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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

Standard Batting

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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
1937 21 PIT NL 1 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1938 22 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 23 PIT NL 17 9 9 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 49 3 0 0 0 1
1940 24 PIT NL 41 59 54 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .167 .196 .167 .363 1 9 3 0 3 1
1941 25 PIT NL 35 71 63 4 8 1 0 0 8 0 3 19 .127 .167 .143 .310 -12 9 2 0 5 1
1942 26 PIT NL 27 39 35 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 2 8 .086 .135 .114 .249 -28 4 0 0 2 1
1946 30 PIT NL 32 55 44 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 5 12 .136 .224 .136 .361 3 6 4 0 6 1
1947 31 TOT NL 26 51 43 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 11 .116 .156 .116 .272 -26 5 0 0 6 1
1947 31 PIT NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 /1
1947 31 PHI NL 24 50 43 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 1 11 .116 .136 .116 .253 -31 5 0 0 6 1
1948 32 PHI NL 27 43 37 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 .135 .135 .162 .297 -19 6 0 0 6 1
1949 33 PHI NL 33 94 83 3 13 1 0 0 6 0 6 25 .157 .213 .169 .382 5 14 2 0 5 1 MVP-9
1950 34 PHI NL 23 42 38 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 13 .053 .077 .053 .130 -65 2 0 0 3 1
1951 35 PHI NL 35 32 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .107 .138 .107 .245 -33 3 1 0 3 1
1952 36 PHI NL 23 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 1
13 Seasons 321 504 440 25 56 5 0 0 33 0 0 22 113 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 61 12 0 42 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 254 222 13 28 3 0 0 17 0 11 57 .127 .169 .139 .307 -15 31 6 0 21
PIT (8 yrs) 156 238 209 18 28 3 0 0 17 0 0 13 50 .134 .185 .148 .333 -6 31 9 0 16 0 0
PHI (6 yrs) 165 266 231 7 28 2 0 0 16 0 0 9 63 .121 .154 .130 .284 -22 30 3 0 26

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1950 34 PHI NL WS NYY L 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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
1937 PIT NL 21 P 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 1.20
1938 PIT NL 22 P 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 1.10
1939 PIT NL 23 P 17 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.41 .957 1.09
1940 PIT NL 24 P 39 50 4 45 1 4 .980 1.26 .962 1.10
1941 PIT NL 25 P 35 54 8 44 2 4 .963 1.49 .965 1.09
1942 PIT NL 26 P 27 24 1 23 0 1 1.000 0.89 .967 1.17
1946 PIT NL 30 P 32 46 7 39 0 3 1.000 1.44 .959 1.01
1947 TOT NL 31 P 26 18 2 14 2 1 .889 0.62 .967 0.91
1947 PIT NL 31 P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90
1947 PHI NL 31 P 24 18 2 14 2 1 .889 0.67 .967 0.91
1948 PHI NL 32 P 27 24 2 22 0 1 1.000 0.89 .962 0.91
1949 PHI NL 33 P 33 43 4 38 1 4 .977 1.27 .951 0.91 MVP-9
1950 PHI NL 34 P 23 17 1 16 0 1 1.000 0.74 .959 0.97
1951 PHI NL 35 P 35 21 4 17 0 3 1.000 0.60 .962 0.96
1952 PHI NL 36 P 23 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.22 .960 0.98
13 Seasons P 319 311 37 267 7 23 .977 0.95 .961 1.01
13 Seasons TOT 319 311 37 267 7 23 .977 0.95 .939 1.01

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 (812th)

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 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 22 (997), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Larry McWilliams (952)
  6. Ray Scarborough (951)
  7. Mickey Haefner (949)
  8. Ken Brett (949)
  9. Ruben Gomez (948)
  10. Phil Knell (948)
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  5. Cliff Chambers (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bill Wight (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bill Wight (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bill Wight (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Wight (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Wight (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1935 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

Before 1936 Season: Sent from the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

May 9, 1947: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 4, 1953: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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