Ken Boyer

Positions: Third Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO us

Died: September 7, 1982 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MO

High School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 23-327d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 9, 1969 (Age 38-081d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Kenton Lloyd Boyer

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Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer, Clete Boyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

7455

2143

282

.288

1104

RBI

1141

105

OBP

.349

SLG

.462

OPS

.810

OPS+

116

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,4-14	CG	49	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 14	STL		MLN	W,8-7	CG	48	11.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
3	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	W,12-11	CG	0	14.0	2	2	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	STL		CHC	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 18	STL		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	40	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 20	STL	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
9	9	Apr 22	STL	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 23	STL	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	49	11.1	3	0	1	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
15	15	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
16	16	May 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 5	STL	@	BRO	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS 3B
18	18	May 6	STL		MLN	L,5-8	GS	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS 3B
19	19	May 7	STL		MLN	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
20	20	May 8	STL		MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
21	21	May 10	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
22	22	May 11	STL		PHI	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	23	May 13	STL		NYG	L,3-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	24	May 14	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 15	STL		PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 16	STL		PIT	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
27	27	May 17	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
28	28	May 18	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 20	STL	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	31 (1)	May 22 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
31	32	May 22 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	33	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	6	1	8	0	3B
33	34	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	35	May 26	STL	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	36	May 27	STL		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
36	37	May 28	STL		CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	38	May 29	STL		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
38	39	May 30 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-9	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	40	May 30 (2)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	41	Jun 1	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
41	42	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-12	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
42	43	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	44	Jun 4	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
44	45	Jun 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	46	Jun 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	47	Jun 6	STL	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
47	48	Jun 7	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	49	Jun 9	STL	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
49	50	Jun 10	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	GS	37	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS 3B
50	51	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
51	52	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GS	53	13.0	10	4	0	14	4	SS 3B
52	53	Jun 14	STL		PIT	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
53	54	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,7-3	GS	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
54	55	Jun 16	STL		PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
55	56	Jun 17	STL		BRO	L,1-12	CG	47	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
56	57	Jun 18	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	3	0	7	0	SS
57	58	Jun 19	STL		BRO	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
58	59	Jun 20	STL		PHI	W,4-1	GS	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS 3B
59	60	Jun 21	STL		PHI	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	61	Jun 22	STL		PHI	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
61	62	Jun 23	STL		PHI	W,7-1	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS 3B
62	64 (1)	Jun 25	STL		NYG	W,5-3	GS	27	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
63	65	Jun 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
64	66	Jun 26 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	67	Jun 28	STL		CIN	L,1-9	GS	36	7.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	70 (2)	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
67	71	Jul 3 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
68	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	74	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
70	75	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
71	76	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	77	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	78	Jul 8	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
74	79	Jul 9	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	80	Jul 10	STL		CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	81	Jul 14	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	82	Jul 15	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
78	83	Jul 16	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
79	84	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-8	CG	0	12.0	3	4	0	7	1
80	85	Jul 17 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	86	Jul 19 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
82	87	Jul 19 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	3B
83	88	Jul 20	STL	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	89	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
85	90	Jul 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
86	91	Jul 22 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
87	92	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
88	93	Jul 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
89	94	Jul 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
90	95	Jul 26	STL		PIT	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	96	Jul 27	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
92	97	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	98	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	99	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	100	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	101	Aug 1	STL		NYG	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
97	102	Aug 2	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
98	103	Aug 3	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	104	Aug 4	STL		NYG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	105	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
101	106	Aug 6	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
102	107	Aug 7	STL		PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
103	108	Aug 9	STL	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	109	Aug 10	STL	@	MLN	W,7-2	GF	0	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
105	110	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
106	111	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
107	112	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
108	113	Aug 13	STL		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
109	114	Aug 14	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GF	23	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	PH 3B
110	115	Aug 15	STL		MLN	L,1-12	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	116	Aug 16	STL		MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
112	118 (1)	Aug 18	STL		MLN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
113	119	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
114	120	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7	GF	27	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
115	121	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
116	122	Aug 23	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
117	123	Aug 24	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
118	124	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,9-11	GF	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	125	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	126	Aug 26	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	128 (1)	Aug 28	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
122	129	Aug 29	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
123	130	Aug 30	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
124	131	Aug 31	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	132	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	38	8.1	1	4	0	5	0	SS 3B
126	133	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	134	Sep 3	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	135	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
129	136	Sep 5	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
130	137	Sep 7	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
131	138	Sep 8	STL		NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
132	139	Sep 9	STL		PHI	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	140	Sep 10	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
134	141	Sep 11	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	8	0	8	1
135	142	Sep 12	STL		PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
136	143	Sep 13	STL		BRO	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	144	Sep 14	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
138	145	Sep 15	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	12.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
139	146	Sep 16	STL	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
140	147	Sep 17	STL	@	MLN	W,4-1	GF	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
141	148	Sep 18	STL	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	10.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	149	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
143	150	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	GF	17	4.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
144	151	Sep 21	STL		CHC	L,5-7	GF	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	152	Sep 23	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
146	153	Sep 24	STL		MLN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
147	154	Sep 25	STL		MLN	W,8-5	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
							157gm		1214.0	155	295	21	471	34