Ken Keltner

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: December 12, 1991 in New Berlin, WI

Buried: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI

High School: Boys' Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI)

Debut: October 2, 1937 (Age 20-336d, 8,324th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1950 (Age 33-206d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Kenneth Frederick Keltner

Nicknames: Butch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.2

5683

1570

163

.276

737

RBI

852

OBP

.338

SLG

.441

OPS

.779

OPS+

112

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

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 30	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 2	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	15	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	53	12.2	2	2	0	4	1
16	16	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
17	17	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	18	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	20	May 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
21	21	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
22	22	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
23	23	May 13	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
24	24	May 16	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
26	26	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
28	28	May 20	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	29	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	50	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
30	30	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
31	31	May 24	CLE		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	32	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	33	May 26	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	34	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	44	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
39	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	50	10.1	2	4	1	7	0
43	43	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
46	46	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	4	5	2	11	0
47	47	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 14	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
49	49	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	51	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	53	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
54	54	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
56	56	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	57	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	58	Jun 24	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	59	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
60	60	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 29	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	64	Jul 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	65	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
66	66	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 8	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	0	5	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	69	Jul 10	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
75	75	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
76	76	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
77	77	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
79	79	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
80	80	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
81	81	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
82	82	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	83	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	84	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	CG	51	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
85	85	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
86	86	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
87	87	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
88	88	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	89	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
90	90	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	91	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	92	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
93	93	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	94	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
95	95	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	96	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	47	10.0	3	3	0	6	2
97	97	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
98	98	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
99	99	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
100	100	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
101	101	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	102	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
103	103	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	CG	50	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
104	104	Aug 19	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	106	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	107	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
108	108	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	109	Aug 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS	36	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	110	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,12-14	CG	48	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
111	111	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	112	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
113	113	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-15	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	114	Aug 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-15	CG	49	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
115	115	Aug 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
116	116	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	0	4	0	4	0
117	117	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
118	118	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
119	119	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
120	120	Aug 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
121	121	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	122	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	123	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
124	124	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
125	125	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	34	7.0	1	2	1	4	0
126	126	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	127	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	131 (3)	Sep 9	CLE		DET	L,5-11	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	132	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
130	133	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
131	134	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	135	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
133	136	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
134	137	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	138	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
136	139	Sep 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
137	140	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
138	141	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	CG	43	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
139	142	Sep 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
140	143	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
141	144	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
142	145	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
143	146	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
144	147	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	148	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	149	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	L,11-14	CG	49	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
147	150	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
148	151	Oct 1	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
149	152	Oct 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							149gm		1312.0	141	271	19	431	19