Ken Holtzman
Born: November 3, 1945, St. Louis, MO Died: April 14, 2024, St. Louis, MOHeight: 6'2" Weight: 175 Bats: Right Throws: Left
College: Illinois
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1965 Chicago NL 19 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 4.0 2 18 4 1 1 3 0 0 3 1966 Chicago NL 20 11 16 3.79 34 33 9 1 0 0 0 220.2 194 912 104 93 27 62 6 4 171 1967 Chicago NL 21 9 0 2.53 12 12 3 0 0 0 0 92.2 76 392 31 26 11 37 7 2 62 1968 Chicago NL 22 11 14 3.35 34 32 6 1 1 1 3 215.0 201 907 89 80 17 69 7 6 151 1969 Chicago NL 23 17 13 3.58 39 39 12 0 0 0 6 261.1 248 1112 117 104 18 85 8 5 176 1970 Chicago NL 24 17 11 3.38 39 38 15 1 0 0 1 287.2 271 1208 125 108 30 88 6 3 202 1971 Chicago NL 25 9 15 4.48 30 29 9 0 1 0 3 195.0 213 848 108 97 18 57 7 2 143 1972 Oakland AL 26 19 11 2.51 39 37 16 2 0 0 4 265.1 232 1058 83 74 23 46 6 4 134 1973 Oakland AL 27 21 13 2.97 40 40 16 0 0 0 4 297.1 275 1210 109 98 22 61 5 4 157 1974 Oakland AL 28 19 17 3.07 39 38 9 1 0 0 3 255.1 273 1073 111 87 14 48 3 3 117 1975 Oakland AL 29 18 14 3.14 39 38 13 1 0 0 2 266.1 217 1110 111 93 16 107 1 7 122 1976 Baltimore AL 30 5 4 2.86 13 13 6 0 0 0 1 97.2 100 414 34 31 4 33 2 1 25 1976 New York AL 30 9 7 4.17 21 21 10 0 0 0 2 149.0 165 627 74 69 14 35 0 0 41 1977 New York AL 31 2 3 5.78 18 11 0 3 4 0 0 71.2 105 323 55 46 7 22 2 1 14 1978 New York AL 32 1 0 4.08 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 17.2 21 78 8 8 2 9 0 0 3 1978 Chicago NL 32 0 3 6.11 23 6 0 8 9 2 0 53.0 61 250 40 36 10 32 3 1 36 1979 Chicago NL 33 6 9 4.59 23 20 3 3 0 0 2 117.2 133 529 70 60 15 46 7 6 44 TOTALS 174 150 3.49 451 410 127 23 18 3 31 2867.1 2787 12069 1273 1111 249 840 70 49 1601
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 Chicago NL 3 14 4 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .143 .357 .294 1966 Chicago NL 34 827 104 194 330 37 9 27 9 4 7 10 62 6 4 171 12 .235 .399 .295 1967 Chicago NL 12 343 31 76 130 17 2 11 3 0 0 1 37 7 2 62 8 .222 .379 .314 1968 Chicago NL 34 811 89 201 299 31 8 17 12 2 9 6 69 7 6 151 24 .248 .369 .316 1969 Chicago NL 39 1004 117 248 365 41 11 18 6 4 20 11 85 8 5 176 23 .247 .364 .313 1970 Chicago NL 39 1094 125 271 426 49 8 30 10 7 10 8 88 6 3 202 26 .248 .389 .307 1971 Chicago NL 30 771 108 213 320 39 7 18 6 5 11 5 57 7 2 143 16 .276 .415 .331 1972 Oakland AL 39 981 83 232 346 33 6 23 13 8 10 5 46 6 4 134 30 .236 .353 .276 1973 Oakland AL 40 1131 109 275 392 31 10 22 5 4 6 11 61 5 4 157 28 .243 .347 .286 1974 Oakland AL 39 1005 111 273 372 37 10 14 10 4 21 9 48 3 3 117 17 .272 .370 .308 1975 Oakland AL 39 979 111 217 312 39 4 16 8 8 18 13 107 1 7 122 14 .222 .319 .301 1976 Baltimore AL 13 369 34 100 137 15 5 4 6 3 4 8 33 2 1 25 7 .271 .371 .333 1976 New York AL 21 584 74 165 251 30 7 14 5 3 9 3 35 0 0 41 18 .283 .430 .322 1977 New York AL 18 290 55 105 146 16 2 7 6 2 3 8 22 2 1 14 12 .362 .503 .410 1978 New York AL 5 67 8 21 29 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 9 0 0 3 3 .313 .433 .395 1978 Chicago NL 23 213 40 61 108 7 5 10 0 1 9 3 32 3 1 36 4 .286 .507 .388 1979 Chicago NL 23 463 70 133 208 22 4 15 5 2 14 6 46 7 6 44 13 .287 .449 .366
