Ken Keltner
Ken Keltner
Full name: Kenneth Frederick Keltner
Born: October 31, 1916, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died December 12, 1991, New Berlin, Wisconsin
Buried at Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Wisconsin
First Game: October 2, 1937; Final Game: May 25, 1950
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190
Ken Keltner
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1937 CLE A 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1937 CLE A
1938 CLE A 149 576 86 159 31 9 26 113 33 75 3 7 4 3 .276 .319 .497 -0.7 1938 CLE A
1939 CLE A 154 587 84 191 35 11 13 97 51 41 0 10 15 6 6 .325 .379 .489 2.8 1939 CLE A
1940 CLE A 149 543 67 138 24 10 15 77 51 56 3 11 11 10 5 .254 .322 .418 -0.8 1940 CLE A
1941 CLE A 149 581 83 156 31 13 23 84 51 56 2 10 9 2 2 .269 .330 .485 3.5 1941 CLE A
1942 CLE A 152 624 72 179 34 4 6 78 20 36 3 16 16 4 3 .287 .312 .383 1.4 1942 CLE A
1943 CLE A 110 427 47 111 31 3 4 39 36 20 0 6 13 2 2 .260 .317 .375 0.9 1943 CLE A
1944 CLE A 149 573 74 169 41 9 13 91 53 29 0 6 23 4 3 .295 .355 .466 4.2 1944 CLE A
1946 CLE A 116 398 47 96 17 1 13 45 30 38 0 7 14 0 3 .241 .294 .387 -0.8 1946 CLE A
1947 CLE A 151 541 49 139 29 3 11 76 59 45 1 12 8 5 4 .257 .331 .383 -0.5 1947 CLE A
1948 CLE A 153 558 91 166 24 4 31 119 89 52 1 8 23 2 1 .297 .395 .522 3.3 1948 CLE A
1949 CLE A 80 246 35 57 9 2 8 30 38 26 0 8 10 0 1 .232 .335 .382 -0.5 1949 CLE A
1950 BOS A 13 28 2 9 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 1 2 0 0 .321 .387 .393 -0.1 1950 BOS A
Total 1526 5683 737 1570 308 69 163 852 514 480 13 102 144i 39 33 .276 .338 .441 12.7 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World 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
1948 CLE A Daily Splits 6 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .095 .174 .095 1948 CLE A
All-Star Game Batting Record All-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
1940 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1940 AL
1941 AL Daily Splits 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1941 AL
1942 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1942 AL
1943 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 1943 AL
1944 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1944 AL
1946 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1.000 - 1946 AL
1948 AL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 1948 AL
Total Splits 7 17 4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .235 .316 .294 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 Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
1937 CLE A 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
1938 CLE A 3B 149 141 271 19 19 .956
1939 CLE A 3B 154 187 297 13 40 .974
1940 CLE A 3B 148 170 277 22 27 .953
1941 CLE A 3B 149 181 346 16 36 .971
1942 CLE A 3B 151 166 353 30 38 .945
1943 CLE A 3B 107 113 228 11 24 .969
1944 CLE A 3B 149 168 369 18 37 .968
1946 CLE A 3B 112 112 195 11 18 .965
1947 CLE A 3B 150 156 266 12 29 .972
1948 CLE A 3B 153 123 312 14 27 .969
1949 CLE A 3B 69 51 145 4 11 .980
1950 BOS A 3B 8 8 10 1 0 .947
1950 BOS A 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 1500 1576 3070 171 306 .965
Total 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1948 CLE A Daily 3B 6 6 6 53 3 11 1 1 0 .933
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1940 AL Daily 3B 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.000
1942 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1943 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 9 2 2 0 0 0 1.000
1944 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 8 0 4 0 0 0 1.000
1946 AL Daily 3B 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1948 AL Daily 3B 1 1 1 9 1 6 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 6 5 4 42 5 14 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Released by Cleveland Indians (April 18, 1950 ).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (April 18, 1950 ).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 6, 1950 ).
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