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Ken Burkhart
Kenneth William Burkhart

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

MLB Debut April 21, 1945
Final Game September 25, 1949
Born November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, TN
Died December 29, 2004 (age 88)

Pitching   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Batters 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1945 28 SLN NL  14   8  .636  34  34   3   0   0   0  230.1  226   948   94   82  14   53   5   4   95   4  0  3.20  
 1946 29 SLN NL   4   5  .444  60   0   0  26   4   0   95.1  117   424   70   53   6   30   4   2   47   1  0  5.00  
 1947 30 SLN NL   5   9  .357  33  20   2   5   1   0  148.2  183   651   78   74  19   50   6   0   66   3  2  4.48  
 1948 31 SLN NL   2   0 1.000   5   0   0   2   0   0   11.0    9    46    4    4   2    5   0   0    1   0  0  3.27  
         CHA AL   1   3  .250  25   0   0   9   0   0   58.0   55   250   16   12   0   30   2   1   29   0  0  1.86  
         TOT      3   3  .500  30   0   0  11   0   0   69.0   64   296   20   16   2   35   2   1   30   0  0  2.09 
 1949 32 SLN NL   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0    7.2   11    37    8    5   1    3   0   0    3   0  0  5.87  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
  5 Seasons      26  25  .510 161  54   5  43   5   0  551.0  601  2356  270  230  42  171  17   7  241   8  2  3.76
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With SLN      25  22  .532 136  54   5  34   5   0  493.0  546  2106  254  218  42  141  15   6  212   8  2  3.98
   With CHA       1   3  .250  25   0   0   9   0   0   58.0   55   250   16   12   0   30   2   1   29   0  0  1.86
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      27  20  .574 148  41  18  48   7   6  521.2  546  2207  233  222  35  165      12  181   8  2  3.84
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1945 28 SLN NL  41   91   3.6   0  4.09   76  11   0  .145   4   11    7  .636   21    5  .808  -44   
 1946 29 SLN NL  40   53   4.9   8          4   0   0  .000   3    6    4  .667   10    6  .625   28   
 1947 30 SLN NL  44   96   5.9   1  4.85   43   6   0  .140   0    5    5 1.000   14   12  .538  -13   
 1948 31 SLN NL  51    4   3.7   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000 -132   
         CHA AL  44   24   3.8   1         14   3   0  .214   2    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000 -172   
         TOT          28   3.8   1         14   3   0  .214   2    3    1  .333    1    0 1.000
 1949 32 SLN NL  54    5   6.6   0          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  179   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  5 Seasons          276   4.5  10        137  20   0  .146   9   27   19  .704   46   23  .667  -35   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register 

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1947 WS    SLN BOA   L    1  3.86   0-1   0  1   7.0   9   3   1   8
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1945  SLN   66-88   Mike Rescigno
 1946  SLN   89-65   Mike Rescigno
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