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: 26-13 / in Starts: 25-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 1

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	192	1	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	GS-8		99	8.0	3	2	2	0	4	2	0	2.25	4.65	29	11	12	0	0	2	72			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	0.086	1.64	0.08%	0.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
2	193	4	Apr 19(1)	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	3.34	31	16	9	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.273	1.05	0.29%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
3	194	6	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	GS-4	L(1-1)	3	3.0	8	6	6	0	2	1	0	3.60	3.65	17	4	3	0	0	8	21			0	0	0	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.385	1.64	-0.46%	-4.39	1b start a 1	4b -2- 0 out d4
4	195	9	Apr 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	2.79	3.19	32	10	11	0	0	5	75			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.321	1.12	0.30%	2.38	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
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	196	12	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(3-1)	6	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.37	2.95	30	13	12	0	0	4	76			0	1	1	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.358	1.48	0.34%	2.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	197	15	May 9(1)	OAK		MIL	W,10-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	2	0	2.30	3.34	37	12	11	0	0	10	61			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.033	.59	0.04%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
7	198	19	May 13	OAK		BOS	L,6-9	GS-6	L(4-2)	3	6.0	11	6	5	0	5	1	0	2.89	3.29	29	13	7	3	0	4	33			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.25	-0.584	2.21	-0.62%	-3.79	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
8	199	23	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	SHO	W(5-2)	3	9.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.47	3.00	33	13	7	0	0	8	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.69	0.251	1.33	0.29%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
9	200	27	May 21	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS-6	W(6-2)	3	6.0	4	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.38	3.03	23	8	5	1	0	4	64			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.182	1.19	0.22%	1.30	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a3
10	201	31	May 26	OAK		CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.34	3.01	35	11	10	0	1	6	67			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	2	1	0	1.25	0.140	3.38	0.23%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
11	202	36	May 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-7	L(7-3)	3	7.0	6	3	2	2	5	1	2	2.36	3.14	29	10	4	1	0	6	58			2	1	1	23	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.20	-0.279	2.88	-0.40%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
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	203	39	Jun 3	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	2	1	0	2.32	3.19	34	13	10	1	0	8	62			0	2	0	32	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.38	0.256	3.23	0.36%	1.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	204	44	Jun 7	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	14	4	1	0	4	1	0	2.21	3.17	42	13	11	1	4	14	53			0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.143	1.78	-0.21%	-0.38	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
14	205	47	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(9-4)	3	8.0	4	3	3	4	4	1	0	2.29	3.27	30	11	7	2	0	4	62			0	0	0	25	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.41	-0.346	3.10	-0.46%	0.18	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
15	206	51	Jun 16	OAK		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-4)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	2.12	3.12	33	11	10	0	0	7	78			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	3	0	2	.46	0.181	1.12	0.26%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	207	56	Jun 21	OAK		DET	L,2-5	CG	L(10-5)	4	9.0	8	5	4	1	8	0	0	2.25	2.97	36	11	8	0	0	8	60			0	1	0	34	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.11	-0.224	2.58	-0.31%	-1.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	208	61	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-0	GS-8	W(11-5)	4	7.1	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.13	2.96	26	8	9	2	1	3	72			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.00	0.400	2.46	0.59%	2.56	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
18	209	66	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-1		3	0.0	6	5	5	0	0	1	1	2.46	3.08	7	0	0	0	0	6	18			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.399	3.48	-0.88%	-5.79	1b start tie	1b 123 0 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
19	210	71	Jul 5	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	GS-8	L(11-6)	4	8.0	11	4	4	3	3	2	1	2.57	3.26	36	7	14	3	4	8	44			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.248	1.73	-0.34%	-1.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
20	211	76	Jul 10	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	L(11-7)	4	8.0	6	3	3	3	11	1	0	2.62	3.22	32	9	6	3	0	3	66			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	-0.270	3.02	-0.37%	-0.06	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	212	81	Jul 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-2	GS-8	W(12-7)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	2	1	0	2.61	3.28	30	5	16	2	0	5	55			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.019	2.85	0.03%	0.28	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
22	213	86	Jul 20(1)	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(12-8)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.60	3.24	34	15	11	3	2	1	59			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.028	1.98	-0.03%	1.28	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	214	91	Jul 23	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	6-6	BW(13-8)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	3.24	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.103	3.50	0.12%	0.74	6b 1-3 0 out a1	6b 3 out tie
24	215	93	Jul 28	OAK		MIN	L,3-4	CG	L(13-9)	4	9.0	6	4	3	2	7	2	0	2.60	3.30	36	11	10	0	0	6	66			1	0	0	34	0	0	2	0	0	1	1.05	-0.222	2.35	-0.30%	-0.69	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
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
25	216	98	Aug 1	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	SHO	W(14-9)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.48	3.21	30	11	13	1	0	2	85			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.295	1.26	0.40%	3.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	217	102	Aug 6(1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS-8		4	8.0	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.47	3.24	29	7	14	3	0	3	69			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.088	3.10	0.16%	1.24	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
27	218	107	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	4	2	1	1	4	0	0	2.43	3.19	25	7	9	1	2	4	66			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	.79	-0.038	4.75	-0.14%	0.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
28	219	111	Aug 14	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS-5		3	4.1	10	2	2	0	2	1	0	2.46	3.21	21	4	5	0	0	10	37			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.26	-0.013	4.34	-0.03%	-0.81	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out a2
29	220	115	Aug 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-2	L(14-10)	5	2.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.57	3.23	10	0	4	1	0	3	37			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.237	3.20	-0.51%	-2.20	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
30	221	118	Aug 23	OAK	@	DET	L,5-7	GS-2	L(14-11)	2	1.1	4	5	5	2	1	0	0	2.77	3.24	10	1	2	0	0	4	25			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.277	5.07	-0.62%	-3.01	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d3
31	222	121	Aug 27	OAK		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	2.72	3.25	29	9	7	1	0	6	64			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.236	4.32	0.53%	1.57	1t start tie	7t 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
32	223	125	Sep 1	OAK		DET	W,4-1	GS-6	W(15-11)	4	5.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.70	3.25	23	10	4	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.030	3.73	0.07%	-0.10	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a3
33	224	130	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.63	3.21	34	16	7	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	1	.37	-0.006	2.36	-0.02%	2.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
34	225	134	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS-5		3	5.0	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.62	3.14	19	6	4	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	.90	0.060	3.13	0.13%	0.86	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
35	226	139	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,12-3	CG	W(17-11)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.63	3.10	36	14	9	0	0	7	63			0	0	0	33	1	2	0	0	1	0	.23	0.163	.66	0.28%	0.31	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
36	227	143	Sep 20	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	GS-6	W(18-11)	4	5.1	6	3	2	2	1	2	0	2.65	3.21	25	9	7	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	-0.202	3.55	-0.41%	-2.19	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a2
37	228	148	Sep 27(1)	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	GS-8		6	8.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.56	3.16	29	14	5	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.474	1.25	0.26%	2.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
38	229	153	Oct 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS-7	W(19-11)	3	7.0	4	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.53	3.18	29	8	12	1	0	4	62			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.180	.00	0.00%	1.68	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
39	230	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.51	3.15	6	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.73	6b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
							26-13		W-L:19-11,BSv:1	3.5	265.1	232	83	74	52	134	23	4	2.51	3.15	1058	1.16		5%	2%	207	59	2	50%	10	5	3	981	32	6	6	30	8	11	.93	0.367	2.24	-1.14%	15.28

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