Ken Holcombe

Kenneth Edward Holcombe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 169 lb.

Born: August 23, 1918 in Burnsville, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1945
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees/Browns/RedSox/Reds 1945-1953

Final Game: May 10, 1953
Died: March 15, 2010 in Weaverville, NC
Cremated
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Standard Batting

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	Pos	Awards
1938	19	GBG	D	34	65	65		9	0	0	0						.138	.138	.138	.277		9						GBG · PASA
1939	20	STL-min	D	33	83	83		14	1	0	0						.169	.169	.181	.349		15						WLM · MTNS
1940	21	STL-min	B,D																									AVL,HAM · PIED,PONY
1941	22	NYY-min	B	35	78	78		11	1	0	0						.141	.141	.154	.295		12						NFK · PIED
1942	23	NYY-min	AA	15	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.200	.273	.200	.473		2	0	0	0			NWK · IL
1943	24	NYY-min	AA	28	59	53	4	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.189	.246	.208	.453		11		0	2			NWK · IL
1944	25	NYY-min	AA	33	82	71	8	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	7	17	.141	.218	.155	.373		11	1	0	4			NWK · IL
1945	26	NYY	AL	23	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0	0		1

1946	27	NYY-min	AAA	23	35	27	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.148	.258	.222	.480		6	0	0	4			NWK,KCY · IL,AA
1947	28	SAC	AAA	34	41	37	2	4	0	1	0	2	0		2	12	.108	.154	.162	.316		6		0	2			SAC · PCL
1948	29	SAC	AAA	27	51	49	2	7	0	0	0	4	0		0	18	.143	.143	.143	.286		7		0	2			SAC · PCL
1948	29	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0		/1

1949	30	SAC	AAA	36	101	81	11	11	0	0	0	7	0		9	20	.136	.222	.136	.358		11		0	11			SAC · PCL
1950	31	CHW	AL	24	34	32	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.156	.156	.188	.344	-11	6	1	0	2		1
1951	32	CHW	AL	28	56	44	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.250	.298	.273	.571	56	12	1	0	10		1
1952	33	BOS-min	AAA	9	25	25		6									.240	.240										LOU · AA
1952	33	TOT	AL	19	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	-57	1	0	0	1		1
1952	33	CHW	AL	7	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		/1
1952	33	SLB	AL	12	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	84	1	0	0	0		1
1953	34	BOS-min	AAA	23	60	53	3	5	2	0	0	5	0		3	18	.094	.143	.132	.275		7	0	0	4			LOU · AA
1953	34	BOS	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		/1
1954	35	SFR	Opn	35	73	63	6	11	3	0	0	6	0		6	21	.175	.246	.222	.469		14	0	0	4	0		SFR · PCL
6 Yrs				99	122	106	7	19	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	36	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	21	2	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	200	173	11	31	3	0	0	5	0		5	59	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	34	3	0	23

CHW (3 yrs)				59	101	86	7	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.186	.213	.209	.423	14	18	2	0	13
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				23	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				12	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	84	1	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				97	122	106	7	19	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	36	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	21	2	0	14
NL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1945	26	NYY	AL	23	15	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1948	29	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1950	31	CHW	AL	24	34	-6	0	-0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1951	32	CHW	AL	28	56	-4	0	1	0	6	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.510	.502	0.3	0.0	4	$	1
1952	33	CHW	AL	7	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.478	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/1
1952	33	SLB	AL	12	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1953	34	BOS	AL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
6 Seasons				99	122	-16	0	1	0	13	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	0.0	1	$

CHW (3 yrs)				59	101	-12	0	1	0	11	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CIN (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				23	15	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
SLB (1 yr)				12	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1945	26	NYY	AL	15	13	0	0.0	92	.250	.133	.266	.133	.339	.133	.362	.267	.701	-24	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.154	.000	.000

