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Ken Boyer
Kenton Lloyd Boyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 12, 1955
Final Game August 9, 1969
Born May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO
Died September 7, 1982 in St.Louis, MO

Brother of Cloyd Boyer and Brother of Clete Boyer

Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 24 STL NL 147  530   78  140  27  2  18   62  22 17  37  67  .264  .311  .425   93  225   1   5   5   1   6
 1956 25 STL NL 150  595   91  182  30  2  26   98   8  3  38  65  .306  .347  .494  123  294   2   3   7   1  18 MVP-28,AS
 1957 26 STL NL 142  544   79  144  18  3  19   62  12  8  44  77  .265  .318  .414   94  225   4   5   8   1  11
 1958 27 STL NL 150  570  101  175  21  9  23   90  11  6  49  53  .307  .360  .496  121  283   1   8   8   3  15 MVP-13
 1959 28 STL NL 149  563   86  174  18  5  28   94  12  6  67  77  .309  .384  .508  130  286   0   1   7   2   7 MVP-10,AS
 1960 29 STL NL 151  552   95  168  26 10  32   97   8  7  56  77  .304  .370  .562  144  310   0   4  10   4  13 MVP-6,AS
 1961 30 STL NL 153  589  109  194  26 11  24   95   6  3  68  91  .329  .397  .533  135  314   0   5   9   1  11 MVP-7,AS
 1962 31 STL NL 160  611   92  178  27  5  24   98  12  7  75 104  .291  .369  .470  114  287   2   2   7   1  15 MVP-18,AS
 1963 32 STL NL 159  617   86  176  28  2  24  111   1  0  70  90  .285  .358  .454  124  280   0   4  10   2  20 MVP-13,AS
 1964 33 STL NL 162  628  100  185  30 10  24  119   3  5  70  85  .295  .365  .489  130  307   0   4  12   2  22 MVP-1,AS
 1965 34 STL NL 144  535   71  139  18  2  13   75   2  7  57  73  .260  .328  .374   90  200   4   7   3   1  16
 1966 35 NYM NL 136  496   62  132  28  2  14   61   4  3  30  64  .266  .304  .415  101  206   1   7   5   0  15
 1967 36 TOT    113  346   34   86  12  3   7   34   2  3  33  47  .249  .312  .361  100  125   2   3   3   0  10
         NYM NL  56  166   17   39   7  2   3   13   2  1  26  22  .235  .335  .355  100   59   0   2   3   0   6
         CHW AL  57  180   17   47   5  1   4   21   0  2   7  25  .261  .287  .367   99   66   2   1   0   0   4
 1968 37 TOT     93  245   20   63   7  2   6   41   2  2  17  40  .257  .302  .376  109   92   0   5   3   1   4
         CHW AL  10   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .125  .160  .125  -15    3   0   0   0   0   2
         LAD NL  83  221   20   60   7  2   6   41   2  2  16  34  .271  .317  .403  123   89   0   5   3   1   2
 1969 38 LAD NL  25   34    0    7   2  0   0    4   0  0   2   7  .206  .250  .265   49    9   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons         7455      2143     68     1141     77    1017  .287  .349  .462  116       17  63  97  20 185
               2034      1104      318    282      105    713                            3443
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        594   88  171  25  5  22   91   8  6  57  81  .287  .349  .462  116  274   1   5   8   2  15
 Career High    162  628  109  194  30 11  32  119  22 17  75 104  .329  .397  .562  144  314   4   8  12   4  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 24 STL NL  574  419   67   4.3   105| .264  .265| .311  .336| .425  .420| .736  .757|  93  .459  -6.0  -0.6  56%
 1956 25 STL NL  639  439   97   5.9   103| .306  .264| .347  .331| .494  .417| .841  .748| 123  .624  18.4   1.8  72%
 1957 26 STL NL  598  428   70   4.4   105| .265  .271| .318  .334| .414  .419| .732  .754|  94  .480  -5.9  -0.6  60%
 1958 27 STL NL  631  425  100   6.3   109| .307  .274| .360  .343| .496  .428| .856  .771| 121  .636  16.4   1.6  64%
 1959 28 STL NL  633  403  112   7.4   110| .309  .277| .384  .344| .508  .429| .892  .773| 130  .705  24.2   2.4  66%
 1960 29 STL NL  616  408  111   7.3   106| .304  .272| .370  .339| .562  .418| .932  .757| 144  .720  32.6   3.3  53%
 1961 30 STL NL  663  414  126   8.1   114| .329  .282| .397  .349| .533  .438| .930  .788| 135  .735  30.9   3.0  66%
 1962 31 STL NL  691  459  105   6.1   112| .291  .283| .369  .351| .470  .429| .839  .780| 114  .631  12.9   1.3  63%
 1963 32 STL NL  693  465   98   5.7    97| .285  .265| .358  .328| .454  .396| .812  .724| 124  .664  20.7   2.2 100%
 1964 33 STL NL  704  474  107   6.0   101| .295  .273| .365  .332| .489  .406| .854  .738| 130  .672  26.3   2.7  37%
 1965 34 STL NL  604  430   64   4.0   101| .260  .269| .328  .334| .374  .407| .702  .741|  90  .487  -6.5  -0.7  22%
 1966 35 NYM NL  534  390   59   4.1    94| .266  .261| .304  .319| .415  .393| .719  .713| 101  .483   0.7   0.1  57%
 1967 36 TOT     384  278   38   3.7    84| .249  .245| .312  .311| .361  .364| .673  .674| 100  .480  -0.1   0.0  40%
