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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: 13-12 / in Starts: 10-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 4

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	43	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	7-8		99	2.0	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	4.50	10.08	12	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.018	1.76	-0.03%	-0.08	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
2	44	7	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	6-7	W(1-0)	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	5.33	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.077	2.11	0.15%	0.86	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
3	45	13	Apr 28(2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	7.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	0	2.45	3.40	29	17	0	0	0	6	57			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.006	3.17	-0.01%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
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	46	23	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,9-8	10-GF(10)	S(1)	17	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.17	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	0.182	9.71	0.43%	0.45	10b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
5	47	31	May 26(1)	STL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	W(2-1)	9	9.0	11	3	3	3	4	0	0	2.57	2.96	38	13	8	0	0	10	54			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.89	0.439	8.39	1.17%	0.87	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	48	36	May 30(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS-5		3	4.2	6	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.16	3.25	24	6	9	0	0	6	37			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.31	-0.217	5.71	-0.57%	-0.93	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 2 out d1
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
7	49	42	Jun 5	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	5	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.60	3.19	38	14	12	0	4	4	73			0	0	0	33	1	0	2	0	0	2	1.42	0.455	5.28	1.02%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	50	49	Jun 11	STL		BRO	W,9-3	GS-5		5	4.2	8	3	3	0	0	2	0	2.97	3.78	22	8	7	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.118	4.97	-0.40%	-0.91	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
9	51	54	Jun 17(1)	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	GS-5		5	4.1	9	4	3	1	1	0	1	3.30	3.75	25	1	12	1	2	9	31			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.116	3.14	-0.30%	-3.11	1b start a 5	5b -23 1 out a4
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
10	52	68	Jul 3	STL		CIN	W,16-0	SHO	W(4-1)	15	9.0	10	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.73	3.53	41	7	16	1	0	10	69			1	0	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	1	.63	0.209	1.91	0.38%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a16
11	53	73	Jul 7(1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-5		3	4.2	6	2	2	3	0	1	1	2.83	3.89	21	6	5	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.009	4.22	-0.02%	0.09	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out tie
12	54	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	L,6-7	9-GF		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.88	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.045	7.86	0.12%	0.74	9t 123 2 out d1	9t end d 1
13	55	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,7-10	GS-1	L(4-2)	3	0.2	5	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.39	4.09	6	0	1	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.200	3.74	-0.66%	-2.01	1t start tie	1t 1-3 2 out d2
14	56	93	Jul 29	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.34	4.07	3	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.012	.85	0.04%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 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
15	57	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	4.03	5	2	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.131	6.54	0.44%	1.90	7b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 1
16	58	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	16	9.0	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.83	3.85	34	14	10	3	5	8	71			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	0	0	.52	0.246	3.19	0.91%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
17	59	118	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.62	3.75	34	6	16	4	4	6	71			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.439	7.30	1.79%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
18	60	124	Aug 28(2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.0	14	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.59	3.71	39	7	11	1	2	14	45			0	1	0	35	3	0	3	1	0	1	1.56	0.038	11.94	0.18%	1.31	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
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
19	61	130	Sep 2(2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-7	GS-6		4	5.0	4	4	4	2	3	0	0	2.84	3.65	20	2	9	0	0	4	44			1	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.044	7.93	0.21%	-0.81	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out a3
20	62	133	Sep 6	STL		PIT	W,7-6	8-GF	S(2)	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.80	3.61	4	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.58	0.257	21.46	1.28%	0.88	8t 12- 2 out a1	9t end a 1
21	63	138	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	L,4-9	6-7	L(6-3)	4	1.1	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.04	3.63	7	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.224	13.74	-1.21%	-1.47	6b --- 0 out tie	7b -23 1 out d1
22	64	140	Sep 13	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.98	3.64	9	2	5	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	0.063	14.18	0.66%	0.90	6b --- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d1
23	65	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.95	3.63	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.012	1.23	0.07%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
24	66	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		3	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.94	3.62	2	0	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.018	1.54	-0.14%	-1.60	8b 12- 2 out d3	8b end d 5
25	67	151	Sep 25	STL		CIN	L,0-6	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.60	6	1	4	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.031	3.53	0.27%	0.92	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
							13-12		W-L:6-3,Sv:2	4.0	100.0	111	34	32	36	32	4	2	2.88	3.60	434	0.89		5%	8%	107	50	10	20%	4	3	0	390	14	2	5	8	0	6	1.07	1.754	5.87	5.76%	13.70

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