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Ken Boyer Ken Boyer

Full name: Kenton Lloyd Boyer Born: May 20, 1931, Liberty, Missouri Died September 7, 1982, St. Louis, Missouri Buried at Friends Cemetery, Purcell, Missouri First Game: April 12, 1955; Final Game: August 9, 1969 Managed First Game: April 23, 1978; Managed Final Game: June 8, 1980 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 190 Brother of Cloyd Boyer Brother of Clete Boyer NL MVP (1964) TSN Player of the Year (1964) TSN NL Player of the Year (1964) 3B on TSN All-Star Team (1956) 3B on TSN NL All-Star Team (1961 to 1964) NL Gold Glove as 3B (1958 to 1961 and 1963) Ken Boyer Collectibles! Ken Boyer Memorabilia! Ken Boyer Cards! Ken Boyer Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Find cards like this at eBay!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1955 STL N               147   530   78  140  27   2  18   62   37   5   67   1   1   5           6   22  17  .264  .311  .425  -0.4 1955 STL N
1956 STL N               150   595   91  182  30   2  26   98   38   7   65   1   2   3          18    8   3  .306  .347  .494   2.8 1956 STL N
1957 STL N               142   544   79  144  18   3  19   62   44   8   77   1   4   5          11   12   8  .265  .318  .414  -1.4 1957 STL N
1958 STL N               150   570  101  175  21   9  23   90   49   8   53   3   1   8          15   11   6  .307  .360  .496   4.0 1958 STL N
1959 STL N               149   563   86  174  18   5  28   94   67   7   77   2   0   1           7   12   6  .309  .384  .508   3.5 1959 STL N
1960 STL N Daily Splits  151   552   95  168  26  10  32   97   56  10   77   4   0   4   0  11  13    8   7  .304  .370  .562   4.5 1960 STL N
1961 STL N Daily Splits  153   589  109  194  26  11  24   95   68   9   91   1   0   5   1  10  11    6   3  .329  .397  .533   4.0 1961 STL N
1962 STL N Daily Splits  160   611   92  178  27   5  24   98   75   7  104   1   2   2   0  10  15   12   7  .291  .369  .470   1.6 1962 STL N
1963 STL N Daily Splits  159   617   86  176  28   2  24  111   70  10   90   2   0   4   0   9  20    1   0  .285  .358  .454   0.2 1963 STL N
1964 STL N Daily Splits  162   628  100  185  30  10  24  119   70  12   85   2   0   4   3  14  22    3   5  .295  .365  .489   2.3 1964 STL N
1965 STL N Daily Splits  144   535   71  139  18   2  13   75   57   3   73   1   4   7   1  20  16    2   7  .260  .328  .374  -2.0 1965 STL N
1966 NY  N Daily Splits  136   496   62  132  28   2  14   61   30   5   64   0   1   7   0   9  15    4   3  .266  .304  .415   1.5 1966 NY  N
1967 NY  N Daily Splits   56   166   17   39   7   2   3   13   26   3   22   0   0   2   0   2   6    2   1  .235  .335  .355   0.3 1967 NY  N
1967 CHI A Daily Splits   57   180   17   47   5   1   4   21    7   0   25   0   2   1   0   2   4    0   2  .261  .287  .367  -0.5 1967 CHI A
1967 Total               113   346   34   86  12   3   7   34   33   3   47   0   2   3   0   4  10    2   3  .249  .312  .361  -0.2 1967 Total
1968 CHI A Daily Splits   10    24    0    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .125  .160  .125  -0.5 1968 CHI A
1968 LA  N Daily Splits   83   221   20   60   7   2   6   41   16   3   34   1   0   5   0   3i  2    2   2  .271  .317  .403   0.1 1968 LA  N
1968 Total                93   245   20   63   7   2   6   41   17   3   40   1   0   5   0   3i  4    2   2  .257  .302  .376  -0.4 1968 Total
1969 LA  N Daily Splits   25    34    0    7   2   0   0    4    2   0    7   0   0   0   0   1   2    0   0  .206  .250  .265  -0.3 1969 LA  N
Total NL                1967  7251 1087 2093 313  67 278 1120  705  97  986  20  15  62   5i 89i179  105  75  .289  .351  .465  20.7 Total NL        
Total AL                  67   204   17   50   5   1   4   21    8   0   31   0   2   1   0   2   6    0   2  .245  .272  .338  -1.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits 2034  7455 1104 2143 318  68 282 1141  713  97 1017  20  17  63   5i 91i185  105  77  .287  .349  .462  19.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1964 STL N Daily Splits    7    27    5    6   1   0   2    6    1   0    5   0   0   1   1   1   1    0   0  .222  .241  .481 1964 STL N

