Ken Keltner
Kenneth Frederick Keltner (Butch)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, WI
High School: Boy's Technical (Milwaukee, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1937
Final Game: May 25, 1950
Died: December 12, 1991 in New Berlin, WI
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Standard Batting

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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
1937 20 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /5
1938 21 CLE AL 149 619 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 4 3 33 75 .276 .319 .497 .815 103 286 3 7 *5 MVP-14
1939 22 CLE AL 154 648 587 84 191 35 11 13 97 6 6 51 41 .325 .379 .489 .868 123 287 15 0 10 *5 MVP-12
1940 23 CLE AL 149 608 543 67 138 24 10 15 77 10 5 51 56 .254 .322 .418 .740 92 227 11 3 11 *5 AS
1941 24 CLE AL 149 644 581 83 156 31 13 23 84 2 2 51 56 .269 .330 .485 .815 118 282 9 2 10 *5 AS
1942 25 CLE AL 152 663 624 72 179 34 4 6 78 4 3 20 36 .287 .312 .383 .695 100 239 16 3 16 *5 AS,MVP-14
1943 26 CLE AL 110 469 427 47 111 31 3 4 39 2 2 36 20 .260 .317 .375 .692 107 160 13 0 6 *5 AS,MVP-31
1944 27 CLE AL 149 632 573 74 169 41 9 13 91 4 3 53 29 .295 .355 .466 .821 137 267 23 0 6 *5 AS
1946 29 CLE AL 116 435 398 47 96 17 1 13 45 0 3 30 38 .241 .294 .387 .681 94 154 14 0 7 *5 AS
1947 30 CLE AL 151 613 541 49 139 29 3 11 76 5 4 59 45 .257 .331 .383 .714 101 207 8 1 12 *5
1948 31 CLE AL 153 656 558 91 166 24 4 31 119 2 1 89 52 .297 .395 .522 .917 145 291 23 1 8 *5 AS,MVP-14
1949 32 CLE AL 80 292 246 35 57 9 2 8 30 0 1 38 26 .232 .335 .382 .717 91 94 10 0 8 5
1950 33 BOS AL 13 32 28 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .321 .387 .393 .780 92 11 2 0 1 /53
13 Seasons 1526 6312 5683 737 1570 308 69 163 852 39 33 514 480 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 2505 144 13 102
162 Game Avg. 162 670 603 78 167 33 7 17 90 4 4 55 51 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 266 1 11
CLE (12 yrs) 1513 6280 5655 735 1561 306 69 163 850 39 33 511 474 .276 .337 .441 .778 112 2494 142 13 101
BOS (1 yr) 13 32 28 2 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .321 .387 .393 .780 92 11 2 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1937 20 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 115 .000 .000 .287 .000 .362 .000 .428 .000 .790 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1938 21 CLE AL 619 427 89 5.5 116 .280 .276 .288 .319 .366 .497 .429 .815 .795 103 .518 -2.7 -0.2 .769 .280 .220 6.9
1939 22 CLE AL 648 427 107 6.6 111 .334 .325 .283 .379 .357 .489 .418 .868 .775 123 .622 19.4 1.8 .811 .250 .164 8.2
1940 23 CLE AL 608 432 72 4.4 108 .261 .254 .276 .322 .348 .418 .418 .740 .766 92 .447 -7.6 -0.7 .679 .267 .164 12.0
1941 24 CLE AL 644 446 92 5.5 102 .265 .269 .269 .330 .345 .485 .397 .815 .742 118 .569 11.2 1.1 .768 .305 .217 3.7
1942 25 CLE AL 663 480 73 4.1 89 .297 .287 .258 .312 .332 .383 .362 .695 .693 100 .496 -2.5 -0.3 .567 .130 .096 4.8
1943 26 CLE AL 469 337 50 4.0 82 .266 .260 .249 .317 .322 .375 .344 .692 .666 107 .529 3.7 0.4 .592 .199 .115 2.7
1944 27 CLE AL 632 436 94 5.8 88 .294 .295 .263 .355 .329 .466 .359 .821 .689 137 .662 26.5 2.8 .747 .265 .171 6.1
1946 29 CLE AL 435 326 44 3.6 91 .239 .241 .256 .294 .330 .387 .369 .681 .699 94 .435 -4.5 -0.5 .567 .214 .146 .0
1947 30 CLE AL 613 426 68 4.3 94 .264 .257 .259 .331 .338 .383 .372 .714 .711 101 .510 0.4 0.0 .647 .237 .126 6.9
1948 31 CLE AL 656 424 115 7.2 104 .284 .297 .270 .395 .355 .522 .391 .917 .746 145 .694 35.1 3.4 .918 .385 .224 3.8
1949 32 CLE AL 292 208 31 4.0 105 .231 .232 .268 .335 .360 .382 .390 .717 .750 91 .435 -3.8 -0.4 .655 .301 .150 .0
1950 33 BOS AL 32 22 4 4.8 122 .409 .321 .290 .387 .379 .393 .435 .780 .814 92 .487 -0.2 0.0 .667 .179 .071
13 Seasons 6312 4392 839 5.1 100 .279 .276 .268 .338 .344 .441 .388 .778 .732 112 .554 74.6 7.4 .708 .256 .165 62.9
162 Game Avg. 670 466 89 5.1 100 .279 .276 .268 .338 .344 .441 .388 .778 .732 112 .554 8 1 .708 .256 .165 7
CLE (12 yrs) 6280 4370 835 5.1 100 .279 .276 .268 .337 .344 .441 .387 .778 .731 112 .555 74.8 7.4 .708 .256 .165 62.9
BOS (1 yr) 32 22 4 4.8 122 .409 .321 .290 .387 .379 .393 .435 .780 .814 92 .487 -0.2 0.0 .667 .179 .071

