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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
6	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
20	20	May 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
21	21	May 12	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
22	22	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	24	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	25	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	27	May 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
28	28	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
29	29	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
30	30	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	31	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	33	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
34	34	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
36	36	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	38	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-12	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	43 (3)	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	44	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	3	3	2	8	1
42	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
43	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
46	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	50	Jun 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
48	51	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	52	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	53	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	54	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	55	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
53	56	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	57	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	58	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	59	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
57	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	62	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
60	63	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	22	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	64	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
63	66	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
64	67	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	68	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
66	69	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	73	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	74	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
72	75	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	76	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
75	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	1	4	1	6	1
76	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
77	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
78	83 (2)	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15	CG	45	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
79	84	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
80	85	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	86	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
82	87	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	88	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
84	89	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	91	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
87	92	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
88	93	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
89	94	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
90	95	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	96	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	97	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
93	98	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
94	99	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
95	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
96	101	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	102	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
98	103	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
99	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	105	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
102	107	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	108	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
104	109	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
106	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	112	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
108	113	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
109	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	115	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	T,2-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
111	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	GS	29	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
112	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
113	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-15	GS	35	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
116	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
117	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
118	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
119	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
120	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	5	2	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
122	127	Sep 2 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
123	128	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
124	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
125	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
126	131	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	132	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
129	134	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
130	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
131	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	26	6.0	1	1	1	3	1
132	137	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
133	138	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	139	Sep 14	CLE		BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
135	140	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	141	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
137	142	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	143	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	144	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
141	146	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
142	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
143	148	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
144	149	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
145	150	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
146	151	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
147	152	Sep 25	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
148	153	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							148gm		1292.0	170	277	22	469	27