Ken Boyer Stats

Ken Boyer was born on Wednesday, May 20, 1931, in Liberty, Missouri. Boyer was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 12, 1955, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ken Boyer baseball stats page.
"Kenny Boyer was a pillar of strength in the Cardinal organization. It was kind of an understood thing that Kenny took care of the players coming into the organization. He took people under his wing -- it was kind of like a father image." - Hall of Fame Teammate Stan Musial in Ken Boyer Stands Tall on the Edge of the Hall (Raymond Mileur, 02/18/2003

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Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Autograph on a 1964 Topps (#160)

Ken Boyer Autograph on a 1964 Topps (#160)
 

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Birth Name:   Kenton Lloyd Boyer
Nickname:   Cap or Captain or Ken or Kenny
Born On:   05-20-1931
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Liberty, Missouri
Zodiac:   Taurus
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-07-1982
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Friends Cemetery, Purcell, Missouri
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02
Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-12-1955 (Age 23)
Last Game:   08-09-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1955 Cardinals 147 530 78 140 27 2 18 0 62 37 5 67 1 5 1 6 .264 .311 .425
1956 Cardinals 150 595 91 182 30 2 26 1 98 38 7 65 2 3 1 18 .306 .347 .494
1957 Cardinals 142 544 79 144 18 3 19 0 62 44 8 77 4 5 1 11 .265 .318 .414
1958 Cardinals 150 570 101 175 21 9 23 2 90 49 8 53 1 8 3 15 .307 .360 .496
1959 Cardinals 149 563 86 174 18 5 28 1 94 67 7 77 0 1 2 7 .309 .384 .508
1960 Cardinals 151 552 95 168 26 10 32 0 97 56 10 77 0 4 4 13 .304 .370 .562
1961 Cardinals 153 589 109 194 26 11 24 1 95 68 9 91 0 5 1 11 .329 .397 .533
1962 Cardinals 160 611 92 178 27 5 24 0 98 75 7 104 2 2 1 15 .291 .369 .470
1963 Cardinals 159 617 86 176 28 2 24 0 111 70 10 90 0 4 2 20 .285 .358 .454
1964 Cardinals 162 628 100 185 30 10 24 2 119 70 12 85 0 4 2 22 .295 .365 .489
1965 Cardinals 144 535 71 139 18 2 13 0 75 57 3 73 4 7 1 16 .260 .328 .374
1966 Mets 136 496 62 132 28 2 14 0 61 30 5 64 1 7 0 15 .266 .304 .415
1967 Mets 56 166 17 39 7 2 3 0 13 26 3 22 0 2 0 6 .235 .335 .355
1967 White Sox 57 180 17 47 5 1 4 0 21 7 0 25 2 1 0 4 .261 .287 .367
1968 White Sox 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 2 .125 .160 .125
1968 Dodgers 83 221 20 60 7 2 6 0 41 16 3 34 0 5 1 2 .271 .317 .403
1969 Dodgers 25 34 0 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 .206 .250 .265
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
15 Years 2,034 7,455 1,104 2,143 318 68 282 7 1,141 713 97 1,017 17 63 20 185 .287 .349 .462
Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1955 Cardinals 3B 139 - - 396 2.8 377 124 253 19 24 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 -
1955 Cardinals SS 18 - - 75 4.2 73 31 42 2 10 n/a n/a n/a .973 0.00 -
1956 Cardinals 3B 149 - - 457 3.1 439 130 309 18 37 n/a n/a n/a .961 0.00 -
1957 Cardinals 3B 41 - - 147 3.6 134 41 93 13 7 n/a n/a n/a .912 0.00 -
1957 Cardinals CF 105 - - 278 2.6 277 275 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .996 0.00 -
1958 Cardinals 3B 144 - - 526 3.7 506 156 350 20 41 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00 -
1958 Cardinals CF 6 - - 11 1.8 11 11 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1958 Cardinals SS 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1959 Cardinals 3B 143 - - 454 3.2 434 134 300 20 32 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1959 Cardinals SS 12 - - 21 1.8 19 9 10 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .905 0.00 -
1960 Cardinals 3B 146 - - 459 3.1 440 140 300 19 37 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1961 Cardinals 3B 153 - - 487 3.2 463 117 346 24 23 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1962 Cardinals 3B 160 - - 498 3.1 476 158 318 22 34 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1963 Cardinals 3B 159 - - 456 2.9 422 129 293 34 23 n/a n/a n/a .925 0.00 -
