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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 15	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
7	7	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
8	8	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
11	11	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
13	13	Apr 28	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
15	15	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
17	17	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	GS	17	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	18	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
19	19	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-11	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
21	21	May 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	23	5.1	2	1	0	3	0
23	23	May 10 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 10 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	3	1	2	6	1
25	25	May 11	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
26	26	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
27	27	May 16 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
28	28	May 16 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	29	May 17 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	30	May 17 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	31	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
32	32	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
34	34	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
36	36	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
37	37	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
38	38	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	39	May 27	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	40	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
41	41	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-14	CG	46	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
42	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
44	44	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	45	May 31 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	46	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
47	47	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
48	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	50	Jun 7 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
51	51	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	52	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	51	10.0	0	1	0	1	1
53	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	6	3	0	9	1
55	55	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	60 (4)	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	61	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
58	62	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
59	63	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
60	64	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	65	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
62	66	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
63	67	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	W,9-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	68	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	69	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
66	70	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
67	71	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
68	72	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
69	73	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
72	76	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
73	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	78	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,10-3	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
75	79	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
76	80	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	81	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
78	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
79	83	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
81	85	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-7	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	86	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
83	87	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
84	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
86	90	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
87	91	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	51	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	92	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	93	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	94	Jul 22	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	95	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	0	6	0	6	0
92	96	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	97	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	1	2	1	4	0
94	98	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	L,6-10	CG	59	13.0	0	3	0	3	0
95	99	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
96	100	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
97	101	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	102	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
99	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	105	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	106	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
103	107	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
104	108	Aug 5	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
105	109	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
106	110	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
107	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
108	112	Aug 11 (1)	CLE		DET	T,0-0	CG	46	14.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	113	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	114	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
111	115	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
112	116	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
113	117	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	2	4	1	7	0
114	118	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	GS	27	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
115	119	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
116	120	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	121	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	122	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
119	123	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
120	124	Aug 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	125	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.1	0	4	0	4	0
122	126	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
123	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
124	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
125	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
126	130	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
127	131	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
128	132	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	133	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	2	2	0	4	1
130	134	Sep 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	135	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
132	136	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
133	137	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
134	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
135	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
136	140	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
137	141	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	142	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	51	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	143	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	L,2-15	GS	0		0	2	0	2	1
140	144	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
141	145	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	CG	51	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
142	146	Sep 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
143	147	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
144	148	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
145	149	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
146	150	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	151	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
148	152	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
149	153	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
150	154	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
151	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
152	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
							151gm		1350.0	166	353	30	549	38