Ken Boyer

Positions: Third Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO us

Died: September 7, 1982 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MO

High School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 23-327d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 9, 1969 (Age 38-081d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Kenton Lloyd Boyer

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Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer, Clete Boyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

7455

2143

282

.288

1104

RBI

1141

105

OBP

.349

SLG

.462

OPS

.810

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 16	STL	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17	STL	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 19	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
7	7	Apr 22	STL		LAD	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	STL		LAD	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	STL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 25	STL		SFG	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 26	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,16-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 30	STL		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15 (1)	May 2	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	16	May 4	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
16	17	May 5	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	18	May 6	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
18	19	May 7	STL	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
19	20	May 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	21	May 11	STL	@	MLN	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 12	STL	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	23	May 13	STL	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	24	May 14	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
24	25	May 15 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	26	May 15 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
26	27	May 16	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	28	May 18	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	29	May 19	STL	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
29	30	May 20	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
30	31	May 21	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
31	32	May 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
32	33	May 22 (2)	STL		CIN	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	34	May 25	STL		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
34	35	May 26	STL		MLN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
35	36	May 27	STL		SFG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	37	May 28	STL		SFG	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
37	38	May 29	STL		SFG	W,4-1	CG	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
38	39	May 30	STL	@	LAD	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
39	40	May 31	STL	@	LAD	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	STL	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	42	Jun 2	STL	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	43	Jun 3	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
43	44	Jun 4	STL	@	SFG	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
44	45	Jun 5	STL	@	SFG	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	3B
45	46	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
46	47	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
47	48	Jun 8	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
48	49	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	50	Jun 11	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
50	51	Jun 12 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-15	CG	52	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
51	52	Jun 12 (2)	STL		PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	53	Jun 14	STL	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
53	54	Jun 15	STL	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
54	55	Jun 16	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
55	56	Jun 17	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	57	Jun 18	STL	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
57	58	Jun 19 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	59	Jun 19 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	60	Jun 21	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	61	Jun 22	STL	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
61	62	Jun 23	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	63	Jun 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
63	64	Jun 25	STL	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	65	Jun 26 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	1	2	0	3	1	3B
65	66	Jun 26 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
66	67	Jun 28	STL		CIN	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
67	68	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	69	Jul 1 (1)	STL		MLN	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
69	70	Jul 1 (2)	STL		MLN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	71	Jul 2	STL		MLN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
71	72	Jul 3	STL		MLN	L,3-4	CG	54	14.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
72	73	Jul 4 (1)	STL		LAD	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
73	74	Jul 4 (2)	STL		LAD	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	77 (2)	Jul 7	STL	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
75	78	Jul 8	STL	@	SFG	W,7-1	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	79	Jul 9	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
77	80	Jul 10	STL	@	LAD	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
78	81	Jul 15	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	82	Jul 16	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
80	83	Jul 17 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-0	GS	25	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	84	Jul 17 (2)	STL		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	3B
82	85	Jul 19	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
83	87 (1)	Jul 21	STL	@	MLN	W,9-4	GF	17	4.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 3B
84	90 (2)	Jul 24	STL	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	93 (2)	Jul 27	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
86	94	Jul 29	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	95	Jul 30	STL		PHI	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	96	Jul 31 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
89	97	Jul 31 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	98	Aug 2	STL		MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
91	99	Aug 3	STL		MLN	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	100	Aug 4	STL		MLN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	101	Aug 5	STL		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
94	102	Aug 6	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
95	103	Aug 7 (1)	STL		CIN	L,4-18	GS	38	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	104	Aug 7 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
97	105	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
98	106	Aug 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
99	107	Aug 10	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
100	108	Aug 11	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	41	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
101	109	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
102	110	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	111	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
104	112	Aug 14 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	43	10.1	1	4	2	7	0	3B
105	113	Aug 15	STL		SFG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
106	114	Aug 16	STL		SFG	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	115	Aug 17	STL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
108	116	Aug 19	STL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
109	117	Aug 20	STL		LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
110	118	Aug 21	STL		LAD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	119	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
112	120	Aug 24	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
113	121	Aug 26	STL		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
114	122	Aug 27	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
115	123	Aug 28	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	124	Aug 29	STL	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
117	125	Aug 30	STL	@	MLN	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
118	126	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	127	Sep 1	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
120	128	Sep 2	STL		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	3	7	1	11	0	3B
121	129	Sep 3	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
122	130	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
123	131	Sep 5 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
124	132	Sep 5 (2)	STL	@	CHC	T,4-4	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
125	133	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
126	134	Sep 9	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
127	135	Sep 10	STL	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
128	136	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
129	137	Sep 12	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	138	Sep 13	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
131	139	Sep 14	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
132	140	Sep 16	STL		SFG	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
133	141	Sep 17	STL		SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
134	142	Sep 18	STL		SFG	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
135	143	Sep 19	STL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
136	144	Sep 20	STL		LAD	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	145	Sep 21	STL		LAD	L,3-5	CG	47	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
138	146	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
139	147	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
140	148	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	149	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
142	150	Sep 27	STL	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
143	151	Sep 28	STL	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
144	152	Sep 29	STL	@	LAD	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
145	153	Sep 30	STL	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
146	154	Oct 1	STL	@	SFG	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
							146gm		1271.1	140	300	19	459	37