Ken Heintzelman
Kenneth Alphonse Heintzelman
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 14, 1915 in Peruque, MO
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1937
Final Game: August 13, 1952
Died: August 14, 2000 in St. Peters, MO
Relatives: Father of Tom Heintzelman
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Standard Pitching

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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
1937 21 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 34 193 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33
1938 22 PIT NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 42 2.000 4.5 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1939 23 PIT NL 1 1 .500 5.05 17 2 12 1 1 0 35.2 35 23 20 2 18 18 0 0 2 161 76 1.486 8.8 0.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
1940 24 PIT NL 8 8 .500 4.47 39 16 12 5 2 3 165.0 193 86 82 7 65 71 4 1 7 742 85 1.564 10.5 0.4 3.5 3.9 1.09
1941 25 PIT NL 11 11 .500 3.44 35 24 4 13 2 0 196.0 206 91 75 8 83 81 1 0 4 853 105 1.474 9.5 0.4 3.8 3.7 0.98
1942 26 PIT NL 8 11 .421 4.57 27 18 4 5 3 0 130.0 143 69 66 9 63 39 0 0 3 581 74 1.585 9.9 0.6 4.4 2.7 0.62
1946 30 PIT NL 8 12 .400 3.77 32 24 4 6 2 1 157.2 165 84 66 7 86 57 0 0 4 708 93 1.592 9.4 0.4 4.9 3.3 0.66
1947 31 TOT NL 7 10 .412 4.50 26 20 3 8 0 1 140.0 153 83 70 14 52 57 2 0 3 599 90 1.464 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.7 1.10
1947 31 PIT NL 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 9 11 9 2 6 2 0 0 0 28 21 3.750 20.3 4.5 13.5 4.5 0.33
1947 31 PHI NL 7 10 .412 4.04 24 19 3 8 0 1 136.0 144 72 61 12 46 55 2 0 3 571 100 1.397 9.5 0.8 3.0 3.6 1.20
1948 32 PHI NL 6 11 .353 4.29 27 16 3 5 2 2 130.0 117 66 62 10 45 57 1 0 5 536 92 1.246 8.1 0.7 3.1 3.9 1.27
1949 33 PHI NL 17 10 .630 3.02 33 32 0 15 5 0 250.0 239 96 84 19 93 65 1 0 2 1041 131 1.328 8.6 0.7 3.3 2.3 0.70 MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 3 9 .250 4.09 23 17 3 4 1 0 125.1 122 66 57 10 54 39 0 3 2 547 99 1.404 8.8 0.7 3.9 2.8 0.72
1951 35 PHI NL 6 12 .333 4.18 35 12 13 3 0 2 118.1 119 61 55 13 53 55 4 0 1 516 92 1.454 9.1 1.0 4.0 4.2 1.04
1952 36 PHI NL 1 3 .250 3.16 23 1 13 0 0 1 42.2 41 16 15 1 12 20 0 0 0 170 116 1.242 8.6 0.2 2.5 4.2 1.67
13 Seasons 77 98 .440 3.93 319 183 72 66 18 10 1501.2 1540 746 656 100 630 564 14 4 33 6497 97 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .440 3.93 43 25 10 9 2 1 203 209 101 89 14 85 76 2 1 4 880 97 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
PIT (8 yrs) 37 43 .463 4.14 154 86 37 31 10 4 699.1 758 369 322 35 327 273 6 1 20 3116 87 1.551 9.8 0.5 4.2 3.5 0.83
PHI (6 yrs) 40 55 .421 3.75 165 97 35 35 8 6 802.1 782 377 334 65 303 291 8 3 13 3381 105 1.352 8.8 0.7 3.4 3.3 0.96

