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Ken Boswell
Kenneth George Boswell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.
School Sam Houston State

MLB Debut September 18, 1967
Final Game October 1, 1977
Born February 23, 1946 in Austin, TX (age 78)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 21 NYN NL   21   42    4    7   3   0   0    2   0   0    2    4  .167  .239  .238  .477    75    10   0   0   0   2   1  
 1968 22 NYN NL  100  312   28   72   7   2   3   21   5   2   20   28  .231  .281  .295  .576    91    92   6   3   1   3   6  
 1969 23 NYN NL  119  393   49  100  13   3   2   31  14   4   35   51  .254  .319  .318  .638    93   125   2   1   1   3  15  
 1970 24 NYN NL  114  293   32   72   7   0   8   57   4   1   45   29  .246  .343  .352  .695    96   103   1   5   2   1  11  
 1971 25 NYN NL  132  412   56  134  17   1  12   63   0   2   32   36  .325  .375  .459  .834   119   189   2   2   1   2  14  
 1972 26 NYN NL   65  134   24   40   1   0  15   41   0   0    6   19  .299  .324  .642  .966   147    86   1   2   0   0   4  
 1973 27 NYN NL   36  103   16   29   4   0   3   18   0   0   14    4  .282  .361  .408  .769   107    42   0   2   1   0   4  
 1974 28 NYN NL   84  253   21   58   8   2   6   22   0   0   12   20  .229  .269  .348  .616    89    88   0   1   1   2   5  
 1975 29 DEA AL   41  139   13   31   8   1   0    2   0   0   15    9  .223  .299  .295  .594    80    41   1   0   0   0   7  
 1976 30 DEA AL   38  120    9   30   4   1   0   10   1   0    5   13  .250  .280  .300  .580    85    36   0   0   0   0   3  
 1977 31 OAA AL   32   97    5   18   3   0   0    8   0   0   11   16  .186  .269  .216  .485    63    21   0   0   0   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons      782 2298  257  591  75  10  49  275  24   9  197  229  .257  .317  .362  .680         833  13  16   7  13  73
 Per 600 PA           543   61  140  18   2  12   65   6   2   47   54                                 197   3   4   2   3  17
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN      671 1942  230  512  60   8  49  255  23   9  166  191  .264  .323  .378  .702         735  12  16   7  13  60
   With DEA       79  259   22   61  12   2   0   12   1   0   20   22  .236  .290  .297  .588          77   1   0   0   0  10
   With OAA       32   97    5   18   3   0   0    8   0   0   11   16  .186  .269  .216  .485          21   0   0   0   0   3
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      930 2517  266  625  91  19  31  244  27  17  240  239  .248  .313  .337  .650         847  25  25  29   9  90
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1967 21 NYN NL   5    2   1.8  12   2   0  .167   4   12    7  .583    0    0  .000  2B   3e29     -130   
 1968 22 NYN NL   5   26   2.8  20   2   0  .100  17   74   47  .635    0    0  .000  2B   3e32      -66   
 1969 23 NYN NL   4   39   3.4   9   2   0  .222  16   83   58  .699    0    0  .000  2B   3e39      -90   
 1970 24 NYN NL   8   36   4.2   3   1   0  .333   1   96   83  .865    0    0  .000  2B   2e4        19   
 1971 25 NYN NL  29   67   6.1  19   6   0  .316  10   75   51  .680    0    0  .000  2B   3e23      132   
 1972 26 NYN NL  48   26   7.0  26   9   4  .346   0   28   17  .607    0    0  .000  2B   4e10      374   
 1973 27 NYN NL   8   15   5.1   3   1   0  .333   7   17    9  .529    0    0  .000  3B   4e14      148   
 1974 28 NYN NL   7   22   3.1   2   0   0  .000  10   31   16  .516    0    0  .000  3B   4e41       60   
 1975 29 DEA AL  18   11   2.7   2   0   0  .000   1   35   24  .686    0    0  .000  2B   4e8       -64   
 1976 30 DEA AL   7    9   2.8   5   2   0  .400   4   20   11  .550    0    0  .000  2B   4e19      -63   
 1977 31 OAA AL   5    5   1.9   2   1   0  .500   2   29   16  .552    0    0  .000  2B   4e8       -49   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 11 Seasons          263   3.9 103  26   4  .252  72  500  339  .678    0    0  .000                  24   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.2 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1967 21 NYN NL  2B     9     9    21    4    1   .882     7    62.1   4.33
                 2B     9     9    21    4    1   .882     7    62.1   4.33
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1968 22 NYN NL  2B    80   201   181   17   44   .957    77   659.1   5.21
 1969 23 NYN NL  2B   112   247   215   16   64   .967   106   795.1   5.23
 1970 24 NYN NL  2B   114   240   255    1   76   .998    78   797.2   5.59
 1971 25 NYN NL  2B   114   296   225   10   70   .981   111   887.0   5.29
 1972 26 NYN NL  2B    38    64    70    0   20  1.000    33   231.1   5.21
                 3B     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1973 27 NYN NL  3B    34    23    57    7    5   .920    31   235.0   3.06
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1974 28 NYN NL  3B    80    58   147   10   19   .953    72   615.0   3.00
                 2B     4     3     4    0    0  1.000     1    13.1   4.72
 1975 29 DEA AL  2B    36   110    94    1   23   .995    36   299.2   6.13
                 3B     5     4     6    0    0  1.000     2    25.1   3.55
 1976 30 DEA AL  2B    25    55    35    4   12   .957    19   177.0   4.58
                 LF     9    14     0    0    0  1.000     8    69.0   1.83
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     7.0   0.00
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.1   2.08
                 SS     3     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
 1977 31 OAA AL  2B    27    64    64    2   19   .985    25   187.0   6.16
                 3B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B   569  1298  1186   59  330   .977   500  4174.1   5.36
                 3B   125    85   210   17   24   .946   106   889.1   2.99
                 LF     9    14     0    0    0  1.000     8    69.0   1.83
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.1   2.08
                 SS     3     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   2.25
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    3  10  2  1  0  0  0   0  2  2  .100  .250  .100  0
      WS    NYN BAA   L    4  10  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  1  .200  .200  .200  0
 1971 NLCS  NYN LAN   L    3  10  0  1  1  0  0   1  1  1  .100  .182  .200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
 1969  NYN  106-56   Ray Cappocchi
 1970  NYN  100-62   Ray Cappocchi
 1971  NYN  104-58   Ray Cappocchi
 1972  NYN   80-82   Ray Cappocchi
 1973  NYN   79-83   Ray Cappocchi
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