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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
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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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
1955 24 STL NL 147 574 530 78 140 27 2 18 62 22 17 37 67 .264 .311 .425 .735 93 225 6 1 1 5 5 *56
1956 25 STL NL 150 639 595 91 182 30 2 26 98 8 3 38 65 .306 .347 .494 .841 123 294 18 1 2 3 7 *5 AS,MVP-28
1957 26 STL NL 142 598 544 79 144 18 3 19 62 12 8 44 77 .265 .318 .414 .732 94 225 11 1 4 5 8 *85
1958 27 STL NL 150 631 570 101 175 21 9 23 90 11 6 49 53 .307 .360 .496 .857 121 283 15 3 1 8 8 *5/86 MVP-13,GG
1959 28 STL NL 149 633 563 86 174 18 5 28 94 12 6 67 77 .309 .384 .508 .892 130 286 7 2 0 1 7 *56 AS,MVP-10,GG
1960 29 STL NL 151 616 552 95 168 26 10 32 97 8 7 56 77 .304 .370 .562 .932 144 310 13 4 0 4 10 *5 AS,MVP-6,GG
1961 30 STL NL 153 663 589 109 194 26 11 24 95 6 3 68 91 .329 .397 .533 .930 135 314 11 1 0 5 9 *5 AS,MVP-7,GG
1962 31 STL NL 160 691 611 92 178 27 5 24 98 12 7 75 104 .291 .369 .470 .838 114 287 15 1 2 2 7 *5 AS,MVP-18
1963 32 STL NL 159 693 617 86 176 28 2 24 111 1 0 70 90 .285 .358 .454 .812 124 280 20 2 0 4 10 *5 AS,MVP-13,GG
1964 33 STL NL 162 704 628 100 185 30 10 24 119 3 5 70 85 .295 .365 .489 .854 130 307 22 2 0 4 12 *5 AS,MVP-1
1965 34 STL NL 144 604 535 71 139 18 2 13 75 2 7 57 73 .260 .328 .374 .702 90 200 16 1 4 7 3 *5
1966 35 NYM NL 136 534 496 62 132 28 2 14 61 4 3 30 64 .266 .304 .415 .719 101 206 15 0 1 7 5 *5/3
1967 36 TOT MLB 113 384 346 34 86 12 3 7 34 2 3 33 47 .249 .312 .361 .673 100 125 10 0 2 3 3 53
1967 36 NYM NL 56 194 166 17 39 7 2 3 13 2 1 26 22 .235 .335 .355 .690 100 59 6 0 0 2 3 5/3
1967 36 CHW AL 57 190 180 17 47 5 1 4 21 0 2 7 25 .261 .287 .367 .654 99 66 4 0 2 1 0 53
1968 37 TOT MLB 93 268 245 20 63 7 2 6 41 2 2 17 40 .257 .302 .376 .678 109 92 4 1 0 5 3 53
1968 37 CHW AL 10 25 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -15 3 2 0 0 0 0 /53
1968 37 LAD NL 83 243 221 20 60 7 2 6 41 2 2 16 34 .271 .317 .403 .720 123 89 2 1 0 5 3 53
1969 38 LAD NL 25 36 34 0 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .206 .250 .265 .515 49 9 2 0 0 0 0 /3
15 Seasons 2034 8268 7455 1104 2143 318 68 282 1141 105 77 713 1017 .287 .349 .462 .810 116 3443 185 20 17 63 97
162 Game Avg. 162 659 594 88 171 25 5 22 91 8 6 57 81 .287 .349 .462 .810 116 274 15 2 1 5 8
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
STL (11 yrs) 1667 7046 6334 988 1855 269 61 255 1001 97 69 631 859 .293 .356 .475 .832 119 3011 154 19 14 48 86
NYM (2 yrs) 192 728 662 79 171 35 4 17 74 6 4 56 86 .258 .312 .400 .713 101 265 21 0 1 9 8
LAD (2 yrs) 108 279 255 20 67 9 2 6 45 2 2 18 41 .263 .308 .384 .693 113 98 4 1 0 5 3
CHW (2 yrs) 67 215 204 17 50 5 1 4 21 0 2 8 31 .245 .272 .338 .611 85 69 6 0 2 1 0
NL (15 yrs) 1967 8053 7251 1087 2093 313 67 278 1120 105 75 705 986 .289 .351 .465 .816 117 3374 179 20 15 62 97
AL (2 yrs) 67 215 204 17 50 5 1 4 21 0 2 8 31 .245 .272 .338 .611 85 69 6 0 2 1 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
1964 33 STL NL WS NYY W 7 29 27 5 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 .222 .241 .481 .723 13 1 0 0 1 0
1 WS 7 29 27 5 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 5 .222 .241 .481 .723 13 1 0 0 1 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
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 (yr-lg-award)
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 (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1956-NL-28-1%
1958-NL-13-9%
1959-NL-10-11%
1960-NL-6-24%
1961-NL-7-19%
1962-NL-18-2%
1963-NL-13-7%
1964-NL-1-87%
1 MVP
1.60 Career Shares (130th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1956 NL--.306--5th
1958 NL--.307--8th
1959 NL--.309--8th
1960 NL--.304--5th
1961 NL--.329--3rd

