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Kenneth Dale Holtzman

First name: Ken

Last name: Holtzman

Birthdate: 1945-11-03

Bats: R   Throws: L

MLBAM ID: 116115

Retro ID: holtk101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1966CHN1.00.01.0-0.10.20.81
1967CHN0.50.00.50.10.20.31
1968CHN1.10.01.10.10.40.61
1969CHN1.40.01.4-0.10.31.01
1970CHN1.50.01.50.50.90.63
1971CHN1.00.01.00.10.40.61
1972OAK1.30.01.30.50.90.43
1973OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1975OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1978CHN0.20.00.20.00.10.10
1979CHN0.60.00.60.20.40.21
Career8.60.08.61.33.84.612

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1966CHN80-12-1200000009-39.6-0.30.00.0-0.30
1967CHN41-4-4-1000000509.00.00.00.00.00
1968CHN82-11-11200-10009-18.5-0.10.00.0-0.10
1969CHN107-13-14-1-21000013-39.0-0.30.00.0-0.30
1970CHN118-10-110-1000001429.80.20.00.00.20
1971CHN75-9-1010000008-18.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1972OAK102-9-800-110001027.90.30.00.00.30
1973OAK1000000000009.20.00.00.00.00
1975OAK2-1-10000000109.20.00.00.00.00
1978CHN12-1-10000000109.30.00.00.00.00
1979CHN45-3-3-1000000519.40.10.00.00.10
Career665-73-750-30000075-3--0.20.00.0-0.20

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1965 CHN NL 3 0.1 4.0 4 2 0 1.33 10.1 -0.29 0.09 -2 0.15 -1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0
1966 CHN NL 34 9.8 220.7 103 101 2 6.49 9.1 0.08 0.09 0 0.99 0 0.0 4.8 5.0 1.9 14
1967 CHN NL 12 4.0 92.7 31 40 3 7.72 8.3 0.06 0.09 7 1.00 7 0.8 2.7 1.3 1.5 8
1968 CHN NL 34 9.6 215.0 89 85 0 6.32 8.3 0.05 0.09 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 4.8 4.8 2.0 14
1969 CHN NL 39 11.8 261.0 117 134 -3 6.69 9.4 0.10 0.09 26 1.00 26 2.8 8.5 3.3 5.0 26
1970 CHN NL 39 12.9 287.7 125 159 3 7.38 9.7 0.08 0.03 35 1.00 35 3.6 9.2 3.6 5.4 28
1971 CHN NL 30 9.1 195.0 108 98 -6 6.50 9.8 0.07 0.03 -1 1.01 -1 -0.1 4.4 4.6 1.8 13
1972 OAK AL 39 11.2 265.3 83 95 8 6.80 7.6 0.10 -0.03 7 1.01 7 0.9 6.1 5.1 2.8 18
1973 OAK AL 40 12.9 297.3 109 128 10 7.43 8.5 0.03 -0.03 9 1.00 9 1.1 7.2 5.6 3.4 22
1974 OAK AL 39 11.2 255.3 111 109 -2 6.55 8.6 0.02 -0.03 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 5.2 6.0 1.9 16
1975 OAK AL 39 11.6 266.3 111 120 9 6.83 8.9 0.04 -0.03 0 1.00 0 0.0 5.8 5.8 2.4 17
1976 NYA AL 21 6.3 149.0 74 63 1 7.10 9.0 0.03 -0.03 -11 1.00 -11 -1.2 1.8 4.4 0.0 5
1976 BAL AL 13 4.2 97.7 34 40 0 7.52 8.0 0.03 -0.03 6 1.00 6 0.7 2.9 1.3 1.7 9
1977 NYA AL 18 3.0 71.7 55 33 -4 3.98 9.8 -0.03 -0.03 -19 0.88 -18 -1.8 -0.4 3.4 -1.3 -1
1978 NYA AL 5 0.7 17.7 8 8 0 3.54 9.0 -0.11 -0.03 0 0.86 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
1978 CHN NL 23 2.2 53.0 40 26 -2 2.30 9.9 -0.24 0.03 -14 0.90 -13 -1.3 -0.1 2.3 -0.7 0
1979 CHN NL 23 5.1 117.7 70 60 -2 5.12 10.0 0.10 0.03 -7 0.97 -7 -0.7 1.9 3.3 0.4 6
Career 451 125.7 2867.1 1272 1301 17 34 37 4.5 65.2 60.4 28.3 196

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1965 CHN 1 0.0 0
1966 CHN 36 -1.0 -1
1967 CHN 20 2.0 2
1968 CHN 47 1.0 1
1969 CHN 51 0.0 0
1970 CHN 56 1.0 1
1971 CHN 39 -1.0 -1
1972 OAK 55 1.0 1
1973 OAK 59 0.0 0
1974 OAK 55 1.0 1
1975 OAK 64 6.0 6
1976 NYA 30 0.0 0
1976 BAL 24 1.0 1
1977 NYA 24 1.0 1
1978 NYA 6 0.0 0
1978 CHN 7 -1.0 -1
1979 CHN 16 -1.0 -1
590 10.0 10

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1972OAK0.10.00.10.00.00.00
1973OAK0.00.00.00.10.1-0.10
1974OAK0.10.00.10.50.5-0.52
Career0.20.00.20.60.6-0.62

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1972OAK6-1-10000000106.30.00.00.00.00
1973OAK3110000000017.40.10.00.00.10
1974OAK5220100000036.30.50.00.00.50
Career1422010000014-0.60.00.00.60

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1972 OAK MLB 4 0.7 16.7 5 8 0 4.18 8.6 -0.06 0.00 3 1.03 3 0.4 0.7 -0.1 0.6 2
1973 OAK MLB 4 0.9 21.7 6 9 0 5.42 8.0 0.07 0.00 3 1.00 3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.6 2
1974 OAK MLB 3 0.9 21.0 3 10 0 7.00 7.4 0.06 0.00 7 1.00 7 0.9 1.3 -0.3 1.1 4
1975 OAK MLB 2 0.5 11.0 8 6 -1 5.50 10.6 0.09 0.00 -1 1.00 -1 -0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1
Career 13 3 70.4 22 33 -1 12 12 1.6 3 0 2.4 9

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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