Ken Keltner

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Full Name: Kenneth Frederick Keltner	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190	First Game: October 2, 1937
Birthdate: October 31, 1916	Final Game: May 25, 1950
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin	MLB Experience: 13 years
Died: December 12, 1991
Deathplace: New Berlin, Wisconsin
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Ken Keltner (Kenneth Frederick Keltner) was born on October 31, 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He made his Major League debut on October 2, 1937 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 26 home runs and 113 RBI. Keltner played for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 13 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Ken Keltner's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1948, when he slugged 31 home runs, hit for a .297 average and knocked in 119 runs. However, others believe that it was 1938, when he slugged 26 home runs, hit for a .276 average and knocked in 113 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1937	CLE	A	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1938	CLE	A	149	576	86	159	26	113	.276	.319	.497	31	9	33	75	3	7	4	0	0
1939	CLE	A	154	587	84	191	13	97	.325	.379	.489	35	11	51	41	0	10	6	0	15
1940	CLE	A	149	543	67	138	15	77	.254	.322	.418	24	10	51	56	3	11	10	0	11
1941	CLE	A	149	581	83	156	23	84	.269	.330	.485	31	13	51	56	2	10	2	0	9
1942	CLE	A	152	624	72	179	6	78	.287	.312	.383	34	4	20	36	3	16	4	0	16
1943	CLE	A	110	427	47	111	4	39	.260	.317	.375	31	3	36	20	0	6	2	0	13
1944	CLE	A	149	573	74	169	13	91	.295	.355	.466	41	9	53	29	0	6	4	0	23
1946	CLE	A	116	398	47	96	13	45	.241	.294	.387	17	1	30	38	0	7	0	0	14
1947	CLE	A	151	541	49	139	11	76	.257	.331	.383	29	3	59	45	1	12	5	0	8
1948	CLE	A	153	558	91	166	31	119	.297	.395	.522	24	4	89	52	1	8	2	0	23
1949	CLE	A	80	246	35	57	8	30	.232	.335	.382	9	2	38	26	0	8	0	0	10
1950	BOS	A	13	28	2	9	0	2	.321	.387	.393	2	0	3	6	0	1	0	0	2
Total			1526	5683	737	1570	163	852	.276	.338	.441	308	69	514	480	13	102	39	0	144

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1937	CLE	A	3B	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1938	CLE	A	3B	149	0	0	141	271	19	19	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1939	CLE	A	3B	154	0	0	187	297	13	40	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1940	CLE	A	3B	148	0	0	170	277	22	27	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1941	CLE	A	3B	149	0	0	181	346	16	36	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1942	CLE	A	3B	151	0	0	166	353	30	38	0	0	0	0	0	.945
1943	CLE	A	3B	107	0	0	113	228	11	24	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1944	CLE	A	3B	149	0	0	168	369	18	37	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1946	CLE	A	3B	112	0	0	112	195	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1947	CLE	A	3B	150	0	0	156	266	12	29	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1948	CLE	A	3B	153	0	0	123	312	14	27	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1949	CLE	A	3B	69	0	0	51	145	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1950	BOS	A	3B	8	0	0	8	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1950	BOS	A	1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1500	0	0	1576	3070	171	306	0	0	0	0	0	.965
Total			1B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

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Released by Cleveland Indians (April 18, 1950).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (April 18, 1950).
Released by Boston Red Sox (June 6, 1950).

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