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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Sep 25)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	49	9.2	2	4	1	7	1	3B
3	3	Apr 20	STL		MLN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
4	4	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	STL		MLN	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22 (2)	STL		MLN	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 24	STL		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 25	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
9	9	Apr 30	STL	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
11	11	May 2	STL		PIT	W,10-9	GS	27	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	12	May 3	STL		BRO	L,3-7	GS	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
13	13	May 4	STL		BRO	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
14	14	May 5	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	15	May 6 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
16	16	May 6 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
17	17	May 7	STL		NYG	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
18	18	May 8	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
19	19	May 9	STL		PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
20	20	May 12	STL	@	CHC	L,10-14	CG	45	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
21	21	May 13 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
22	22	May 13 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,14-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 15	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
24	24	May 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
25	25	May 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
27	27	May 19	STL	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
28	28	May 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
29	29	May 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
30	30	May 21	STL	@	NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
31	31	May 22	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	32	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	34	May 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
35	35	May 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	36	May 28	STL		MLN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
37	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
38	38	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
39	39	May 31	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	41	Jun 2	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
42	42	Jun 3 (1)	STL		PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
43	43	Jun 3 (2)	STL		PHI	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
44	44	Jun 4	STL		NYG	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	45	Jun 5	STL		NYG	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
46	46	Jun 6	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
47	47	Jun 8	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
48	48	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	49	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
50	50	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
51	51	Jun 11	STL		BRO	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
52	52	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	53	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
54	54	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	24	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	55	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
56	56	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	59	Jun 21	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	47	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	60	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	61	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	62	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
63	63	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
64	64	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
65	65	Jun 27	STL	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
66	66	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
67	67	Jun 30	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1 (1)	STL		CIN	L,15-19	CG	59	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
69	69	Jul 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	70	Jul 2	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	71	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	74	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
75	75	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	76	Jul 8	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
77	77	Jul 12	STL		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
78	78	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	79	Jul 14	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
80	80	Jul 15 (1)	STL		PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
81	81	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
82	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
83	83	Jul 17	STL		PIT	L,2-4	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	84	Jul 18	STL		PIT	T,1-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	85	Jul 20	STL		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
86	86	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	87	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
88	88	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	GS	16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	89	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
90	90	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
91	91	Jul 26	STL	@	PHI	W,14-9	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	92	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	93	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	94	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
95	95	Jul 31	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
97	97	Aug 2	STL	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
98	98	Aug 3	STL	@	BRO	W,11-8	CG	58	12.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
99	99	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	0	6	1	7	1	3B
100	100	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
101	101	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
102	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.2	1	6	0	7	1	3B
103	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
104	104	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	105	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	106	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
107	108 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
108	115 (6)	Aug 17	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	116	Aug 18	STL		CHC	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	117	Aug 19 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
111	118	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	119	Aug 21	STL		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
113	120	Aug 22	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
114	121	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
115	122	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
116	123	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
117	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
118	125	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	126	Aug 26 (2)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
120	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
121	128	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
122	129	Aug 31 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
123	130	Aug 31 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	131	Sep 1	STL	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
125	132	Sep 2	STL	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
126	133	Sep 3 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
127	134	Sep 3 (2)	STL		CHC	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
128	135	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
129	136	Sep 7	STL		CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	137	Sep 8	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
131	138	Sep 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	53	13.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
132	139	Sep 11	STL	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
133	140	Sep 13	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
134	141	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	142	Sep 15	STL	@	NYG	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	143	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	144	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
138	145	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
139	146	Sep 19	STL	@	BRO	L,2-17	CG	50	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
140	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
141	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
142	149	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
143	150	Sep 23 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
144	151	Sep 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
145	152	Sep 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	153	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	46	12.2	1	2	1	4	0	3B
147	154	Sep 28	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
148	155	Sep 29	STL		MLN	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
149	156	Sep 30	STL		MLN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							149gm		1298.2	130	309	18	457	37