Ken Burkhart
1945–1949 · bats R / throws R · Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals
149G
.180AVG
.222OBP
.240SLG
More career statistics
27H
1HR
11RBI
0SB
27–20W–L
519.2IP
181K
3.84ERA
41GS
7SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 150 | 151 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 31 | 30 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 164 | 166 |
| Batting · Walks | 6 | 7 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,207 | 2,209 |
| Pitching · p h | 546 | 547 |
| Pitching · p hr | 35 | 37 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,559 | 1,557 |
| Pitching · p k | 181 | 182 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 164 | 150 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | .180 | .222 | .240 | .462 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 519.7 | 148 | 41 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 546 | 233 | 222 | 35 | 165 | 181 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 1.368 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1946-08-24 to 1946-09-02
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1947-08-16 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1945-06-17 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 12 hits allowed | 1945-07-19 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 42 | 72 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .181 | 217 | 68 |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 34 | 5 | – | 3 | – | .147 | 100 | 32 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 24 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 95 | 44 |
| 1948 | Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | – | .286 | 78 | 30 |
| 1949 |  Cincinnati Reds | 11 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 28 | 8 |