Ultimate Mets Database - Ken Boyer

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Ken Boyer
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 150 of 1252 players

Kenton Lloyd Boyer
Born: May 20, 1931 at Liberty, Mo.
Died: September 7, 1982 at St. Louis, Mo.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 200

Ken Boyer was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on November 9, 2019, and February 2, 2024.

First Mets game: April 15, 1966
Last Mets game: July 21, 1967

Brother of Clete Boyer

Winner of National League Most Valuable Player award, 1964. (St. Louis Cardinals)

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Ken Boyer also played for the following teams:

St. Louis Cardinals 1955 - 1965; Chicago White Sox 1967, 1968; Los Angeles Dodgers 1968, 1969

Ken Boyer managed the following major league team:
St. Louis Cardinals 1978 - 1980

Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets in exchange for Al Jackson and Charley Smith on October 20, 1965.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago White Sox with Sandy Alomar in exchange for J.C. Martin and Bill Southworth on July 22, 1967.

Tied Mets season record of 28 Doubles in 1966. Record was previously set by Ron Hunt in 1963. Broken by Tommy Davis in 1967 with 32.

Click the icon to see a graph of Ken Boyer's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1966 136 496 62 132 28 2 14 61 30 5 64 0 4 3 1 7 206 .266 .415 .304

1967 56 166 17 39 7 2 3 13 26 3 22 0 2 1 0 2 59 .235 .355 .335

2 years 192 662 79 171 35 4 17 74 56 8 86 0 6 4 1 9 265 .258 .400 .312

Led Mets in at bats with 496 in 1966.
Led Mets in doubles with 28 in 1966.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 61 in 1966.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .415 in 1966.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .719 in 1966.
Led Mets in total bases with 206 in 1966.
Led Mets in sacrifice flies with 7 in 1966.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 15 in 1966.

Games where Ken Boyer had 4 or more Hits
At Pittsburgh (NL) 08/11/66.

Games played by position
1966: Third Base 130, First Base 2
1967: Third Base 44, First Base 8

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Ken Boyer was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1966 0 0 68 37 12 9 0 0 0
1967 0 4 16 0 4 16 8 0 0
Totals 0 4 84 37 16 25 8 0 0

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