Ken Boswell
Kenneth George Boswell
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: February 23, 1946 in Austin, TX
School: Sam Houston State University
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1967
Final Game: October 1, 1977
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1967 21 NYM NL 11 43 40 2 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .225 .233 .375 .608 73 15 3 0 0 2 0 /45
1968 22 NYM NL 75 306 284 37 74 7 2 4 11 7 2 16 27 .261 .300 .342 .642 93 97 6 1 3 2 0 4
1969 23 NYM NL 102 405 362 48 101 14 7 3 32 7 3 36 47 .279 .347 .381 .728 103 138 13 2 4 1 3 4
1970 24 NYM NL 105 402 351 32 89 13 2 5 44 5 4 41 32 .254 .331 .345 .676 82 121 13 2 3 5 8 4
1971 25 NYM NL 116 436 392 46 107 20 1 5 40 5 2 36 31 .273 .334 .367 .701 101 144 11 2 2 4 4 *4
1972 26 NYM NL 100 400 355 35 75 9 1 9 33 2 2 32 35 .211 .274 .318 .592 70 113 15 0 9 4 1 4
1973 27 NYM NL 76 123 110 12 25 2 1 2 14 0 0 12 11 .227 .303 .318 .621 74 35 1 0 1 0 2 5/4
1974 28 NYM NL 96 244 222 19 48 6 1 2 15 0 1 18 19 .216 .277 .279 .556 57 62 8 1 2 1 1 45/97
1975 29 HOU NL 86 212 178 16 43 8 2 0 21 0 3 30 12 .242 .349 .309 .658 90 55 7 1 0 3 7 45
1976 30 HOU NL 91 137 126 12 33 8 1 0 18 1 0 8 8 .262 .301 .341 .643 90 43 8 0 1 2 2 5/47
1977 31 HOU NL 72 108 97 7 21 1 1 0 12 0 0 10 12 .216 .287 .247 .534 51 24 5 0 0 1 1 4/5
11 Seasons 930 2816 2517 266 625 91 19 31 244 27 17 240 239 .248 .313 .337 .650 85 847 90 9 25 25 29
162 Game Avg. 162 491 438 46 109 16 3 5 43 5 3 42 42 .248 .313 .337 .650 85 148 16 2 4 4 5
NYM (8 yrs) 681 2359 2116 231 528 74 15 31 193 26 14 192 207 .250 .312 .343 .654 85 725 70 8 24 19 19
HOU (3 yrs) 249 457 401 35 97 17 4 0 51 1 3 48 32 .242 .320 .304 .624 81 122 20 1 1 6 10

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1967 21 NYM NL 43 36 3 2.2 89 .222 .225 .256 .233 .318 .375 .375 .608 .693 73 .261 -1.3 -0.1 .471 .175 .150 .0
1968 22 NYM NL 306 223 29 3.5 81 .275 .261 .252 .300 .310 .342 .355 .642 .666 93 .492 -3.1 -0.4 .546 .155 .081 5.1
1969 23 NYM NL 405 282 47 4.5 96 .313 .279 .262 .347 .332 .381 .388 .728 .720 103 .532 1.1 0.1 .650 .213 .102 4.2
1970 24 NYM NL 402 287 39 3.6 103 .263 .254 .267 .331 .340 .345 .408 .676 .748 82 .391 -8.1 -0.8 .591 .211 .091 5.0
1971 25 NYM NL 436 304 48 4.3 91 .283 .273 .257 .334 .323 .367 .377 .701 .700 101 .520 1.4 0.2 .621 .194 .094 5.0
1972 26 NYM NL 400 310 29 2.5 89 .210 .211 .253 .274 .321 .318 .374 .592 .695 70 .295 -14.1 -1.5 .488 .197 .107 3.3
1973 27 NYM NL 123 87 11 3.4 95 .237 .227 .260 .303 .329 .318 .387 .621 .716 74 .396 -4.0 -0.4 .547 .200 .091 .0
1974 28 NYM NL 244 186 16 2.3 94 .228 .216 .261 .277 .333 .279 .378 .556 .710 57 .248 -13.2 -1.4 .437 .140 .063 .0
1975 29 HOU NL 212 148 19 3.5 90 .254 .242 .257 .349 .327 .309 .371 .658 .698 90 .400 -0.4 -0.0 .572 .219 .067
1976 30 HOU NL 137 104 11 2.8 84 .275 .262 .252 .301 .317 .341 .359 .643 .676 90 .340 -1.3 -0.1 .515 .151 .079 .0
1977 31 HOU NL 108 82 6 2.0 95 .244 .216 .258 .287 .324 .247 .394 .534 .718 51 .174 -6.2 -0.6 .420 .134 .031
11 Seasons 2816 2049 258 3.4 92 .261 .248 .258 .313 .326 .337 .380 .650 .706 85 .405 -49.2 -5.1 .553 .188 .088 28.9
162 Game Avg. 491 357 45 3.4 92 .261 .248 .258 .313 .326 .337 .380 .650 .706 85 .405 -49.2 -5.1 .553 .188 .088 5
NYM (8 yrs) 2359 1715 222 3.5 93 .262 .250 .259 .312 .327 .343 .381 .654 .708 85 .421 -41.2 -4.3 .560 .190 .093 28.3