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
1948 31 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 23 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 23 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .095 .174 .095 .269 2 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 CLE AL 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CLE AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1942 CLE AL 25 as 3B 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CLE AL 26 as 3B 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CLE AL 27 as 3B 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 1 0 0 0 0
1946 CLE AL 29 as 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 CLE AL 31 as 3B 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons (7 Appearances) 19 17 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .294 .610 5 1 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1938 21 150 620 577 86 159 31 9 26 114 4 3 33 75 .276 .318 .496 .814 103 286 3 7
1939 22 304 1268 1164 170 350 66 20 39 211 10 9 84 116 .301 .349 .492 .842 113 573 15 3 17
1940 23 453 1876 1707 237 488 90 30 54 288 20 14 135 172 .286 .340 .469 .809 106 800 26 6 28
1941 24 602 2520 2288 320 644 121 43 77 372 22 16 186 228 .281 .338 .473 .811 109 1082 35 8 38
1942 25 754 3183 2912 392 823 155 47 83 450 26 19 206 264 .283 .332 .454 .786 107 1321 51 11 54
1943 26 864 3652 3339 439 934 186 50 87 489 28 21 242 284 .280 .330 .444 .774 107 1481 64 11 60
1944 27 1013 4284 3912 513 1103 227 59 100 580 32 24 295 313 .282 .334 .447 .781 112 1748 87 11 66
1945 28 1013 4284 3912 513 1103 227 59 100 580 32 24 295 313 .282 .334 .447 .781 112 1748 87 11 66
1946 29 1129 4719 4310 560 1199 244 60 113 625 32 27 325 351 .278 .330 .441 .772 110 1902 101 11 73
1947 30 1280 5332 4851 609 1338 273 63 124 701 37 31 384 396 .276 .330 .435 .765 109 2109 109 12 85
1948 31 1433 5988 5409 700 1504 297 67 155 820 39 32 473 448 .278 .338 .444 .781 113 2400 132 13 93
1949 32 1513 6280 5655 735 1561 306 69 163 850 39 33 511 474 .276 .337 .441 .778 112 2494 142 13 101
1950 33 1526 6312 5683 737 1570 308 69 163 852 39 33 514 480 .276 .338 .441 .778 112 2505 144 13 102

