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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 19)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 27	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
8	8	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	L,8-9	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
9	9	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	10	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-14	GS	33	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	CG	53	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 5	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	49	11.0	1	3	1	5	0
14	14	May 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	15	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	50	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	16	May 8	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
17	17	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 11	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
21	21	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
22	22	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	43	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	1	6	1	8	0
24	24	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	25	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
28	28	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	29	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
30	30	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	31	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
32	32	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
33	33	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	34	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	35	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	36	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,5-17	CG	58	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	37	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
38	38	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
39	39	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	40	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	43	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,9-13	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	44	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	46	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
51	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 18 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	3	4	1	8	1
55	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
56	56	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
57	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jun 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
59	59	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
60	60	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
61	61	Jun 26	CLE		DET	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,8-5	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
64	64	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	67	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
68	68	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	69	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
71	71	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
72	72	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
73	73	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
74	74	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
77	77	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
78	78	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
79	79	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
80	80	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
82	82	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	84	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	85	Jul 23 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	86	Jul 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
87	87	Jul 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	88	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	89	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	91	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	92	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
93	93	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
94	94	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-17	CG	51	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	95	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
96	96	Aug 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	97	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
98	98	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	99	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	100	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	101	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
102	102	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	103	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	104	Aug 14 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	1
105	105	Aug 14 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-10	GS	38	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
106	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	DET	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
108	108	Aug 16 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
109	109	Aug 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS	16	4.1	1	1	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
112	112	Aug 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	2	1	0	3	0
113	113	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
114	114	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
115	115	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,17-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
116	116	Aug 25	CLE		PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
117	117	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
118	118	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	119	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	120	Aug 28	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
121	121	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	122	Aug 30	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	0	5	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	123	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
124	124	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
125	125	Sep 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	126	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
127	127	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
128	128	Sep 6	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	129	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
130	130	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	GS	17	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	131	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-8	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
132	132	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,15-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
133	133	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
135	135	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
136	136	Sep 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	137	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
138	138	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
139	139	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
140	140	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,18-5	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	141	Sep 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
142	142	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-10	CG	50	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
143	143	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	144	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	145	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	146	Sep 23	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
147	147	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	148	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	32	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
149	149	Sep 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
150	150	Sep 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
151	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
152	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
153	153	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
154	154	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							154gm		1351.0	187	297	13	497	40