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Ken Burkhart

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN us

Died: December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Knoxville, TN

High School: Central HS (Knoxville, TN)

Debut: April 21, 1945 (Age 28-154d, 9,924th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 25, 1949 (Age 32-311d)
vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Kenneth William Burkhart

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1946 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.8

ERA

3.84

148

519.2

181

WHIP

1.368

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-18 / in Starts: 13-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 11

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	8-GF	W(1-0)	99	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.20	7	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.249	4.68	0.41%	1.03	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
2	2	5	Apr 22(2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	2-3		0	1.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.70	6	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.38	0.027	1.14	0.05%	0.84	2t -2- 2 out d5	3t 3 out d5
3	3	9	Apr 29(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	7-GF	S(1)	6	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.88	9	1	5	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.188	3.81	0.28%	1.41	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	4	16	May 11	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	7-GF(8)		11	2.0	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	2.35	3.22	11	2	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	1	.16	-0.013	.41	-0.02%	-3.01	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 7
5	5	20	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7	5-6		3	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.00	3.14	6	1	3	0	0	2		3	0	0	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	-0.209	4.07	-0.24%	-0.73	5b 123 2 out tie	6b 3 out d1
6	6	23	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	1-GF	W(2-0)	1	9.0	6	2	2	3	5	1	0	3.00	3.59	35	9	12	1	1	6		2	2	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.207	1.73	0.20%	1.49	1b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 3
7	7	24	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	8-8	BW(3-0)	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.86	4.25	5	1	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.708	3.01	-0.71%	-3.45	8b 123 1 out a4	8b 3 out d1
8	8	30	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	2-GF	BW(4-0)	6	8.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.04	3.94	31	9	14	0	0	5		3	2	0	0	0	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.28	0.439	3.59	0.74%	2.97	2t 123 0 out a1	9t end a 2
9	9	36	May 30(2)	STL		BSN	L,2-9	GS-	L(4-1)	4	2.1	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.72	3.94	15						30						14					0
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	10	39	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	GS-8	L(4-2)	2	8.0	5	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.65	3.89	32	11	10	1	1	5	58			0	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.055	3.99	0.12%	1.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
11	11	43	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3		W(5-2)	5	4.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.87	15												13					0
12	12	46	Jun 10(2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	10-10	L(5-3)	1	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	1	4.14	4.25	5	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.466	5.22	-0.87%	-3.02	10t --- 0 out tie	10t 1-- 1 out d3
13	13	48	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,1-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.04	4.21	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.018	.69	0.03%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
14	14	51	Jun 17(1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	SHO	W(6-3)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.33	4.02	32	19	5	1	1	5	76			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.89	0.385	2.89	0.75%	4.68	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
15	15	55	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(7-3)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.13	4.04	34	10	14	3	2	5	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.404	4.29	0.86%	2.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
16	16	61	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	W(8-3)	5	9.0	6	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.86	3.94	34	14	9	0	4	6	70			0	0	0	31	2	0	1	2	0	0	.63	0.247	2.27	0.53%	3.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	66	Jul 3	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	7.0	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	2.95	4.17	25	11	8	2	0	6	53			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.016	3.72	-0.04%	0.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
18	18	73	Jul 8(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	9	4	4	4	1	1	0	3.06	4.28	39	9	16	0	0	9	50			0	0	0	35	3	1	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.177	8.28	0.67%	0.46	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
19	19	74	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	7-9		3	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	4.23	10	4	4	0	2	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.150	4.93	0.49%	1.55	7t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
20	20	77	Jul 15(1)	STL		BSN	L,1-3	GS-	L(9-5)	2	8.0	9	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.99	4.29	36						51						33					0
21	21	84	Jul 19(2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	W(10-5)	3	9.0	12	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.08	4.11	38						50						37	1	0			0
22	22	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.07	4.09	11	2	7	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.00	0.328	11.28	1.11%	1.17	7t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
23	23	89	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(11-5)	4	9.0	8	2	1	2	4	0	0	2.91	3.97	37						67						35	3	0			0
24	24	94	Jul 30	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS-6	L(11-6)	3	6.0	9	4	3	3	5	0	0	2.99	3.90	31	8	7	1	0	8	42			1	0	0	27	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.44	-0.210	5.76	-0.50%	-0.91	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
25	25	96	Jul 31(2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2.97	3.91	6	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.55	0.018	2.17	0.04%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	26	101	Aug 5(2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS-4	L(11-7)	4	3.2	6	7	7	3	3	0	0	3.38	3.90	19	5	2	0	1	6	21			0	0	0	16	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.34	-0.348	6.62	-1.03%	-4.29	1b start a 1	4b --3 2 out d5
27	27	107	Aug 12(2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	SHO	W(12-7)	6	9.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.15	3.82	31	6	16	0	0	4	80			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.563	5.20	1.58%	4.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
28	28	108	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10	7-8	H(1)	0	1.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.32	3.79	9	0	3	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.01	-0.325	8.06	-0.78%	-2.20	7b 12- 0 out a4	8b 1-3 1 out a1
29	29	112	Aug 16	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	SHO	W(13-7)	2	9.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.12	3.69	29	14	8	2	1	2	86			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.400	3.00	0.96%	4.32	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
30	30	116	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(14-7)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.94	3.62	36	14	9	2	0	7	75			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.87	0.632	5.24	1.06%	4.50	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
31	31	119	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(15-7)	4	9.0	10	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.83	3.57	38	18	5	1	0	10	64			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.22	0.449	12.59	2.79%	3.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
32	32	122	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.85	3.64	10	3	3	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.062	2.10	-0.23%	-0.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	33	125	Sep 2(1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	GS-8		3	8.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	1	2.77	3.59	33	7	11	0	0	7	67			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.278	17.93	2.53%	3.13	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
34	34	132	Sep 6(2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	11	3	3	1	4	1	0	2.78	3.59	37	12	10	1	0	10	56			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.228	3.12	0.61%	1.64	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
35	35	134	Sep 9(1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GS-7		2	6.2	9	4	4	3	0	0	0	2.87	3.61	31	8	11	3	1	9	37			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.290	9.56	-1.14%	-1.17	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
36	36	139	Sep 14(1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS-2		4	1.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.91	3.63	7	1	1	0	0	3	41			0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.199	9.58	-1.03%	-2.33	1t start tie	2t 123 0 out d1
37	37	142	Sep 16(1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GS-9	L(16-8)	1	8.1	9	4	4	4	2	0	0	2.97	3.63	36	7	14	1	0	9	47			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.78	0.043	12.21	0.18%	1.22	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a1
38	38	146	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4			2	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.96	3.65	3												2					0
39	39	149	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	8-GF	S(3)	3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.64	6	1	4	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.070	12.33	0.47%	0.44	8t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
40	40	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.64	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.014	11.40	0.20%	0.60	7b -23 2 out d3	7b 3 out d3
41	41	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,11-6	4-GF	W(17-8)	0	5.2	5	3	1	3	0	0	0	2.89	3.66	24	7	9	2	3	5		3	1	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.028	11.38	-0.24%	0.01	4b 123 1 out tie	9b end a 5
42	42	153	Sep 29(1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	W(18-8)	2	9.0	10	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.90	3.62	39	10	15	0	0	10	55			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	1	.82	0.297	.00	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							24-18		W-L:18-8,Sv:3,BSv:2,Hld:1	2.7	217.1	206	76	70	66	68	10	3	2.90	3.62	902	0.93		5%	4%	164	57	24	38%	5	5	0	821	28	9	7	16	0	10	1.16	2.992	6.03	9.85%	28.04

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