         NYM NL  194  136   20   4.0    89| .235  .256| .335  .318| .355  .375| .690  .693| 100  .500   1.0   0.1  66%
         CHW AL  190  142   18   3.4    79| .261  .235| .287  .303| .367  .353| .654  .656|  99  .460  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1968 37 TOT     268  193   29   4.1    76| .257  .243| .302  .301| .376  .344| .678  .646| 109  .559   2.7   0.3  50%
         CHW AL   25   23    0   0.0    84| .125  .244| .160  .314| .125  .362| .285  .676| -15  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         LAD NL  243  170   29   4.6    75| .271  .243| .317  .300| .403  .342| .720  .642| 123  .615   6.1   0.7  50%
 1969 38 LAD NL   36   29    2   1.8    89| .206  .251| .250  .320| .265  .372| .515  .692|  49  .184  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 15 Seasons     8268 5654 1185   5.6   103| .287  .269| .349  .335| .462  .412| .811  .747| 116  .615 165.0  16.6  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1955 24 STL NL  3B  139    124  253   19   24  .952  .951  2.71  2.81                        
                 SS   18     31   42    2   10  .973  .964  4.06  4.57                        
 1956 25 STL NL  3B  149    130  309   18   37  .961  .956  2.95  2.64  3.04  3.05  148 1298.7 AS
 1957 26 STL NL  CF  105    279    2    2    1  .993  .985  2.68  2.62  2.86  2.82  102  885.7
                 3B   41     41   93   13    7  .912  .952  3.27  2.71  3.46  2.96   36  348.7
 1958 27 STL NL  3B  144    156  350   20   41  .962  .952  3.51  2.86  3.57  3.18  144 1277.0 GG
                 CF    6     11    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.83  2.50  2.25  2.72    5   44.0
                 SS    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.60 12.86  5.14    0    0.7
 1959 28 STL NL  3B  143    134  300   20   32  .956  .950  3.03  2.66  3.20  2.97  141 1220.3 GG,AS
                 SS   12      9   10    2    1  .905  .964  1.58  4.53  3.23  5.11    6   53.0 AS
 1960 29 STL NL  3B  146    140  300   19   37  .959  .952  3.01  2.61  3.11  2.97  144 1271.3 GG,AS
 1961 30 STL NL  3B  153    117  346   24   23  .951  .948  3.03  2.60  3.09  2.92  153 1350.7 GG,AS
 1962 31 STL NL  3B  160    158  318   22   34  .956  .949  2.98  2.56  2.99  2.95  160 1431.3 AS
 1963 32 STL NL  3B  159    129  293   34   23  .925  .941  2.65  2.54  2.68  2.93  159 1419.3 GG,AS
 1964 33 STL NL  3B  162    131  337   24   30  .951  .941  2.89  2.60  2.93  2.93  162 1438.0 AS
 1965 34 STL NL  3B  143    113  250   12   18  .968  .951  2.54  2.47  2.61  2.82  139 1251.3
 1966 35 NYM NL  3B  130    113  292   21   33  .951  .954  3.12  2.66  3.35  3.04  125 1087.3
                 1B    2     12    2    0    1 1.000  .986  7.00  8.50 10.50  9.90    1   12.0
 1967 36 TOT     3B   77     49  151   10   11  .952  .952  2.60  2.74  2.87  3.03   75  627.6
         TOT     1B   26    184   15    1   17  .995  .991  7.65  8.48 11.43  9.66   19  156.7
         NYM NL  3B   44     27   84    6    7  .949  .950  2.52  2.75  2.74  2.96   43  364.3
                 1B    8     52    3    0    5 1.000  .991  6.88  8.82 10.31  9.96    5   48.0
         CHW AL  3B   33     22   67    4    4  .957  .955  2.70  2.72  3.04  3.13   32  263.3
                 1B   18    132   12    1   12  .993  .991  8.00  8.32 11.92  9.53   14  108.7
 1968 37 TOT     3B   39     32   60    8    5  .920  .953  2.36  2.72  3.37  2.95   24  245.7
         TOT     1B   33    255   12    3   26  .989  .992  8.09  8.89  9.52 10.07   33  252.3
         CHW AL  3B    5      2    7    1    1  .900  .947  1.80  2.68  2.33  3.06    4   34.7
                 1B    1     10    1    0    1 1.000  .991 11.00  8.30 11.00  9.60    1    9.0
         LAD NL  3B   34     30   53    7    4  .922  .954  2.44  2.72  3.54  2.93   20  211.0
                 1B   32    245   11    3   25  .988  .992  8.00  8.91  9.47 10.09   32  243.3
 1969 38 LAD NL  1B    4     31    2    1    6  .971  .991  8.25  8.85  9.58  9.84    4   31.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1966 35 NYM NL  1B    2     12    2    0    1 1.000  .986  7.00  8.50 10.50  9.90    1   12.0
 1967 36 TOT     1B   26    184   15    1   17  .995  .991  7.65  8.48 11.43  9.66   19  156.7
         NYM NL  1B    8     52    3    0    5 1.000  .991  6.88  8.82 10.31  9.96    5   48.0
         CHW AL  1B   18    132   12    1   12  .993  .991  8.00  8.32 11.92  9.53   14  108.7
 1968 37 TOT     1B   33    255   12    3   26  .989  .992  8.09  8.89  9.52 10.07   33  252.3
         CHW AL  1B    1     10    1    0    1 1.000  .991 11.00  8.30 11.00  9.60    1    9.0
         LAD NL  1B   32    245   11    3   25  .988  .992  8.00  8.91  9.47 10.09   32  243.3
 1969 38 LAD NL  1B    4     31    2    1    6  .971  .991  8.25  8.85  9.58  9.84    4   31.0

