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Ken Burkhart
Kenneth William Burkhart
born Kenneth William Burkhardt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1945
Final Game: September 25, 1949
Died: December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN
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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 13 23 44 4 1 3 404 80 1.379 10.2 1.2 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 73 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 0 115 131 1.376 9.2 0.6 3.2 2.5 0.80
5 Seasons 27 20 .574 3.84 148 41 48 18 6 7 519.2 546 233 222 35 165 181 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 30 139 159 11 1 8 1910 105 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 74 1.386 9.1 0.6 3.3 2.8 0.85

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
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 -34 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 NL 11 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 53 2 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1945 STL NL 28 P 42 49 6 41 2 0 .959 1.12 .963 1.06
1946 STL NL 29 P 25 18 1 15 2 1 .889 0.64 .961 1.01
1947 STL NL 30 P 34 26 6 20 0 0 1.000 0.76 .965 0.91
1948 TOT NL 31 P 36 22 7 14 1 1 .955 0.58 .964 0.91
1948 STL NL 31 P 20 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 0.55 .964 0.91
1948 CIN NL 31 P 16 11 4 6 1 0 .909 0.63 .964 0.91
1949 CIN NL 32 P 11 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.64 .957 0.91
5 Seasons P 148 122 21 96 5 3 .959 0.79 .963 0.97
5 Seasons TOT 148 122 21 96 5 3 .959 0.79 .922 0.97

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1945 NL--2.899--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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 18 (1117), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 26, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Young.

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