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Ken Keltner

Birthdate:

10/31/1916

Died:

12/12/1991

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Milwaukee, WI, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

In 1938, Kenny Keltner became the Cleveland Indians regular 3rd baseman and responded with 26 home runs and 113 RBI's as a rookie. He repeated his fine hitting in 1939 by batting .325 with 97 RBI's. Kenny Keltner was one of the AL main heroes with his batting and outstanding fielding thru the 1940s and was chosen to play in seven All-Star games.

In 1941, he hit 31 D, 13 triples and blasted 23 HR's. Keltner was the hero in 1948 when the Indians ended the season in a tie for first place with the Red Sox. He blasted a 3-run homer to put the Indians into the World Series and then helped them win the World Championship with a win over the Boston Braves. Kenny Keltner is in both the Ohio St. Hall of Fame and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
13 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

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

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