Ken Keltner

1937–1950 · bats R / throws R · ALS, ASF, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians

1,526G

.276AVG

.338OBP

.441SLG

More career statistics

1,570H

163HR

852RBI

39SB

4Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · At bats	5,683	5,685
Batting · Caught stealing	33	40
Batting · Hits	1,570	1,571
Batting · Strikeouts	480	479
Batting · Plate appearances	6,312	6,313
Batting · Runs	737	736
Batting · RBI	852	850
Batting · Walks	514	513

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,526	6,312	5,683	737	1,570	308	69	163	852	514	480	39	33	13	0	2,505	.276	.338	.441	.779

Streaks

18longest hitting streak · 1938-05-13 to 1938-06-04

21longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	Three Intentional Walks	1939-09-15	1 in 1,129 games	box score ↗
53	Three-Homer Game	1939-05-25	1 in 321 games	box score ↗
43	Five for Five	1939-06-22	1 in 135 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	767	3093	772	64	391	279	211	.281	.340	.436
Away	759	3220	799	99	459	234	268	.272	.321	.445

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	113	455	111	19	54	40	49	.271	.332	.479
May	294	1240	318	36	179	106	104	.285	.342	.468
June	284	1178	255	27	137	120	106	.248	.318	.410
July	284	1177	301	34	173	93	67	.283	.335	.453
August	294	1209	299	28	150	90	98	.272	.322	.425
September	243	1002	273	17	150	58	54	.296	.330	.427
October	14	52	14	2	7	6	1	.311	.385	.533

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
washington-senators-1901-60	221	932	225	18	145	62	78	.264	.308	.395
philadelphia-athletics	221	903	214	28	130	76	45	.264	.321	.456
new-york-yankees	220	882	213	15	83	72	81	.269	.323	.386
boston-red-sox	219	950	253	38	170	105	80	.305	.377	.543
st-louis-browns	218	907	227	16	127	78	55	.279	.336	.427
chicago-white-sox	218	890	221	26	98	60	56	.272	.316	.433
detroit-tigers	209	849	218	22	97	60	84	.282	.327	.444

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1937	Cleveland Guardians	1	1	–	–	1	–	.000	–	–
1938	Cleveland Guardians	149	576	160	26	113	4	.278	–	–
1939	Cleveland Guardians	154	587	191	13	96	6	.325	–	–
1940	Cleveland Guardians	149	543	138	15	77	10	.254	–	–
1941	Cleveland Guardians	149	581	156	23	85	2	.269	–	–
1942	Cleveland Guardians	152	624	179	6	78	4	.287	–	–
1943	Cleveland Guardians	110	429	111	4	39	2	.259	–	–
1944	Cleveland Guardians	149	573	169	13	91	4	.295	–	–
1946	Cleveland Guardians	116	398	96	13	45	–	.241	–	–
1947	Cleveland Guardians	151	541	139	11	76	5	.257	–	–
1948	Cleveland Guardians	153	558	166	31	117	2	.297	–	–
1949	Cleveland Guardians	80	246	57	8	30	–	.232	–	–
1950	Boston Red Sox	13	28	9	–	2	–	.321	–	–