1915
Born October 14, 1915
Peruque, MO, USA
Ken Heintzelman Marquee
He went 17-10 with a 3.02 earned run average and five shutouts in 1949, the most in the league, for a Philadelphia club that finished third — one year before the same core won the pennant as the Whiz Kids. He walked more batters than he struck out most years, which is not supposed to work, and it worked for him in 1949 anyway.
Thirteen seasons gave him 77 wins against 98, a 3.93 earned run average, 1,501 innings, 66 complete games and 18 shutouts. Pittsburgh had him for six years before Philadelphia, where he pitched for five more, including a scoreless relief appearance in the 1950 World Series that Philadelphia was swept out of.
He was from rural Ohio and went back there to farm after baseball. No Hall of Fame ballot ever listed him. He died in 2000, at eighty-four.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | PIT | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 1938 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1939 | PIT | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| 1940 | PIT | 41 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .167 |
| 1941 | PIT | 35 | 63 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | .127 |
| 1942 | PIT | 27 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .086 |
| 1946 | PIT | 32 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .136 |
| 1947 | PHI/PIT | 26 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .116 |
| 1948 | PHI | 27 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .135 |
| 1949 | PHI | 33 | 83 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 0 | .157 |
| 1950 | PHI | 23 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .053 |
| 1951 | PHI | 35 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .107 |
| 1952 | PHI | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Career | — | 321 | 440 | 25 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22 | 113 | 0 | .127 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | PIT | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 1938 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9.00 |
| 1939 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 35.2 | 35 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 5.05 |
| 1940 | PIT | 8 | 8 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 165.0 | 193 | 82 | 65 | 71 | 4.47 |
| 1941 | PIT | 11 | 11 | 35 | 24 | 0 | 196.0 | 206 | 75 | 83 | 81 | 3.44 |
| 1942 | PIT | 8 | 11 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 130.0 | 143 | 66 | 63 | 39 | 4.57 |
| 1946 | PIT | 8 | 12 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 157.2 | 165 | 66 | 86 | 57 | 3.77 |
| 1947 | PHI/PIT | 7 | 10 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 140.0 | 153 | 70 | 52 | 57 | 4.50 |
| 1948 | PHI | 6 | 11 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 130.0 | 117 | 62 | 45 | 57 | 4.29 |
| 1949 | PHI | 17 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 250.0 | 239 | 84 | 93 | 65 | 3.02 |
| 1950 | PHI | 3 | 9 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 125.1 | 122 | 57 | 54 | 39 | 4.09 |
| 1951 | PHI | 6 | 12 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 118.1 | 119 | 55 | 53 | 55 | 4.18 |
| 1952 | PHI | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 42.2 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 3.16 |
| Career | — | 77 | 98 | 319 | 183 | 10 | 1501.2 | 1540 | 656 | 630 | 564 | 3.93 |
On this day & linked events
2000
Died August 14, 2000
1937
Major-league debut: Ken Heintzelman
Ken Heintzelman made a major-league debut on October 3, 1937.
1952
Final major-league game: Ken Heintzelman
Ken Heintzelman played a final major-league game on August 13, 1952.