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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

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

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6		11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	16 (10)	May 10	STL		BSN	L,0-6		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	26 (9)	May 23 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,18-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	29 (2)	May 26	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	33 (3)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9		13	2.2	0	1	0	1	0
6	36 (2)	May 31 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	43 (6)	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,1-5		12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	45 (1)	Jun 9	STL		BSN	L,5-11		15	3.2	0	2	0	2	0
9	46	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-10		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	49 (2)	Jun 13 (1)	STL		NYG	L,7-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	53 (3)	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	56 (2)	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	60 (3)	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	64 (3)	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-9		8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	66 (1)	Jul 2	STL	@	CIN	L,3-7	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	71 (3)	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12		10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	74 (2)	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	79 (4)	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	81 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds
21	93	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5		23	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
22	95 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	100 (4)	Aug 5	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-6	GF	9	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	101	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	104 (2)	Aug 9	CIN		STL	L,2-6		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	105	Aug 11	CIN		STL	L,4-9		19	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	106	Aug 13	CIN		CHC	L,4-10		8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	112 (5)	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	115 (2)	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-10		14	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	125 (9)	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
31	127 (1)	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,1-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	129 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6		16	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
33	130	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	137 (6)	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-12		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	139 (1)	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12		12	2.1	1	2	0	3	0
36	146 (6)	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-16	GF	27	4.2	0	0	1	1	0
							36gm		78.0	7	14	1	22	1