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1956 NL    Daily Splits    1     5    1    3   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .600  .600  .600 1956 NL   
1959 NL    Daily Splits    2     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .500  .333 1959 NL   
1960 NL    Daily Splits    2     1    1    1   0   0   1    2    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1960 NL   
1961 NL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 1961 NL   
1962 NL    Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1962 NL   
1963 NL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1963 NL   
1964 NL    Daily Splits    1     4    1    2   0   0   1    1    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 1.250 1964 NL   
Total            Splits   10    23    4    8   0   0   2    4    3   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .348  .423  .609 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1955 STL N        3B  139                     124  253   19   24      .952
1955 STL N        SS   18                      31   42    2   10      .973
1956 STL N        3B  149                     130  309   18   37      .961
1957 STL N        OF  105                     275    2    1    1      .996     0  105    0 
1957 STL N        3B   41                      41   93   13    7      .912
1958 STL N        3B  144                     156  350   20   41      .962
1958 STL N        OF    6                      11    0    0    0     1.000     0    6    0 
1958 STL N        SS    1                       1    0    0    0     1.000
1959 STL N        3B  143                     134  300   20   32      .956
1959 STL N        SS   12                       9   10    2    1      .905
1960 STL N Daily  3B  146  144  139  1271.1   140  300   19   37   0  .959
1961 STL N Daily  3B  153  153  152  1350.2   117  346   24   23   0  .951
1962 STL N Daily  3B  160  160  158  1431.1   158  318   22   34   0  .956
1963 STL N Daily  3B  159  159  153  1419.1   129  293   34   23   0  .925
1964 STL N Daily  3B  162  162  159  1438     131  337   24   30   0  .951
1965 STL N Daily  3B  143  139  136  1251.1   113  250   12   18   0  .968
1966 NY  N Daily  3B  130  125  116  1087.1   113  292   21   33   0  .951
1966 NY  N        1B    2    1    1    12      12    2    0    1   0 1.000
1967 NY  N Daily  3B   44   43   33   364.1    27   84    6    7   0  .949
1967 NY  N        1B    8    5    3    48      52    3    0    5   0 1.000
1967 CHI A Daily  3B   33   32   19   263.1    22   67    4    4   1  .957
1967 CHI A        1B   18   14    7   108.2   132   12    1   12   0  .993
1967 Total        1B   26   19   10   156.2   184   15    1   17   0  .995
1967 Total        3B   77   75   52   627.2    49  151   10   11   1  .952
1968 CHI A Daily  3B    5    4    4    34.2     2    7    1    1   0  .900
1968 CHI A        1B    2    1    1     9      10    1    0    1   0 1.000
1968 LA  N Daily  3B   34   20   19   211      30   53    7    4   0  .922
1968 LA  N        1B   32   32   18   243.1   245   11    3   25   0  .988
1968 Total        1B   34   33   19   252.1   255   12    3   26   0  .989
1968 Total        3B   39   24   23   245.2    32   60    8    5   0  .920
1969 LA  N Daily  1B    4    4    2    31      31    2    1    6   0  .971
Total             3B 1785 1141i1088i10122.2i 1567 3652  264  355   1i .952
Total             OF  111                     286    2    1    1      .997     0  111    0 
Total             1B   66   57   32   452     482   31    5   50   0  .990
Total             SS   31                      41   52    4   11      .959
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1964 STL N Daily  3B    7    7    7    63       9   16    1    0   0  .962

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1956 NL    Daily  3B    1    1    1     9       3    1    0    0   0 1.000
1959 NL    Daily  3B    2    1    0     6       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1960 NL    Daily  3B    2    0    0     6       1    2    0    0   0 1.000
1961 NL    Daily  3B    1    0    0     7       0    1    2    0   0  .333
1962 NL    Daily  3B    2    2    0    11       2    2    0    0   0 1.000
1963 NL    Daily  3B    1    1    0     5       0    0    0    0   0     -
1964 NL    Daily  3B    1    1    1     9       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total             3B   10    6    2    53       7    9    2    0   0  .889
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

Managerial RecordManagerial Record

Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1978 STL N    1    0    1  .000     4     5   4-23   4-23    5  6  5
1978 STL N  143   62   81  .434   515   568   4-29           6  5
1979 STL N  163   86   76  .531   731   693                  3
1980 STL N   51   18   33  .353   233   245          6- 8    6  4
Total       358  166  191  .465  1483  1511
Year Team     G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1949).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Mets in exchange for Charley Smith and Al
Jackson (October 20, 1965).

Traded by New York Mets with a player to be named later to Chicago White Sox in
exchange for Bill Southworth and a player to be named later (July 22, 1967); Chicago
White Sox received Sandy Alomar (August 15, 1967) and New York Mets received J.C.
Martin (November 27, 1967).

Released by Chicago White Sox (May 2, 1968).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (May 10, 1968).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (October 8, 1969).

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