Ken Burkhart

Kenneth William Burkhart
born Kenneth William Burkhardt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1945
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1945-1949

Final Game: September 25, 1949
Died: December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	21	STL-min	D	43	95	95		16	0	1	0					.168	.168	.189	.358		18					NIB · EVAN
1939	22	STL-min	C	39	86	86		24	2	1	0					.279	.279	.326	.605		28					SPG · WA
1940	23	STL-min	B	34	85	85		21	1	0	0					.247	.247	.259	.506		22					AVL · PIED
1941	24	SYR	AA	32	61	57	5	11	3	0	0	1	0	4	17	.193	.246	.246	.492		14		0	0		SYR · IL
1942	25	STL-min	AA	21	27	23	1	6	1	0	1	2	0	3	4	.261	.346	.435	.781		10	1	0	1		CLB · AA
1943	26	STL-min	AA	31	78	68	6	17	2	0	0	8	0	6	18	.250	.311	.279	.590		19	0	0	4		CLB · AA
1944	27	STL-min	AA	33	97	91	10	22	2	1	1	9	0	4	11	.242	.274	.319	.592		29	4	0	2		CLB · AA
1945	28	STL	NL	42	82	72	5	13	2	0	0	5	0	4	14	.181	.244	.208	.452	25	15	2	2	4	1
1946	29	STL	NL	25	35	34	2	5	1	1	0	3	0	1	8	.147	.171	.235	.407	13	8	1	0	0	1
1947	30	STL	NL	34	26	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250	-35	3	0	0	2	1
1948	31	TOT	NL	37	14	13	3	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	3	.308	.357	.615	.973	159	8	0	0	0	1
1948	31	STL	NL	21	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	94	2	0	0	0	1
1948	31	CIN	NL	16	10	9	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.333	.400	.667	1.067	188	6	0	0	0	1
1949	32	CIN-min	AAA	16	36	34	2	11	0	0	0	4	0	1	8	.324	.343	.324	.666		11		0	1		SYR · IL
1949	32	CIN	NL	11	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2	0	0	0	1
1950	33	CIN-min	AAA	36	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.053	.100	.053	.153		1		0	1		SYR · IL
1951	34	OLD	AAA	18	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629		1		0	0		OLD · PCL
5 Yrs				149	164	150	11	27	4	1	1	11	0	6	31	.180	.222	.240	.462	26	36	3	2	6
162 Game Avg.				162	178	163	12	29	4	1	1	12	0	7	34	.180	.222	.240	.462	26	39	3	2	7

STL (4 yrs)				122	147	134	10	22	4	1	0	9	0	5	30	.164	.206	.209	.415	13	28	3	2	6
CIN (2 yrs)				27	17	16	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.313	.353	.500	.853	129	8	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1945	28	STL	NL	42	82	-8	0	0	0	7	-0	-0.0	2	2	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$	1
1946	29	STL	NL	25	35	-4	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1947	30	STL	NL	34	26	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1948	31	STL	NL	21	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1948	31	CIN	NL	16	10	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.513	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1949	32	CIN	NL	11	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
5 Seasons				149	164	-16	0	0	0	16	-0	-0.0	5	5	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.0	5	$

STL (4 yrs)				122	147	-17	0	0	0	14	-3	-0.3	5	2	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	0.0	2	$
CIN (2 yrs)				27	17	1	0	0	0	2	2	0.3	1	3	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1945	28	STL	NL	82	65	3	1.2	99	.224	.181	.277	.244	.347	.208	.382	.452	.729	25	.094	-7.5	-0.8	.344	.083	.028
1946	29	STL	NL	35	30	1	0.9	96	.192	.147	.267	.171	.343	.235	.374	.407	.717	13	.059	-4.2	-0.4	.300	.118	.088
1947	30	STL	NL	26	23	0	0.0	109	.167	.125	.279	.125	.355	.125	.413	.250	.768	-35	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.143	.000	.000
1948	31	TOT	NL	14	9	3	8.8	102	.333	.308	.269	.357	.343	.615	.398	.973	.740	159	.779	1.0	0.1	1.000	.385	.308	.0
1948	31	STL	NL	4	3	1	8.8	107	.500	.250	.276	.250	.351	.500	.408	.750	.760	94	.779	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.250
1948	31	CIN	NL	10	6	2	8.8	99	.286	.333	.265	.400	.339	.667	.393	1.067	.732	188	.779	1.0	0.1	1.167	.444	.333	.0
1949	32	CIN	NL	7	5	1	5.4	105	.286	.286	.272	.286	.345	.286	.406	.571	.752	53	.571	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.000	.000
5 Yrs				164	132	8	1.6	100	.220	.180	.274	.222	.347	.240	.388	.462	.735	26	.143	-16.0	-1.6	.349	.100	.060	.0
162 Game Avg.				178	144	9	1.6	100	.220	.180	.274	.222	.347	.240	.388	.462	.735	26	.143	-16.0	-1.6	.349	.100	.060

