Ken Holtzman
American baseball player and coach
Died when: 78 years 163 days (941 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945) was an American former professional baseball player and coach.He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1965 through 1979, most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs for whom he pitched two no-hitters and, with the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 to 1974.
A two-time All-Star, Holtzman was a 20-game-winner for the Athletics in 1973.He also played for the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees.
Holtzman was the first Cubs pitcher in the live-ball era to throw two no-hitters; the next Cubs pitcher to do so was Jake Arrieta some three and a half decades later.
In 2007, Holtzman managed the Petach Tikva Pioneers in the Israel Baseball League.
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