						P
24	217	93 (1)	Jul 28	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.258	.295	.553	9	.87	0.006	1.94	0.01%	-0.11	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	218	98 (4)	Aug 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.242	.277	.519	9	.40	-0.038	.92	-0.05%	-0.77	P
26	219	102 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.235	.269	.504	9	1.42	-0.010	4.28	-0.02%	0.07	P
27	220	107 (4)	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.229	.261	.489	9	1.14	-0.050	6.86	-0.18%	-0.35	P
28	221	111 (3)	Aug 14	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.222	.254	.476	9	.65	-0.033	2.25	-0.07%	-0.38	P
29	222	115 (3)	Aug 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.222	.254	.476	9						P
30	223	118 (2)	Aug 23	OAK	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.222	.254	.476	9						P
31	224	121 (2)	Aug 27	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.222	.254	.476	9	2.09	-0.035	7.85	-0.08%	-0.30	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	225	125 (3)	Sep 1	OAK		DET	W,4-1	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.205	.216	.247	.463	9	1.02	-0.002	3.78	-0.01%	0.26	P
33	226	130 (4)	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.205	.234	.439	9	.23	-0.030	1.44	-0.11%	-1.10	P
34	227	134 (3)	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.203	.231	.433	9	.70	-0.016	2.44	-0.03%	-0.12	P
35	228	139 (4)	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,12-3	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.193	.202	.241	.443	9	.14	-0.014	.40	-0.03%	0.06	P
36	229	142 (2)	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	15-GF(15)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.200	.238	.438	5	6.18	-0.145	11.75	-0.17%	-0.36	PH
37	230	143	Sep 20	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.195	.233	.428	9	.44	-0.021	1.50	-0.04%	-0.25	P
38	231	148 (4)	Sep 27 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.191	.227	.418	9	.68	-0.031	.60	-0.02%	-0.19	P
39	232	153 (4)	Oct 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.187	.222	.409	9	1.69	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-0.74	P
40	233	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.187	.222	.409	4						P
							26-14		102	90	6	16	4	0	0	6	1	0	25	0	11	0	4	4	0	0	.178	.187	.222	.409		.88	-0.725	2.09	-1.05%	-6.17

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