HOU (3 yrs) 457 334 36 2.9 90 .259 .242 .256 .320 .323 .304 .373 .624 .696 81 .326 -8.0 -0.8 .517 .177 .062 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 23 NYM NL NLCS ATL W 3 13 12 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .833 1.218 10 0 0 0 0 0
1969 23 NYM NL WS BAL W 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1973 27 NYM NL NLCS CIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 27 NYM NL WS OAK L 3 3 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 8 20 19 5 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .421 .450 .737 1.187 14 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 4 14 13 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 2 .308 .357 .769 1.126 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 6 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1967 21 NYM NL 43 2.3% 11.6% 2.3% 9.3% 44% 5.00 8.0 40.0 10.0 1.73 84%
1968 22 NYM NL 306 1.3% 8.8% 5.2% 4.3% 18% 1.69 10.5 71.0 25.8 1.16 83%
1969 23 NYM NL 405 0.7% 11.6% 8.9% 5.9% 24% 1.31 7.7 120.7 11.3 1.31 77%
1970 24 NYM NL 402 1.2% 8.0% 10.2% 5.0% 23% 0.78 11.0 70.2 8.0 0.90 79%
1971 25 NYM NL 436 1.2% 7.1% 8.3% 6.0% 24% 0.86 12.6 78.4 9.8 1.06 83%
1972 26 NYM NL 400 2.3% 8.8% 8.0% 4.8% 25% 1.09 10.1 39.4 10.8 1.18 79%
1973 27 NYM NL 123 1.6% 8.9% 9.8% 4.1% 20% 0.92 10.0 55.0 7.9 1.24 79%
1974 28 NYM NL 244 0.8% 7.8% 7.4% 3.7% 19% 1.06 11.7 111.0 14.8 1.30 83%
1975 29 HOU NL 212 0.0% 5.7% 14.2% 4.7% 23% 0.40 14.8 8.5 1.51 80%
1976 30 HOU NL 137 0.0% 5.8% 5.8% 6.6% 27% 1.00 15.8 7.0 1.64 88%
1977 31 HOU NL 108 0.0% 11.1% 9.3% 1.9% 10% 1.20 8.1 8.1 1.43 80%
11 Seasons 2816 1.1% 8.5% 8.5% 5.0% 23% 1.00 10.5 81.2 10.3 1.20 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1967 21 NYM NL 1 0 11% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 22 NYM NL 4 0 38% 114 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 6 63% 14 8 6 3 1 2 7 0 7
1969 23 NYM NL 3 0 33% 156 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 64% 21 10 10 4 0 2 14 0 13
1970 24 NYM NL 6 0 21% 171 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 5 7 51% 23 13 10 2 1 1 10 2 7
1971 25 NYM NL 3 0 29% 169 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 58% 31 16 14 4 3 1 15 1 14
1972 26 NYM NL 3 0 27% 113 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 60% 14 6 8 3 2 1 3 0 3
1973 27 NYM NL 2 0 29% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1974 28 NYM NL 4 0 26% 90 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 19% 9 7 1 0 0 0 7 5 2
1975 29 HOU NL 5 0 22% 98 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 40% 19 13 6 2 2 0 9 3 6
1976 30 HOU NL 1 0 29% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 5 4 1 0 0 0 5 1 4
1977 31 HOU NL 2 0 23% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 5 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Seasons 34 0 28% 1038 27 17 61% 27 14 0 0 0 3 7 3 29 49 52% 147 87 57 19 9 8 75 13 60
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1967 21 NYM NL 43 70% 9 1 0 0 0 0.66 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 30% 5 3 60% 25 3 12% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1968 22 NYM NL 306 78% 74 6 1 0 1 0.87 4 0 3 3 1 1 3 0 4 3 75% 50 6 12% 29 13 45% 133 8 6% 7 4 57% 14 4 29% 0
1969 23 NYM NL 405 83% 101 10 1 0 0 1.68 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 5 4 80% 88 13 15% 39 13 33% 231 31 13% 17 7 41% 22 8 36% 0
1970 24 NYM NL 402 90% 89 7 2 0 2 1.75 5 0 14 5 0 4 1 0 3 3 100% 82 13 16% 38 16 42% 264 39 15% 31 17 55% 25 7 28% 0
