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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
3	3	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	11 (5)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	12	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	13	Apr 28	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	14	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
10	15	Apr 30	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16	May 1	CLE		PHA	W,13-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	17	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
13	18	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
14	19	May 4	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	20	May 5	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
16	21	May 6	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
17	22	May 7	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
18	23	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
19	24	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	25	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	26	May 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
22	27	May 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
23	28	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
24	29	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	30	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
26	31	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
27	32	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-9	GS	40	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
28	33	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
29	34	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	35	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	36	May 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
32	37	May 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
33	38	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	2	4	0
34	39	May 24	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	40	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	41	May 26	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
37	42	May 27	CLE		DET	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
38	43	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
39	44	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	45	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	46	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	47	Jun 1 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
43	48	Jun 1 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	49	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	50	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-14	CG	50	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
46	51	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	52	Jun 7	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
48	53	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
49	54	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	55	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
51	56	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
52	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	60	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
56	61	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	62	Jun 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
58	63	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
59	64	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	12.0	0	6	0	6	0
60	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
61	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
62	68 (1)	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	69	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
64	70	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	71	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	73	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
70	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	77	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
72	78	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
73	79	Jul 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
74	80	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
75	81	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	82	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
77	83	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
78	84	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
79	85	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
80	86	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
81	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	88	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
83	89	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
84	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
85	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	92	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
89	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	9	0	9	0
90	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
91	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	98	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	99	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
94	100	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
95	101	Aug 5	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
96	102	Aug 6	CLE		DET	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
97	103	Aug 7	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	60	13.0	3	2	1	6	0
98	104	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
99	105	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	106	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	107	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
102	108	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
103	109	Aug 13	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	45	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
104	110	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	41	10.0	2	4	0	6	1
105	111	Aug 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	112	Aug 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	113	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	114	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	0	2	0	2	1
109	115	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	116	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,6-8	CG	53	12.0	1	5	0	6	2
111	117	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
112	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	119	Aug 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
114	120	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
115	121	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	122	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
117	123	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
118	124	Aug 26	CLE		BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
119	125	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
120	126	Aug 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
121	127	Aug 30	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	128	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
123	129	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	130	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
125	131	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
127	133	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
128	134	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	135	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	136	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-7	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	137	Sep 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
132	138	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
133	139	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
134	140	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	141	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	2	4	1	7	0
136	142	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
137	143	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
138	144	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
139	145	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	4	0	5	1
140	146	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	147	Sep 20	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
142	148	Sep 21 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
143	149	Sep 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	150	Sep 22	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
145	151	Sep 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	152	Sep 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	1	1	0	2	1
147	153	Sep 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	154	Sep 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
149	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	6	0	8	0
							149gm		1310.0	181	346	16	543	36