Ken Boyer
Kenton Lloyd Boyer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO
High School: Alba (Alba, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1955
Final Game: August 9, 1969
Died: September 7, 1982 in St.Louis, MO
Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer and Brother of Clete Boyer
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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
1955 STL NL 24 3B 139 114 1072.2 396 124 253 19 24 .952 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.8 -0.8 0 3.16 2.71 .951 3.13 2.81
1955 STL NL 24 SS 18 16 128.1 75 31 42 2 10 .973 -2.0 -18.7 -2.0 -0.8 -1.2 0 5.12 4.06 .964 5.02 4.57
1956 STL NL 25 3B 149 148 1298.2 457 130 309 18 37 .961 16.6 15.3 14.6 0.8 13.8 2 3.04 2.95 .956 3.05 2.64 AS,MVP-28
1957 STL NL 26 CF 105 102 885.2 283 279 2 2 1 .993 8.0 10.8 9.0 3.5 5.5 -1 2.86 2.68 .985 2.82 2.62
1957 STL NL 26 OF 105 102 885.2 278 275 2 1 1 .996 8.0 10.8 9.0 3.5 5.5 -1 2.81 2.64 .979 2.29 2.07
1957 STL NL 26 3B 41 36 348.2 147 41 93 13 7 .912 3.7 12.7 3.7 1.3 2.4 0 3.46 3.27 .954 2.96 2.71
1958 STL NL 27 3B 144 144 1277.0 526 156 350 20 41 .962 14.9 14.0 13.9 3.8 10.1 1 3.57 3.51 .952 3.18 2.86 MVP-13,GG
1958 STL NL 27 CF 6 5 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -13.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 2.25 1.83 .982 2.72 2.50 MVP-13,GG
1958 STL NL 27 OF 6 5 44.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -13.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0 2.25 1.83 .982 2.25 1.95 MVP-13,GG
1958 STL NL 27 SS 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -180.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.60 MVP-13,GG
1959 STL NL 28 3B 143 141 1220.1 454 134 300 20 32 .956 9.5 9.3 9.5 5.8 3.7 0 3.20 3.03 .950 2.97 2.66 AS,MVP-10,GG
1959 STL NL 28 SS 12 6 53.0 21 9 10 2 1 .905 -2.3 -52.1 -2.3 -1.1 -1.2 0 3.23 1.58 .967 5.11 4.53 AS,MVP-10,GG
1960 STL NL 29 3B 146 144 1271.1 459 140 300 19 37 .959 6.7 6.3 5.7 6.5 -0.8 1 3.11 3.01 .952 2.97 2.61 AS,MVP-6,GG
1961 STL NL 30 3B 153 153 1350.2 487 117 346 24 23 .951 12.7 11.3 12.7 4.2 8.5 0 3.09 3.03 .948 2.92 2.60 AS,MVP-7,GG
1962 STL NL 31 3B 160 160 1431.1 498 158 318 22 34 .956 9.6 8.0 8.6 7.8 0.9 1 2.99 2.98 .949 2.95 2.56 AS,MVP-18
1963 STL NL 32 3B 159 159 1419.1 456 129 293 34 23 .925 -2.1 -1.8 -2.1 -4.8 2.7 0 2.68 2.65 .942 2.93 2.54 AS,MVP-13,GG
1964 STL NL 33 3B 162 162 1438.0 492 131 337 24 30 .951 3.9 3.3 3.9 5.3 -1.4 0 2.93 2.89 .940 2.93 2.60 AS,MVP-1
1965 STL NL 34 3B 143 139 1251.1 375 113 250 12 18 .968 -6.9 -6.6 -5.9 -4.5 -1.4 -1 2.61 2.54 .950 2.82 2.47
1966 NYM NL 35 3B 130 125 1087.1 426 113 292 21 33 .951 0.1 0.1 0.1 -1.5 1.7 0 3.35 3.12 .954 3.04 2.66
1966 NYM NL 35 1B 2 1 12.0 14 12 2 0 1 1.000 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 10.50 7.00 .986 9.90 8.50
1967 TOT MLB 36 3B 77 75 627.2 210 49 151 10 11 .952 2.5 4.8 2.5 -1.1 3.7 0 2.87 2.60 .952 3.03 2.74
1967 TOT MLB 36 1B 26 19 156.2 200 184 15 1 17 .995 2.5 19.1 2.5 2.3 0.2 0 11.43 7.65 .991 9.66 8.48
1967 NYM NL 36 3B 44 43 364.1 117 27 84 6 7 .949 2.1 6.9 2.1 1.5 0.6 0 2.74 2.52 .950 2.96 2.75
1967 NYM NL 36 1B 8 5 48.0 55 52 3 0 5 1.000 0.1 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.31 6.88 .991 9.96 8.82
1967 CHW AL 36 3B 33 32 263.1 93 22 67 4 4 .957 0.4 1.8 0.4 -2.6 3.1 0 3.04 2.70 .955 3.13 2.72
1967 CHW AL 36 1B 18 14 108.2 145 132 12 1 12 .993 2.4 26.5 2.4 2.3 0.1 0 11.93 8.00 .991 9.53 8.32
