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Ken
Keltner		  
Nickname: Butch
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: October 31, 1916 in Usa, WI, MILWAUKEE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943   
All-Star Selections 1942   
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
1937 20 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1938 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1939 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 4 9 9 9
1940 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 4 9 9 9
1941 24 OAK AL $ 1,810,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 9 9
1942 25 OAK AL $ 1,810,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 4 9 9 9
1943 26 OAK AL $ 3,770,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1944 27 OAK AL $ 3,770,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1945 28 OAK AL $ 3,770,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1946 29 OAK AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 30 OAK AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 31 OAK AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1949 32 OAK AL $ 2,660,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
1950 33 BSN NL $ 750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8
1951 34 BSN NL $ 750,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1952 35 TAM AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 4 4 4
1953 36 TAM AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,770,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1937 20 OAK AL 70 239 28 57 12 1 7 30 2 1 19 20 .238 .293 .385 .678 26.4 3.0
    AAA   81 326 63 106 28 4 15 52 9 7 39 25 .325 .397 .574 .971 66.9  
1938 21 OAK AL 151 591 93 170 38 10 13 75 4 6 53 37 .288 .346 .452 .797 84.6 16.3
1939 22 OAK AL 149 529 80 136 24 4 20 67 4 2 56 21 .257 .325 .431 .756 73.6 12.1
1940 23 OAK AL 153 516 63 134 32 6 8 49 1 0 34 24 .260 .306 .391 .698 54.7 7.8
1941 24 OAK AL 156 573 78 180 46 7 14 106 3 4 31 29 .314 .348 .492 .840 89.4 16.4
1942 25 OAK AL 156 581 82 159 48 5 12 105 4 1 35 29 .274 .310 .435 .745 69.3 9.4
1943 26 OAK AL 153 564 77 164 33 7 9 94 8 0 46 24 .291 .339 .422 .761 82.3 13.1
1944 27 OAK AL 157 607 95 175 48 3 11 98 0 3 55 37 .288 .346 .432 .777 80.8 11.7
1945 28 OAK AL 154 550 75 142 41 3 14 91 2 0 54 34 .258 .322 .420 .742 67.9 10.4
1946 29 OAK AL 148 534 62 142 32 7 10 66 4 1 51 29 .266 .328 .408 .736 69.3 8.6
1947 30 OAK AL 152 547 71 134 38 5 9 58 4 1 63 28 .245 .323 .382 .705 63.4 9.7
1948 31 OAK AL 125 387 44 96 22 1 8 54 2 1 29 31 .248 .299 .372 .671 40.0 3.4
1949 32 OAK AL 127 388 45 101 15 1 8 62 0 0 31 27 .260 .313 .366 .679 42.4 3.8
1950 33 BSN NL 154 549 52 138 33 3 3 52 6 4 62 58 .251 .325 .339 .664 60.8 5.0
1951 34 BSN NL 123 414 45 103 23 3 5 51 7 3 48 41 .249 .325 .355 .680 46.4 4.3
1952 35 TAM AL 31 68 10 17 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 .250 .282 .324 .605 5.7 0.3
    A   54 196 28 51 12 2 6 24 1 1 33 23 .260 .367 .434 .800 32.0  
1953 36 A   137 504 54 125 22 5 6 31 5 6 76 119 .248 .347 .347 .694 64.1  
16 Years Sim 2159 7637 1000 2048 490 66 151 1064 51 27 670 476 .268 .325 .409 .734 956.9 135.3
1 Years AAA 81 326 63 106 28 4 15 52 9 7 39 25 .325 .395 .574 .969 66.9  
2 Years A 191 700 82 176 34 7 12 55 6 7 109 142 .251 .355 .371 .726 96.1  
3 Years Minors 272 1026 145 282 62 11 27 107 15 14 148 167 .275 .367 .436 .803 163.1  
162 Game Average 573 75 153 36 4 11 79 3 2 50 35 .268 .325 .409 .734 71.8  
Career Highs 157 607 95 180 48 10 20 106 8 6 63 58 .314 .348 .492 .840 89.4  
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   4916 639 1301 288 43 94 690 36 13 392 305 .265 .317 .398 .715 614.0
vs LH   2721 361 747 202 23 57 374 15 14 278 171 .275 .340 .429 .768 387.2
Home 1082 3820 485 1002 233 29 63 500 27 14 311 220 .262 .316 .388 .704 462.7
Away 1077 3817 515 1046 257 37 88 564 24 13 359 256 .274 .334 .430 .764 538.4
RISP   1988 0 538 132 17 42 837 0 0 223 127 .271 .335 .418 .752 283.3
Pinch Hitting   86 10 25 3 1 3 21 0 1 5 7 .291 .330 .453 .783 12.0
Close/Late   784 92 227 42 3 15 89 0 0 85 52 .290 .360 .408 .768 113.9
Mar/Apr 347 1213 162 326 85 11 24 172 7 5 109 62 .269 .327 .416 .743 161.8
May 347 1237 170 358 75 15 31 182 10 5 107 72 .289 .344 .449 .793 184.9
June 355 1260 156 329 81 9 21 162 4 4 100 95 .261 .314 .390 .704 151.0
July 361 1296 178 356 92 8 27 187 12 5 136 83 .275 .342 .421 .762 184.5
August 381 1354 170 357 88 7 25 183 10 3 111 95 .264 .317 .394 .711 168.0
Sep/Oct 368 1277 164 322 69 16 23 178 8 5 107 69 .252 .309 .385 .694 151.0
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
1937 20 OAK AL 3B 67 65 540.0 36 134 7 17 .960 2.83   2.0
1938 21 OAK AL SS 150 149 1310.3 247 578 26 129 .969 5.67   5.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 22 OAK AL SS 115 114 974.0 149 480 8 96 .987 5.81   6.3
    3B 32 32 271.3 24 82 0 5 1.000 3.52   1.8
1940 23 OAK AL SS 118 115 959.0 174 464 10 82 .985 5.99   5.4
    3B 36 35 285.7 15 88 4 8 .963 3.25   1.4
