Ken Keltner

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: December 12, 1991 in New Berlin, WI

Buried: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI

High School: Boys' Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI)

Debut: October 2, 1937 (Age 20-336d, 8,324th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1950 (Age 33-206d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Kenneth Frederick Keltner

Nicknames: Butch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.2

5683

1570

163

.276

737

RBI

852

OBP

.338

SLG

.441

OPS

.779

OPS+

112

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

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	9	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	10	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	11	May 4	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
12	12	May 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 7	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	1	2	0	3	1
14	14	May 8 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	15	May 8 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
17	17	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	18	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
19	19	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	21 (1)	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
21	25 (3)	May 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	27 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
23	28	May 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
24	29	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
25	30	May 27	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
26	31	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
27	32	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
28	33	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	34	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	47	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
30	35	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	36	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
32	40 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
33	49 (8)	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	50	Jun 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	51	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	52	Jun 17	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
37	53	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	54	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	39	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	55	Jun 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	56	Jun 21	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	57	Jun 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	65	14.0	3	5	0	8	0
42	58	Jun 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	59	Jun 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	60	Jun 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	40	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
45	61	Jun 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	35	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
46	62	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	63	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	64	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	92 (27)	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	93	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
51	94	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	47	10.0	0	2	1	3	0
52	95	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	96	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	102 (5)	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	103	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	104	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	105	Aug 10	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	116 (10)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
59	118 (1)	Aug 23	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	119	Aug 24	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	120	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
62	121	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
63	122	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	124 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	127 (2)	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	132 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	133	Sep 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
68	134	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
69	141 (6)	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
							69gm		592.2	51	145	4	200	11