1971 25 NYM NL 436 87% 107 7 0 0 0 2.64 5 1 7 3 2 1 4 0 2 2 100% 87 11 13% 42 13 31% 262 36 14% 21 13 62% 30 14 47% 0
1972 26 NYM NL 400 91% 75 7 1 0 0 1.02 9 0 8 6 3 1 8 0 9 9 100% 80 15 19% 46 18 39% 225 26 12% 21 13 62% 22 9 41% 0
1973 27 NYM NL 123 89% 25 51 12 2 7 1.64 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 100% 25 1 4% 11 5 45% 87 12 14% 9 4 44% 9 5 56% 0
1974 28 NYM NL 244 85% 48 43 9 1 3 1.72 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 100% 51 8 16% 23 9 39% 136 13 10% 9 7 78% 11 5 45% 0
1975 29 HOU NL 212 90% 43 36 7 0 4 1.77 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 7 19% 24 7 29% 144 22 15% 16 6 38% 13 7 54% 0
1976 30 HOU NL 137 92% 33 65 20 0 9 1.55 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 31 8 26% 15 7 47% 116 19 16% 14 7 50% 11 8 73% 0
1977 31 HOU NL 108 96% 21 53 14 0 9 2.12 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 25% 14 5 36% 84 12 14% 8 3 38% 9 4 44% 0
11 Seasons 2816 87% 625 286 67 3 35 1.73 31 1 72 25 6 9 22 0 27 25 93% 561 90 16% 286 109 38% 1707 221 13% 157 83 53% 169 72 43% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 21 11 43 40 2 9 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .225 .233 .375 .608 73 15 3 0 0 2 0
1968 22 86 349 324 39 83 10 2 5 15 7 2 17 32 .256 .292 .346 .638 90 112 9 1 3 4 0
1969 23 188 754 686 87 184 24 9 8 47 14 5 53 79 .268 .321 .364 .686 97 250 22 3 7 5 3
1970 24 293 1156 1037 119 273 37 11 13 91 19 9 94 111 .263 .325 .358 .682 92 371 35 5 10 10 11
1971 25 409 1592 1429 165 380 57 12 18 131 24 11 130 142 .266 .327 .360 .688 94 515 46 7 12 14 15
1972 26 509 1992 1784 200 455 66 13 27 164 26 13 162 177 .255 .317 .352 .669 90 628 61 7 21 18 16
1973 27 585 2115 1894 212 480 68 14 29 178 26 13 174 188 .253 .316 .350 .666 89 663 62 7 22 18 18
1974 28 681 2359 2116 231 528 74 15 31 193 26 14 192 207 .250 .312 .343 .654 85 725 70 8 24 19 19
1975 29 767 2571 2294 247 571 82 17 31 214 26 17 222 219 .249 .315 .340 .655 86 780 77 9 24 22 26
1976 30 858 2708 2420 259 604 90 18 31 232 27 17 230 227 .250 .314 .340 .654 86 823 85 9 25 24 28
1977 31 930 2816 2517 266 625 91 19 31 244 27 17 240 239 .248 .313 .337 .650 85 847 90 9 25 25 29

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 21 11 42 39 2 8 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 .205 .214 .359 .573 3 11
1968 22 75 317 295 48 86 8 2 5 14 8 19 27 .292 .334 .383 .717 38 75
1969 23 102 405 365 52 104 14 7 3 34 7 37 47 .285 .353 .386 .739 50 102
1970 24 105 395 348 31 86 13 2 5 43 5 40 32 .247 .324 .339 .663 38 105
1971 25 116 446 401 53 116 22 1 5 46 5 39 31 .289 .352 .387 .739 55 116
1972 26 105 414 375 43 82 10 1 10 40 2 35 37 .219 .283 .331 .613 36 100
1973 27 76 125 112 13 27 2 1 2 15 0 13 11 .241 .320 .330 .650 12 76
1974 28 96 242 222 20 48 6 1 2 16 0 18 19 .216 .277 .279 .556 17 96
1975 29 86 219 182 19 47 9 2 0 24 0 33 12 .258 .370 .330 .700 22 86
1976 30 91 137 127 15 34 8 1 0 22 1 8 8 .268 .307 .346 .653 14 91
1977 31 72 108 97 8 21 1 1 0 13 0 10 12 .216 .287 .247 .534 7 72
11 Seasons 935 2850 2563 304 659 96 19 33 272 28 253 241 .257 .323 .348 .671 292 930
162 Game Avg. 162 494 444 53 114 17 3 6 47 5 44 42 .257 .323 .348 .671 51 930

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Triples s c a p y
1969 NL  7 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Mark Lemke (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jack Brohamer (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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