Ken Holtzman
Kenneth Dale Holtzman
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 3, 1945 in St. Louis, MO
High School: University City (University City, MO)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1965
Final Game: September 19, 1979
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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
1965 19 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1966 20 CHC NL 34 80 73 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .123 .135 .137 .272 -24 10 2 0 6 0 0 1
1967 21 CHC NL 12 41 35 4 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .200 .200 .229 .429 20 8 0 0 6 0 0 1
1968 22 CHC NL 35 82 80 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 26 .125 .136 .138 .273 -20 11 0 0 1 0 0 1
1969 23 CHC NL 39 107 100 5 15 1 1 1 7 0 0 2 32 .150 .167 .210 .377 -0 21 1 0 5 0 0 1
1970 24 CHC NL 40 118 105 6 21 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 22 .200 .236 .248 .484 25 26 3 0 8 0 0 1
1971 25 CHC NL 30 75 69 4 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 15 .130 .164 .203 .367 -1 14 1 0 2 1 0 1
1972 26 OAK AL 40 102 90 6 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .178 .187 .222 .409 24 20 4 0 11 0 0 1 AS
1973 27 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1974 28 OAK AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 29 OAK AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 32 TOT MLB 23 12 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 53 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1978 32 CHC NL 23 12 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200 .273 .300 .573 53 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 33 CHC NL 24 45 43 2 10 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .233 .267 .302 .569 49 13 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 283 665 607 35 99 19 1 2 34 0 0 17 165 .163 .186 .208 .393 8 126 11 0 40 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 381 347 20 57 11 1 1 19 0 0 10 94 .163 .186 .208 .393 8 72 6 0 23 1 0
CHC (9 yrs) 240 560 515 29 83 15 1 2 28 0 0 15 145 .161 .185 .206 .390 6 106 7 0 29 1 0
OAK (4 yrs) 43 105 92 6 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 25 .174 .191 .217 .409 24 20 4 0 11 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 240 560 515 29 83 15 1 2 28 0 0 15 145 .161 .185 .206 .390 6 106 7 0 29 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 43 105 92 6 16 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 25 .174 .191 .217 .409 24 20 4 0 11 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1966 20 CHC NL 80 72 1 0.4 97 .188 .123 .266 .135 .324 .137 .400 .272 .725 -24 .011 -12.4 -1.3 .167 .027 .014
1967 21 CHC NL 41 34 2 1.6 94 .292 .200 .264 .200 .327 .229 .387 .429 .714 20 .158 -3.8 -0.4 .286 .029 .029
1968 22 CHC NL 82 71 2 0.8 87 .185 .125 .260 .136 .319 .138 .366 .273 .685 -20 .055 -12.1 -1.4 .171 .025 .013
1969 23 CHC NL 107 91 4 1.2 105 .209 .150 .274 .167 .346 .210 .406 .377 .752 -0 .090 -14.6 -1.5 .267 .080 .060 .0
1970 24 CHC NL 118 95 6 1.7 112 .253 .200 .280 .236 .354 .248 .427 .484 .781 25 .137 -12.0 -1.2 .356 .095 .048
1971 25 CHC NL 75 64 2 0.8 102 .148 .130 .274 .164 .342 .203 .401 .367 .743 -1 .053 -9.9 -1.1 .279 .116 .072 .0
1972 26 OAK AL 102 89 3 0.9 79 .246 .178 .241 .187 .309 .222 .348 .409 .657 24 .074 -8.4 -0.9 .269 .056 .044
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0 0 1.000 .322 0.3 0.0
1975 29 OAK AL 2 2 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .256 .000 .325 .000 .376 .000 .700 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 32 TOT MLB 12 9 1 3.0 104 .200 .200 .275 .273 .345 .300 .405 .573 .750 53 .349 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .200 .100
1978 32 CHC NL 12 9 1 3.0 104 .400 .200 .275 .273 .345 .300 .405 .573 .750 53 .349 -0.7 -0.1 .500 .200 .100