1968 TOT MLB 37 3B 39 24 245.2 100 32 60 8 5 .920 -2.4 -11.7 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 3.37 2.36 .955 2.95 2.72
1968 TOT MLB 37 1B 33 33 252.1 270 255 12 3 26 .989 -2.0 -9.5 -2.0 -1.0 -1.0 0 9.52 8.09 .992 10.07 8.89
1968 CHW AL 37 3B 5 4 34.2 10 2 7 1 1 .900 -1.9 -65.8 -1.9 -0.2 -1.7 0 2.34 1.80 .950 3.06 2.68
1968 CHW AL 37 1B 1 1 9.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 11.00 11.00 .991 9.60 8.30
1968 LAD NL 37 3B 34 20 211.0 90 30 53 7 4 .922 -0.5 -2.8 -0.5 -2.0 1.5 0 3.54 2.44 .956 2.93 2.72
1968 LAD NL 37 1B 32 32 243.1 259 245 11 3 25 .988 -1.9 -9.4 -1.9 -1.0 -0.9 0 9.47 8.00 .992 10.09 8.91
1969 LAD NL 38 1B 4 4 31.0 34 31 2 1 6 .971 -1.0 -38.7 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 0 9.58 8.25 .991 9.84 8.85
14 Seasons 3B 1785 1724 15340.0 5483 1567 3652 264 355 .952 69.8 5.5 65.8 23.2 42.9 4 3.06 2.92 .950 2.99 2.64
2 Seasons CF 111 107 929.2 294 290 2 2 1 .993 7.5 9.7 8.5 3.1 5.4 -1 2.83 2.63 .985 2.82 2.61
2 Seasons OF 111 107 929.2 289 286 2 1 1 .997 7.5 9.7 8.5 3.1 5.4 -1 2.79 2.59 .980 2.29 2.06
4 Seasons 1B 65 57 452.0 518 482 31 5 50 .990 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 10.21 7.89 .991 9.91 8.71
3 Seasons SS 31 22 182.0 97 41 52 4 11 .959 -4.4 -29.0 -4.4 -2.0 -2.4 0 4.60 3.00 .965 5.05 4.56
15 Seasons TOT 1992 1910 16903.2 6387 2376 3737 274 417 .957 72.7 5.2 69.7 24.6 45.4 -1 4 3.25 3.07 .912 3.16 2.84
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
1955 STL NL 24 147 130 147 147 0 0 0 0 139 18 0 0 0 0 1 3
1956 STL NL 25 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 STL NL 26 142 138 142 142 0 0 0 0 41 0 0 105 0 105 1 2
1958 STL NL 27 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 144 1 0 6 0 6 1 0
1959 STL NL 28 149 147 149 149 0 0 0 0 143 12 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 STL NL 29 151 144 151 151 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1961 STL NL 30 153 153 153 153 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 STL NL 31 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 STL NL 32 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 STL NL 33 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 34 144 139 144 144 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1966 NYM NL 35 136 126 136 136 0 0 2 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1967 CHW AL 36 57 46 57 57 0 0 18 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1967 NYM NL 36 56 48 56 56 0 0 8 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1968 LAD NL 37 83 52 83 83 0 0 32 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
1968 CHW AL 37 10 5 10 10 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1969 LAD NL 38 25 4 25 25 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
15 Seasons 2034 1910 2034 2034 0 0 65 0 1785 31 0 111 0 111 92 7
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
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 -- 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%
1955 STL NL 24 2705 62% 78% 25% 206 88% 2 68 56 3 9 124 103 18 0 2 14 0 12 2 11 12 7 1 9 1 0 1 3 67%
1956 STL NL 25 5664 61% 79% 27% 467 89% 2 127 100 11 15 318 240 68 1 6 14 0 13 1 12 40 32 4 37 3 3 0 26 77%
1957 STL NL 26 1551 57% 78% 28% 139 87% 0 38 26 1 11 95 79 14 0 3 12 1 8 3 9 7 5 0 6 0 0 0 5 100%
1958 STL NL 27 5684 59% 77% 26% 490 89% 6 153 110 16 27 341 252 64 4 20 20 1 16 3 15 42 21 9 32 9 7 2 25 80%
