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Ken
Boswell		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 182
 
Born: February 23, 1946 in Usa, TX, AUSTIN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1974    1975    1976    1978    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 21 TAM AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8
1968 22 TAM AL     6 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1969 23 TAM AL     7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 5 5 6 6 9 9 9
1970 24 TAM AL     7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1971 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1972 26 TAM AL     7 7 6 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 8
1973 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 8
1974 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 9 9
1975 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 8 7 8 9 9
1976 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 5 6 5 6 8 7 8 9 9
1977 31 TAM AL $ 1,971,429   8 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 8 9 9
1978 32 TAM AL $ 2,321,429   8 8 8 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 8 7 8 9 9
1979 33 PIT NL $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1980 34 PIT NL $ 3,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 8 9 8
1981 35 PIT NL $ 3,600,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 5 4 5 5 5
1982 36 PIT NL $ 3,600,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,600,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 21 AA   136 548 77 170 25 1 14 70 26 6 69 41 .310 .387 .436 .823 94.1  
1968 22 AAA   137 576 93 197 33 4 15 77 12 12 54 41 .342 .398 .491 .890 102.3  
1969 23 AAA   82 353 59 91 15 1 3 32 12 6 46 25 .258 .343 .331 .675 42.9  
    AA   54 219 30 65 7 2 3 36 6 3 34 14 .297 .391 .388 .779 34.8  
1970 24 AAA   137 523 98 160 21 1 21 89 13 8 87 29 .306 .405 .470 .875 99.4  
1971 25 TAM AL 83 275 34 65 14 0 3 23 6 5 32 14 .236 .316 .320 .636 28.1 3.0
    AAA   29 129 26 39 4 0 1 7 6 2 12 8 .302 .362 .357 .718 17.2  
1972 26 AAA   77 289 59 99 15 0 14 74 19 7 32 19 .343 .408 .540 .948 59.8  
1973 27 AAA   137 493 90 147 23 3 20 89 9 6 69 40 .298 .384 .479 .863 88.9  
1974 28 TAM AL 131 485 82 149 16 5 10 60 30 6 44 39 .307 .363 .423 .785 76.2 13.8
1975 29 TAM AL 149 553 90 168 17 4 14 86 27 13 60 44 .304 .372 .425 .797 88.3 18.0
1976 30 TAM AL 157 534 82 146 26 3 7 71 25 11 70 45 .273 .356 .373 .729 69.8 12.5
1977 31 TAM AL 144 473 55 141 15 1 6 60 6 3 46 31 .298 .359 .372 .731 62.3 10.8
1978 32 TAM AL 152 550 86 161 24 5 11 70 6 1 55 37 .293 .359 .415 .774 78.4 16.3
1979 33 TAM AL 100 382 51 102 8 4 6 46 8 2 45 15 .267 .342 .356 .698 48.6 8.0
  PIT NL 51 152 24 35 6 2 2 24 3 1 19 11 .230 .314 .336 .649 16.6 2.0
  TOT   151 534 75 137 14 6 8 70 11 3 64 26 .257 .334 .350 .684 65.2 10.0
1980 34 PIT NL 152 538 91 153 21 3 9 59 25 10 61 45 .284 .355 .385 .740 71.6 14.9
1981 35 PIT NL 148 540 80 160 10 1 7 66 15 12 53 62 .296 .361 .357 .718 70.8 12.9
1982 36 AAA   137 527 30 122 12 3 1 36 8 11 38 103 .231 .283 .271 .555 38.2  
9 Years Sim 1267 4482 675 1280 157 28 75 565 151 64 485 343 .286 .355 .383 .738 610.5 112.2
7 Years AAA 736 2890 455 855 123 12 75 404 79 52 338 265 .296 .368 .425 .792 448.7  
2 Years AA 190 767 107 235 32 3 17 106 32 9 103 55 .306 .385 .422 .807 129.0  
9 Years Minors 926 3657 562 1090 155 15 92 510 111 61 441 320 .298 .372 .424 .796 577.6  
162 Game Average 573 86 163 20 3 9 72 19 8 62 43 .286 .355 .383 .738 78.1  
Career Highs 157 553 91 168 26 6 14 86 30 13 70 62 .307 .372 .425 .797 88.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3685 559 1086 132 25 64 486 133 61 421 269 .295 .366 .396 .762 543.8
vs LH   797 116 194 25 3 11 79 18 3 64 74 .243 .299 .324 .623 80.6
Home 634 2220 326 638 73 15 40 305 67 28 243 182 .287 .356 .388 .743 314.6
Away 633 2262 349 642 84 13 35 260 84 36 242 161 .284 .354 .379 .733 309.8
RISP   1134 0 348 41 6 22 479 0 0 135 65 .307 .375 .412 .787 177.4
Pinch Hitting   82 17 28 4 2 2 22 1 0 10 8 .341 .413 .512 .925 16.2
Close/Late   562 86 164 18 4 12 79 0 0 63 40 .292 .363 .402 .766 82.6
Mar/Apr 205 745 118 221 23 7 14 105 25 5 70 43 .297 .355 .403 .758 108.9
May 224 803 112 226 29 5 9 89 18 12 87 58 .281 .351 .364 .715 104.1
June 223 789 124 250 31 4 13 107 29 15 94 45 .317 .390 .416 .806 126.8
July 207 727 113 215 24 4 13 97 34 13 78 58 .296 .366 .393 .759 106.5
August 211 736 100 184 20 3 12 84 27 10 88 82 .250 .329 .334 .664 87.9
Sep/Oct 197 682 108 184 30 5 14 83 18 9 68 57 .270 .333 .390 .723 90.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 25 TAM AL 2B 69 67 591.7 127 239 8 53 .979 5.57   3.0
    CF 6 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64   0.0
    SS 8 0 13.0 1 9 0 3 1.000 6.92   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 28 TAM AL 2B 113 107 915.3 229 396 12 98 .981 6.15   4.6
    SS 11 0 21.7 7 10 0 2 1.000 7.06   0.2
    CF 4 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    3B 4 0 12.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    RF 5 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    1B 2 0 7.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1975 29 TAM AL 2B 119 111 996.7 223 419 12 84 .982 5.80   5.5
    CF 15 14 131.0 23 0 1 0 .958 1.58   0.4
