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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 6)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1967 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYM		PIT	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 13	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
3	3	Apr 14	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	5 (1)	Apr 16	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
5	6	Apr 17	NYM	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
6	7	Apr 20	NYM		CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	8	Apr 21	NYM		PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
8	9	Apr 22	NYM		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	10	Apr 23 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,6-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
10	11	Apr 23 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,1-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
11	12	Apr 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
12	13	Apr 27	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
13	14	Apr 28	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	15	Apr 29	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-7	GS	30	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	16	Apr 30 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
16	17	Apr 30 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 2	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	GS	26	5.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	19	May 3	NYM		SFG	L,0-8	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
19	20	May 4	NYM		SFG	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	22 (1)	May 9	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	37	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
21	23	May 10	NYM		CIN	L,4-7	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	28 (4)	May 19	NYM		STL	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	29	May 20	NYM		STL	L,9-11	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
24	35 (5)	May 27	NYM		ATL	W,4-3	GS	23	6.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
25	37 (1)	May 28 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	41 (3)	Jun 1	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
27	42	Jun 3 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-11	GS	35	6.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
28	43	Jun 3 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
29	44	Jun 4 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-7	GS	28	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	45	Jun 4 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	46	Jun 6 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
32	51 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	L,10-18	CG	46	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	52	Jun 13 (1)	NYM		CIN	L,0-6	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	54 (1)	Jun 14	NYM		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	55	Jun 16	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	56	Jun 17	NYM		CHC	L,1-9	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
37	57	Jun 18 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
38	58	Jun 18 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
39	59	Jun 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	60	Jun 21	NYM	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
41	61	Jun 23	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-12	GS	35	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	63 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
43	65 (1)	Jun 26	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	67 (1)	Jun 28	NYM		PHI	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
45	68	Jun 29	NYM		PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	69	Jun 30	NYM		STL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	70	Jul 1	NYM		STL	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
48	71	Jul 2 (1)	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	72	Jul 2 (2)	NYM		STL	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
50	73	Jul 3	NYM		SFG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	75 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		SFG	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
52	76	Jul 7	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	43	11.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
				Player went from New York Mets to Chicago White Sox
53	92	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	W,8-4	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	94 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	95	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	GF	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	1	PH 3B 1B
56	96	Jul 28	CHW		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
57	97	Jul 29	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
59	99	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-7	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	101 (1)	Aug 1	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-5	GS	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B 1B
61	102	Aug 2	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
62	103	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B 1B
63	104	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	3B
64	106 (1)	Aug 8 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	48	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
65	107	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	108	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
67	109	Aug 11	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-3	GS	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	121 (11)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
69	125 (3)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	23	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
70	126	Aug 26	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
71	127	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
72	129 (1)	Aug 28	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
73	130	Aug 29	CHW	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
74	132 (1)	Aug 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	10	4	0	14	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	133	Sep 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-10	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
76	136 (2)	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
77	137	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
78	138	Sep 5	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	139	Sep 6	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
80	140	Sep 8	CHW		DET	L,1-4	GS	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
81	141	Sep 9	CHW		DET	L,3-7	GS	22	6.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
82	142	Sep 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-0	GS	25	8.0	11	1	1	13	1	1B
83	143	Sep 10 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	GS	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
84	145 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
85	146	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
86	147	Sep 13	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	62	17.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
87	149 (1)	Sep 15	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
88	150	Sep 16	CHW		MIN	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
89	151	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	152	Sep 18	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	153	Sep 19	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
92	154	Sep 20	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	155	Sep 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS	49	12.0	6	2	0	8	1	3B 1B
94	156	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
95	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
96	158	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
97	159	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
98	160	Sep 29	CHW		WSA	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	161	Sep 30	CHW		WSA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							103gm		784.1	233	166	11	410	28