Ken Boyer

Positions: Third Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MO us

Died: September 7, 1982 in St. Louis, MO

Buried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MO

High School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 23-327d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 9, 1969 (Age 38-081d)
vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Kenton Lloyd Boyer

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Relatives: Brother of Cloyd Boyer, Clete Boyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

62.8

7455

2143

282

.288

1104

RBI

1141

105

OBP

.349

SLG

.462

OPS

.810

OPS+

116

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

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	STL		SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	STL		SFG	L,2-5	GS	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B SS
3	3	Apr 12	STL		SFG	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 14	STL	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 15	STL	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	STL	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
8	9 (1)	Apr 19	STL	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
9	10	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	11	Apr 22	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	12	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	13	Apr 24	STL		LAD	L,2-3	CG	46	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
13	14	Apr 25	STL		LAD	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS 3B
14	15	Apr 26	STL		LAD	L,11-17	GS	31	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
15	16	Apr 29	STL	@	MLN	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	17	Apr 30	STL	@	MLN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	STL	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
18	19	May 2	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	1	4	1	6	1	3B
19	20	May 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	2	3	0	5	1	3B
20	21	May 3 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 5	STL	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	39	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	23	May 6	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	24	May 7	STL		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
24	25	May 8	STL		CHC	L,2-3	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
25	26	May 9	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
26	27	May 10 (1)	STL		CHC	L,9-10	CG	56	11.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
27	28	May 10 (2)	STL		CHC	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
28	29	May 12	STL		CIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
29	30	May 13	STL		MLN	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
30	31	May 14	STL		MLN	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	32	May 15	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
32	33	May 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
33	34	May 19	STL		PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	35	May 20	STL		PIT	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
35	36	May 21	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	37	May 22	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	52	14.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
37	38	May 23	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
38	39	May 24	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
39	40	May 25	STL		CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
40	41	May 27	STL	@	SFG	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
41	42	May 28	STL	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
42	43	May 29	STL	@	SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	44	May 30	STL	@	LAD	L,6-7	GS	41	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B SS
44	45	May 31	STL	@	LAD	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B SS
46	47	Jun 3	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
47	48	Jun 4	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B SS
48	49	Jun 6	STL	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	42	9.2	1	8	0	9	2	SS 3B
49	50	Jun 7 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	2	5	0	SS
50	51	Jun 7 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS 3B
51	52	Jun 9	STL		MLN	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	53	Jun 10	STL		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
53	54	Jun 11	STL		MLN	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
54	55	Jun 12	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
55	56	Jun 13	STL		CIN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
56	57	Jun 14 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
57	58	Jun 14 (2)	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
58	59	Jun 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
59	60	Jun 16 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-2	GS	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
60	66 (5)	Jun 23	STL	@	MLN	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
61	67	Jun 24	STL	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	28	6.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	68	Jun 25	STL	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
63	69	Jun 26	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	9.1	5	0	0	5	1	3B
64	70	Jun 27	STL	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
65	71	Jun 28 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	72	Jun 28 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,11-8	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
67	73	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	74	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	75	Jul 2	STL		LAD	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
70	76	Jul 3	STL		LAD	W,3-2	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	77	Jul 4	STL		SFG	L,3-10	CG	48	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
72	78	Jul 5 (1)	STL		SFG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
73	79	Jul 5 (2)	STL		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
74	80	Jul 9 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,0-11	CG	44	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
75	81	Jul 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
76	82	Jul 10	STL	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
77	83	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
78	84	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	44	9.1	3	2	0	5	1	3B
79	85	Jul 12 susp	STL	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	51	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	86	Jul 14	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
81	87	Jul 15	STL		CIN	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
82	88	Jul 16	STL		CIN	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	89	Jul 17	STL		MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
84	90	Jul 18	STL		MLN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	91	Jul 19	STL		MLN	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	92	Jul 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	93	Jul 21	STL		CHC	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
88	94	Jul 22	STL	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	95	Jul 23	STL	@	SFG	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
90	96	Jul 24	STL	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
91	97	Jul 25	STL	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
92	98	Jul 26	STL	@	LAD	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
93	99	Jul 27	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
94	100	Jul 28	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
95	101	Jul 29	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
96	102	Jul 30	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
97	103	Jul 31	STL	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	104	Aug 1	STL	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
99	105	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
100	106	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	MLN	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
101	107	Aug 4	STL		PIT	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	108	Aug 5	STL		PIT	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	109	Aug 6	STL		PIT	L,2-18	CG	53	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
104	110	Aug 7	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	111	Aug 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	112	Aug 8 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
107	113	Aug 9 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
108	114	Aug 9 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
109	115	Aug 10	STL		SFG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
110	116	Aug 11	STL		SFG	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
111	117	Aug 13	STL		LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
112	118	Aug 14	STL		LAD	W,2-1	CG	44	11.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
113	119	Aug 15	STL		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
114	120	Aug 16	STL		LAD	W,5-3	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
115	121	Aug 17	STL	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
116	122	Aug 18	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
117	123	Aug 19	STL	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
118	124	Aug 20	STL	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
119	125	Aug 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
120	126	Aug 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
121	127	Aug 23	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
122	128	Aug 25	STL		MLN	L,1-3	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
123	129	Aug 26	STL		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
124	130	Aug 27	STL		MLN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	131	Aug 28	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
126	132	Aug 29	STL		CIN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	133	Aug 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	134	Sep 1	STL	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
129	135	Sep 2	STL	@	LAD	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
130	136	Sep 3	STL	@	LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	137	Sep 5	STL	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
132	138	Sep 6	STL	@	SFG	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
133	139	Sep 7	STL	@	SFG	L,2-4	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
134	140	Sep 9	STL	@	MLN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
135	141	Sep 10	STL	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
136	142	Sep 11	STL	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
137	143	Sep 12	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
138	144	Sep 13	STL	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
139	145	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
140	146	Sep 17	STL		PIT	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
141	147	Sep 19	STL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
142	148	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
143	149	Sep 21	STL		CHC	L,3-12	CG	53	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
144	150	Sep 22	STL		LAD	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
145	151	Sep 23	STL		LAD	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	152	Sep 26	STL		SFG	L,0-4	CG	34	7.2	0	4	1	5	2	3B
147	153	Sep 27 (1)	STL		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							155gm		1273.1	143	310	22	475	33