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Ken
Holcombe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 174
 
Born: August 23, 1918 in Usa, NC, BURNSVILLE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 MIN AL   8 3 4 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1946 27 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 3 4 3 5 6 6 6 7 7
1947 28 MIN AL $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1948 29 MIN AL   8 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
1949 30 MIN AL   9 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1950 31 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
1951 32 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 5 4 5 6 5 7 7 7
1952 33 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 5 6 5 7 7 7
1953 34 MIN AL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
1954 35 MIN AL $ 1,071,429 9 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
1955 36 MIN AL $ 1,071,429 9 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 6
1956 37 DET AL $ 1,071,429 9 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 3 4 3 3 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,071,429 9 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1945 26 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 27 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 29 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 30 MIN AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 32 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1953 34 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1954 35 MIN AL $ 1,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1955 36 MIN AL $ 1,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1956 37 DET AL $ 1,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,071,429   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1945 26 AAA   11 13 .458 30 30 3 1 0 208.0 232 92 18 61 88 3.98 .283 .333 .398 .730  
1946 27 MIN AL 4 9 .308 25 1 0 0 2 33.0 40 25 3 25 5 6.82 .290 .394 .471 .865 0.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 7 0 0 0 3 8.0 15 5 0 5 4 5.63 .405 .476 .486 .963  
1947 28 MIN AL 1 2 .333 25 0 0 0 1 30.0 38 22 4 13 11 6.60 .306 .370 .492 .862 0.0
1948 29 AAA   2 3 .400 63 0 0 0 5 68.7 65 30 5 38 51 3.93 .251 .347 .355 .702  
1949 30 AAA   2 3 .400 51 0 0 0 2 45.0 41 12 3 25 29 2.40 .246 .344 .335 .679  
1950 31 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 23 1 0 0 0 27.0 37 19 6 17 11 6.33 .319 .406 .543 .949 0.2
    AAA   3 2 .600 23 0 0 0 0 24.0 22 10 2 20 11 3.75 .242 .378 .352 .730  
1951 32 MIN AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 .000 .222 .000 .222 0.4
    AAA   0 2 .000 47 0 0 0 4 37.3 44 19 6 19 18 4.58 .297 .377 .486 .864  
1952 33 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 9 1 0 0 1 14.3 7 0 0 7 5 0.00 .140 .246 .140 .386 3.0
    AAA   2 5 .286 49 0 0 0 4 41.7 43 19 3 16 35 4.10 .267 .333 .360 .694  
1953 34 MIN AL 5 3 .625 62 0 0 0 7 67.3 53 30 10 34 24 4.01 .215 .307 .394 .702 6.8
1954 35 MIN AL 1 3 .250 24 0 0 0 2 33.3 29 17 3 28 13 4.59 .240 .375 .388 .763 1.5
1955 36 MIN AL 2 1 .667 30 2 0 0 2 45.0 48 36 8 41 17 7.20 .270 .403 .438 .841 0.0
1956 37 DET AL 1 3 .250 12 2 0 0 0 22.7 33 30 5 29 8 11.92 .359 .496 .543 1.039 0.0
9 Years Sim 16 21 .432 211 7 0 0 15 275.0 285 179 39 196 94 5.86 .266 .375 .437 .811 12.1
7 Years AAA 21 30 .412 270 30 3 1 18 432.7 462 187 37 184 236 3.89 .275 .346 .389 .735  
Season Average 1 2 .333 23 0 0 0 1 30.6 31 19 4 21 10 5.86 .266 .375 .437 .811  
Career Highs 5 9 1.000 62 2 0 0 7 67.3 53 36 10 41 24 11.92 .359 .496 .543 1.039  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   146 78 12 94 59   .245 .348 .368 .716
vs LH   139 101 27 102 35   .291 .416 .522 .938
Home 9 10 .474 114 4 0 0 6 149.0 153 102 25 110 58 6.16 .262 .379 .442 .821
Away 7 11 .389 97 3 0 0 10 126.0 132 77 14 86 36 5.50 .270 .380 .430 .810
Mar/Apr 2 9 .182 33 0 0 0 3 42.7 45 29 6 31 14 6.12 .265 .378 .424 .802
May 4 5 .444 38 4 0 0 4 57.0 73 63 11 63 21 9.95 .313 .459 .502 .962
June 1 1 .500 34 1 0 0 3 42.0 50 24 8 23 17 5.14 .289 .372 .509 .881
July 2 1 .667 34 1 0 0 0 42.3 40 18 4 25 16 3.83 .255 .357 .401 .758
August 2 2 .500 32 0 0 0 1 35.7 34 21 4 20 10 5.30 .252 .348 .422 .771
Sep/Oct 5 3 .625 40 1 0 0 5 55.3 43 24 6 34 16 3.91 .211 .324 .348 .672
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1946 27 MIN AL 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1950 31 MIN AL 23 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
1952 33 MIN AL 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
1953 34 MIN AL 62 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1954 35 MIN AL 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1955 36 MIN AL 30 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0
1956 37 DET AL 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 185 31 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.4 0.0
162 Game Average 27 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .129 .129 .129 .258 -0.4  
Career Highs 62 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   23 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 9 .130 .130 .130 .261 -0.4
vs LH   8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 78 18 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5
Away 50 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -0.1
RISP   6 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6
Close/Late   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 31 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
June 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
July 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1946 27 MIN AL P 25 1 33.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.18    
1947 28 MIN AL P 25 0 30.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.30    
1950 31 MIN AL P 23 1 27.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.67    
1951 32 MIN AL P 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1952 33 MIN AL P 9 1 14.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1953 34 MIN AL P 62 0 67.3 4 12 1 0 .941 2.14    
1954 35 MIN AL P 24 0 33.3 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1955 36 MIN AL P 30 2 45.0 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.80    
1956 37 DET AL P 12 2 22.7 1 3 0 2 1.000 1.59    
Career Totals   211 7 275.0 17 55 1 4 .986 2.36    
Career Highs   62 2 67.3 4 12 1 2 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1954 35 MIN AL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 0 3.7 10 5 1 1 0 12.30 .526 .550 .947 1.497
1955 36 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 1 6.0 10 5 1 1 0 7.51 .385 .407 .692 1.100
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1954 35 MIN AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1953-7-62
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. George Culver (980)
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  4. Roy Parmelee (972)
  5. Tom Gorman (970)
  6. Johnny Hetki (969)
  7. Tom Dukes (969)
  8. Ed Albosta (969)
  9. Dom Zanni (968)
  10. Johnny Podgajny (968)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1945
Earned first career win on 5/21/1946
Had first career hit on 6/26/1950, off Max Surkont (CLE)
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,071,429 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 3/3/1956 (Going to MIN: P Luis Arroyo, SS Gene Mauch, P Bob Porterfield, P Ken Johnson. Going to DET: 2B Alvin Dark, P Ken Holcombe)
Injured on 5/27/1956 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
 
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