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Ken Boyer
Kenton Lloyd Boyer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

MLB Debut April 12, 1955
Final Game August 9, 1969
Born May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO
Died September 7, 1982 (age 51)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 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 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 24 CIN NL  124  461   56  117  16   3  15   64   4   1   29   68  .254  .294  .399  .693    92   184   0   6   0   0   4  
 1956 25 CIN NL  154  629   77  179  28   2  19   74   2   0   38   83  .285  .324  .426  .750    99   268   2   3   7   0  20  
 1957 26 CIN NL  154  579   68  157  19   5  17   68   8   3   51  103  .271  .331  .409  .741    98   237   0   4   5   3  15  
 1958 27 CIN NL  154  640   85  185  21   4  26  108  18   7   41   83  .289  .333  .456  .789   112   292   0   2   6   2  18  MVP-7
 1959 28 CIN NL  154  619  107  183  10   5  38  128   8   2   57   82  .296  .350  .512  .862   117   317   0   9   1   0  14  MVP-5
 1960 29 CIN NL  154  613  112  164  21   9  32   98   0   0   56   88  .268  .333  .488  .821   113   299   0   6   0   7  24  MVP-7
 1961 30 CIN NL  154  612  112  213  33  17  32  114   0   1   70  110  .348  .411  .614 1.025   141   376   0   7  10   0   8  MVP-2
 1962 31 CIN NL  162  611   98  155  25   5  23   89   6   1   78  117  .254  .336  .424  .760   105   259   2   5  11   0  15  MVP-12
 1963 32 CIN NL  162  625   82  170  32   2  24   88   5   0   77   91  .272  .353  .445  .798   112   278   0   3  13   3  17  MVP-9
 1964 33 CIN NL  163  636   96  206  36   7  38  105   0   2   69   77  .324  .393  .582  .975   135   370   0   5  11   7  10  MVP-3
 1965 34 CIN NL  105   39   12    6   2   0   0    0   0   0    6    9  .154  .267  .205  .472    67     8   1   0   0   0   0  
 1966 35 NYN NL  150  539   64  144  26   2  23   74   3   3   31   68  .267  .306  .451  .757   107   243   0   2   2   0  15  
 1967 36 NYN NL   51  133   17   30   6   1   4   10   0   0   13   20  .226  .295  .376  .670   105    50   0   0   3   0   4  
         CHA AL   25   53    3   11   1   0   1    4   0   0    2   13  .208  .236  .283  .519    78    15   0   0   0   0   1  
         TOT      76  186   20   41   7   1   5   14   0   0   15   33  .220  .279  .349  .628          65   0   0   3   0   5 
 1968 37 LAN NL   83  238   23   67  11   2   6   29   1   0   21   36  .282  .346  .420  .766   121   100   0   1   1   3   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     1949 7027 1012 1987 287  64 298 1053  55  20  639 1048  .283  .342  .469  .811        3296   5  53  70  25 170
 Per 600 PA           544   78  154  22   5  23   82   4   2   49   81                                 255   0   4   5   2  13
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN     1640 6064  905 1735 243  59 264  936  51  17  572  911  .286  .347  .476  .823        2888   5  50  64  22 145
   With NYN      201  672   81  174  32   3  27   84   3   3   44   88  .259  .304  .436  .740         293   0   2   5   0  19
   With LAN       83  238   23   67  11   2   6   29   1   0   21   36  .282  .346  .420  .766         100   0   1   1   3   5
   With CHA       25   53    3   11   1   0   1    4   0   0    2   13  .208  .236  .283  .519          15   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     2034 7455 1104 2143 318  68 282 1141 105  77  713 1017  .287  .349  .462  .810        3443  17  63  97  20 185
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1955 24 CIN NL  36   55   4.3   6   1   0  .167  15   55   35  .636    0    0  .000  3B   2e26      -42   
 1956 25 CIN NL  28   81   4.7   0   0   0  .000  18   78   50  .641    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      -91   
 1957 26 CIN NL  24   77   4.7   0   0   0  .000  45   84   36  .429    0    0  .000  3B   2e48        9   
 1958 27 CIN NL  25   92   5.2   0   0   0  .000  19   98   66  .673    0    0  .000  3B   1e21      -68   
 1959 28 CIN NL  23  111   6.5   0   0   0  .000  19   84   63  .750    0    0  .000  3B   1e23      -29   
 1960 29 CIN NL  31   94   5.3   0   0   0  .000  17   88   68  .773    0    0  .000  3B   1e21     -111   
 1961 30 CIN NL  29  157  10.2   0   0   0  .000  20   81   60  .741    0    0  .000  3B   1e25       95   
