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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 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,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
12	12	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
13	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
19	19	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
20	20	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
21	21	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
22	22	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
23	23	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
24	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	50	12.0	1	2	1	4	0
25	25	May 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	26	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
27	27	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
28	28	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
29	29	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
30	30	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	31	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	32	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	33	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	Jun 5	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	37	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	38	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	39	Jun 10	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	42	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	45	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
46	46	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
47	47	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
51	51	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	52	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
53	53	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	56	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	57	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	58	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
59	59	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	60	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	61	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,4-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	2
62	62	Jul 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	63	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
64	64	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
65	65	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
66	66	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	67	Jul 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	70	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
71	71	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
72	72	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
74	74	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	76	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	77	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	78	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	80	Jul 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
81	84 (3)	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
82	85	Jul 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	28	6.0	0	3	0	3	1
83	86	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
85	88	Jul 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
86	89	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	90	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
88	91	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	54	13.2	3	3	0	6	0
89	92	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	93	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	1
91	94	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	95	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	CG	47	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
93	97 (1)	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
94	98	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	99	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	1	2	1	4	0
96	100	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	101	Aug 10 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	102	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	103	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
100	106 (2)	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
101	107	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
103	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	110	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	111	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-1	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	112	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
107	113	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	115	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
110	116	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
111	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	29	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
112	118	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
113	119	Aug 24 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
114	120	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
115	121	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	0	5	0	5	0
116	122	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	123	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	124	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	126 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
120	127	Sep 1 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	128	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
122	129	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
123	130	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
124	131	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
125	132	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	133	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
127	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	135	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
129	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
130	137	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
131	138	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	31	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
132	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
134	141	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
135	142	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	T,4-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
136	143	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
137	144	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
138	145	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	146	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
140	147	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
141	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	2	2	1	5	1
142	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
143	150	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
144	151	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
145	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
146	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	GS	26	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
147	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
148	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
149	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	157	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
							150gm		1322.0	156	266	12	434	29