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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 NYM NL 21 2B 6 6 51.2 35 10 24 1 3 .971 2.8 65.0 2.8 1.9 0.9 0 5.92 5.67 .977 5.26 4.63
1967 NYM NL 21 3B 4 4 36.0 12 2 10 0 2 1.000 0.7 23.3 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 3.00 3.00 .950 2.95 2.75
1968 NYM NL 22 2B 69 67 623.2 370 154 203 13 37 .965 2.7 5.2 2.7 5.0 -2.3 0 5.15 5.17 .977 5.21 4.74
1969 NYM NL 23 2B 96 91 793.0 437 190 229 18 51 .959 -4.3 -6.5 -4.3 -1.5 -2.9 0 4.76 4.36 .974 5.19 4.65
1970 NYM NL 24 2B 101 93 842.2 450 204 244 2 49 .996 4.7 6.7 6.7 2.7 4.0 -2 4.78 4.44 .979 5.32 4.67
1971 NYM NL 25 2B 109 101 895.0 437 191 234 12 56 .973 -3.9 -5.2 -2.9 -3.0 0.1 -1 4.27 3.90 .978 5.47 4.86
1972 NYM NL 26 2B 94 89 804.0 395 208 183 4 53 .990 -3.6 -5.4 -4.6 -2.6 -2.0 1 4.38 4.16 .978 5.36 4.88
1973 NYM NL 27 3B 17 14 127.0 37 7 29 1 3 .973 1.9 18.0 1.9 0.7 1.2 0 2.55 2.12 .943 2.88 2.49
1973 NYM NL 27 2B 3 0 9.0 13 8 4 1 0 .923 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 12.00 4.00 .985 5.50 4.90
1974 NYM NL 28 2B 28 25 222.0 132 69 63 0 11 1.000 2.1 11.4 3.1 1.1 1.9 -1 5.35 4.71 .972 5.47 4.64
1974 NYM NL 28 3B 20 15 140.0 64 11 48 5 6 .922 -2.1 -18.0 -2.1 -1.8 -0.3 0 3.79 2.95 .950 3.04 2.64
1974 NYM NL 28 OF 7 6 48.2 17 14 2 1 1 .941 1.1 27.1 1.1 1.3 -0.1 0 2.96 2.29 .982 2.27 1.96
1974 NYM NL 28 RF 5 5 38.2 13 11 1 1 1 .923 0.9 27.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.79 2.40 .977 2.05 1.66
1974 NYM NL 28 LF 2 1 10.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.4 -0.1 0 3.60 2.00 .975 1.98 1.55
1975 HOU NL 29 2B 31 18 184.1 106 40 65 1 11 .991 -2.2 -14.3 -0.2 -2.2 2.0 -2 5.13 3.39 .975 5.54 4.92
1975 HOU NL 29 3B 23 20 188.0 57 14 38 5 2 .912 -1.7 -10.9 -1.7 -1.1 -0.6 0 2.49 2.26 .947 2.98 2.58
1976 HOU NL 30 3B 16 15 120.0 30 7 21 2 4 .933 -1.8 -18.0 -1.8 -1.0 -0.8 0 2.10 1.75 .953 2.93 2.61
1976 HOU NL 30 2B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 1.80 0.33 1.000 5.40 4.93
1976 HOU NL 30 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.60
1976 HOU NL 30 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1977 HOU NL 31 2B 26 9 114.0 64 33 31 0 9 1.000 1.5 15.8 1.5 1.9 -0.4 0 5.05 2.46 .977 5.24 4.47
1977 HOU NL 31 3B 2 1 11.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 3.27 2.00 .950 2.95 2.55
11 Seasons 2B 566 499 4544.1 2440 1108 1280 52 280 .979 -0.8 -0.2 4.2 2.9 1.1 -5 4.73 4.22 .977 5.33 4.75
6 Seasons 3B 82 69 622.0 204 41 150 13 17 .936 -2.7 -5.2 -2.7 -2.9 0.2 0 2.76 2.33 .949 2.96 2.59
2 Seasons OF 8 6 49.2 17 14 2 1 1 .941 1.0 24.2 1.0 1.3 -0.2 0 2.90 2.00 .982 2.28 1.96
1 Season RF 5 5 38.2 13 11 1 1 1 .923 0.9 27.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.79 2.40 .977 2.05 1.66
2 Seasons LF 3 1 11.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 10.9 0.1 0.4 -0.2 0 3.27 1.33 .975 1.96 1.57
11 Seasons TOT 656 574 5216.0 2661 1163 1432 66 298 .975 -2.5 -0.6 2.5 1.3 1.1 0 -5 4.48 3.96 .950 5.02 4.45
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 NYM NL 21 11 10 11 11 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968 NYM NL 22 75 67 75 75 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1969 NYM NL 23 102 91 102 102 0 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
1970 NYM NL 24 105 93 105 105 0 0 0 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1971 NYM NL 25 116 101 116 116 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