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1937 20 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1938 21 158 627 593 76 151 29 9 25 100 4 31 79 .255 .295 .460 .755 79 149
1939 22 162 650 601 77 184 34 11 13 89 6 49 43 .306 .358 .464 .823 99 154
1940 23 156 614 560 64 137 24 10 15 74 10 51 59 .245 .311 .404 .715 69 149
1941 24 155 655 601 84 160 32 13 24 85 2 52 58 .266 .327 .483 .809 93 149
1942 25 161 696 671 84 200 38 4 7 91 4 22 38 .298 .323 .398 .721 86 152
1943 26 116 504 462 60 130 36 4 5 50 2 42 21 .281 .341 .409 .750 64 110
1944 27 156 670 611 87 189 46 10 15 107 4 59 30 .309 .370 .491 .861 111 149
1946 29 121 458 424 57 108 19 1 15 54 0 34 40 .255 .310 .410 .720 53 116
1947 30 157 636 570 56 153 32 3 12 87 6 65 47 .268 .344 .398 .743 78 151
1948 31 160 669 578 90 168 24 4 31 118 2 90 54 .291 .387 .507 .894 114 153
1949 32 84 295 256 35 58 9 2 8 30 0 39 27 .227 .329 .371 .700 31 80
1950 33 14 31 28 1 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 .286 .355 .357 .712 3 13
13 Seasons 1601 6506 5956 771 1646 325 71 170 887 40 537 502 .276 .338 .440 .778 880 1526
162 Game Avg. 162 658 603 78 167 33 7 17 90 4 54 51 .276 .338 .440 .778 89 1526

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1940 *
1941 *
1942 (3B)
1943 (3B)
1944 (3B)
1946 (3B)
1948 (3B)

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1938-AL-14-5%
1939-AL-12-8%
1942-AL-14-4%
1943-AL-31-1%
1948-AL-14-5%
0.23 Career Shares (675th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL--.325--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1948 AL--.395--8th

Slugging % s c a p y
1941 AL--.485--10th
1944 AL--.466--5th
1948 AL--.522--5th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 AL--.917--5th

Games Played s c a p y
1939 AL--154--1st
1941 AL--149--10th
1942 AL--152--6th
1944 AL--149--10th
1947 AL--151--9th
1948 AL--153--4th

At Bats s c a p y
1939 AL--587--7th
1942 AL--624--3rd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1939 AL--648--9th
1942 AL--663--10th
1948 AL--656--10th

Hits s c a p y
1939 AL--191--3rd
1942 AL--179--5th
1944 AL--169--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1938 AL--286--10th
1939 AL--287--8th
1941 AL--282--7th
1944 AL--267--5th
1948 AL--291--6th

Doubles s c a p y
1939 AL--35--5th
1942 AL--34--7th
1943 AL--31--9th
1944 AL--41--2nd
1947 AL--29--5th

Triples s c a p y
1938 AL--9--9th
1939 AL--11--5th
1940 AL--10--9th
1941 AL--13--3rd
1944 AL--9--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 AL--26--9th
1941 AL--23--9th
1948 AL--31--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1938 AL--113--9th
1944 AL--91--6th
1948 AL--119--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL--89--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1938 AL--75--6th

Singles s c a p y
1939 AL--132--5th
1942 AL--135--4th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1944 AL--137--9th
1948 AL--145--5th

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL--107--8th
1944 AL--94--9th
1948 AL--115--5th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1944 AL--27--9th
1948 AL--35--5th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1944 AL--2.8--9th
1948 AL--3.4--5th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1938 AL--66--8th
1939 AL--59--10th
1941 AL--67--4th
1944 AL--63--3rd
1948 AL--59--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1948 AL--256--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1948 AL--.694--5th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 AL--3--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1940 AL--11--5th
1941 AL--10--9th
1942 AL--16--3rd
1947 AL--12--7th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1939 AL--15--9th
1942 AL--16--6th
1944 AL--23--2nd
1948 AL--23--2nd

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1940 AL--12.0--8th
1947 AL--6.9--10th

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 AL--21.350--7th

AB per HR s c a p y
1941 AL--25.261--10th
1948 AL--18.000--3rd

Outs Made s c a p y
1938 AL--427--8th
1941 AL--446--8th
1942 AL--480--3rd
1944 AL--436--9th

Youngest s c a p y
1937 AL--born 1916-10-31--6th
1938 AL--born 1916-10-31--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 58 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 36 (492), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (683), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Brooks Robinson (943) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Richie Hebner (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry Parrish (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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