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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 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1945-1949

Final Game: September 25, 1949 (Age 32)
Died: December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, TN
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1945 28 STL NL 18 8 .692 2.90 42 22 12 12 4 2 217.1 206 76 70 9 66 67 3 0 3 901 130 1.252 8.5 0.4 2.7 2.8 1.02
1946 29 STL NL 6 3 .667 2.88 25 13 7 5 2 2 100.0 111 34 32 4 36 32 2 0 2 434 120 1.470 10.0 0.4 3.2 2.9 0.89
1947 30 STL NL 3 6 .333 5.21 34 6 9 1 0 1 95.0 108 55 55 14 23 44 4 1 3 404 79 1.379 10.2 1.3 2.2 4.2 1.91
1948 31 TOT NL 0 3 .000 6.27 36 0 15 0 0 1 79.0 92 58 55 7 30 30 3 1 0 353 64 1.544 10.5 0.8 3.4 3.4 1.00
1948 31 STL NL 0 0 5.54 20 0 7 0 0 1 37.1 50 24 23 4 14 16 2 0 0 171 74 1.714 12.1 1.0 3.4 3.9 1.14
1948 31 CIN NL 0 3 .000 6.91 16 0 8 0 0 0 41.2 42 34 32 3 16 14 1 1 0 182 57 1.392 9.1 0.6 3.5 3.0 0.88
1949 32 CIN NL 0 0 3.18 11 0 5 0 0 1 28.1 29 10 10 2 10 8 0 0 0 115 134 1.376 9.2 0.6 3.2 2.5 0.80
5 Yrs 27 20 .574 3.84 148 41 48 18 6 7 519.2 546 233 222 36 165 181 12 2 8 2207 100 1.368 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.1 1.10
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .574 3.84 53 15 17 6 2 3 187 196 84 80 13 59 65 4 1 3 794 100 1.368 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.1 1.10
STL (4 yrs) 27 17 .614 3.60 121 41 35 18 6 6 449.2 475 189 180 31 139 159 11 1 8 1910 106 1.365 9.5 0.6 2.8 3.2 1.14
CIN (2 yrs) 0 3 .000 5.40 27 0 13 0 0 1 70.0 71 44 42 5 26 22 1 1 0 297 75 1.386 9.1 0.6 3.3 2.8 0.85

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1945 28 STL NL 217.1 42 22 76 3.15 4.48 0.14 0.00 98.6 4.28 26 2.8 1.3 -0.1 4.7 46 .568 .518
1946 29 STL NL 100.0 25 13 34 3.06 3.75 0.12 0.00 101.6 3.69 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 1.8 16 .532 .505
1947 30 STL NL 95.1 34 6 55 5.19 4.65 0.00 0.00 101.3 4.71 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.1 0.4 6 .484 .497
1948 31 STL NL 37.1 20 0 24 5.79 4.42 -0.05 0.00 102.6 4.58 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .497
1948 31 CIN NL 41.2 16 0 34 7.34 4.63 -0.23 0.00 99.8 4.85 -12 -1.1 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -7 .429 .493
1949 32 CIN NL 28.1 11 0 10 3.18 4.59 -0.06 0.00 105.0 4.88 5 0.6 .7 -0.1 0.8 9 .552 .504
5 Seasons 520.0 148 41 233 4.03 4.38 0.05 0.00 100.4 4.35 16 2.0 1.0 -0.4 6.8 68 .514 .502
STL (4 yrs) 450.0 121 41 189 3.78 4.35 0.09 0.00 100.1 4.27 22 2.6 1.1 -0.2 6.8 67 .521 .504
CIN (2 yrs) 70.0 27 0 44 5.66 4.61 -0.16 0.00 101.9 4.86 -6 -0.6 .9 -0.2 0.0 1 .479 .498

