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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	62	14.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
8	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.2	1	2	0	3	0
10	10	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	2
11	11	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
13	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	19	May 16 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	20	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
21	21	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	22	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	24	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
25	25	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
27	27	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-0	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	29 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	30	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	31	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	32	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	33	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	34	May 31 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	35	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
35	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	58	15.0	0	4	0	4	0
36	37	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	38	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
38	39	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	40	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	CG	47	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
41	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	43	Jun 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
43	44	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
46	47	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
47	48	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
48	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
50	51	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	52	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
53	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	55	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	49	11.0	1	3	0	4	0
55	56	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	57	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	58	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	59	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
59	60	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
60	61	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
64	65	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
65	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
66	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
67	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
68	69	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	70	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
70	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	72	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
72	73	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	74	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
74	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
76	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
77	78	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
78	79	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	0	3	0	3	0
79	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
80	81	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
81	82	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
82	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
85	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
87	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
90	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	CG	55	11.0	0	2	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	GS	29	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	95	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
95	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	97	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	98	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
98	99	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	100	Aug 9	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	7	1	9	0
100	101	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
101	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	GS	25	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
103	104	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
104	105	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
106	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
107	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
108	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
109	110	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
110	111	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	114	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	1	1	1	3	0
114	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
115	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	1	2	0	3	1
116	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
117	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
118	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
119	120	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
120	123 (2)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
121	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	127	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	128	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
126	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
127	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
128	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	2	2	1	5	0
130	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	134	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
132	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	9	0	10	3
137	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
138	141	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
139	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
140	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
141	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
142	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
143	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
144	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
146	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
147	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	151	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
149	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
151	154	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
152	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
153	156	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
							153gm		1362.2	123	312	14	449	27