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: 5-13 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 2

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 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	383	7	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-9		99	8.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	0	2.25	3.49	28	16	5	2	0	5	62			0	2	0	24	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.57	0.424	2.10	0.34%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a2
2	384	12	Apr 21	NYY		TOR	W,8-6	GS-8	W(1-0)	4	7.2	11	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.02	3.89	31	9	8	1	0	11	38			1	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.024	.72	0.01%	-0.31	1t start tie	8t -2- 2 out a3
3	385	17	Apr 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	12	6	5	3	1	1	0	4.76	4.42	35	15	7	3	0	9	29			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	2	0	1	.75	-0.319	1.16	-0.29%	-2.67	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
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
4	386	21	May 1	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	GS-7	W(2-1)	4	6.0	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.40	4.20	26	8	5	0	0	10	43			0	1	2	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	0.091	1.68	0.08%	0.62	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
5	387	27	May 11	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	GS-7	L(2-2)	9	6.1	6	5	4	2	2	0	0	4.63	4.00	26	10	6	0	0	6	43			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.43	-0.123	2.52	-0.13%	-0.41	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out d1
6	388	32	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	GS-1	L(2-3)	4	0.1	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	5.35	4.07	7	2	0	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.335	2.21	-0.37%	-4.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d4
7	389	40	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS-4		7	3.2	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	5.77	4.38	18	6	3	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	-0.245	1.93	-0.30%	-2.32	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d3
8	390	44	May 28	NYY		CHW	L,4-9	4-8		3	4.1	10	3	3	1	1	1	1	5.82	4.61	21	3	5	0	1	10		2	2	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	2	0	0	.21	-0.085	.37	-0.09%	-2.41	4t 12- 1 out d4	8t -2- 2 out d6
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
9	391	50	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-9	4-6		5	2.1	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	6.11	4.64	14	6	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	.22	-0.078	.43	-0.09%	-2.12	4b 1-3 1 out d3	6b -2- 2 out d3
10	392	59	Jun 12	NYY		MIN	L,1-6	8-GF		8	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.85	4.52	8	3	2	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.005	.09	0.01%	1.00	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
11	393	68	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11	GS-6		9	5.1	9	6	6	1	2	2	0	6.28	4.81	25	6	7	0	3	9	27			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	.79	-0.142	1.42	-0.15%	-2.51	1b start a 3	6b -2- 1 out a2
12	394	74	Jun 28(2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS-9		5	8.1	6	1	1	3	1	1	0	5.58	4.86	32	12	10	1	0	6	65			0	1	0	27	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.32	0.328	2.87	0.43%	2.64	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out tie
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
13	395	79	Jul 3(2)	NYY		DET	L,6-10	GS-3		4	2.0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.40	4.89	13	3	4	1	0	4	40			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	-0.228	2.84	-0.40%	-2.38	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
14	396	88	Jul 13	NYY	@	MIL	L,8-9	6-7		9	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.65	4.87	9	2	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.16	-0.040	.44	-0.06%	-1.99	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d6
15	397	90	Jul 15	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	4.83	4	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.13	0.01%	0.52	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
16	398	114	Aug 13	NYY		CAL	L,5-6	GS-3		28	2.1	6	4	3	0	1	0	0	5.77	4.73	13	4	2	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.211	2.39	-0.27%	-2.07	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out a1
17	399	128	Aug 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-8	9-GF		13	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.68	4.72	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.05	0.00%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
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
18	400	142	Sep 10	NYY		TOR	L,3-19	8-GF		13	2.0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.78	4.66	9	4	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-2.00	8t --- 0 out d13	9t end d16
							5-13		W-L:2-3	5.4	71.2	105	55	46	24	14	7	1	5.78	4.66	323	1.56		5%	4%	102	40	4	100%	3	8	2	290	16	2	2	12	2	4	.88	-0.930	1.52	-1.28%	-17.64

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