On-Base% s c a p y
1958 NL--.360--10th
1959 NL--.384--7th
1960 NL--.370--7th
1961 NL--.397--4th
1963 NL--.358--10th

Slugging % s c a p y
1958 NL--.496--9th
1959 NL--.508--9th
1960 NL--.562--3rd
1961 NL--.533--9th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1958 NL--.857--10th
1959 NL--.892--7th
1960 NL--.932--4th
1961 NL--.930--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1958 NL--150--8th
1960 NL--151--7th
1961 NL--153--6th
1962 NL--160--10th
1963 NL--159--7th
1964 NL--162--2nd
Career--2034--196th

At Bats s c a p y
1956 NL--595--7th
1958 NL--570--8th
1961 NL--589--7th
1963 NL--617--10th
1964 NL--628--9th
Career--7455--189th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 NL--631--10th
1961 NL--663--4th
1963 NL--693--8th
1964 NL--704--5th
Career--8268--206th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 NL--101--4th
1960 NL--95--9th
1961 NL--109--4th
1964 NL--100--7th
Career--1104--234th

Hits s c a p y
1956 NL--182--5th
1958 NL--175--6th
1960 NL--168--8th
1961 NL--194--4th
1964 NL--185--10th
Career--2143--186th

Total Bases s c a p y
1956 NL--294--7th
1958 NL--283--6th
1959 NL--286--8th
1960 NL--310--4th
1961 NL--314--6th
1964 NL--307--7th
Career--3443--157th

Doubles s c a p y
1956 NL--30--6th
1960 NL--26--10th
1966 NL--28--10th

Triples s c a p y
1958 NL--9--7th
1960 NL--10--5th
1961 NL--11--2nd
1964 NL--10--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--28--6th
1960 NL--32--4th
1963 NL--24--10th
1964 NL--24--9th
Career--282--146th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1956 NL--98--5th
1958 NL--90--7th
1959 NL--94--8th
1960 NL--97--5th
1961 NL--95--8th
1963 NL--111--2nd
1964 NL--119--1st
Career--1141--166th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1959 NL--67--10th
1961 NL--68--9th
1962 NL--75--8th
1963 NL--70--4th
1964 NL--70--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1961 NL--91--6th
1962 NL--104--3rd
Career--1017--216th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL--22--3rd
1957 NL--12--7th

Singles s c a p y
1956 NL--124--8th
1958 NL--122--7th
1961 NL--133--4th
Career--1475--207th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1959 NL--130--8th
1960 NL--144--6th
1961 NL--135--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1958 NL--100--7th
1959 NL--112--7th
1960 NL--111--6th
1961 NL--126--5th
1964 NL--107--9th
Career--1185--186th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1959 NL--24--10th
1960 NL--33--6th
1961 NL--31--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1959 NL--2.4--9th
1960 NL--3.3--6th
1961 NL--3.0--8th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1960 NL--68--6th
1961 NL--61--8th
1964 NL--64--7th
Career--668--195th

Times On Base s c a p y
1958 NL--227--8th
1961 NL--263--2nd
1962 NL--254--8th
1963 NL--248--6th
1964 NL--257--7th
Career--2876--225th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1958 NL--.636--10th
1959 NL--.705--7th
1960 NL--.720--4th
1961 NL--.735--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1960 NL--4--9th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 NL--8--2nd
1965 NL--7--6th
1966 NL--7--5th
Career--63--184th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1957 NL--8--10th
1960 NL--10--9th
1963 NL--10--8th
1964 NL--12--8th
Career--97--121st

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1956 NL--18--6th
1963 NL--20--3rd
1964 NL--22--2nd
1965 NL--16--9th
Career--185--120th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1955 NL--17--1st
1957 NL--8--6th
1958 NL--6--8th
1960 NL--7--10th
Career--77--229th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL--19.8--2nd
1956 NL--12.2--5th
1957 NL--14.7--3rd
1958 NL--14.9--5th
1959 NL--16.8--6th
1960 NL--12.8--9th
1962 NL--16.0--9th
Career--153.0--155th

AB per HR s c a p y
1959 NL--20.107--7th
1960 NL--17.250--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1963 NL--465--10th
1964 NL--474--6th
Career--5654--186th

Oldest s c a p y
1968 NL--born 1931-05-20--9th
1968 AL--born 1931-05-20--6th
1969 NL--born 1931-05-20--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (442), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 138 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 86 (194), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 Al Jackson and Charley Smith.

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.

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