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Ken Heintzelman

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: October 14, 1915 in Peruque, MO us

Died: August 14, 2000 in St. Peters, MO

Buried: All Saints Cemetery, St. Peters, MO

Debut: October 3, 1937 (Age 21-354d, 8,325th in major league history)
vs. CIN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 13, 1952 (Age 36-304d)
vs. BSN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1939 season

Full Name: Kenneth Alphonse Heintzelman

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Relatives: Father of Tom Heintzelman

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.4

W

L

ERA

3.93

G

319

GS

183

SV

IP

1501.2

SO

564

WHIP

1.445

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1935	19	BSN-min	D	10	11	.476	3.00	33						195.0	174	86	65		90									1.354	8.0		4.2			MKE PASA
1936	20	PIT-min	D	20	8	.714	3.07	36						243.0	194	107	83		90									1.169	7.2		3.3			JEA PASA
1937	21	BRO-PIT-min	A1,AA	4	16	.200	4.08	35	21					205.0	201	119	93		87									1.405	8.8		3.8			KNX,MTL SOUA,IL
1937	21	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	2.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	2	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	34	200	3.64	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
1938	22	PIT-min	AA	4	5	.444	5.48	24	9					69.0	75	54	42		65									2.029	9.8		8.5			MTL IL
1938	22	PIT	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	51	6.55	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	0	18	0	0	2	161	77	3.83	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	5	71	4	1	7	742	85	3.39	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	11	81	1	0	4	853	106	3.32	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	1	39	0	0	3	581	74	3.82	1.585	9.9	0.6	4.4	2.7	0.62
1943			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	30	PIT	NL	8	12	.400	3.77	32	24	4	6	2	1	157.2	165	84	66	7	86	9	57	0	0	4	708	94	3.54	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	3	57	2	0	3	599	89	4.29	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	0	2	0	0	0	28	23	12.65	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	3	55	2	0	3	571	99	4.04	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	4	57	1	0	5	536	91	3.93	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	8	65	1	0	2	1041	130	4.11	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	1	39	0	3	2	547	98	4.29	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	1	55	4	0	1	516	92	4.42	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	1	20	0	0	0	170	117	2.60	1.242	8.6	0.2	2.5	4.2	1.67
1953	37	PHI-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.32	37	9		1	1		111.0	115	52	41	5	35		46	0	0	1				1.351	9.3	0.4	2.8	3.7	1.31	BLT IL
13 Yrs				77	98	.440	3.93	319	183	72	66	18	10	1501.2	1540	746	656	100	630	44	564	14	4	33	6497	96	3.84	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	6	76	2	1	4	880	96	3.84	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	26	273	6	1	20	3116	88	3.57	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	18	291	8	3	13	3381	105	4.06	1.352	8.8	0.7	3.4	3.3	0.96