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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 Pitching

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 26 NYY AL 3 3 .500 1.79 23 2 15 0 0 0 55.1 43 19 11 2 27 20 0 0 2 227 195 1.265 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.3 0.74
1948 29 CIN NL 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 59 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7
1950 31 CHW AL 3 10 .231 4.59 24 15 5 5 0 1 96.0 122 68 49 10 45 37 0 0 2 449 98 1.740 11.4 0.9 4.2 3.5 0.82
1951 32 CHW AL 11 12 .478 3.78 28 23 3 12 2 0 159.1 142 69 67 9 68 39 1 0 2 670 107 1.318 8.0 0.5 3.8 2.2 0.57
1952 33 TOT AL 0 7 .000 5.30 19 8 6 1 0 0 56.0 58 34 33 4 27 19 2 0 1 244 71 1.518 9.3 0.6 4.3 3.1 0.70
1952 33 CHW AL 0 5 .000 6.17 7 7 0 1 0 0 35.0 38 24 24 3 18 12 2 0 1 155 60 1.600 9.8 0.8 4.6 3.1 0.67
1952 33 SLB AL 0 2 .000 3.86 12 1 6 0 0 0 21.0 20 10 9 1 9 7 0 0 0 89 103 1.381 8.6 0.4 3.9 3.0 0.78
1953 34 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 30 74 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33
6 Yrs 18 32 .360 3.98 99 48 32 18 2 2 375.0 377 196 166 25 170 118 3 0 8 1630 102 1.459 9.0 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
162 Game Avg. 8 15 .360 3.98 46 22 15 8 1 1 173 174 91 77 12 79 55 1 0 4 754 102 1.459 9.0 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69
CHW (3 yrs) 14 27 .341 4.34 59 45 8 18 2 1 290.1 302 161 140 22 131 88 3 0 5 1274 96 1.491 9.4 0.7 4.1 2.7 0.67
BOS (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.00 3 0 2 0 0 1 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 30 74 2.000 13.5 0.0 4.5 1.5 0.33
CIN (1 yr) 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 59 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7
NYY (1 yr) 3 3 .500 1.79 23 2 15 0 0 0 55.1 43 19 11 2 27 20 0 0 2 227 195 1.265 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.3 0.74
SLB (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.86 12 1 6 0 0 0 21.0 20 10 9 1 9 7 0 0 0 89 103 1.381 8.6 0.4 3.9 3.0 0.78
AL (5 yrs) 18 32 .360 3.96 97 48 31 18 2 2 372.2 374 194 164 25 170 116 3 0 8 1620 102 1.460 9.0 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.68
NL (1 yr) 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 59 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 7.7

