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Ken Burkhart
Kenneth William Burkhart
born Kenneth William Burkhardt

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 21, 1945
Final Game September 25, 1949
Born November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN
Died December 29, 2004 in Knoxville, TN

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1945 28 STL NL  18   8  42  22  12   4  12  2  217.3  206   76   70   9   66   67   3   3   901       0  2.90  3.76  130 1.252
 1946 29 STL NL   6   3  25  13   5   2   7  2  100.0  111   34   32   4   36   32   2   2   434       0  2.88  3.45  120 1.470
 1947 30 STL NL   3   6  34   6   1   0   9  1   95.0  108   55   55  13   23   44   4   3   404       1  5.21  4.15   80 1.379
 1948 31 TOT NL   0   3  36   0   0   0  15  1   79.0   92   58   55   7   30   30   3   0   353       1  6.27  3.99   64 1.544
         STL NL   0   0  20   0   0   0   7  1   37.3   50   24   23   4   14   16   2   0   171       0  5.54  4.07   73 1.714
         CIN NL   0   3  16   0   0   0   8  0   41.7   42   34   32   3   16   14   1   0   182       1  6.91  3.92   57 1.392
 1949 32 CIN NL   0   0  11   0   0   0   5  1   28.3   29   10   10   2   10    8   0   0   115       0  3.18  4.16  131 1.376
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .574  27  20 148  41  18   6  48  7  519.7  546  233  222  35  165  181  12   8  2207       2  3.84  3.83  100 1.368
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   7  53  14   6   2  17  2  186.7  196   83   79  12   59   65   4   2   794   0   0  3.84  3.83  100 1.368
 Career High     18   8  42  22  12   4  15  2  217.3  206   76   70  13   66   67   4   3   901   0   1  2.88  4.15  130 1.252

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1945 28 STL NL  42   72    5   13   2  0   0    5   0      4  14  .181  .244  .208   25   15   4           2   2
 1946 29 STL NL  25   34    2    5   1  1   0    3   0      1   8  .147  .171  .235   13    8   0           0   1
 1947 30 STL NL  34   24    1    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   6  .125  .125  .125  -34    3   2           0   0
 1948 31 TOT NL  37   13    3    4   1  0   1    2   0      1   3  .308  .357  .615  159    8   0           0   0
         STL NL  21    4    2    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   2  .250  .250  .500   94    2   0           0   0
         CIN NL  16    9    1    3   0  0   1    2   0      1   1  .333  .400  .667  188    6   0           0   0
 1949 32 CIN NL  11    7    0    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .286  .286  .286   53    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      149  150   11   27   4  1   1   11   0  0   6  31  .180  .222  .240   26   36   6   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        163   12   29   4  1   1   12   0  0   7  34  .180  .222  .240   26   39   7   0   0   2   3
 Career High     42   72    5   13   2  1   1    5   0  0   4  14                          15   4   0   0   2   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1945 28 STL NL   82   65    3   1.2    99| .181  .277| .244  .347| .208  .382| .452  .729|  25  .094  -7.5  -0.8     
 1946 29 STL NL   35   30    1   0.9    96| .147  .267| .171  .343| .235  .374| .406  .717|  13  .059  -4.2  -0.4     
 1947 30 STL NL   26   23    0   0.0   109| .125  .279| .125  .355| .125  .413| .250  .768| -34  .000  -4.8  -0.5     
 1948 31 TOT NL   14    9    3   8.8   102| .308  .269| .357  .343| .615  .397| .972  .740| 159  .779   1.0   0.1     
         STL NL    4    3    1   8.8   107| .250  .276| .250  .351| .500  .408| .750  .760|  94  .779  -0.0   0.0     
         CIN NL   10    6    2   8.8    99| .333  .265| .400  .339| .667  .393|1.067  .732| 188  .779   1.0   0.1     
 1949 32 CIN NL    7    5    1   5.4   105| .286  .272| .286  .345| .286  .406| .572  .752|  53  .571  -0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       164  132    8   1.6   100| .180  .274| .222  .347| .240  .388| .462  .734|  26  .143 -16.0  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1945 28 STL NL P 42 6 41 2 0 .959 .963 1.12 1.06 1.95 2.18 22 217.3 1946 29 STL NL P 25 1 15 2 1 .889 .958 0.64 1.01 1.44 2.24 13 100.0 1947 30 STL NL P 34 6 20 0 0 1.000 .967 0.76 0.91 2.46 2.12 6 95.0 1948 31 TOT NL P 36 7 14 1 1 .955 .963 0.58 0.91 2.39 2.11 0 79.0 STL NL P 20 3 8 0 1 1.000 .965 0.55 0.91 2.65 2.10 0 37.3 CIN NL P 16 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 0.62 0.91 2.16 2.12 0 41.7 1949 32 CIN NL P 11 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.91 2.23 2.04 0 28.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1945 28 STL NL P 42 6 41 2 0 .959 .963 1.12 1.06 1.95 2.18 22 217.3 1946 29 STL NL P 25 1 15 2 1 .889 .958 0.64 1.01 1.44 2.24 13 100.0 1947 30 STL NL P 34 6 20 0 0 1.000 .967 0.76 0.91 2.46 2.12 6 95.0 1948 31 TOT NL P 36 7 14 1 1 .955 .963 0.58 0.91 2.39 2.11 0 79.0 STL NL P 20 3 8 0 1 1.000 .965 0.55 0.91 2.65 2.10 0 37.3 CIN NL P 16 4 6 1 0 .909 .962 0.62 0.91 2.16 2.12 0 41.7 1949 32 CIN NL P 11 1 6 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.91 2.23 2.04 0 28.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 148 21 96 5 3 .959 .963 0.79 0.97 2.03 2.16 41 519.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 148 21 96 5 3 .959 .963 0.79 0.97 2.02 2.16 41 520
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1945 NL-2.90-7

Wins
1945 NL-18-3

Won-Loss %
1945 NL-.692-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1945 NL-1.252-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1945 NL-8.53-8

Games
1945 NL-42-7

Innings
1945 NL-217.3-10

Shutouts
1945 NL-4-2

Hit Batsmen
1947 NL-4-6

Batters Faced
1945 NL-901-10

Adjusted ERA+
1945 NL-130-8

 

Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 26, 1948: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Young.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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