1979 33 CHC NL 45 33 4 3.3 108 .294 .233 .280 .267 .347 .302 .416 .569 .763 49 .365 -3.2 -0.3 .455 .116 .070
15 Seasons 665 560 25 1.2 98 .220 .163 .267 .186 .334 .208 .394 .393 .728 8 .095 -77.1 -8.3 .276 .072 .044 .0
162 Game Avg. 381 321 14 1.2 98 .220 .163 .267 .186 .334 .208 .394 .393 .728 8 .095 -77.1 -8.3 .276 .072 .044
CHC (9 yrs) 560 469 22 1.3 102 .220 .161 .272 .185 .339 .206 .402 .390 .741 6 .100 -68.6 -7.3 .276 .074 .045 .0
OAK (4 yrs) 105 91 3 0.9 79 .239 .174 .241 .191 .309 .217 .348 .409 .658 24 .070 -8.6 -1.0 .275 .065 .043
NL (9 yrs) 560 469 22 1.3 102 .220 .161 .272 .185 .339 .206 .402 .390 .741 6 .100 -68.6 -7.3 .276 .074 .045 .0
AL (7 yrs) 105 91 3 0.9 79 .239 .174 .241 .191 .309 .217 .348 .409 .658 24 .070 -8.6 -1.0 .275 .065 .043

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
1972 26 OAK AL ALCS DET W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 26 OAK AL WS CIN W 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 27 OAK AL WS NYM W 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1974 28 OAK AL WS LAD W 2 5 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.500 2.100 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 14 13 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .769 1.126 10 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 WS 8 13 12 4 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .385 .833 1.218 10 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1972 OAK AL 26 DNP
1973 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 20 CHC NL 80 0.0% 31.3% 1.3% 1.3% 11% 25.00 2.9 36.5 2.92 60%
1967 21 CHC NL 41 0.0% 26.8% 0.0% 2.4% 14% 3.2 17.5 2.43 59%
1968 22 CHC NL 82 0.0% 31.7% 1.2% 1.2% 10% 26.00 3.1 16.0 1.19 66%
1969 23 CHC NL 107 0.9% 29.9% 1.9% 2.8% 20% 16.00 3.1 100.0 14.3 1.10 63%
1970 24 CHC NL 118 0.0% 18.6% 4.2% 4.2% 24% 4.40 4.8 17.5 1.37 70%
1971 25 CHC NL 75 1.3% 20.0% 4.0% 4.0% 33% 5.00 4.6 69.0 13.8 1.35 72%
1972 26 OAK AL 102 0.0% 24.5% 1.0% 3.9% 25% 25.00 3.6 15.0 2.16 64%
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.00 0%
1975 29 OAK AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1978 32 TOT MLB 12 0.0% 41.7% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 5.00 2.0 1.00 42%
1978 32 CHC NL 12 0.0% 41.7% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 5.00 2.0 1.00 42%
1979 33 CHC NL 45 0.0% 20.0% 4.4% 6.7% 30% 4.50 4.8 43.0 0.92 76%
15 Seasons 665 0.3% 25.6% 2.6% 3.3% 22% 10.00 3.6 303.5 17.9 1.52 66%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 20 CHC NL 1 0 20% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1967 21 CHC NL 0 0 57% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1968 22 CHC NL 1 0 36% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1969 23 CHC NL 1 0 25% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 1
1970 24 CHC NL 2 0 23% 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18% 7 6 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
1971 25 CHC NL 1 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 26 OAK AL 4 0 35% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1973 27 OAK AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 29 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 32 TOT MLB 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1978 32 CHC NL 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1979 33 CHC NL 1 0 17% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
15 Seasons 11 0 29% 170 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 26% 29 22 5 3 3 0 15 8 7
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1966 20 CHC NL 80 18% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 15 2 13% 22 4 18% 53 2 4% 7 1 14% 8 2 25% 0
1967 21 CHC NL 41 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 8 0 0% 10 3 30% 32 2 6% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1968 22 CHC NL 82 30% 10 1 0 0 0 2.43 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 9 0 0% 9 0 0% 55 5 9% 4 4 100% 4 2 50% 0