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1945 28 STL NL 42 341 821 76 206 19 7 9 1 2 66 67 .251 .309 .324 .633 .264 266 7 3 12 0 3
1946 29 STL NL 25 267 390 34 111 9 1 4 2 1 36 32 .285 .348 .344 .692 .302 134 5 2 6 0 4
1947 30 STL NL 34 157 372 55 108 8 4 14 1 0 23 44 .290 .338 .446 .785 .299 166 1 4 9 0 1
1948 31 CIN NL 16 35 165 34 42 1 2 3 0 0 16 14 .255 .324 .339 .664 .264 56 0 1 0 0 0
1948 31 STL NL 20 56 151 24 50 5 0 4 0 0 14 16 .331 .395 .444 .839 .351 67 1 2 4 0 0
1948 31 TOT NL 36 91 316 58 92 6 2 7 0 0 30 30 .291 .358 .389 .747 .305 123 1 3 4 0 0
1949 32 CIN NL 11 87 104 10 29 4 1 2 0 4 10 8 .279 .342 .394 .736 .287 41 2 0 2 0 0
5 Yrs 148 943 2003 233 546 46 15 36 4 7 165 181 .273 .332 .364 .696 .286 730 16 12 33 0 8
162 Game Avg. 53 339 721 84 196 17 5 13 1 3 59 65 .273 .332 .364 .696 .286 263 6 4 12 0 3
MLB Averages .260 .335 .352 .687 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1945 28 STL NL 24.0 2.5 349 1.5 7.2 -5.8 1.12 1.3 0.1 10.2 1.0 1.12 14.1 5 1 1
1946 29 STL NL 7.9 0.8 274 1.2 4.5 -3.3 .89 0.4 0.9 11.5 1.3 0.89 5.1 2 2 5
1947 30 STL NL -8.0 -0.8 166 -0.8 2.4 -3.3 .95 -0.8 -0.1 -9.3 -0.9 0.92 -8.6 3 3 7
1948 31 TOT NL -17.6 -1.7 92 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .63 0.2 -0.9 -1.3 -0.1 0.62 2.4 2 1 8
1948 31 STL NL -4.8 -0.5 57 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .24 -0.0 -0.4 -2.0 -0.2 0.24 0.1 0 1 4
1948 31 CIN NL -12.8 -1.2 35 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 1.24 0.2 -0.5 0.7 0.1 1.24 2.3 2 0 4
1949 32 CIN NL 3.8 0.4 96 0.2 0.5 -0.3 .26 0.3 0.7 7.6 0.8 0.25 5.0 1 1 5
5 Yrs 10.2 1.3 977 1.7 15.5 -13.9 .90 1.4 0.4 18.7 2.0 0.89 18.1 13 8 26