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1965 Chicago NL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 Chicago NL 20 34 73 2 9 10 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 2 .123 .137 .135 1967 Chicago NL 21 12 35 4 7 8 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 .200 .229 .200 1968 Chicago NL 22 35 80 4 10 11 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 0 .125 .138 .136 1969 Chicago NL 23 39 100 5 15 21 1 1 1 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 1 .150 .210 .167 1970 Chicago NL 24 40 105 6 21 26 5 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 22 3 .200 .248 .236 1971 Chicago NL 25 30 69 4 9 14 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 1 .130 .203 .164 1972 Oakland AL 26 40 90 6 16 20 4 0 0 6 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 4 .178 .222 .187 1973 Oakland AL 27 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1.000 1974 Oakland AL 28 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Oakland AL 29 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Baltimore AL 30 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 New York AL 30 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 New York AL 31 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 New York AL 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Chicago NL 32 23 10 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .200 .300 .273 1979 Chicago NL 33 24 43 2 10 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 .233 .302 .267 TOTALS 456 607 35 99 126 19 1 2 34 40 1 0 0 17 0 0 170 11 .163 .208 .186
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1965 Chicago NL P 4.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 0 1966 Chicago NL P 220.2 33 34 12 24 4 2 .900 1.47 7 10 1 1967 Chicago NL P 92.2 12 12 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.04 0 1 0 1968 Chicago NL P 215.0 32 34 2 42 1 3 .978 1.84 9 6 0 1969 Chicago NL P 261.0 39 39 6 40 3 2 .939 1.59 20 11 1 1970 Chicago NL P 287.2 38 39 11 44 2 1 .965 1.72 10 8 0 1971 Chicago NL P 195.0 29 30 6 28 3 2 .919 1.57 11 5 0 1972 Oakland AL P 265.1 37 39 7 47 1 4 .982 1.83 10 5 3 1973 Oakland AL P 297.1 40 40 15 42 5 2 .919 1.73 6 11 1 1974 Oakland AL P 255.1 38 39 5 43 1 2 .980 1.69 21 9 1 1975 Oakland AL P 266.1 38 39 11 58 1 3 .986 2.33 18 13 2 1976 Baltimore AL P 97.2 13 13 8 21 1 1 .967 2.67 4 8 1 1976 New York AL P 149.0 21 21 11 21 2 3 .941 1.93 9 3 0 1977 New York AL P 71.2 11 18 8 21 1 1 .967 3.64 3 8 2 1978 New York AL P 17.2 3 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.06 0 1 1 1978 Chicago NL P 53.0 6 23 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.36 9 3 0 1979 Chicago NL P 117.2 20 23 8 11 1 0 .950 1.45 14 6 1
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
- Placed on military list by Chicago Cubs (May 22, 1967)
- Activated by Chicago Cubs (August 11, 1967)
- Placed on disabled list by Chicago Cubs (July 28, 1971)
- Activated by Chicago Cubs (August 20, 1971)
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Rick Monday (November 29, 1971).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics with Reggie Jackson and Bill VanBommel to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell (April 2, 1976).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Doyle Alexander, Grant Jackson, Elrod Hendricks and Jimmy Freeman to New York Yankees in exchange for Rudy May, Tippy Martinez, Dave Pagan, Scott McGregor and Rick Dempsey (June 15, 1976).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (June 10, 1978); New York Yankees received Ron Davis (June 12, 1978).
- Placed on disabled list by Chicago Cubs (August 16, 1979)
- Activated by Chicago Cubs (September 6, 1979)
- Released by Chicago Cubs (October 3, 1979).
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