#34 Ken "Butch" Keltner, Second Base, 32 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Friday, 10/20/1949 |
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| Ken Keltner
Butch
10/31/1916
32
USA,WI,MILWAUKEE
6"0
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Second Base
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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3.5 Stars
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$ 16,000,000
1950
11 Year(s), 31 Days (1923 total Days)
172 Day(s)
12 Year(s), 34 Days (2098 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Versus LHP | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| Versus RHP | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Talent | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
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| Fielding Ratings
1B : 6 (Range), .989 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 2 (Range), .928 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 4 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 10
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 9/23 | WAS | L 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #7 | PoG | |
| 9/24 | WAS | L 6-7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/26 | @NYY | W 6-5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | #3 | PoG | |
| 9/27 | @NYY | L 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #6 | | |
| 9/28 | BOS | W 4-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/29 | DET | W 6-5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
| 9/30 | @SLA | L 7-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 10/1 | CHA | L 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 10/2 | @WAS | L 5-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 10/4 | PHA | L 3-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 157 | 590 | 174 | 46 | 3 | 33 | 129 | 91 | 65 | 89 | .295 | .361 | .551 | .912 | .889 | .256 |
| Projected | 157 | 590 | 174 | 46 | 3 | 33 | 129 | 91 | 65 | 89 | .295 | .361 | .551 | .912 | .889 | .256 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 151 | 667 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 325 | 82 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 114.7 | 6.9 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 202 | 69 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 36 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .342 | .412 | .634 | 1.046 |
| vs. RHP | 388 | 105 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 83 | 55 | 39 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .271 | .334 | .508 | .842 |
| Close/Late | 65 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .323 | .408 | .538 | .946 |
| Scoring Position | 173 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | .254 | .347 | .474 | .821 |
| Pinch Hitting | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 77 | 273 | 88 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 68 | 48 | 30 | 42 | .322 | .385 | .612 | .997 |
| Road | 80 | 317 | 86 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 61 | 43 | 35 | 47 | .271 | .341 | .498 | .839 |
| March/April | 25 | 94 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 13 | .234 | .318 | .404 | .722 |
| May | 26 | 100 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 25 | .220 | .284 | .390 | .674 |
| June | 26 | 102 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 13 | .353 | .405 | .598 | 1.003 |
| July | 25 | 86 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 17 | .360 | .455 | .558 | 1.014 |
| August | 27 | 99 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 9 | .232 | .295 | .505 | .800 |
| Sept/Oct | 28 | 109 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 9 | 12 | .367 | .412 | .817 | 1.228 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1937 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .300 | .633 | CLE |
| 1939 | 90 | 142 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .331 | .387 | .599 | .986 | CLE |
| 1940 | 90 | 128 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .289 | .373 | .508 | .880 | CLE |
| 1941 | 102 | 154 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .425 | .617 | 1.041 | CLE |
| 1942 | 146 | 419 | 153 | 40 | 3 | 29 | 122 | 88 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | .365 | .437 | .683 | 1.119 | CLE |
| 1943 | 155 | 558 | 156 | 45 | 5 | 31 | 143 | 83 | 56 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 1 | .280 | .344 | .545 | .888 | CLE,AL |
| 1944 | 158 | 580 | 190 | 52 | 2 | 53 | 157 | 113 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .328 | .384 | .698 | 1.082 | CLE,AL |
| 1945 | 155 | 579 | 192 | 40 | 8 | 38 | 145 | 111 | 65 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 1 | .332 | .395 | .625 | 1.020 | CLE |
| 1946 | 160 | 581 | 196 | 38 | 9 | 34 | 151 | 106 | 66 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 2 | .337 | .400 | .609 | 1.009 | CLE,AL |
| 1947 | 153 | 589 | 192 | 39 | 9 | 37 | 148 | 115 | 65 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | .326 | .390 | .611 | 1.002 | CLE,AL |
| 1948 | 149 | 557 | 154 | 35 | 6 | 47 | 172 | 105 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .354 | .614 | .968 | CLE,AL |
| 1949 | 157 | 590 | 174 | 46 | 3 | 33 | 129 | 91 | 65 | 2 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 1 | .295 | .361 | .551 | .912 | CLE |
| Total | 1522 | 4887 | 1546 | 356 | 50 | 328 | 1280 | 897 | 554 | 6 | 55 | 470 | 2 | 6 | .316 | .383 | .611 | .994 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1937, A | 7 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .586 | 1.292 | 1.878 |
| 1937, AA | 20 | 67 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .299 | .405 | .701 | 1.107 |
| 1937, AAA | 104 | 382 | 132 | 23 | 6 | 35 | 99 | 95 | 43 | 40 | 13 | 8 | .346 | .410 | .712 | 1.122 |
| 1938, AAA | 128 | 508 | 176 | 27 | 5 | 60 | 140 | 120 | 87 | 72 | 11 | 1 | .346 | .440 | .774 | 1.213 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 1938 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 |
| 1939 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 |
| 1940 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | .800 | 1.400 |
| 1941 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| 1942 | 10 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .237 | .293 | .368 | .661 |
| 1945 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .250 | .296 | .546 |
| 1946 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .391 | .417 | .652 | 1.069 |
| 1947 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .463 | .818 | 1.282 |
| Total | 53 | 138 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | .304 | .377 | .536 | .913 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 8 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 2 | .966 | 43.1 | 12.25 | | | | |
| Second Base | 147 | 147 | 358 | 509 | 125 | 918 | 51 | .944 | 1319.2 | 6.26 | | | | |
| Third Base | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1937...