 1955 24 STL NL  3B  139    124  253   19   24  .952  .951  2.71  2.81                        
 1956 25 STL NL  3B  149    130  309   18   37  .961  .956  2.95  2.64  3.04  3.05  148 1298.7
 1957 26 STL NL  3B   41     41   93   13    7  .912  .952  3.27  2.71  3.46  2.96   36  348.7
 1958 27 STL NL  3B  144    156  350   20   41  .962  .952  3.51  2.86  3.57  3.18  144 1277.0
 1959 28 STL NL  3B  143    134  300   20   32  .956  .950  3.03  2.66  3.20  2.97  141 1220.3
 1960 29 STL NL  3B  146    140  300   19   37  .959  .952  3.01  2.61  3.11  2.97  144 1271.3
 1961 30 STL NL  3B  153    117  346   24   23  .951  .948  3.03  2.60  3.09  2.92  153 1350.7
 1962 31 STL NL  3B  160    158  318   22   34  .956  .949  2.98  2.56  2.99  2.95  160 1431.3
 1963 32 STL NL  3B  159    129  293   34   23  .925  .941  2.65  2.54  2.68  2.93  159 1419.3
 1964 33 STL NL  3B  162    131  337   24   30  .951  .941  2.89  2.60  2.93  2.93  162 1438.0
 1965 34 STL NL  3B  143    113  250   12   18  .968  .951  2.54  2.47  2.61  2.82  139 1251.3
 1966 35 NYM NL  3B  130    113  292   21   33  .951  .954  3.12  2.66  3.35  3.04  125 1087.3
 1967 36 TOT     3B   77     49  151   10   11  .952  .952  2.60  2.74  2.87  3.03   75  627.6
         NYM NL  3B   44     27   84    6    7  .949  .950  2.52  2.75  2.74  2.96   43  364.3
         CHW AL  3B   33     22   67    4    4  .957  .955  2.70  2.72  3.04  3.13   32  263.3
 1968 37 TOT     3B   39     32   60    8    5  .920  .953  2.36  2.72  3.37  2.95   24  245.7
         CHW AL  3B    5      2    7    1    1  .900  .947  1.80  2.68  2.33  3.06    4   34.7
         LAD NL  3B   34     30   53    7    4  .922  .954  2.44  2.72  3.54  2.93   20  211.0

