Ken Holcombe
1945–1953 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
99G
.179AVG
.202OBP
.198SLG
More career statistics
19H
0HR
3RBI
0SB
18–32W–L
375.0IP
118K
3.98ERA
48GS
2SV
1Rare feat
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 · Strikeouts | 36 | 35 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 123 | 122 |
| Batting · Walks | 3 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,630 | 1,632 |
| Pitching · p er | 166 | 171 |
| Pitching · p h | 377 | 376 |
| Pitching · p k | 118 | 117 |
| Pitching · p r | 196 | 197 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 123 | 106 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .179 | .202 | .198 | .400 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375.0 | 99 | 48 | 18 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 377 | 196 | 166 | 25 | 170 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 3.98 | 1.459 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1945-08-22 to 1945-09-03
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1950-05-30 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1951-07-01 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | 7 walks allowed | 1951-08-25 | 1 in 192 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 |  New York Yankees | 23 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | .133 | 55 | 19 |
| 1948 |  Cincinnati Reds | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| 1950 |  Chicago White Sox | 24 | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | .156 | 96 | 37 |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox | 28 | 44 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 159 | 39 |
| 1952 | Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns | 19 | 13 | 1 | – | – | – | .077 | 56 | 19 |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 6 | 1 |