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Ken
Boyer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 20, 1931 in Usa, MO, LIBERTY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Gold Glove 1963   
All-Star Selections 1960    1961    1962    1963    1965   
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
1955 24 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1956 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1957 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1958 27 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1959 28 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1960 29 MON NL $ 4,900,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 8 8
1961 30 MON NL $ 4,900,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1962 31 MON NL $ 4,900,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1963 32 MON NL $ 4,900,000   7 7 8 8 8 8 6 5 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
1964 33 MON NL $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1965 34 MON NL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1966 35 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   6 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 7
1967 36 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 6
1968 37 MIN AL $ 8,000,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
1969 38 DET AL $ 8,000,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
1955 24 MON NL 3 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 1.7 0.5
    AAA   137 591 102 193 29 3 42 112 10 6 54 58 .327 .383 .599 .982 124.0  
1956 25 MON NL 100 284 40 74 10 1 15 40 1 2 21 38 .261 .310 .461 .772 37.0 4.6
    AAA   54 234 41 73 10 0 19 51 9 1 17 25 .312 .359 .598 .957 48.2  
1957 26 MON NL 155 584 87 161 37 3 27 88 5 0 52 95 .276 .334 .488 .822 91.9 17.6
1958 27 MON NL 154 571 86 153 24 0 25 92 0 0 34 87 .268 .308 .441 .749 76.0 11.2
1959 28 MON NL 148 518 90 138 23 6 23 60 0 0 59 58 .266 .341 .467 .809 77.0 12.5
1960 29 MON NL 153 553 83 149 22 1 27 80 0 0 43 69 .269 .319 .459 .778 80.7 13.9
1961 30 MON NL 153 588 107 170 32 6 34 106 0 0 43 70 .289 .337 .537 .874 99.4 21.8
1962 31 MON NL 158 580 105 178 27 6 31 93 0 0 45 64 .307 .357 .534 .891 99.5 23.6
1963 32 MON NL 158 571 94 182 26 3 29 116 1 2 54 53 .319 .375 .527 .902 102.2 23.8
1964 33 MON NL 154 573 71 161 18 1 21 79 1 6 51 66 .281 .335 .426 .761 78.4 14.0
1965 34 MON NL 155 612 94 183 21 5 34 113 5 1 48 92 .299 .346 .516 .862 103.4 25.4
1966 35 MIN AL 147 521 70 129 15 3 20 68 10 8 45 87 .248 .307 .403 .710 64.6 8.0
1967 36 MIN AL 154 542 49 131 14 1 13 67 9 6 29 92 .242 .280 .343 .623 49.8 4.5
1968 37 MIN AL 156 520 57 120 16 4 12 63 8 3 35 103 .231 .279 .346 .626 49.7 6.0
1969 38 DET AL 153 488 39 107 11 3 9 38 7 7 31 130 .219 .266 .309 .575 36.9 2.9
15 Years Sim 2101 7510 1073 2038 296 43 321 1104 47 35 590 1104 .271 .323 .450 .774 1048.3 190.5
2 Years AAA 191 825 143 266 39 3 61 163 19 7 71 83 .322 .377 .599 .976 172.2  
162 Game Average 579 82 157 22 3 24 85 3 2 45 85 .271 .323 .450 .774 80.8  
Career Highs 158 612 107 183 37 6 34 116 10 8 59 130 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 103.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4683 646 1235 168 25 194 676 22 20 327 712 .264 .310 .435 .745 628.1
vs LH   2827 427 803 128 18 127 428 25 15 263 392 .284 .344 .477 .820 453.6
Home 1054 3665 534 982 137 16 166 537 23 18 282 530 .268 .320 .450 .770 522.5
Away 1047 3845 539 1056 159 27 155 567 24 17 308 574 .275 .326 .451 .777 559.1
RISP   1730 0 479 82 8 75 731 0 0 162 251 .277 .330 .464 .794 267.3
Pinch Hitting   136 20 39 6 0 4 25 1 0 13 16 .287 .347 .419 .766 19.9
Close/Late   893 131 241 33 2 38 146 0 0 103 142 .270 .343 .439 .782 137.0
Mar/Apr 311 1172 183 345 41 9 57 179 8 4 87 176 .294 .342 .491 .833 190.3
May 351 1273 186 334 56 4 62 195 14 2 103 184 .262 .314 .459 .773 186.5
June 362 1313 176 326 47 10 50 164 5 9 93 197 .248 .297 .414 .711 160.6
July 352 1263 167 344 46 9 43 174 9 8 92 189 .272 .321 .425 .747 169.5
August 374 1313 192 356 69 6 54 198 6 4 116 183 .271 .330 .456 .786 194.5
Sep/Oct 351 1176 169 333 37 5 55 194 5 8 99 175 .283 .336 .463 .800 180.1
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
1955 24 MON NL 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1956 25 MON NL CF 47 46 396.7 88 2 0 0 1.000 2.04   1.4
    SS 26 6 89.7 9 41 1 5 .980 5.02   0.6
    2B 11 6 74.0 15 26 2 9 .953 4.99   0.4
    3B 6 5 44.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.02   0.1
1957 26 MON NL SS 146 145 1280.3 195 560 17 99 .978 5.31   7.8
    2B 3 0 8.3 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.48   0.1
    CF 3 0 7.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1958 27 MON NL SS 140 138 1234.3 158 519 11 92 .984 4.94   8.8
    2B 8 0 15.0 6 6 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.1
    3B 3 0 9.7 2 3 1 0 .833 4.66   0.0
1959 28 MON NL SS 141 138 1206.3 148 463 17 76 .973 4.56   6.7
    2B 4 0 10.0 4 4 0 0 1.000 7.20   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 29 MON NL SS 138 134 1182.7 152 470 12 67 .981 4.73   4.9
    CF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    2B 9 0 16.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 5.06   0.1