1941 24 OAK AL SS 155 149 1296.0 203 598 14 96 .983 5.56   5.8
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1942 25 OAK AL 3B 150 148 1272.3 97 340 18 29 .960 3.09   6.2
    SS 7 0 14.0 3 6 0 0 1.000 5.79   0.1
1943 26 OAK AL 3B 152 148 1289.3 98 336 16 21 .964 3.03   4.6
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 3 1 1 .800 12.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1944 27 OAK AL 3B 151 149 1328.3 93 356 13 39 .972 3.04   5.3
    SS 9 0 15.3 4 11 1 4 .938 8.81   0.1
1945 28 OAK AL 3B 150 147 1295.7 69 346 20 25 .954 2.88   4.9
    SS 2 0 6.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1946 29 OAK AL 3B 143 139 1222.7 93 304 21 32 .950 2.92   4.2
    SS 4 0 9.3 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.79   0.1
1947 30 OAK AL 3B 145 141 1225.3 94 317 26 26 .941 3.02   4.2
    SS 6 5 45.0 6 19 1 3 .962 5.00   0.2
1948 31 OAK AL 3B 111 102 860.3 64 229 15 25 .951 3.07   3.7
    SS 9 0 18.0 4 11 0 2 1.000 7.50   0.2
    2B 1 1 8.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
1949 32 OAK AL 3B 98 96 805.7 52 197 18 19 .933 2.78   1.7
    SS 19 3 56.0 10 21 1 5 .969 4.98   0.2
    1B 2 2 15.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 13.20   0.0
1950 33 BSN NL 3B 147 147 1247.3 84 306 15 28 .963 2.81   4.3
    SS 7 0 9.0 2 6 0 3 1.000 8.00   0.2
1951 34 BSN NL 3B 118 117 965.3 72 236 18 24 .945 2.87   2.5
    SS 4 0 9.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 8.00   0.1
1952 35 TAM AL SS 20 8 88.7 14 37 0 14 1.000 5.18   0.5
    2B 6 6 50.0 13 17 1 3 .968 5.40   0.2
    3B 4 2 21.0 0 9 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
  3B 1508 1468 12640.3 891 3283 191 299 .956 2.97   47.0
  SS 627 543 4812.7 823 2244 62 438 .980 5.74   24.2
  2B 7 7 58.0 17 19 1 4 .973 5.59   0.3
  1B 2 2 15.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 13.20   0.0
  RF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
Career Totals   2146 2020 17532.9 1753 5548 254 743 .966 3.75   71.6
Career Highs   160 150 1343.7 247 601 27 129 .989 5.66    
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
1940 23 OAK AL 4 15 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 .267 .313 .467 .779
1942 25 OAK AL 14 56 9 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 .268 .305 .321 .627
Career Post-Season Batting 18 71 12 19 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 3 .268 .307 .352 .659
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
1941-2-156
1942-7-156
1944-3-157
1950-10-154
 At-Bats
1938-10-591
1944-4-607
 Hits
1944-10-175
 Doubles
1941-3-46
1942-2-48
1944-1-48
1945-9-41
1947-5-38
1950-8-33
CAR-34-490
 Triples
1938-4-10
1941-10-7
1946-9-7
 RBIs
1941-5-106
1942-6-105
1944-9-98
Caught Stealing
1938-5-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Jim Fregosi (921)
  2. Denny Walling (915)
  3. Al Kaline (874)
  4. Earl Robinson (867)
  5. Alex Kampouris (865)
  6. Bill Madlock (863)
  7. Billy Cox (860)
  8. Willie Crawford (859)
  9. Ben Chapman (858)
  10. Lee Mazzilli (856)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Oakland in 1937
Injured on 4/4/1937 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/18/1937 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/4/1937, off Bill Swift (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/10/1937, off Lefty Grove (DET)
Injured on 7/23/1937 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1938, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
6/1/1940: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $1,810,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1941, hitting .436 with 4 HR, 18 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1941, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
5/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,770,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/5/1942
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1942, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 13 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1942, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won World Series with Oakland in 1942
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1943
5/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $2,660,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/27/1945
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 5/29/1947
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/5/1950 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
4/2/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 4/20/1951 with a Torn Calf Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 8/1/1951, off Willard Nixon (CIN)
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1952 (Going to TAM: C Johnny Pramesa, 1B Johnny Mize, 3B Ken Keltner. Going to BSN: P Bill Voiselle, P Early Wynn, SS Phil Rizzuto)
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 8/31/1952 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
 
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