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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 29 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	16 (6)	May 11	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	20 (3)	May 15	STL	@	BSN	W,8-7		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	23 (2)	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	GF	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	24	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	30 (5)	May 25	STL		BRO	W,9-7	GF	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	36 (5)	May 30 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-9	GS	0	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	39 (2)	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
11	43 (3)	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	46 (2)	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	48 (1)	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	51 (2)	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	55 (3)	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (5)	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	66 (4)	Jul 3	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	GS	25	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	73 (6)	Jul 8 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
19	74	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9		10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	77 (2)	Jul 15 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	84 (6)	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	89 (3)	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
24	94 (4)	Jul 30	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	96 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	101 (4)	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	GS	19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	107 (5)	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	108	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	112 (3)	Aug 16	STL	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	116 (3)	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	119 (2)	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	122 (2)	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	125 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	132 (6)	Sep 6 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	134 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	GS	31	6.2	0	2	0	2	0
36	139 (4)	Sep 14 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	142 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GS	36	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
38	146 (3)	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4		0	0.1	0	0	1	1	0
39	149 (2)	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,11-6	GF	24	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
42	153 (1)	Sep 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
							42gm		217.0	6	41	2	49	0