1950	31	CHW	AL	34	30	1	0.9	111	.208	.156	.275	.156	.361	.188	.412	.344	.773	-11	.040	-5.4	-0.5	.214	.031	.031
1951	32	CHW	AL	56	44	4	2.4	100	.393	.250	.265	.298	.346	.273	.389	.571	.735	56	.245	-2.7	-0.3	.441	.091	.023
1952	33	TOT	AL	14	13	0	0.0	97	.111	.077	.262	.077	.342	.077	.382	.154	.723	-57	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
1952	33	CHW	AL	11	11	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.261	.000	.341	.000	.381	.000	.723	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1952	33	SLB	AL	3	2	0	0.0	98	.333	.333	.263	.333	.343	.333	.383	.667	.726	84	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1953	34	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				122	103	5	1.3	102	.271	.179	.268	.202	.349	.198	.391	.400	.740	8	.093	-14.0	-1.4	.270	.047	.019
162 Game Avg.				200	169	8	1.3	102	.271	.179	.268	.202	.349	.198	.391	.400	.740	8	.093	-14.0	-1.4	.270	.047	.019

CHW (3 yrs)				101	85	5	1.6	104	.276	.186	.268	.213	.351	.209	.396	.423	.747	14	.122	-10.9	-1.1	.292	.058	.023
BOS (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
NYY (1 yr)				15	13	0	0.0	92	.250	.133	.266	.133	.339	.133	.362	.267	.701	-24	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
SLB (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	98	.333	.333	.263	.333	.343	.333	.383	.667	.726	84	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	26	NYY	AL	15	0.0%	46.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.1				53%

1950	31	CHW	AL	34	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	2.9%	20%		4.0			1.10	71%
1951	32	CHW	AL	56	0.0%	28.6%	5.4%	1.8%	9%	5.33	2.8		14.7	3.60	50%
1952	33	TOT	AL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3			4.00	64%
1952	33	CHW	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			7.00	55%
1952	33	SLB	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
1953	34	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	33%
6 Yrs				122	0.0%	29.5%	2.5%	1.6%	11%	12.00	2.9		35.3	2.11	57%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.8%	9.6%	6.3%	27%	1.02	9.0	51.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1945	26	NYY	AL	-2.5	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	29	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	31	CHW	AL	-5.4	-0.5	30	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	.96	-0.6	-0.0	-7.6	-0.7	0.96	-6.9	0
1951	32	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.3	45	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	1.31	-0.5	-0.1	-7.6	-0.8	1.14	-5.6	0
1952	33	TOT	AL	-2.8	-0.3	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.08	-0.3	-0.0	-2.4	-0.3	0.82	-2.8	0
1952	33	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.3	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.27	-0.3	0.0	-2.4	-0.3	0.86	-2.8	0
1952	33	SLB	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.41	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.70	-0.1	0
1953	34	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.79	-0.8	0
6 Yrs				-14.0	-1.4	92	-1.6	0.5	-2.1	1.13	-1.4	-0.1	-18.1	-1.8	1.02	-16.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1950	31	CHW	AL	40%	4	0	50%	1	1	0	1	1
1951	32	CHW	AL	36%	11	2	25%	4	3	1	0	0
1952	33	TOT	AL	0%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0
1952	33	CHW	AL		1	0		0	0	0	0	0
1952	33	SLB	AL	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0
1953	34	BOS	AL		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				32%	19	2	33%	5	4	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1950	31	CHW	AL	34	27%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	1	17%	7	1	14%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1951	32	CHW	AL	56	40%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	10	100%	15	1	7%	14	6	43%	43	1	2%	2	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1952	33	TOT	AL	14	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1952	33	CHW	AL	11	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1952	33	SLB	AL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1953	34	BOS	AL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				107	29%	19			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	15	14	93%	26	2	8%	26	7	27%	66	1	2%	3	0	0%	5	2	40%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			159%			19%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1945	26	23	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0
1946	27	23	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0
1947	28	23	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0
1948	29	25	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0
1949	30	25	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0
1950	31	49	49	47	2	7	1	0	0	15	.149	.149	.170	.319	-15	8	1	2
1951	32	77	105	91	7	18	2	3	3	31	.198	.223	.220	.443	20	20	2	12
1952	33	96	119	104	7	19	2	3	3	35	.183	.206	.202	.408	11	21	2	13
1953	34	99	122	106	7	19	2	3	3	36	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	21	2	14

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	26	24	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23

1950	31	25	35	33	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	.152	.152	.182	.333	1	24
1951	32	29	59	45	4	10	1	0	0	3	0	3	17	.222	.271	.244	.515	3	28
1952	33	20	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1953	34	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		101	128	110	6	15	2	0	0	3	0	3	37	.136	.159	.155	.314	4	97
162 Game Avg.		162	205	176	10	24	3	0	0	5	0	5	59	.136	.159	.155	.314	6	97

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