1972 NYM NL 26 100 89 100 100 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1973 NYM NL 27 76 14 76 76 0 0 0 3 17 0 0 0 0 0 60 0
1974 NYM NL 28 96 46 96 53 0 0 0 28 20 0 2 0 5 7 0 47 0
1975 HOU NL 29 86 38 86 54 0 0 0 32 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0
1976 HOU NL 30 91 15 91 20 0 0 0 3 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 76 0
1977 HOU NL 31 72 10 72 28 0 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 0
11 Seasons 930 574 930 740 0 0 0 567 82 0 3 0 5 8 0 331 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 NYM NL 21 221 63% 74% 32% 25 96% 0 11 4 5 2 24 20 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
1968 NYM NL 22 2601 64% 77% 29% 248 96% 3 150 57 55 38 204 174 23 2 2 13 0 10 3 7 37 13 7 10 2 32 12 20 5 3 2
1969 NYM NL 23 3411 62% 75% 27% 300 92% 0 190 83 74 33 232 191 35 0 2 18 0 12 6 11 52 22 8 13 2 48 16 30 2 2 0
1970 NYM NL 24 3681 61% 74% 25% 304 98% 0 201 77 78 46 247 199 45 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 50 17 7 20 0 45 20 24 3 1 2
1971 NYM NL 25 3831 62% 72% 23% 294 96% 2 198 76 85 37 239 197 33 1 3 12 1 10 1 7 56 18 9 16 2 50 18 27 5 4 1
1972 NYM NL 26 3426 67% 74% 24% 240 95% 0 205 66 79 60 188 150 32 1 3 4 1 3 0 2 53 10 8 19 5 45 25 18 4 1 3
1973 NYM NL 27 40 75% 90% 33% 7 86% 0 3 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 NYM NL 28 953 63% 78% 29% 85 100% 0 68 26 30 12 64 51 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 2 4 0 10 4 6 1 1 0
1975 HOU NL 29 804 55% 79% 29% 80 94% 0 37 13 20 4 68 55 11 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 11 4 0 5 1 10 6 4 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 30 29 72% 72% 7% 1 0% 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 HOU NL 31 489 51% 77% 28% 46 98% 0 33 11 14 8 36 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 3 1 8 4 4 1 1 0
11 Seasons 19486 63% 75% 26% 1630 95% 5 1097 415 441 241 1306 1072 199 4 14 52 2 40 10 32 283 92 43 91 13 251 106 135 22 14 8
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 NYM NL 21 157 57% 72% 31% 13 77% 0 2 1 0 1 9 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0%
1973 NYM NL 27 522 70% 77% 27% 37 97% 0 8 5 1 2 33 25 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 100%
1974 NYM NL 28 654 74% 81% 26% 64 84% 0 12 7 2 3 50 31 15 1 2 5 0 5 0 5 6 5 0 5 1 1 0 2 100%
1975 HOU NL 29 869 56% 74% 27% 53 85% 1 12 6 1 5 39 33 5 1 1 5 0 5 0 5 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1976 HOU NL 30 552 54% 77% 25% 34 71% 0 7 3 1 3 21 16 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
1977 HOU NL 31 47 53% 81% 32% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 2801 62% 77% 27% 206 84% 1 41 22 5 14 156 113 35 3 7 13 0 13 0 13 17 11 0 13 4 3 1 8 63%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 NYM NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 158 57% 77% 25% 17 65%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 158 57% 77% 25% 17 65%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.1% 61% 77% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 NYM NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 47 40% 81% 21% 5 80%
1976 HOU NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 100% 0% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 1 1 50.0% 0 51 43% 82% 20% 5 80%
MLB Averages 57.6% 2.8% 61% 77% 26% 47%

* 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.

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