Ken Holtzman
Kenneth Dale Holtzman
Born: November 3, 1945
St. Louis, MO USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: L
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 175
College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Career: 1965-1979
Draft: Round 4 (1965 June Amateur Draft, Chicago Cubs)
School: Illinois
Minor League Statistics
Ken Holtzman compiled a career record of 174 wins and 150 losses in his 456-game career with the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. He began playing during the 1965 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
1966 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 11 | 16 | .407 | 3.79 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 220.7 | 194 | 104 | 93 | 27 | 68 | 6 | 171 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 912 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.53 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 76 | 31 | 26 | 11 | 44 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 392 |
1968 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3.35 | 34 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 215.0 | 201 | 89 | 80 | 17 | 76 | 7 | 151 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 907 |
1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 13 | .567 | 3.58 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 261.3 | 248 | 117 | 104 | 18 | 93 | 8 | 176 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1112 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 17 | 11 | .607 | 3.38 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 287.7 | 271 | 125 | 108 | 30 | 94 | 6 | 202 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1208 |
1971 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 9 | 15 | .375 | 4.48 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 195.0 | 213 | 108 | 97 | 18 | 64 | 7 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 848 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2.51 | 39 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 265.3 | 232 | 83 | 74 | 23 | 52 | 6 | 134 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1058 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2.97 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 297.3 | 275 | 109 | 98 | 22 | 66 | 5 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1210 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 19 | 17 | .528 | 3.07 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 255.3 | 273 | 111 | 87 | 14 | 51 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1073 |
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 18 | 14 | .563 | 3.14 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 266.3 | 217 | 111 | 93 | 16 | 108 | 1 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1110 |
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.86 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 97.7 | 100 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 414 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 7 | .563 | 4.17 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 149.0 | 165 | 74 | 69 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 627 |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.78 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 105 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 323 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.08 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.11 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.0 | 61 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 250 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.59 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 117.7 | 133 | 70 | 60 | 15 | 53 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 529 |
Totals | 174 | 150 | .537 | 3.49 | 451 | 410 | 18 | 127 | 31 | 3 | 2867.3 | 2787 | 1273 | 1111 | 249 | 910 | 70 | 1601 | 49 | 2 | 98 | 12069 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1966 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 34 | 80 | 73 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .123 | .135 | .137 | .272 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 12 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .200 | .200 | .229 | .429 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1968 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 35 | 82 | 80 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .125 | .136 | .138 | .273 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 39 | 107 | 100 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .150 | .167 | .210 | .377 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 40 | 118 | 105 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .200 | .236 | .248 | .484 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1971 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 30 | 75 | 69 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .130 | .164 | .203 | .367 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 40 | 102 | 90 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .178 | .187 | .222 | .409 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 24 | 45 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .233 | .267 | .302 | .569 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 456 | 665 | 607 | 35 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 170 | .163 | .186 | .208 | .393 | 126 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1965 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .333 |
1966 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 34 | 33 | 220.7 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .900 | 1.468 | 1.059 |
1967 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 12 | 12 | 92.7 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.040 | 1.750 |
1968 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 34 | 32 | 215.0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .978 | 1.842 | 1.294 |
1969 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 39 | 39 | 261.0 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .939 | 1.586 | 1.179 |
1970 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 39 | 38 | 288.0 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.719 | 1.410 |
1971 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 30 | 29 | 195.0 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.569 | 1.133 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 39 | 37 | 265.0 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 1.834 | 1.385 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 40 | 40 | 297.3 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 2 | .919 | 1.725 | 1.425 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 39 | 38 | 255.3 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.692 | 1.231 |
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | P | 39 | 38 | 266.3 | 11 | 58 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 2.332 | 1.769 |
1976 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 21 | 21 | 149.0 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.933 | 1.524 |
1976 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 13 | 13 | 97.7 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.672 | 2.231 |
1977 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 18 | 11 | 71.7 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 3.642 | 1.611 |
1978 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 23 | 6 | 53.0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.358 | .348 |
1978 | AL | New York Yankees | P | 5 | 3 | 17.7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.057 | 1.200 |
1979 | NL | Chicago Cubs | P | 23 | 20 | 117.7 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.453 | .826 |
Totals | 451 | 410 | 2867.0 | 117 | 471 | 26 | 27 | .958 | 1.846 | 1.304 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Totals | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.30 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70.3 | 61 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 286 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 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 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 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 |
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 13 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .357 | .769 | 1.126 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
1972 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | P | 3 | 2 | 12.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 2.132 | 1.000 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.455 | 3.000 |
1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | P | 3 | 3 | 10.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.375 | 1.333 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 |
1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | P | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .500 |
Totals | 13 | 12 | 70.3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 2.047 | 1.231 |
Awards
1973 - AL TSN All-Star LHP
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