 1957 26 STL NL  CF  105    279    2    2    1  .993  .985  2.68  2.62  2.86  2.82  102  885.7
 1958 27 STL NL  CF    6     11    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.83  2.50  2.25  2.72    5   44.0

 1957 26 STL NL  OF  105    275    2    1    1  .996  .980  2.64  2.07  2.81  2.29  102  885.7
 1958 27 STL NL  OF    6     11    0    0    0 1.000  .982  1.83  1.95  2.25  2.25    5   44.0

 1955 24 STL NL  SS   18     31   42    2   10  .973  .964  4.06  4.57                        
 1958 27 STL NL  SS    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.60 12.86  5.14    0    0.7
 1959 28 STL NL  SS   12      9   10    2    1  .905  .964  1.58  4.53  3.23  5.11    6   53.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  3B*1785   1567 3652  264  355  .952  .950  2.92  2.64             1610 14267.3
                 CF* 111    290    2    2    1  .993  .985  2.63  2.61              107  929.7
                 1B*  65    482   31    5   50  .990  .991  7.89  8.71               57  452.0
                 SS*  31     41   52    4   11  .959  .965  3.00  4.56                6   53.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total      1992   2376 3737  274  417  .957  .955  3.07  2.84
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    STL NYY     W   7  27   5   6  1  0  2   6   1   5  .222  .241  .481   0  0   0   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1956   STL NL   *   5   1   3  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  1   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1959-1 STL NL       1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1959-2 STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1960-1 STL NL       0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1960-2 STL NL       1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-1 STL NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   2   0  0   0   0   0           
 1961-2 STL NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1962-1 STL NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1962-2 STL NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1963   STL NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1964   STL NL   *   4   1   2  0  0  1   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 10/11    6  23   4   8  0  0  2   4   3   4   0  1   0   0   0  .348  .423  .609 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1956 (3B)
1959-1 *
1959-2 (3B)
1960-1 *
1960-2 *
1961-1 *
1961-2
1962-1 (3B)
1962-2 (3B)
1963 (3B)
1964 (3B)

Awards
1964-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1964-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1964-NL-MVP

Gold Gloves
1958-NL--3B
1959-NL--3B
1960-NL--3B
1961-NL--3B
1963-NL--3B
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-NL-28-0.01
1958-NL-13-0.09
1959-NL-10-0.11
1960-NL-6-0.24
1961-NL-7-0.19
1962-NL-18-0.02
1963-NL-13-0.07
1964-NL-1-0.87
Car-128-1.60 shares

Batting Average
1956 NL-.306-5
1958 NL-.307-8
1959 NL-.309-8
1960 NL-.304-5
1961 NL-.329-3

On-base %
1958 NL-.360-10
1959 NL-.384-7
1960 NL-.370-7
1961 NL-.397-4
1963 NL-.358-10

