Ken Boswell was born on Saturday, February 23, 1946, in Austin, Texas. Boswell was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 18, 1967, with the New York Mets. 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 Boswell baseball stats page.
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Ken Boswell![]() Ken Boswell Autograph on a 1970 Topps Baseball Card (#214 | Checklist) |
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Ken BoswellKen Boswell Pitching Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
| - | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
Ken BoswellKen Boswell Hitting Stats |
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| 1967 | 21 | Mets | 11 | 40 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .225 | .233 | .375 |
| 1968 | 22 | Mets | 75 | 284 | 37 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .261 | .300 | .342 |
| 1969 | 23 | Mets | 102 | 362 | 48 | 101 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 3 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .279 | .347 | .381 |
| 1970 | 24 | Mets | 105 | 351 | 32 | 89 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 41 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .254 | .331 | .345 |
| 1971 | 25 | Mets | 116 | 392 | 46 | 107 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .273 | .334 | .367 |
| 1972 | 26 | Mets | 100 | 355 | 35 | 75 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 15 | .211 | .274 | .318 |
| 1973 | 27 | Mets | 76 | 110 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .227 | .303 | .318 |
| 1974 | 28 | Mets | 96 | 222 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .216 | .277 | .279 |
| 1975 | 29 | Astros | 86 | 178 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .242 | .349 | .309 |
| 1976 | 30 | Astros | 91 | 126 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .262 | .301 | .341 |
| 1977 | 31 | Astros | 72 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .216 | .287 | .247 |
| Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
| 11 Years | 930 | 2,517 | 266 | 625 | 91 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 244 | 240 | 29 | 239 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 90 | .248 | .313 | .337 | ||
Ken BoswellKen Boswell Fielding Stats |
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| Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 1967 Mets | 2B | 6 | 6 | 155 | 35 | 5.8 | 34 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .971 | 5.92 |
| 1967 Mets | 3B | 4 | 4 | 108 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
| 1968 Mets | 2B | 69 | 67 | 1,871 | 370 | 5.4 | 357 | 154 | 203 | 13 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .965 | 5.15 |
| 1969 Mets | 2B | 96 | 91 | 2,379 | 437 | 4.6 | 419 | 190 | 229 | 18 | 51 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .959 | 4.76 |
| 1970 Mets | 2B | 101 | 93 | 2,528 | 450 | 4.5 | 448 | 204 | 244 | 2 | 49 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .996 | 4.78 |
| 1971 Mets | 2B | 109 | 101 | 2,685 | 437 | 4.0 | 425 | 191 | 234 | 12 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 4.27 |
| 1972 Mets | 2B | 94 | 89 | 2,412 | 395 | 4.2 | 391 | 208 | 183 | 4 | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .990 | 4.38 |
| 1973 Mets | 2B | 3 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 12.00 |
| 1973 Mets | 3B | 17 | 14 | 381 | 37 | 2.2 | 36 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 2.55 |
| 1974 Mets | 2B | 28 | 25 | 666 | 132 | 4.7 | 132 | 69 | 63 | 0 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.35 |
| 1974 Mets | 3B | 20 | 15 | 420 | 64 | 3.2 | 59 | 11 | 48 | 5 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .922 | 3.79 |
| 1974 Mets | LF | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.60 |
| 1974 Mets | RF | 5 | 5 | 116 | 13 | 2.6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 2.79 |
| 1975 Astros | 2B | 31 | 18 | 553 | 106 | 3.4 | 105 | 40 | 65 | 1 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .991 | 5.13 |
| 1975 Astros | 3B | 23 | 20 | 564 | 57 | 2.5 | 52 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .912 | 2.49 |
| 1976 Astros | 2B | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.80 |
| 1976 Astros | 3B | 16 | 15 | 360 | 30 | 1.9 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 2.10 |
| 1976 Astros | LF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
| 1977 Astros | 2B | 26 | 9 | 342 | 64 | 2.5 | 64 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 5.05 |
| 1977 Astros | 3B | 2 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.27 |
| Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
| 2B Totals | 566 | 499 | 13,633 | 2,440 | 4.3 | 2,388 | 1,108 | 1,280 | 52 | 280 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .979 | 4.73 | |
| 3B Totals | 82 | 69 | 1,866 | 204 | 2.5 | 191 | 41 | 150 | 13 | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 2.76 | |
| RF Totals | 5 | 5 | 116 | 13 | 2.6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 2.79 | |
| LF Totals | 3 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.27 | |
| 11 Years | 656 | 574 | 15,648 | 2,661 | 4.1 | 2,595 | 1,163 | 1,432 | 66 | 298 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .975 | 4.48 | |
Ken BoswellKen Boswell Miscellaneous Stats |
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| Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
| Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 1967 Mets | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 0 | n/a | 40.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
| 1968 Mets | 7 | 2 | .778 | 8 | 0 | n/a | 71.0 | 10.5 | 25.8 | - | - | - |
| 1969 Mets | 7 | 3 | .700 | 10 | 1 | n/a | 120.7 | 7.7 | 11.3 | - | - | - |
| 1970 Mets | 5 | 4 | .556 | 11 | 0 | n/a | 70.2 | 11.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
| 1971 Mets | 5 | 2 | .714 | 8 | 2 | n/a | 78.4 | 12.6 | 9.8 | - | - | - |
| 1972 Mets | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7 | 0 | n/a | 39.4 | 10.1 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
| 1973 Mets | 0 | 0 | .000 | 60 | 0 | n/a | 55.0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | - | - | - |
| 1974 Mets | 0 | 1 | .000 | 47 | 0 | n/a | 111.0 | 11.7 | 14.8 | - | - | - |
| 1975 Astros | 0 | 3 | .000 | 44 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 14.8 | 8.5 | - | - | - |
| 1976 Astros | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 76 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 15.8 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
| 1977 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 59 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | - | - | - |
| Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
| 11 Years | 27 | 17 | .614 | 331 | 3 | n/a | 81.2 | 10.5 | 10.3 | - | - | - |
Ken BoswellKen Boswell Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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| Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
| 1967 New York Mets | 12, 24 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1968 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1969 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
| 1970 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1971 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1972 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1973 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
| 1974 New York Mets | 12 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1975 Houston Astros | 17 | Undetermined | - | - |
| 1976 Houston Astros | 17 | $41,000.00 | - | - |
| 1977 Houston Astros | 17 | $47,500.00 | - | - |
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