Ken Keltner

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, WI us

Died: December 12, 1991 in New Berlin, WI

Buried: Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, WI

High School: Boys' Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI)

Debut: October 2, 1937 (Age 20-336d, 8,324th in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 25, 1950 (Age 33-206d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Kenneth Frederick Keltner

Nicknames: Butch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

33.2

5683

1570

163

.276

737

RBI

852

OBP

.338

SLG

.441

OPS

.779

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 23 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 23 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	0	12.0	1	4	1	6	1
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
13	13	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	14	May 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
15	15	May 6	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	16	May 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	17	May 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	18	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
19	19	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
20	20	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
21	21	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	22	May 14 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	51	12.2	3	2	0	5	0
23	23	May 14 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
24	24	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	3	3	0	6	1
25	25	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
28	28	May 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
29	29	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	30	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	2	7	0	9	1
31	31	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
32	33 (1)	May 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	GF	7	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	34	May 26	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	13.0	4	5	0	9	0
34	35	May 27	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	12.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	36	May 28 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	37	May 28 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
37	38	May 29	CLE		PHA	L,4-9	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
38	39	May 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	40	May 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	41	May 31	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	42	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
42	43	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
43	44	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	56	13.0	2	3	0	5	1
44	45	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-6	CG	0	11.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	46	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	47	Jun 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	48	Jun 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	49	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	50	Jun 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	51	Jun 12	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
51	52	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
52	53	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
53	54	Jun 15	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	1	4	1	6	0
54	55	Jun 16	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	56	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
56	57	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	59 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
58	60	Jun 22	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
59	61	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
61	63	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
62	64	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	65	Jun 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	66	Jun 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	67	Jun 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	68	Jul 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	69	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	6	0	8	0
68	70	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
72	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
73	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
75	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
76	78	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	80	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
79	81	Jul 14	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	56	14.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	82	Jul 15	CLE		SLB	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	83	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,7-8	CG	59	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	84	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	49	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	85	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
84	86	Jul 19	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	87	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
86	88	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
87	89	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
88	90	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
89	91	Jul 23 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	92	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	93	Jul 25	CLE		NYY	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
92	94	Jul 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	95	Jul 27	CLE		NYY	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	96	Jul 28	CLE		NYY	L,7-13	CG	49	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
95	97	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
96	98	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
97	99	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	100	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,8-4	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
99	101	Aug 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
100	102	Aug 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
102	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	105	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
104	106	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	107	Aug 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
106	108	Aug 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	109	Aug 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
108	114 (4)	Aug 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	42	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,8-11	CG	47	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
110	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
111	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
113	119	Aug 20 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	120	Aug 20 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
115	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	3	3	0	6	1
116	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
117	123	Aug 25	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
118	124	Aug 26	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
119	125	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
120	126	Aug 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	127	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	128	Aug 30	CLE		SLB	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	129	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	11.2	2	2	3	7	0
124	130	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	131	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
126	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
127	133	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
128	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
129	135	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,6-15	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
130	136	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
131	137	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
132	138	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	0	2	0	2	0
133	139	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
134	140	Sep 17 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
135	141	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	142	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
137	143	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	0	13.0	0	6	1	7	0
138	144	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
139	145	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	146	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
141	147	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
142	148	Sep 25	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	149	Sep 26	CLE		WSH	L,3-8	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
144	150	Sep 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
145	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
146	152	Sep 29 (2)	CLE		PHA	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
147	153	Sep 30	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
148	154	Oct 1 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	155	Oct 1 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	10.0	0	6	0	6	1
							149gm		1346.0	168	369	18	555	37