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1950 34 PHI NL WS L NYY 0 0 1.17 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.304 4.7 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50
1 WS 0 0 1.17 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 31 1.304 4.7 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1937 21 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 3 2 0 3 4 1 0 0 34 193 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 193
1938 22 1 0 1.000 3.27 2 1 1 1 0 0 11.0 7 5 4 0 6 5 1 0 0 43 118 1.182 5.7 0.0 4.9 4.1 0.83 118
1939 23 2 1 .667 4.63 19 3 13 2 1 0 46.2 42 28 24 2 24 23 1 0 2 204 83 1.414 8.1 0.4 4.6 4.4 0.96 83
1940 24 10 9 .526 4.51 58 19 25 7 3 3 211.2 235 114 106 9 89 94 5 1 9 946 85 1.531 10.0 0.4 3.8 4.0 1.06 85
1941 25 21 20 .512 4.00 93 43 29 20 5 3 407.2 441 205 181 17 172 175 6 1 13 1799 93 1.504 9.7 0.4 3.8 3.9 1.02 93
1942 26 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 88 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 88
1943 27 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 88 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 88
1944 28 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 88 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 88
1945 29 29 31 .483 4.13 120 61 33 25 8 3 537.2 584 274 247 26 235 214 6 1 16 2380 88 1.523 9.8 0.4 3.9 3.6 0.91 88
1946 30 37 43 .463 4.05 152 85 37 31 10 4 695.1 749 358 313 33 321 271 6 1 20 3088 89 1.539 9.7 0.4 4.2 3.5 0.84 89
1947 31 44 53 .454 4.13 178 105 40 39 10 5 835.1 902 441 383 47 373 328 8 1 23 3687 89 1.526 9.7 0.5 4.0 3.5 0.88 89
1948 32 50 64 .439 4.15 205 121 43 44 12 7 965.1 1019 507 445 57 418 385 9 1 28 4223 90 1.489 9.5 0.5 3.9 3.6 0.92 90
1949 33 67 74 .475 3.92 238 153 43 59 17 7 1215.1 1258 603 529 76 511 450 10 1 30 5264 96 1.456 9.3 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.88 96
1950 34 70 83 .458 3.93 261 170 46 63 18 7 1340.2 1380 669 586 86 565 489 10 4 32 5811 97 1.451 9.3 0.6 3.8 3.3 0.87 97
1951 35 76 95 .444 3.95 296 182 59 66 18 9 1459.0 1499 730 641 99 618 544 14 4 33 6327 96 1.451 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.88 96
1952 36 77 98 .440 3.93 319 183 72 66 18 10 1501.2 1540 746 656 100 630 564 14 4 33 6497 97 1.445 9.2 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90 97

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1937 21 0 0 2.00 9.0 6 2 2 0 3 4 1 1.000 6.0 3.0 4.0 1.33 0.0 1
1938 22 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1.500 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 1
1939 23 2 2 .500 4.97 38.0 37 23 21 2 19 19 0 1.474 8.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.5 17
1940 24 7 11 .389 4.71 168.0 204 98 88 7 69 72 4 1.625 10.9 3.7 3.9 1.04 0.4 39
1941 25 11 10 .524 3.76 194.0 217 90 81 8 87 80 1 1.567 10.1 4.0 3.7 0.92 0.4 35
1942 26 5 9 .357 5.37 129.0 159 86 77 10 70 39 0 1.775 11.1 4.9 2.7 0.56 0.7 27
1946 30 8 9 .471 4.33 156.0 179 83 75 8 93 56 0 1.744 10.3 5.4 3.2 0.60 0.5 32
1947 31 6 9 .400 4.63 138.0 157 79 71 14 53 56 2 1.522 10.2 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.9 26
1948 32 6 8 .429 4.50 130.0 122 72 65 10 47 57 1 1.300 8.4 3.3 3.9 1.21 0.7 27
1949 33 17 10 .630 3.13 247.0 245 96 86 19 95 64 1 1.377 8.9 3.5 2.3 0.67 0.7 33
1950 34 7 7 .500 4.02 130.0 127 64 58 10 56 40 0 1.408 8.8 3.9 2.8 0.71 0.7 23
1951 35 5 7 .417 4.54 117.0 126 66 59 14 56 54 4 1.556 9.7 4.3 4.2 0.96 1.1 35
1952 36 2 2 .500 3.73 41.0 43 19 17 1 13 19 0 1.366 9.4 2.9 4.2 1.46 0.2 23
13 Seasons 76 84 .475 4.20 1499.0 1622 778 700 103 664 561 14 1.525 9.7 3.4 0.84 0.6 319

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1949-NL-9-14%
0.14 Career Shares (805th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1949 NL--3.024--5th

Wins s c a p y
1949 NL--17--4th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1949 NL--.630--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL--3.873--9th
1941 NL--3.719--9th

Saves s c a p y
1940 NL--3--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1949 NL--250.0--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1949 NL--32--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL--15--7th

Shutouts s c a p y
1942 NL--3--8th
1949 NL--5--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1949 NL--19--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL--83--6th
1946 NL--86--8th
1949 NL--93--4th

Hits s c a p y
1949 NL--239--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL--.382--8th

Losses s c a p y
1946 NL--12--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1940 NL--7--4th
1946 NL--4--9th
1948 NL--5--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 NL--1041--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1949 NL--131--5th

Oldest s c a p y
1952 NL--born 1915-10-14--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1937 NL--born 1915-10-14--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 15 (959), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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