Ken Burkhart

Full Name: Kenneth William Burkhart	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: April 21, 1945
Birthdate: November 18, 1916	Final Game: September 25, 1949
Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: December 29, 2004
Deathplace: Knoxville, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 18, 1916 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Ken Burkhart (Kenneth William Burkhart) played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 5 year career. Burkhart broke into the bigs on April 21, 1945 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 2.90 ERA in 217.1 innings pitched in 1945, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ken Burkhart's best season was 1945, when he posted a 2.90 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 67 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1945	STL	N	42	22	18	8	2.90	67	76	70	12	4	2	217.1	206	9	66	3	3
1946	STL	N	25	13	6	3	2.88	32	34	32	5	2	2	100	111	4	36	2	2
1947	STL	N	34	6	3	6	5.21	44	55	55	1	0	1	95	108	13	23	3	4
1948	STL	N	20	0	0	0	5.54	16	24	23	0	0	1	37.1	50	4	14	0	2
1948	CIN	N	16	0	0	3	6.91	14	34	32	0	0	0	41.2	42	3	16	0	1
1948	TOT	N	36	0	0	3	6.27	30	58	55	0	0	1	79	92	7	30	0	3
1949	CIN	N	11	0	0	0	3.18	8	10	10	0	0	1	28.1	29	2	10	0	0
Total			148	41	27	20	3.84	181	233	222	18	6	7	519.2	546	35	165	8	12

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1945	STL	N	P	42	6	41	2	0	.959
1946	STL	N	P	25	1	15	2	1	.889
1947	STL	N	P	34	6	20	0	0	1.000
1948	STL	N	P	20	3	8	0	1	1.000
1948	CIN	N	P	16	4	6	1	0	.909
1948	TOT	N	P	36	7	14	1	1	.955
1949	CIN	N	P	11	1	6	0	1	1.000
Total			P	148	21	96	5	3	.959

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1945	STL	N	42	72	5	13	0	5	.181	.244	.208	2	0	4	14	2	4	2
1946	STL	N	25	34	2	5	0	3	.147	.171	.235	1	1	1	8	0	0	1
1947	STL	N	34	24	1	3	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
1948	STL	N	21	4	2	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
1948	CIN	N	16	9	1	3	1	2	.333	.400	.667	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1948	TOT	N	37	13	3	4	1	2	.308	.357	.615	1	0	1	3	0	0	0
1949	CIN	N	11	7	0	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			149	150	11	27	1	11	.180	.222	.240	4	1	6	31	2	6	3

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Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Babe Young (July 26, 1948).

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