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1945 26 NYY AL 55.1 23 2 19 3.09 3.84 0.20 0.00 103.4 3.76 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .522 .503 $
1948 29 CIN NL 2.1 2 0 2 7.71 4.07 -0.22 0.00 98.0 4.20 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -1 .454 .499 $
1950 31 CHW AL 96.0 24 15 68 6.38 5.52 0.14 0.00 101.5 5.46 -10 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 0 .460 .494 $
1951 32 CHW AL 159.1 28 23 69 3.90 4.53 0.15 0.00 100.2 4.39 8 0.8 .7 -0.1 1.9 24 .528 .505 $
1952 33 CHW AL 35.0 7 7 24 6.17 4.17 0.08 0.00 104.0 4.25 -8 -0.8 -0.0 -0.5 -5 .392 .495 $
1952 33 SLB AL 21.0 12 1 10 4.29 4.10 -0.05 0.00 106.4 4.42 0 0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .502 .500 $
1953 34 BOS AL 6.0 3 0 4 6.00 4.26 0.35 0.00 111.0 4.33 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .462 .499 $
6 Seasons 375.0 99 48 196 4.70 4.62 0.14 0.00 101.9 4.56 -8 -0.6 1.0 -0.3 1.9 27 .494 .499 $
CHW (3 yrs) 290.1 59 45 161 4.99 4.81 0.14 0.00 101.1 4.72 -10 -0.9 .9 -0.2 1.1 19 .484 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 6.0 3 0 4 6.00 4.26 0.35 0.00 111.0 4.33 -1 -0.1 1.5 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .462 .499 $
CIN (1 yr) 2.1 2 0 2 7.71 4.07 -0.22 0.00 98.0 4.20 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -1 .454 .499 $
NYY (1 yr) 55.1 23 2 19 3.09 3.84 0.20 0.00 103.4 3.76 4 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.8 7 .522 .503 $
SLB (1 yr) 21.0 12 1 10 4.29 4.10 -0.05 0.00 106.4 4.42 0 0.0 1.1 -0.0 0.1 2 .502 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 29 CIN NL 2 2 10 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600 .375 3 0 0 0 0 1
1950 31 CHW AL 24 383 397 68 122 19 3 10 2 1 45 37 .307 .378 .446 .824 .320 177 9 0 7 0 7
1951 32 CHW AL 28 562 588 69 142 20 1 9 7 2 68 39 .241 .321 .325 .646 .246 191 14 1 13 0 4
1952 33 TOT AL 19 224 209 34 58 11 0 4 6 3 27 19 .278 .366 .388 .753 .290 81 6 2 6 0 3
1952 33 CHW AL 7 155 133 24 38 9 0 3 3 2 18 12 .286 .379 .421 .800 .297 56 4 2 2 0 2
1952 33 SLB AL 12 69 76 10 20 2 0 1 3 1 9 7 .263 .341 .329 .670 .279 25 2 0 4 0 1
1953 34 BOS AL 3 30 27 4 9 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 .333 .400 .519 .919 .346 14 1 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 76 1201 1231 177 334 55 4 23 15 6 143 98 .271 .349 .379 .727 .280 466 30 3 26 0 16
162 Game Avg. 42 669 686 99 186 31 2 13 8 3 80 55 .271 .349 .379 .727 .280 260 17 2 14 0 9
MLB Averages .261 .336 .358 .693 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 29 CIN NL -0.7 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.03 -0.4 0 0 1
1950 31 CHW AL -6.9 -0.6 399 -0.5 7.0 -7.5 1.02 -0.8 0.4 -8.9 -0.8 1.04 -9.8 2 0 3
1951 32 CHW AL 7.8 0.8 573 0.2 11.1 -10.9 1.13 1.0 -0.8 4.7 0.5 1.13 12.2 0 2 3
1952 33 TOT AL -8.0 -0.8 244 -1.4 3.9 -5.4 1.17 -0.4 -0.8 -11.6 -1.1 1.13 -6.6 2 0 5
1952 33 CHW AL -8.3 -0.8 162 -0.7 3.2 -4.0 1.35 -0.2 -0.3 -7.4 -0.7 1.35 -3.5 0 0 0
1952 33 SLB AL 0.3 0.0 82 -0.7 0.7 -1.4 .77 -0.2 -0.7 -4.2 -0.4 0.70 -3.1 2 0 5
1953 34 BOS AL -0.8 -0.1 31 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .70 -0.2 0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.70 -2.5 2 0 1
6 Yrs -1.0 0.1 1250 -1.7 22.4 -24.1 1.08 -0.5 -1.1 -18.5 -1.8 1.09 -7.1 6 2 13