1964 Cardinals 3B 162 - - 492 3.0 468 131 337 24 30 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1965 Cardinals 3B 143 - - 375 2.6 363 113 250 12 18 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 -
1966 Mets 1B 2 - - 14 7.0 14 12 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1966 Mets 3B 130 - - 426 3.3 405 113 292 21 33 n/a n/a n/a .951 0.00 -
1967 Mets 1B 8 - - 55 6.9 55 52 3 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1967 Mets 3B 44 - - 117 2.7 111 27 84 6 7 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00 -
1967 White Sox 1B 18 - - 145 8.1 144 132 12 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .993 0.00 -
1967 White Sox 3B 33 - - 93 2.8 89 22 67 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1968 White Sox 1B 1 - - 11 11.0 11 10 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1968 White Sox 3B 5 - - 10 2.0 9 2 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1968 Dodgers 1B 32 - - 259 8.1 256 245 11 3 25 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.00 -
1968 Dodgers 3B 34 - - 90 2.6 83 30 53 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00 -
1969 Dodgers 1B 4 - - 34 8.5 33 31 2 1 6 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
3B Totals 1,785 0 0 5,483 3.1 5,219 1,567 3,652 264 355 n/a n/a n/a .952 0.00 --
CF Totals 111 0 0 289 2.6 288 286 2 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 0.00 --
1B Totals 65 0 0 518 8.0 513 482 31 5 50 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00 --
SS Totals 31 0 0 97 3.1 93 41 52 4 11 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 --
15 Years 1,992 - - 6,387 3.2 6,113 2,376 3,737 274 417 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 --
Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1955 Cardinals 22 17 .564 - - n/a 29.4 7.9 8.5 - - -
1956 Cardinals 8 3 .727 - - n/a 22.9 9.2 6.1 - - -
1957 Cardinals 12 8 .600 - - n/a 28.6 7.1 8.8 - - -
1958 Cardinals 11 6 .647 - - n/a 24.8 10.8 6.3 - - -
1959 Cardinals 12 6 .667 - - n/a 20.1 7.3 6.0 - - -
1960 Cardinals 8 7 .533 - - n/a 17.3 7.2 5.7 - - -
1961 Cardinals 6 3 .667 - - n/a 24.5 6.5 6.2 - - -
1962 Cardinals 12 7 .632 - - n/a 25.5 5.9 6.2 - - -
1963 Cardinals 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 25.7 6.9 5.6 - - -
1964 Cardinals 3 5 .375 - - n/a 26.2 7.4 5.3 - - -
1965 Cardinals 2 7 .222 - - n/a 41.2 7.3 7.1 - - -
1966 Mets 4 3 .571 - - n/a 35.4 7.8 8.1 - - -
1967 Mets 2 1 .667 - - n/a 55.3 7.5 12.8 - - -
1967 White Sox 0 2 .000 - - n/a 45.0 7.2 8.6 - - -
1968 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 - - -
1968 Dodgers 2 2 .500 - - n/a 36.8 6.5 5.4 - - -
1969 Dodgers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.9 8.5 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
15 Years 105 77 .577 - - n/a 26.4 7.3 6.5 - - -
Ken Boyer

Ken Boyer Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1955 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined - -
1956 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1957 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined - -
1958 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined - -
1959 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1960 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1961 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1962 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1963 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats -
1964 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined Stats Stats
1965 St. Louis Cardinals 14 Undetermined - -
1966 New York Mets 14 Undetermined - -
1967 New York Mets 14 Undetermined - -
1967 Chicago White Sox 14 $55,000.00 - -
1968 Chicago White Sox 14 Undetermined - -
1968 Los Angeles Dodgers 45 Undetermined - -
1969 Los Angeles Dodgers 45 Undetermined - -




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