 1962 31 CIN NL  23   88   5.0   0   0   0  .000  22   82   52  .634    0    0  .000  3B   2e23      -79   
 1963 32 CIN NL  32   98   5.6   0   0   0  .000  46   82   36  .439    0    0  .000  3B   1e37      -14   
 1964 33 CIN NL  27  146   8.9   0   0   0  .000  20   78   58  .744    0    0  .000  3B   1e24      121   
 1965 34 CIN NL  36    2   2.1  15   1   0  .067   2    7    5  .714    0    0  .000  3B   1e15     -230   
 1966 35 NYN NL  42   69   4.5   7   2   1  .286  18   77   50  .649    0    0  .000  3B   2e26       38   
 1967 36 NYN NL  68   14   3.5  16   6   1  .375   3   16   10  .625    0    0  .000  3B   3e23       14   
         CHA AL  38    3   2.1  11   2   0  .182   1    3    2  .667    0    0  .000  3B   3e23     -137   
         TOT                    27   8   1  .296   4   19   12  .632    0    0  .000
 1968 37 LAN NL  71   34   5.3  20   2   0  .100   7   22   12  .545    0    0  .000  3B   4e37       42   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 14 Seasons         1129   5.8  75  14   2  .187 272  935  603  .645    0    0  .000                 -14   7
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 40.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 73.0 (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  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1955 24 CIN NL  3B   115    83   206   15   17   .951   107   963.1   2.70
                 SS    16    13    18    0    4  1.000     4    58.0   4.81
 1956 25 CIN NL  3B   154   124   285   18   35   .958   154  1392.1   2.64
 1957 26 CIN NL  3B   154   192   360   45   38   .925   154  1304.2   3.81
 1958 27 CIN NL  3B   125   133   340   15   23   .969   119  1078.1   3.95
                 SS    46    78   114    4   20   .980    35   336.0   5.14
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1959 28 CIN NL  3B   154   155   341   18   28   .965   154  1393.0   3.20
                 SS     1     0     0    1    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1960 29 CIN NL  3B   154   125   416   17   31   .970   153  1373.1   3.55  GG
 1961 30 CIN NL  3B   154   125   322   20   48   .957   154  1381.2   2.91
 1962 31 CIN NL  3B   162   158   289   22   45   .953   162  1455.1   2.76
 1963 32 CIN NL  3B   162   141   365   46   22   .917   162  1445.2   3.15
 1964 33 CIN NL  3B   163   149   388   20   18   .964   163  1482.0   3.26
 1965 34 CIN NL  3B    76     9    33    2    4   .955     0   140.0   2.70
 1966 35 NYN NL  3B   147    91   380   18   19   .963   137  1229.2   3.45
                 1B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1967 36 NYN NL  3B    25    18    50    3    1   .958    21   181.0   3.38
                 1B    15   100    12    0   10  1.000    13   116.0   8.69
         CHA AL  3B     8     2    18    1    0   .952     7    59.0   3.05
                 1B     9    46     2    0    1  1.000     5    38.0  11.37
 1968 37 LAN NL  3B    57    58    84    7    6   .953    56   483.0   2.65
                 1B     1     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0  18.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B  1810  1563  3877  267  335   .953  1703 15362.1   3.19
                 SS    63    91   132    5   24   .978    39   395.0   5.08
                 1B    27   154    14    0   11  1.000    18   160.0   9.45
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1957 WS    CIN NYA   W    7  28  4  8  0  0  1   3  1  2  .286  .300  .393  0
 1964 WS    CIN DEA   W    5  20  5  9  2  0  1   4  3  4  .450  .522  .700  0
 1965 WS    CIN DEA   W    5   3  0  1  0  0  0   1  1  1  .333  .500  .333  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1955  CIN   93-61   Larry Cupp
 1956  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp
 1957  CIN   87-67   Larry Cupp
 1958  CIN   81-73   Larry Cupp
 1959  CIN   78-76   Larry Cupp
 1960  CIN   92-62   Larry Cupp
 1961  CIN   81-73   Larry Cupp
 1962  CIN   94-68   Larry Cupp
 1963  CIN   72-90   Larry Cupp
 1964  CIN   98-65   Larry Cupp
 1965  CIN   98-64   Larry Cupp
 1966  NYN   62-100  Steve Dewing
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1967  CHA   88-74   Jon Fellows
 1968  LAN   66-96   Scott Campbell

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