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Ken Holcombe
Kenneth Edward Holcombe

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 169 lb.

Born: August 23, 1918 in Burnsville, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1945
Final Game: May 10, 1953
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
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	194	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	51	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	70	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	59	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	101	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	70	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
6 Seasons				18	32	.360	3.98	99	48	32	18	2	2	375.0	377	196	166	25	170	118	3	0	8	1630	101	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	101	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	95	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	70	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	51	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	194	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	101	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	51	1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	7.7

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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
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

1948	29	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

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	57	44	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.250	.298	.273	.571	56	12	1	0	10			1
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	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1			/1
6 Seasons				99	123	106	7	19	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	36	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	21	2	0	14	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	201	173	11	31	3	0	0	5	0	0	5	59	.179	.202	.198	.400	8	34	3	0	23

CHW (3 yrs)				59	102	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	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	123	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	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1945	NYY	AL	26	P	23	13	2	10	1	1	.923	0.52	.954	1.28
1948	CIN	NL	29	P	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		0.90
1950	CHW	AL	31	P	24	24	6	16	2	1	.917	0.92	.950	0.96
1951	CHW	AL	32	P	28	53	8	42	3	5	.943	1.79	.953	0.99
1952	TOT	AL	33	P	19	19	2	15	2	0	.895	0.89	.968	1.03
1952	CHW	AL	33	P	7	13	1	10	2	0	.846	1.57	.969	1.03
1952	SLB	AL	33	P	12	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.50	.967	1.03
1953	BOS	AL	34	P	3	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.67	.950	0.87
6 Seasons				P	99	111	19	84	8	7	.928	1.04	.955	1.05
6 Seasons				TOT	99	111	19	84	8	7	.928	1.04	.883	1.05

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--.508--6th
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 Ink Pitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Sent from Greensburg (Pennsylvania State Associatio) to the St. Louis Cardinals in an unknown transaction.

Before 1941 Season: Sent from the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

November 1, 1946: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees in the 1946 rule 5 draft.

April 1, 1947: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Yankees.

April 15, 1947: Purchased by Sacramento (PCL) from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from Sacramento (PCL) in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

May 10, 1948: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the Cincinnati Reds to Sacramento (PCL).

September 30, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Sacramento (PCL) for $25,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

June 16, 1952: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.

July 24, 1952: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

July 24, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

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Uniforms

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