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Ken Holcombe

Born: August 23, 1918
First season: 1945
Last season: 1953
Debut: April,27, 1945
bbrefID: holcoke01
MinorsID: holcom001ken
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Years with Browns (AL): 1 (1952)
Acquired: Sent from Greensburg (Pennsylvania State Association) to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1939 in an unknown transaction.
Departed: Sent to the New York Yankees from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1941 in an unknown transaction.
Acquired: Selected off waivers 6/16/1952 from the Chicago White Sox.
Departed: Sold 7/24/1952 to the Boston Red Sox.

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Major League record for Ken Holcombe

Batting stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    G   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR  RBI   BB    K   SB   CS     AVG    OBP    SLG
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1945   NY-A              P               26   23   15    0    2    0    0    0    0    0    7    0    0   0.133  0.133  0.133
1948   Cin-N             P               29    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0        0.000  0.000  0.000
1950   Chi-A             P               31   24   32    2    5    1    0    0    0    0    8    0    0   0.156  0.156  0.188
1951   Chi-A             P               32   28   44    5   11    1    0    0    3    3   16    0    0   0.250  0.298  0.273
1952   Chi-A                             33    7   10    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
1952   StL-A                             33   12    3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0   0.333  0.333  0.333
1953   Bos-A             P               34    3    2    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    1    0    0   0.000  0.000  0.000
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Totals (6 yrs)                                99  106    7   19    2    0    0    3    3   36    0    0   0.179  0.202  0.198


Pitching stats
Year   Team              Pos            Age    W    L     ERA    G   GS   CG   SH    S      IP     R   ER    H   HR   BB    K
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1945   NY-A              P               26    3    3    1.79   23    2    0    0    0    55.1    19   11   43    2   27   20
1948   Cin-N             P               29    0    0    7.71    2    0    0    0    0     2.1     2    2    3    0    0    2
1950   Chi-A             P               31    3   10    4.59   24   15    5    0    1    96.0    68   49  122   10   45   37
1951   Chi-A             P               32   11   12    3.78   28   23   12    2    0   159.1    69   67  142    9   68   39
1952   Chi-A             P               33    0    5    6.17    7    7    1    0    0    35.0    24   24   38    3   18   12
1952   StL-A             P               33    0    2    3.86   12    1    0    0    0    21.0    10    9   20    1    9    7
1953   Bos-A             P               34    1    0    6.00    3    0    0    0    1     6.0     4    4    9    0    3    1
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Totals (6 yrs)                                18   32    3.98   99   48   18    2    2   374.3   196  166  377   25  170  118



Minor league stats in Cardinals system
Played in Cardinals minor league system from 1939 to 1940

Batting stats
Year Team Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1939 WLM P 20 33 83 14 1 0 0 0.169 0.181 Pitching stats
Year Team Pos Age W L ERA G GS CG SH S IP R H HR BB K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1939 WLM P 20 14 12 4.62 31 26 218.0 134 225 96 1940 AVL P 21 0 1 3.00 3 3.0 4 6 5 1940 HAM P 21 1 4 5.52 6 4 31.0 20 24 17