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: 10-13 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 2

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	429	2	Apr 7	CHC		NYM	L,4-9	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	4.0	4	3	3	1	3	1	0	6.75	5.23	16	5	3	0	0	4	44			1	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	.74	-0.132	1.10	-0.12%	-0.93	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
2	430	7	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	9	7.1	6	3	3	5	2	1	0	4.76	5.73	33	11	9	1	0	6	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.118	1.05	0.08%	1.44	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a3
3	431	14	Apr 26	CHC		HOU	L,2-6	5-5		8	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.38	5.49	4	3	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.012	.55	0.01%	0.44	5t --3 0 out d3	5t 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	432	18	May 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.1	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	3.20	4.31	28	10	9	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.83	0.251	.76	0.14%	2.29	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a4
5	433	23	May 8	CHC		CIN	L,7-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	6	3.2	6	7	3	4	4	0	1	3.86	4.36	24	6	4	1	0	5	29			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	1	2	1.09	-0.308	1.16	-0.20%	-5.38	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d7
6	434	28	May 12(2)	CHC	@	HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-2)	3	9.0	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.78	3.85	33	11	10	1	0	6	77			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.590	1.13	0.32%	3.98	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
7	435	33	May 18	CHC		PIT	L,5-9	CG	L(3-3)	5	9.0	13	9	9	3	4	3	0	4.14	4.57	43	13	10	4	0	13	26			1	0	0	39	3	2	1	0	0	0	.87	-0.455	.76	-0.24%	-4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
8	436	37	May 24(1)	CHC	@	NYM	W,9-7	GS-7	W(4-3)	5	6.0	10	4	4	2	2	0	1	4.37	4.44	30	9	8	2	0	8	36			0	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	.53	0.075	.28	0.02%	-1.23	1b start a 1	7b --3 0 out a5
9	437	43	May 29	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-8	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	11	4	4	1	4	2	0	4.47	4.61	32	6	10	3	1	11	42			1	0	0	31	1	0	1	1	0	0	.49	-0.142	.41	-0.07%	-0.55	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
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
10	438	47	Jun 2	CHC		SFG	L,6-8	GS-4		3	3.2	7	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.66	4.73	19	7	5	1	0	5	35			3	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.129	.65	-0.04%	-1.17	1t start tie	4t 1-- 2 out a1
11	439	51	Jun 7	CHC		SDP	W,4-3	GS-4		4	4.0	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	4.65	4.89	16	6	2	0	0	4	50			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.028	.33	-0.01%	0.07	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
12	440	55	Jun 12	CHC	@	SFG	L,2-7	GS-1	L(4-5)	4	0.1	5	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.20	5.35	7	1	1	1	0	4	24			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.361	.55	-0.14%	-4.69	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d4
13	441	59	Jun 16	CHC	@	SDP	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-5)	3	7.1	3	2	2	5	2	0	2	4.91	5.32	32	10	9	2	0	3	61			1	1	0	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.26	0.096	1.17	0.05%	0.65	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
14	442	63	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(5-6)	5	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	0	5.00	5.15	29	9	5	0	0	9	38			2	1	0	24	3	0	1	0	0	0	.67	-0.189	.84	-0.14%	-1.04	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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
15	443	70	Jul 1(1)	CHC		NYM	W,5-4	GS-6		8	6.0	4	3	3	6	3	0	1	4.96	5.16	26	8	4	0	0	4	49			1	1	0	19	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.08	-0.057	1.30	-0.04%	0.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
16	444	77	Jul 7(1)	CHC		HOU	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-6)	5	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.47	4.97	31	15	8	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.76	0.379	.80	0.24%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	445	83	Jul 12	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	GS-4		4	3.1	4	5	2	3	0	0	1	4.50	5.02	19	8	3	2	0	4	35			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.20	-0.176	1.90	-0.17%	-1.99	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d3
18	446	90	Jul 22(1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-12	GS-5	L(6-7)	9	4.1	5	4	4	7	0	0	0	4.67	5.13	22	10	2	0	1	3	30			2	0	1	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.125	3.17	-0.16%	-0.62	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d1
19	447	93	Jul 24	CHC	@	HOU	L,1-6	4-7		1	3.1	5	2	1	1	1	0	0	4.60	5.06	16	8	1	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.13	-0.002	.28	0.00%	-0.38	4b -2- 2 out d4	7b 3 out d6
20	448	97	Jul 28	CHC	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-5	L(6-8)	3	4.0	8	5	3	1	0	2	0	4.68	5.25	21	8	4	1	0	8	29			2	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	2	.95	-0.317	2.40	-0.48%	-3.22	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d4
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
21	449	106	Aug 5(2)	CHC		STL	L,4-5	GS-5	L(6-9)	7	5.0	7	4	4	1	0	1	0	4.80	5.28	21	10	3	1	1	7	36			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	.92	-0.205	1.62	-0.22%	-1.42	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
22	450	110	Aug 10(1)	CHC	@	STL	L,8-13	8-8		4	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.88	5.28	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.003	.05	0.00%	-1.62	8b --- 0 out d5	8b -2- 0 out d6
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
23	451	151	Sep 19(2)	CHC	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-7		39	7.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.59	5.15	25	9	8	3	0	4	69			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.482	.00	0.00%	3.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
							10-13		W-L:6-9	5.0	117.2	133	70	60	53	44	15	6	4.59	5.15	529	1.55		8%	1%	124	45	2	50%	14	6	1	462	22	4	7	13	2	7	.91	-0.626	1.02	-1.17%	-11.60

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