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1945 26 NYY AL 23 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 42.0 45 39 1 0 2.7 5.2
1950 31 CHW AL 24 15 3 9 3 1 3 6 9 .400 0 0 5 0 6 40% 41.6 65 8 8 1 2 9 4.4 4.0 5.3
1951 32 CHW AL 28 23 10 12 1 1 1 10 13 .435 0 0 12 2 10 43% 51.5 78 25 11 4 4 16 3.5 3.8 6.6
1952 33 TOT AL 19 8 0 6 2 0 1 2 6 .250 1 0 1 0 2 25% 43.0 69 24 9 1 0 7 2.0 2.1 4.7
1952 33 CHW AL 7 7 0 5 2 0 1 2 5 .286 1 0 1 0 2 29% 43.0 69 24 4 1 0 6 2.3 2.3 5.0
1952 33 SLB AL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43.0 43 43 5 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.3
4 Yrs 94 48 13 28 7 2 5 18 30 .375 1 0 18 2 18 38% 47 78 8 28 6 7 32 3.5 3.6 5.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 115 -11 4.5 4.6 6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1945 26 NYY AL 23 21 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 4 6.4
1948 29 CIN NL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% .033 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.5
1950 31 CHW AL 24 9 5 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 1.018 2 0 3 1 2 2 2 3 5 3 3 1 5.3
1951 32 CHW AL 28 5 3 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 1.126 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 1 4.6
1952 33 TOT AL 19 11 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 1.171 2 0 5 1 1 5 2 5 5 2 5 4 5.1
1952 33 SLB AL 12 11 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% .772 2 0 5 1 1 5 2 5 5 2 5 4 5.1
1953 34 BOS AL 3 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 40% 6 .696 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 6.0
6 Yrs 92 51 32 5 4 3 2 2 67% 4 0 14 8 57% 1.049 6 2 13 5 4 12 8 13 30 13 13 10 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1945 26 NYY AL 227 0.9% 8.8% 11.9% 74%
1948 29 CIN NL 10 100% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 400% 0 0
1950 31 CHW AL 449 62% 2.6% 9.7% 11.8% 8.4% 26% 1.26 91% 90 9 10%
1951 32 CHW AL 670 55% 1.6% 6.9% 12.1% 5.3% 21% 1.23 96% 113 14 12%
1952 33 TOT AL 244 57% 1.8% 8.5% 12.1% 6.7% 26% 1.18 83% 55 6 11%
1952 33 CHW AL 155 55% 1.9% 7.7% 11.6% 7.7% 32% 1.23 76% 33 4 12%
1952 33 SLB AL 89 59% 1.5% 10.1% 13.0% 4.4% 15% 1.06 99% 22 2 9%
1953 34 BOS AL 30 63% 0.0% 3.3% 10.0% 16.7% 56% 4.67 87% 5 1 20%
6 Yrs 1630 58% 1.8% 8.3% 11.9% 5.7% 22% 1.26 90% 263 30 11%
MLB Averages 49% 2.0% 11.4% 11.2% 5.4% 20% 0.95 89% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1945 26 NYY AL 43 2 2
1948 29 CIN NL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1950 31 CHW AL 383 122 10 0 11 5 5 3 7 22 15 0 68% 7 2 2 166 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 66
1951 32 CHW AL 562 142 9 1 7 3 4 4 3 23 17 1 74% 4 2 0 226 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 108
1952 33 TOT AL 224 58 4 1 6 3 1 0 4 18 9 2 50% 3 1 0 91 6 3 67% 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 20
1952 33 CHW AL 155 38 3 1 6 2 1 0 3 11 5 1 45% 2 1 0 57 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
1952 33 SLB AL 69 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 4 1 57% 1 0 0 34 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
1953 34 BOS AL 30 9 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 1 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 1201 377 25 2 26 11 10 7 14 65 42 3 65% 16 8 2 495 15 6 71% 15 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 9 202
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1945 26 3 3 .500 1.79 23 2 15 0 0 0 55.1 43 19 11 2 27 20 0 0 2 227 195 1.265 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.3 0.74 195
1946 27 3 3 .500 1.79 23 2 15 0 0 0 55.1 43 19 11 2 27 20 0 0 2 227 195 1.265 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.3 0.74 195
1947 28 3 3 .500 1.79 23 2 15 0 0 0 55.1 43 19 11 2 27 20 0 0 2 227 195 1.265 7.0 0.3 4.4 3.3 0.74 195
1948 29 3 3 .500 2.03 25 2 16 0 0 0 57.2 46 21 13 2 27 22 0 0 2 237 174 1.266 7.2 0.3 4.2 3.4 0.81 174
1949 30 3 3 .500 2.03 25 2 16 0 0 0 57.2 46 21 13 2 27 22 0 0 2 237 174 1.266 7.2 0.3 4.2 3.4 0.81 174
1950 31 6 13 .316 3.63 49 17 21 5 0 1 153.2 168 89 62 12 72 59 0 0 4 686 114 1.562 9.8 0.7 4.2 3.5 0.82 114
1951 32 17 25 .405 3.71 77 40 24 17 2 1 313.0 310 158 129 21 140 98 1 0 6 1356 110 1.438 8.9 0.6 4.0 2.8 0.70 110
1952 33 17 32 .347 3.95 96 48 30 18 2 1 369.0 368 192 162 25 167 117 3 0 7 1600 102 1.450 9.0 0.6 4.1 2.9 0.70 102
1953 34 18 32 .360 3.98 99 48 32 18 2 2 375.0 377 196 166 25 170 118 3 0 8 1630 102 1.459 9.0 0.6 4.1 2.8 0.69 102

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1945 26 5 1 .833 2.17 54.0 48 14 13 2 30 20 0 1.444 8.0 5.0 3.3 0.67 0.3 23
1948 29 0 0 6.00 3.0 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 2
1950 31 5 6 .455 4.10 101.0 121 51 46 10 45 39 0 1.644 10.8 4.0 3.5 0.87 0.9 24
1951 32 9 9 .500 3.83 162.0 147 77 69 9 70 40 1 1.340 8.2 3.9 2.2 0.57 0.5 28
1952 33 2 4 .333 6.00 54.0 62 40 36 4 29 18 2 1.685 10.3 4.8 3.0 0.62 0.7 19
1953 34 0 0 6.00 6.0 9 4 4 0 3 1 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 1.5 0.33 0.0 3
6 Yrs 21 20 .512 4.03 380.0 387 188 170 25 177 121 3 1.484 9.2 2.9 0.68 0.6 99

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1951 AL  1.318 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  8.021 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 AL  0.508 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1951 AL  12 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1945 AL  15 (8th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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