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Historical player · 1965–1979

Ken Holtzman

B/T R/L · HT 74 · WT 175 · Born 11/3/1945 · From St. Louis, MO USA · Debut 1965-09-04 · Final 1979-09-19

Career · batting

456

607

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.163 · 0.394

Career · pitching

451

410

2,867.3

W-L

174-150

1,601

ERA

3.49

WHIP

1.29

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Chicago Cubs · 1965–1979

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#581 on the Cubs

↑ 1 E. Allen

↓ 1 D. Zwilling

Hits

#476 on the Cubs

↑ 1 B. Borkowski

↓ 1 C. Wortman

RBI

#546 on the Cubs

↑ 1 S. Blake

↓ 1 J. Start

Runs

#563 on the Cubs

↑ 1 S. Alcantara

↓ 1 T. Daly

#644 on the Cubs

↑ 1 E. Bonifacio

↓ 1 O. Clymer

Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1972–1975

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Hits

#818 on the Athletics

↑ 1 Z. Bella

↓ 1 D. Wickersham

RBI

#822 on the Athletics

↑ 1 L. Barrera

↓ 1 D. Wickersham

Runs

#856 on the Athletics

↑ 1 A. Alvarez

↓ 1 M. Adams

#987 on the Athletics

↑ 1 B. Allen

↓ 1 B. Anderson

Career with the Baltimore Orioles · 1976–1976

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Career with the New York Yankees · 1976–1978

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#6,726 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. Acosta

↓ 1 J. Zimmermann

Hits

#6,247 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Anderson

↓ 1 R. Williams

RBI

#6,630 all-time MLB

↑ 1 D. Alston

↓ 1 F. Wilson

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1965	Cubs	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1966	Cubs	NL	34	73	2	9	1	0	0	2	1	25	0.123	0.135	0.137
1967	Cubs	NL	12	35	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	11	0.200	0.200	0.229
1968	Cubs	NL	35	80	4	10	1	0	0	5	1	26	0.125	0.136	0.138
1969	Cubs	NL	39	100	5	15	1	1	1	7	2	32	0.150	0.167	0.210
1970	Cubs	NL	40	105	6	21	5	0	0	6	5	22	0.200	0.236	0.248
1971	Cubs	NL	30	69	4	9	2	0	1	5	3	15	0.130	0.164	0.203
1972	Athletics	AL	40	90	6	16	4	0	0	6	1	25	0.178	0.187	0.222
1973	Athletics	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	—	1.000	—
1974	Athletics	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Athletics	AL	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1976	Orioles	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1976	Yankees	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1977	Yankees	AL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Yankees	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1978	Cubs	NL	23	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	0.200	0.273	0.300
1979	Cubs	NL	24	43	2	10	3	0	0	1	2	9	0.233	0.267	0.302
Career			456	607	35	99	19	1	2	34	17	170	0.163	0.186	0.208

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1965	Cubs	NL	0	0	3	0	0	4.0	2	1	3	3	2.25	1.25
1966	Cubs	NL	11	16	34	33	0	220.7	194	93	68	171	3.79	1.19
1967	Cubs	NL	9	0	12	12	0	92.7	76	26	44	62	2.53	1.29
1968	Cubs	NL	11	14	34	32	1	215.0	201	80	76	151	3.35	1.29
1969	Cubs	NL	17	13	39	39	0	261.3	248	104	93	176	3.58	1.30
1970	Cubs	NL	17	11	39	38	0	287.7	271	108	94	202	3.38	1.27
1971	Cubs	NL	9	15	30	29	0	195.0	213	97	64	143	4.48	1.42
1972	Athletics	AL	19	11	39	37	0	265.3	232	74	52	134	2.51	1.07
1973	Athletics	AL	21	13	40	40	0	297.3	275	98	66	157	2.97	1.15
1974	Athletics	AL	19	17	39	38	0	255.3	273	87	51	117	3.07	1.27
1975	Athletics	AL	18	14	39	38	0	266.3	217	93	108	122	3.14	1.22
1976	Orioles	AL	5	4	13	13	0	97.7	100	31	35	25	2.86	1.38
1976	Yankees	AL	9	7	21	21	0	149.0	165	69	35	41	4.17	1.34
1977	Yankees	AL	2	3	18	11	0	71.7	105	46	24	14	5.78	1.80
1978	Yankees	AL	1	0	5	3	0	17.7	21	8	9	3	4.08	1.70
1978	Cubs	NL	0	3	23	6	2	53.0	61	36	35	36	6.11	1.81
1979	Cubs	NL	6	9	23	20	0	117.7	133	60	53	44	4.59	1.58
Career			174	150	451	410	3	2,867.3	2,787	1,111	910	1,601	3.49	1.29

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	451	410	2,867.0	117	471	26	27

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1986	BBWAA	5	319	Ballot
1985	BBWAA	4	297	Ballot