Injured on 5/18/1937 with a Fractured Nose, out for 6 days...
Had first career hit (double) on 9/14/1937, off Leroy Matlock (SLA)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1939, off Bob Cooney (BOS)...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1939...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1940...
1/31/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,507,143 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1942, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1942, hitting .364 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
Won World Series with Cleveland in 1942...
1/31/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,414,286 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia (A) on 4/10/1943...
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/22/1943...
Drove in 7 runs against St. Louis (A) on 6/11/1943...
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game...
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (A) on 7/7/1943...
1/31/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,414,286 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1944, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1944, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1944, hitting .371 with 11 HR, 28 RBI...
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 4 runs on 7/10/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1944, hitting .519 with 6 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1944, hitting .344 with 11 HR, 29 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/4/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/7/1944, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
8/10/1944: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $16,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (A) on 9/10/1944...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1945, hitting .583 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/11/1945, hitting .471 with 2 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1945, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 9/30/1945...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1945, hitting .386 with 9 HR, 37 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1946, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1946, hitting .373 with 8 HR, 32 RBI...
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game...
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia (A) on 8/2/1946...
Had 6 hits with 9 RBI against Philadelphia (A) on 8/2/1946...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/1946, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 9 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/28/1946, hitting .455 with 2 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1946, hitting .365 with 7 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/1947, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 12 RBI...
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 5/6/1948...
Drove in 6 runs against Detroit on 5/16/1948...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/22/1948, hitting .313 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/19/1948, hitting .440 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/21/1948 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/23/1949...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1949, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 8 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1949, hitting .385 with 12 HR, 30 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 10/2/1949, hitting .391 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
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AVG
1944 - .328 - 6th
1945 - .332 - 7th
1946 - .337 - 4th
1947 - .326 - 8th
| SLG
1943 - .545 - 10th
1944 - .698 - 4th
1945 - .625 - 4th
1946 - .609 - 5th
1947 - .611 - 8th
1948 - .614 - 3rd
| OPS
1944 - 1.082 - 4th
1945 - 1.020 - 8th
1946 - 1.009 - 6th
1947 - 1.002 - 10th
1948 - .968 - 8th
| Hits
1944 - 190 - 3rd
1945 - 192 - 5th
1946 - 196 - 5th
1947 - 192 - 3rd
| Doubles
1943 - 45 - 5th
1944 - 52 - 1st
1945 - 40 - 10th
1947 - 39 - 8th
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Triples
1945 - 8 - 7th
1946 - 9 - 7th
1947 - 9 - 5th
| Homeruns
1943 - 31 - 10th
1944 - 53 - 2nd
1945 - 38 - 6th
1946 - 34 - 7th
1947 - 37 - 8th
1948 - 47 - 3rd
| RBI
1943 - 143 - 3rd
1944 - 157 - 2nd
1945 - 145 - 2nd
1946 - 151 - 2nd
1947 - 148 - 3rd
1948 - 172 - 2nd
| Runs
1944 - 113 - 7th
1945 - 111 - 8th
1947 - 115 - 9th
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