Slugging %
1958 NL-.496-9
1959 NL-.508-9
1960 NL-.562-3
1961 NL-.533-9

OPS
1958 NL-.857-10
1959 NL-.892-7
1960 NL-.932-4
1961 NL-.930-8

Games
1958 NL-150-8
1960 NL-151-7
1961 NL-153-6
1962 NL-160-10
1963 NL-159-7
1964 NL-162-2

At Bats
1956 NL-595-7
1958 NL-570-8
1961 NL-589-7
1963 NL-617-10
1964 NL-628-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1958 NL-631-10
1961 NL-663-4
1963 NL-693-8
1964 NL-704-5

Runs
1958 NL-101-4
1960 NL-95-9
1961 NL-109-4
1964 NL-100-7

Hits
1956 NL-182-5
1958 NL-175-6
1960 NL-168-8
1961 NL-194-4
1964 NL-185-10

Total Bases
1956 NL-294-7
1958 NL-283-6
1959 NL-286-8
1960 NL-310-4
1961 NL-314-6
1964 NL-307-7

Doubles
1956 NL-30-6
1960 NL-26-10
1966 NL-28-10

Triples
1958 NL-9-7
1960 NL-10-5
1961 NL-11-2
1964 NL-10-5

Home Runs
1959 NL-28-6
1960 NL-32-4
1963 NL-24-10
1964 NL-24-9

RBI
1956 NL-98-5
1958 NL-90-7
1959 NL-94-8
1960 NL-97-5
1961 NL-95-8
1963 NL-111-2
1964 NL-119-1

Bases on Balls
1959 NL-67-10
1961 NL-68-9
1962 NL-75-8
1963 NL-70-4
1964 NL-70-5

Strikeouts
1961 NL-91-6
1962 NL-104-3

Stolen Bases
1955 NL-22-3
1957 NL-12-7

Singles
1956 NL-124-8
1958 NL-122-7
1961 NL-133-4

Adjusted OPS+
1959 NL-130-8
1960 NL-144-6
1961 NL-135-10

Runs Created
1958 NL-100-7
1959 NL-112-7
1960 NL-111-6
1961 NL-126-5
1964 NL-107-9

Adjusted Batting Runs
1959 NL-24-10
1960 NL-33-6
1961 NL-31-8

Batting Wins
1959 NL-2.4-9
1960 NL-3.3-6
1961 NL-3.0-8

Extra-Base Hits
1960 NL-68-6
1961 NL-61-8
1964 NL-64-7

Times on Base
1958 NL-227-8
1961 NL-263-2
1962 NL-254-8
1963 NL-248-6
1964 NL-257-7

Offensive Win%
1958 NL-.636-10
1959 NL-.705-7
1960 NL-.720-4
1961 NL-.735-5

Hit By Pitch
1960 NL-4-9

Sac. Flies
1958 NL-8-2
1965 NL-7-6
1966 NL-7-5

Intentional Walks
1957 NL-8-10
1960 NL-10-9
1963 NL-10-8
1964 NL-12-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1956 NL-18-6
1963 NL-20-3
1964 NL-22-2
1965 NL-16-9

Caught Stealing
1955 NL-17-1
1957 NL-8-6
1958 NL-6-8
1960 NL-7-10

Power/Speed Number
1955 NL-19.8-2
1956 NL-12.2-5
1957 NL-14.7-3
1958 NL-14.9-5
1959 NL-16.8-6
1960 NL-12.8-9
1962 NL-16.0-9

At Bats per Home Run
1959 NL-20.1-7
1960 NL-17.3-5

Outs
1963 NL-465-10
1964 NL-474-6

Oldest Player
1968 AL-37-6
1968 NL-37-9
1969 NL-38-8

        

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (408) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 138 (113) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 35.7 (188) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 86.5 (188) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

October 20, 1965: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets for Charley Smith and Al Jackson.

July 22, 1967: Traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later and Bill Southworth. The New York Mets sent Sandy Alomar (August 15, 1967) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade. The Chicago White Sox sent J.C. Martin (November 27, 1967) to the New York Mets to complete the trade.

May 2, 1968: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

May 10, 1968: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 8, 1969: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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