Ken Heintzelman
1937–1952 · bats R / throws L · MLS, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates
321G
.127AVG
.169OBP
.139SLG
More career statistics
56H
0HR
33RBI
0SB
77–98W–L
1,501.2IP
564K
3.93ERA
183GS
10SV
2Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 504 | 505 |
| Batting · RBI | 33 | 32 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,497 | 6,533 |
| Pitching · p er | 656 | 657 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,540 | 1,539 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,505 | 4,501 |
| Pitching · p k | 564 | 563 |
| Pitching · p r | 746 | 743 |
| Pitching · p w | 630 | 625 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321 | 504 | 440 | 25 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | .127 | .169 | .139 | .308 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501.7 | 319 | 183 | 66 | 77 | 98 | 10 | 1,540 | 746 | 656 | 100 | 630 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 3.93 | 1.445 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1941-09-01 to 1941-09-11
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1940-08-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1940-05-18 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1949-08-16 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 168 | 265 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 54 | .152 | .162 | .156 |
| Away | 153 | 240 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 59 | .100 | .146 | .120 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 26 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .100 | .114 | .125 |
| May | 56 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | .135 | .148 | .149 |
| June | 60 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 23 | .086 | .137 | .086 |
| July | 57 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | .115 | .163 | .128 |
| August | 70 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | .134 | .146 | .146 |
| September | 47 | 87 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 23 | .184 | .207 | .197 |
| October | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .100 | .111 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 73 | 124 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 31 | .148 | .161 | .157 |
| new-york-giants | 52 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | .151 | .175 | .170 |
| boston-braves | 50 | 89 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 17 | .171 | .202 | .171 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 47 | 91 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | .098 | .121 | .110 |
| cincinnati-reds | 46 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | .053 | .070 | .053 |
| chicago-cubs | 32 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | .103 | .192 | .103 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .091 | .200 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .300 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 4 |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17 | 9 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .222 | 35 | 18 |
| 1940 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 41 | 54 | 9 | – | – | – | .167 | 164 | 71 |
| 1941 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 63 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .127 | 196 | 80 |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 35 | 3 | – | 4 | – | .086 | 130 | 39 |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 32 | 44 | 6 | – | 3 | – | .136 | 158 | 57 |
| 1947 | Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 43 | 5 | – | 4 | – | .116 | 140 | 57 |
| 1948 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 27 | 37 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .135 | 130 | 58 |
| 1949 | Philadelphia Phillies | 33 | 83 | 13 | – | 6 | – | .157 | 250 | 66 |
| 1950 | Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 38 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .053 | 125 | 40 |
| 1951 | Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | 28 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .107 | 118 | 52 |
| 1952 | Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 41 | 20 |