Bio
- Debut
- 1945
Bio
- Debut
- 1945
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 148
- W
- 27
- L
- 20
- ERA
- 3.84
- IP
- 519.2
- K
- 181
- BB
- 165
- WHIP
- 1.37
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | STL | 42 | 18 | 8 | 2.90 | 217.1 | 67 | 66 | 1.25 |
| 1946 | STL | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2.88 | 100.0 | 32 | 36 | 1.47 |
| 1947 | STL | 34 | 3 | 6 | 5.21 | 95.0 | 44 | 23 | 1.38 |
| 1948 |  STL/CIN | 36 | 0 | 3 | 6.27 | 79.0 | 30 | 30 | 1.54 |
| 1949 | CIN | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 28.1 | 8 | 10 | 1.38 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 18
- SHO
- 6
- K/9
- 3.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | STL | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | STL | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | STL/CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Ken Burkhart's career stats?
Ken Burkhart played 5 seasons for the Cardinals and the Reds. He had 27 wins and 181 strikeouts with a 3.84 ERA over 519.2 innings. His best season was 1945: 18 wins, a 2.90 ERA and 67 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
5 seasons, 1945 to 1949
Championships
- 1946 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
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