1959 STL NL 28 5444 57% 77% 26% 440 89% 6 131 96 16 19 294 221 65 1 8 20 2 18 0 15 31 23 2 27 4 1 3 23 70%
1960 STL NL 29 5539 60% 76% 27% 453 87% 3 140 102 19 20 295 226 58 3 10 19 0 17 2 17 36 21 5 30 5 3 2 20 55%
1961 STL NL 30 6002 60% 77% 29% 469 89% 1 115 79 9 27 348 273 60 2 13 24 0 17 7 20 24 14 0 15 7 5 2 16 75%
1962 STL NL 31 6218 60% 77% 28% 470 91% 2 155 107 25 23 315 256 50 1 5 22 0 18 4 19 33 22 3 27 3 2 1 16 63%
1963 STL NL 32 6130 61% 77% 25% 441 89% 2 128 96 12 20 293 224 59 3 9 34 1 32 1 28 23 17 2 20 3 1 2 9 89%
1964 STL NL 33 6207 65% 79% 29% 498 88% 2 132 103 12 17 341 255 73 3 9 24 0 21 3 20 29 21 2 26 2 2 0 23 78%
1965 STL NL 34 5490 61% 78% 26% 372 91% 5 115 86 12 17 250 198 43 1 7 12 0 11 1 11 18 12 2 14 3 1 2 12 92%
1966 NYM NL 35 4889 63% 79% 31% 380 92% 3 113 76 15 22 285 215 47 5 16 21 3 18 0 17 32 13 3 24 8 5 3 17 59%
1967 NYM NL 36 1613 60% 77% 30% 113 91% 0 26 19 3 4 86 71 11 0 4 6 0 4 2 6 6 5 0 6 0 0 0 4 75%
1967 CHW AL 36 1099 65% 76% 28% 91 89% 0 22 15 3 4 66 59 5 0 1 4 0 2 2 4 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 3 100%
1968 LAD NL 37 874 69% 76% 29% 83 88% 1 26 22 2 2 51 38 11 0 2 7 1 6 0 6 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 CHW AL 37 158 64% 75% 23% 12 67% 0 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 65267 61% 77% 27% 5124 89% 35 1491 1094 159 238 3509 2715 648 24 115 254 9 214 31 211 342 219 33 280 50 31 19 204 74%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 NYM NL 35 63 41% 78% 30% 4 100% 0 13 0 13 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1967 CHW AL 36 441 62% 80% 35% 26 92% 0 132 0 132 0 11 14 11 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 1 1 0 11 2 2 0 2 3 100%
1967 NYM NL 36 205 67% 80% 30% 10 90% 0 52 1 51 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 5 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1968 LAD NL 37 1036 63% 75% 28% 45 89% 0 240 13 226 1 17 12 8 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 25 0 0 0 23 0 2 0 2 5 100%
1968 CHW AL 37 43 47% 84% 37% 2 100% 0 10 0 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 LAD NL 38 134 51% 86% 22% 7 86% 0 32 2 29 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 0
4 Seasons 1922 62% 78% 29% 94 90% 0 479 16 461 2 42 34 23 6 0 2 5 0 5 0 3 52 1 1 1 44 3 8 2 6 13 92%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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%
1957 STL NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 53 29 1 22 1 0 5 1 0 14 2 0 22 20 0 116 53 45.7% 62 1 0.9% 1 3827 59% 79% 28% 496 57%
1958 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 210 54% 77% 31% 25 44%
2 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 55 31 1 25 1 0 5 1 0 14 2 0 22 20 0 121 55 45.5% 65 1 0.8% 1 4037 59% 79% 28% 521 56%
MLB Averages 41.1% 2.1% 62% 77% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 STL NL 24 382 56% 80% 26% 37 92% 0 22 13 9 0 23 15 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 5 1 1 1 0 8 6 2 1 1 0
1958 STL NL 27 6 67% 50% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 28 254 50% 74% 20% 20 75% 0 8 4 2 2 12 8 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 642 54% 77% 24% 57 86% 0 31 17 12 2 35 23 10 0 2 3 1 1 1 2 10 6 1 1 1 0 9 7 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

* 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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