    3B 3 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1961 30 MON NL SS 140 140 1260.0 160 479 16 86 .976 4.56   6.1
    CF 6 2 27.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    3B 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
1962 31 MON NL SS 142 137 1243.0 143 532 24 93 .966 4.89   6.5
    2B 8 0 21.3 5 11 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.2
    CF 6 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
1963 32 MON NL SS 144 144 1290.0 178 527 18 101 .975 4.92   7.2
    3B 6 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90   0.0
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 33 MON NL SS 145 143 1281.0 168 550 18 93 .976 5.04   7.2
    2B 4 0 7.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.1
    CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1965 34 MON NL SS 154 149 1365.7 185 547 16 100 .979 4.82   7.7
1966 35 MIN AL SS 144 142 1260.7 199 495 16 91 .977 4.95   6.6
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 36 MIN AL SS 147 146 1286.0 200 558 13 96 .983 5.30   9.0
    2B 3 0 4.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 37 MIN AL SS 153 150 1288.7 212 515 15 82 .980 5.08   9.3
    2B 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
1969 38 DET AL SS 151 145 1257.7 217 496 22 107 .970 5.10   5.0
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1911 1857 16526.0 2324 6752 216 1188 .977 4.94   93.4
  CF 72 50 472.0 101 2 0 0 1.000 1.96   1.6
  2B 60 6 174.7 38 68 2 13 .981 5.46   1.0
  3B 27 5 88.3 5 13 2 2 .900 1.83   0.2
Career Totals   2070 1918 17260.9 2468 6835 220 1203 .977 4.85   96.2
Career Highs   156 150 1365.7 217 567 24 107 1.000 5.30    
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
1958 27 MON NL 5 18 4 5 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .667 .944
1959 28 MON NL 13 52 4 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .173 .189 .231 .419
1960 29 MON NL 9 32 4 11 2 0 2 5 0 0 3 7 .344 .400 .594 .994
1961 30 MON NL 11 47 5 11 1 1 1 3 0 0 2 8 .234 .265 .362 .627
1962 31 MON NL 8 36 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .250 .289 .306 .595
1963 32 MON NL 19 73 13 18 4 0 2 9 1 0 8 12 .247 .321 .384 .705
1965 34 MON NL 18 74 9 22 4 0 1 9 0 0 2 5 .297 .312 .392 .704
Career Post-Season Batting 83 332 44 85 17 1 8 35 1 0 18 50 .256 .293 .386 .679
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.
Batting Average
1962-8-.307
1963-2-.319
1965-10-.299
 On-Base Pct
1963-4-.375
 Slugging Pct
1961-8-.537
1962-4-.534
1963-5-.527
1965-5-.516
 OPS
1961-8-.874
1962-4-.891
1963-4-.902
1965-8-.862
 XR
1961-7-99.4
1962-3-99.5
1963-4-102.2
1965-4-103.4
 Games
1962-3-158
1963-3-158
1968-9-156
At-Bats
1957-7-584
1958-10-571
1961-3-588
1962-6-580
1963-8-571
1965-2-612
 Runs
1961-4-107
1962-2-105
1963-7-94
1965-5-94
 Hits
1961-3-170
1962-2-178
1963-1-182
1964-7-161
1965-1-183
 Total Bases
1961-4-316
1962-2-310
1963-4-301
1965-1-316
 Singles
1963-6-124
1964-5-121
1965-9-123
 Doubles
1957-4-37
1961-6-32
1963-10-26
Triples
1959-6-6
1961-3-6
1962-6-6
1965-9-5
 Homeruns
1961-10-34
1962-6-31
1965-5-34
 RBIs
1961-7-106
1962-7-93
1963-2-116
1965-1-113
 Stolen Bases
1957-9-5
 Caught Stealing
1956-8-2
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 100    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Willie Jones (870)
  2. Ernie Banks (858)
  3. Vern Stephens (854)
  4. Willie Horton (850)
  5. Don Demeter (846)
  6. Leon Wagner (838)
  7. Rudy York (837)
  8. Hank Thompson (835)
  9. Dick Dietz (832)
  10. Sal Bando (829)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Montreal in 1955
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/26/1955, off Frank Sullivan (BRK)
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 7/28/1956
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/30/1959
9/22/1959: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,900,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Was selected to the 1960 Allstar game
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Injured on 3/23/1961 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1961, hitting .591 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/22/1961
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1963, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1963, hitting .471 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1963, hitting .347 with 10 HR, 34 RBI
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/25/1963
9/22/1963: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $8,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1963
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1964, hitting .550 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/1/1965
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1965, hitting .355 with 8 HR, 21 RBI
Won Silver Slugger in 1965, hitting .299 with 34 HR, 113 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Minnesota on 2/7/1966 (Going to MIN: SS Ken Boyer, LF Chuck Hinton. Going to MON: SS Ernie Banks)
Injured on 4/11/1966 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Minnesota to Detroit on 2/3/1969 (Going to MIN: 3B Chico Ruiz. Going to DET: SS Ken Boyer, P Rickey Clark, P Frank Reberger)
Had 2000th career hit on 7/20/1969, off Gary Wagner (KCR)
 
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