    LF 6 4 40.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    RF 3 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    3B 3 1 14.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.46   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1976 30 TAM AL 2B 101 100 899.7 203 392 11 75 .982 5.95   4.4
    1B 46 45 389.7 469 42 12 55 .977 11.80   0.6
    RF 2 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    3B 4 0 8.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
    LF 2 0 5.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 31 TAM AL SS 115 107 948.7 151 371 12 70 .978 4.95   5.7
    2B 12 0 22.0 2 13 0 2 1.000 6.14   0.2
    CF 6 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 5 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    3B 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1978 32 TAM AL SS 94 89 793.3 118 319 8 63 .982 4.96   4.3
    2B 19 19 168.0 40 74 0 20 1.000 6.11   0.8
    1B 11 9 79.0 91 6 1 8 .990 11.05   0.1
    CF 9 7 66.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.2
    LF 4 4 30.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
    3B 7 1 18.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.50   0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1979 33 TAM AL SS 68 66 647.9 104 272 6 41 .984 5.22   0.8
    2B 23 23 220.0 51 110 1 24 .994 6.59   1.8
    3B 3 1 17.1 1 4 1 1 .833 2.63   0.0
    1B 2 1 13.6 15 2 0 4 1.000 11.25   0.0
    CF 1 1 8.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.14   0.1
    RF 2 0 7.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.0
    LF 1 1 7.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27   0.0
  PIT NL SS 34 34 259.1 42 109 2 17 .987 5.25   1.9
    2B 12 11 88.0 20 44 1 10 .985 6.55   0.2
    3B 1 1 6.9 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
    1B 1 1 5.4 6 1 0 1 1.000 11.67   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
    LF 0 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 102 100 907.0 146 381 8 58 .985 5.23   2.7
      2B 35 34 308.0 71 154 2 34 .991 6.57   2.0
      3B 4 2 24.0 2 5 1 1 .875 2.63   0.0
      1B 3 2 19.0 21 3 0 5 1.000 11.37   0.0
      CF 2 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
      RF 3 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
      LF 1 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .90   0.0
1980 34 PIT NL 2B 96 93 829.3 171 383 18 76 .969 6.01   3.0
    SS 31 27 243.0 29 119 6 24 .961 5.48   1.1
    1B 11 7 69.7 88 4 1 8 .989 11.89   0.1
    CF 5 4 39.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    3B 6 2 27.7 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.25   0.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 35 PIT NL SS 135 129 1126.3 185 497 22 86 .969 5.45   1.0
    RF 4 4 35.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    3B 8 2 28.0 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.2
    2B 2 2 15.0 9 4 1 3 .929 7.80   0.1
    CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  2B 566 533 4745.6 1075 2074 64 445 .980 5.97   23.5
  SS 498 452 4055.0 637 1708 56 306 .977 5.20   15.2
  1B 75 63 569.3 681 55 14 76 .981 11.63   0.8
  CF 49 26 291.0 57 0 1 0 .983 1.76   0.8
  3B 39 8 138.7 7 38 1 2 .978 2.92   0.7
  RF 25 6 105.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.71   0.1
  LF 18 9 97.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.11   0.0
Career Totals   1270 1097 10002.3 2489 3875 136 829 .979 5.73   41.1
Career Highs   157 145 1321.0 677 543 25 130 .987 7.59    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 27 TAM AL 7 18 5 6 2 0 2 5 1 0 3 3 .333 .455 .778 1.232
1974 28 TAM AL 4 10 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 .300 .300 .600
1975 29 TAM AL 9 32 5 8 1 2 0 4 1 0 2 2 .250 .286 .406 .692
1977 31 TAM AL 7 30 2 8 0 0 0 6 1 0 2 3 .267 .313 .267 .579
1980 34 PIT NL 5 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .267 .389 .333 .722
Career Post-Season Batting 32 105 13 29 4 2 2 17 3 0 10 10 .276 .342 .410 .751
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1976-2-157
 Singles
1975-10-133
1981-3-142
 Stolen Bases
1974-10-30
 Caught Stealing
1980-9-10
1981-9-12
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Billy Johnson (940)
  2. Roy Hartsfield (932)
  3. Doc Gautreau (930)
  4. Mickey Rivers (918)
  5. Felix Millan (915)
  6. Dutch Meyer (914)
  7. Bobby Reeves (913)
  8. Kiko Garcia (913)
  9. Tito Fuentes (913)
  10. Joe Caffie (908)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1967
Had first career hit on 4/2/1971, off Skip Lockwood (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 6/3/1971, off Larry Sherry (BSN)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/7/1971, hitting .438 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Injured on 6/28/1972 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1975, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1975, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,321,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1978: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1979 (Going to TAM: 3B Doug Decinces. Going to PIT: 2B Ken Boswell)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 6/8/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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