1969 23 CHC NL 107 21% 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 14 5 36% 28 1 4% 27 6 22% 99 6 6% 10 2 20% 5 0 0% 0
1970 24 CHC NL 118 31% 21 1 0 0 0 1.98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 22 3 14% 29 5 17% 67 6 9% 5 0 0% 9 3 33% 0
1971 25 CHC NL 75 20% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 13 1 8% 14 2 14% 53 4 8% 7 3 43% 3 1 33% 0
1972 26 OAK AL 102 25% 16 1 0 0 0 6.80 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 92% 27 4 15% 24 5 21% 64 8 13% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1973 27 OAK AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 29 OAK AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 32 TOT MLB 12 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 32 CHC NL 12 17% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 33 CHC NL 45 20% 10 1 0 0 0 1.89 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 30 1 3% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
15 Seasons 665 24% 99 4 0 0 0 3.28 2 0 27 2 0 1 1 0 67 40 60% 130 11 8% 141 26 18% 458 34 7% 42 12 29% 34 10 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 20 37 80 73 2 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .123 .135 .137 .272 -24 10 2 0 6 0 0
1967 21 49 121 108 6 16 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 36 .148 .156 .167 .323 -10 18 2 0 12 0 0
1968 22 84 203 188 10 26 3 0 0 9 0 0 2 62 .138 .147 .154 .302 -14 29 2 0 13 0 0
1969 23 123 310 288 15 41 4 1 1 16 0 0 4 94 .142 .154 .174 .328 -9 50 3 0 18 0 0
1970 24 163 428 393 21 62 9 1 1 22 0 0 9 116 .158 .177 .193 .370 1 76 6 0 26 0 0
1971 25 193 503 462 25 71 11 1 2 27 0 0 12 131 .154 .175 .195 .370 0 90 7 0 28 1 0
1972 26 233 605 552 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 13 156 .158 .177 .199 .376 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1973 27 234 606 552 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 14 156 .158 .178 .199 .377 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1974 28 235 606 552 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 14 156 .158 .178 .199 .377 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1975 29 236 608 554 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 14 156 .157 .178 .199 .376 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1976 30 236 608 554 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 14 156 .157 .178 .199 .376 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1977 31 236 608 554 31 87 15 1 2 33 0 0 14 156 .157 .178 .199 .376 4 110 11 0 39 1 0
1978 32 259 620 564 33 89 16 1 2 33 0 0 15 156 .158 .179 .200 .380 5 113 11 0 40 1 0
1979 33 283 665 607 35 99 19 1 2 34 0 0 17 165 .163 .186 .208 .393 8 126 11 0 40 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1966 20 34 73 72 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 25 .111 .123 .125 .248 1 34
1967 21 12 35 35 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 12
1968 22 35 83 82 5 12 1 0 0 6 0 1 26 .146 .157 .159 .315 2 35
1969 23 39 101 99 4 14 1 1 1 6 0 2 32 .141 .158 .202 .360 3 39
1970 24 40 108 103 5 19 5 0 0 5 0 5 22 .184 .222 .233 .455 5 40
1971 25 30 72 68 3 8 2 0 1 4 0 3 15 .118 .153 .191 .344 2 30
1972 26 42 95 94 8 17 4 0 0 8 0 1 26 .181 .189 .223 .413 4 40
1973 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1
1975 29 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1978 32 23 11 10 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .200 .273 .300 .573 1 23
1979 33 24 44 42 2 9 3 0 0 1 0 2 9 .214 .250 .286 .536 3 24
11 Seasons 281 625 607 34 89 18 1 2 33 0 17 171 .147 .170 .189 .359 23 279
162 Game Avg. 162 360 350 20 51 10 1 1 19 0 10 99 .147 .170 .189 .359 13 279

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1972
1973 *

Youngest s c a p y
1965 NL--born 1945-11-03--9th

                           
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