Ken Boyer

Full Name: Kenton Lloyd Boyer	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/190	First Game: April 12, 1955
Birthdate: May 20, 1931	Final Game: August 9, 1969
Birthplace: Liberty, Missouri	MLB Experience: 15 years
Died: September 7, 1982
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Ken Boyer (Kenton Lloyd Boyer) was born on May 20, 1931 in Liberty, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1955 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI. Boyer played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Ken Boyer's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1964, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 119 runs. However, others believe that it was 1960, when he slugged 32 home runs, hit for a .304 average and knocked in 97 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	STL	N	147	530	78	140	18	62	.264	.311	.425	27	2	37	67	1	1	22	5	6
1956	STL	N	150	595	91	182	26	98	.306	.347	.494	30	2	38	65	1	2	8	7	18
1957	STL	N	142	544	79	144	19	62	.265	.318	.414	18	3	44	77	1	4	12	8	11
1958	STL	N	150	570	101	175	23	90	.307	.360	.496	21	9	49	53	3	1	11	8	15
1959	STL	N	149	563	86	174	28	94	.309	.384	.508	18	5	67	77	2	0	12	7	7
1960	STL	N	151	552	95	168	32	97	.304	.370	.562	26	10	56	77	4	0	8	10	13
1961	STL	N	153	589	109	194	24	95	.329	.397	.533	26	11	68	91	1	0	6	9	11
1962	STL	N	160	611	92	178	24	98	.291	.369	.470	27	5	75	104	1	2	12	7	15
1963	STL	N	159	617	86	176	24	111	.285	.358	.454	28	2	70	90	2	0	1	10	20
1964	STL	N	162	628	100	185	24	119	.295	.365	.489	30	10	70	85	2	0	3	12	22
1965	STL	N	144	535	71	139	13	75	.260	.328	.374	18	2	57	73	1	4	2	3	16
1966	NY	N	136	496	62	132	14	61	.266	.304	.415	28	2	30	64	0	1	4	5	15
1967	NY	N	56	166	17	39	3	13	.235	.335	.355	7	2	26	22	0	0	2	3	6
1967	CHI	A	57	180	17	47	4	21	.261	.287	.367	5	1	7	25	0	2	0	0	4
1967	Total		113	346	34	86	7	34	.249	.312	.361	12	3	33	47	0	2	2	3	10
1968	LA	N	83	221	20	60	6	41	.271	.317	.403	7	2	16	34	1	0	2	3	2
1968	CHI	A	10	24	0	3	0	0	.125	.160	.125	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	2
1968	Total		93	245	20	63	6	41	.257	.302	.376	7	2	17	40	1	0	2	3	4
1969	LA	N	25	34	0	7	0	4	.206	.250	.265	2	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	2
Total	NL		1967	7251	1087	2093	278	1120	.289	.351	.465	313	67	705	986	20	15	105	97	179
Total	AL		67	204	17	50	4	21	.245	.272	.338	5	1	8	31	0	2	0	0	6
Total			2034	7455	1104	2143	282	1141	.287	.349	.462	318	68	713	1017	20	17	105	97	185

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1955	STL	N	SS	18	0	0	31	42	2	10	0	.973
1955	STL	N	3B	139	0	0	124	253	19	24	0	.952
1956	STL	N	3B	149	0	0	130	309	18	37	0	.961
1957	STL	N	CF	105	102	885.2	279	2	2	1	0	.993
1957	STL	N	3B	41	36	348.2	41	93	13	7	0	.912
1957	STL	N	OF	105	102	885.2	275	2	1	1	0	.996
1958	STL	N	3B	144	144	1277	156	350	20	41	0	.962
1958	STL	N	SS	1	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	CF	6	5	44	11	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	STL	N	OF	6	5	44	11	0	0	0	0	1.000
1959	STL	N	3B	143	141	1220.1	134	300	20	32	0	.956
1959	STL	N	SS	12	6	53	9	10	2	1	0	.905
1960	STL	N	3B	146	144	1271.1	140	300	19	37	0	.959
1961	STL	N	3B	153	153	1350.2	117	346	24	23	0	.951
1962	STL	N	3B	160	160	1431.1	158	318	22	34	0	.956
1963	STL	N	3B	159	159	1419.1	129	293	34	23	0	.925
1964	STL	N	3B	162	162	1438	131	337	24	30	0	.951
1965	STL	N	3B	143	139	1251.1	113	250	12	18	0	.968
1966	NY	N	3B	130	125	1087.1	113	292	21	33	0	.951
1966	NY	N	1B	2	1	12	12	2	0	1	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	1B	8	5	48	52	3	0	5	0	1.000
1967	NY	N	3B	44	43	364.1	27	84	6	7	0	.949
1967	CHI	A	3B	33	32	263.1	22	67	4	4	1	.957
1967	CHI	A	1B	18	14	108.2	132	12	1	12	0	.993
1967	Total		1B	26	19	156.2	184	15	1	17	0	.995
1967	Total		3B	77	75	627.2	49	151	10	11	1	.952
1968	LA	N	1B	32	32	243.1	245	11	3	25	0	.988
1968	LA	N	3B	34	20	211	30	53	7	4	0	.922
1968	CHI	A	3B	5	4	34.2	2	7	1	1	0	.900
1968	CHI	A	1B	2	1	9	10	1	0	1	0	1.000
1968	Total		1B	34	33	252.1	255	12	3	26	0	.989
1968	Total		3B	39	24	245.2	32	60	8	5	0	.920
1969	LA	N	1B	4	4	31	31	2	1	6	0	.971
Total			3B	1785	1462	12968.2	1567	3652	264	355	1	.952
Total			SS	31	6	53.2	41	52	4	11	0	.959
Total			CF	111	107	929.2	290	2	2	1	0	.993
Total			1B	66	57	452	482	31	5	50	0	.990
Total			OF	111	107	929.2	286	2	1	1	0	.997

[edit] Transactions

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).

[edit] Trivia

All-Star Games: 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
World Series Champion: 1964
MVP Awards: 1964 NL MVP
Gold Gloves: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963

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