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1945 28 STL NL 42 22 12 7 3 2 4 13 9 .591 0 2 12 4 15 68% 56.6 86 21 8 0 12 2 4.4 5.0 7.6
1946 29 STL NL 25 13 5 2 6 0 1 10 3 .769 0 1 5 2 7 54% 50.4 73 26 8 4 4 6 6.0 7.5 6.5
1947 30 STL NL 34 6 2 3 1 2 0 2 3 .400 0 0 1 0 0 0% 38.8 55 19 4 1 2 4 5.2 7.9 5.9
3 Yrs 101 41 19 12 10 4 5 25 15 .625 0 3 18 6 22 54% 52 86 19 20 5 18 12 5.0 6.3 7.0
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 115 -11 4.4 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1945 28 STL NL 42 20 12 6 1 2 2 1 100% 3 1 11 4 36% 1.123 5 1 1 4 1 2 5 2 14 4 7 5 7.6
1946 29 STL NL 25 12 7 1 1 1 2 0 200% 1 0 5 2 40% .892 2 2 5 1 1 7 2 7 7 2 5 0 4.0
1947 30 STL NL 34 28 9 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 8 5 63% .946 3 3 7 4 1 8 6 7 18 5 9 2 6.4
1948 31 TOT NL 36 36 15 0 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 5 45% .626 2 1 8 2 1 8 5 6 24 4 8 5 6.6
1948 31 STL NL 20 20 7 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 5 100% .242 0 1 4 1 0 4 2 3 13 3 5 3 5.6
1948 31 CIN NL 16 16 8 0 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 1.241 2 0 4 1 1 4 3 3 11 1 3 2 7.8
1949 32 CIN NL 11 11 5 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 2 33% .256 1 1 5 1 0 6 4 3 8 1 6 0 7.7
5 Yrs 148 107 48 8 8 8 7 3 88% 9 1 41 18 44% .900 13 8 26 12 4 31 22 25 71 16 35 12 6.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1945 28 STL NL 902 50% 2.6% 19.7% 19.4% 10.3% 17% 0.75 218% 67 7 10%
1946 29 STL NL 434 58% 1.5% 12.0% 13.5% 5.2% 13% 0.68 133% 59 5 8%
1947 30 STL NL 408 69% 8.9% 28.0% 14.7% 16.6% 24% 0.55 200% 38 1 3%
1948 31 TOT NL 353 62% 7.7% 33.0% 33.0% 16.5% 16% 0.72 307% 19 1 5%
1948 31 STL NL 171 59% 7.1% 28.6% 25.0% 16.1% 18% 1.00 234% 12 1 8%
1948 31 CIN NL 182 66% 8.6% 40.0% 45.7% 17.1% 14% 0.38 423% 7 0 0%
1949 32 CIN NL 116 64% 2.3% 9.2% 11.5% 8.1% 24% 0.80 108% 22 2 9%
5 Yrs 2213 58% 3.8% 19.2% 17.5% 10.3% 18% 0.70 189% 205 16 8%
MLB Averages 50% 2.7% 16.8% 17.3% 8.2% 20% 0.94 139% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1945 28 STL NL 341 206 9 1 8 2 3 1 4 21 14 1 67% 3 3 1 119 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 561
1946 29 STL NL 267 111 4 0 5 1 3 4 0 6 2 0 33% 4 2 1 115 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 167
1947 30 STL NL 157 108 14 0 3 4 2 0 6 9 5 0 56% 1 3 0 74 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 251
1948 31 TOT NL 91 92 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 60% 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262
1948 31 STL NL 56 50 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 115
1948 31 CIN NL 35 42 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147
1949 32 CIN NL 87 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 46 0 4 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29
5 Yrs 943 546 36 1 22 7 8 5 10 45 26 3 58% 8 8 2 386 4 7 36% 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1270
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1945 28 18 8 .692 2.90 42 22 12 12 4 2 217.1 206 76 70 9 66 67 3 0 3 901 130 1.252 8.5 0.4 2.7 2.8 1.02 130
1946 29 24 11 .686 2.89 67 35 19 17 6 4 317.1 317 110 102 13 102 99 5 0 5 1335 127 1.320 9.0 0.4 2.9 2.8 0.97 127
1947 30 27 17 .614 3.43 101 41 28 18 6 5 412.1 425 165 157 27 125 143 9 1 8 1739 110 1.334 9.3 0.6 2.7 3.1 1.14 110
1948 31 27 20 .574 3.88 137 41 43 18 6 6 491.1 517 223 212 34 155 173 12 2 8 2092 98 1.368 9.5 0.6 2.8 3.2 1.12 98
1949 32 27 20 .574 3.84 148 41 48 18 6 7 519.2 546 233 222 36 165 181 12 2 8 2207 100 1.368 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.1 1.10 100

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1945 28 15 9 .625 3.01 218.0 215 81 73 9 69 67 3 1.303 8.9 2.8 2.8 0.97 0.4 42
1946 29 6 4 .600 3.43 97.0 122 41 37 4 40 31 2 1.670 11.3 3.7 2.9 0.78 0.4 25
1947 30 4 6 .400 5.27 94.0 111 61 55 14 24 44 4 1.436 10.6 2.3 4.2 1.83 1.3 34
1948 31 2 6 .250 6.41 80.0 96 63 57 7 31 30 3 1.588 10.8 3.5 3.4 0.97 0.8 36
1949 32 1 1 .500 3.33 27.0 29 11 10 2 10 8 0 1.444 9.7 3.3 2.7 0.80 0.7 11
5 Yrs 28 26 .519 4.05 516.0 573 257 232 36 174 180 12 1.448 10.0 3.1 1.03 0.6 148

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1945 NL  4.7 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1945 NL  2.90 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  18 (3rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1945 NL  .692 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1945 NL  1.252 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL  8.531 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1945 NL  42 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 NL  217.3 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 NL  4 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 NL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 NL  901 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1945 NL  130 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  24 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  2.5 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1945 NL  10.24 (8th)
1946 NL  11.50 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1945 NL  1.5 (7th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1945 NL  1.3 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1945 NL  1.0 (8th)
1946 NL  1.3 (10th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 18 (1157), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1323), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (942), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (417th), 6.8 career WAR/6.8 7yr-peak WAR/6.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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