STL (4 yrs)				147	121	5	1.1	100	.212	.164	.275	.206	.348	.209	.386	.415	.734	13	.077	-16.6	-1.7	.304	.082	.045
CIN (2 yrs)				17	11	3	7.3	102	.286	.313	.268	.353	.342	.500	.399	.853	.740	129	.706	0.5	0.0	.818	.250	.188	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	28	STL	NL	82	0.0%	17.1%	4.9%	2.4%	15%	3.50	5.1		14.4		71%
1946	29	STL	NL	35	0.0%	22.9%	2.9%	5.7%	40%	8.00	4.3		11.3		74%
1947	30	STL	NL	26	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		24.0		69%
1948	31	TOT	NL	14	7.1%	21.4%	7.1%	14.3%	50%	3.00	4.3	13.0	6.5	1.00	64%
1948	31	STL	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		2.0				50%
1948	31	CIN	NL	10	10.0%	10.0%	10.0%	10.0%	33%	1.00	9.0	9.0	4.5	1.00	70%
1949	32	CIN	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					3.00	100%
5 Yrs				164	0.6%	18.9%	3.7%	3.7%	22%	5.17	4.8	150.0	13.6	2.00	72%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.6%	6.1%	26%	0.98	9.4	59.9	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1945	28	STL	NL	-7.5	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	29	STL	NL	-4.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	30	STL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	31	TOT	NL	1.0	0.1	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.62	0.2	-0.1	0.7	0.1	0.57	2.2	0
1948	31	STL	NL	-0.0	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.50	0.1	0
1948	31	CIN	NL	1.0	0.1	3	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.96	0.2	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.62	2.0	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	6	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.81	-0.3	0
5 Yrs				-16.0	-1.6	11	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.36	0.2	-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.70	1.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stD	1^stDH
1948	31	TOT	NL	1	50%	3	100%	1	1
1948	31	STL	NL	1	200%	3	100%	1	1
1948	31	CIN	NL	0	0%	0		0	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	0	0%	4		0	0
5 Yrs				1	29%	7	100%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	TOT	NL	14	20%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1948	31	STL	NL	4	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1948	31	CIN	NL	10	0%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1949	32	CIN	NL	7	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				21	9%	27			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6		1	3	300%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			324%			36%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1945	28	42	82	72	5	13	2	0	0	5	4	14	.181	.244	.208	.452	25	15	2	2	4
1946	29	67	117	106	7	18	3	1	0	8	5	22	.170	.221	.217	.438	21	23	3	2	4
1947	30	101	143	130	8	21	3	1	0	9	5	28	.162	.204	.200	.404	11	26	3	2	6
1948	31	138	157	143	11	25	4	1	1	11	6	31	.175	.219	.238	.456	24	34	3	2	6
1949	32	149	164	150	11	27	4	1	1	11	6	31	.180	.222	.240	.462	26	36	3	2	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	28	44	85	75	5	13	2	0	0	5	4	15	.173	.235	.200	.435	3	42
1946	29	26	35	34	2	4	1	1	0	2	1	8	.118	.143	.206	.349	1	25
1947	30	36	27	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1948	31	39	14	13	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	3	.308	.357	.615	.973	3	37
1949	32	11	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	11
5 Yrs		156	169	155	10	24	4	1	1	9	6	32	.155	.196	.213	.409	8	149
162 Game Avg.		162	176	161	10	25	4	1	1	9	6	33	.155	.196	.213	.409	8	149

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