"Known for his annual retirement announcements and his superb pitching.
'Every time we've given him a job to do, he's done it,' said ex-manager Alvin Dark.
'I'll make my decision [about retiring] after the season,' said Holtzman during the playoffs. 'It has nothing to do with money. It will be based on personal things which I can't discuss.' He's won 77 games in four years with the A's after being traded by the Cubs. Born in St. Louis, Holtzman has pitched two no-hitters, been a 20-game winner and won four World Series games.
'I've done everything in the game. I feel fulfilled.'"
-Phil Pepe, The Complete Handbook of Baseball, 1976 Edition
"A warm Yankee welcome to Ken Holtzman, newest member of the Yankee starting rotation and one of baseball's top pitchers for many years.
Ken was an established top-flight hurler with the Chicago Cubs as long ago as 1966. His National League career included a no-hitter and a perfect 9-0 record in 1967. Then he went to Oakland, won 77 games in four years, and the A's won four division championships and three World Series. Ken was 6-4 in postseason play and made two All-Star teams.
He went to the Orioles just as the 1976 season was opening, along with Reggie Jackson, and at the trading deadline this year, the Yankees swung a big ten-man trade and made Ken the key man.
Holtzman, a native of St. Louis, is 30 years old and married. He currently resides in Lincolnshire, Illinois."
-The New York Yankees Official 1976 Yearbook
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