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Ken Boswell
Kenneth George Boswell

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.
School Sam Houston State University

Debut September 18, 1967
  vs. LAD 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1977
Born February 23, 1946 in Austin, TX

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 21 NYM NL  11   40    2    9   3  0   1    4   0  0   1   5  .225  .233  .375   73   15   0   2   0   0   3
 1968 22 NYM NL  75  284   37   74   7  2   4   11   7  2  16  27  .261  .300  .342   93   97   3   2   0   1   6
 1969 23 NYM NL 102  362   48  101  14  7   3   32   7  3  36  47  .279  .347  .381  103  138   4   1   3   2  13
 1970 24 NYM NL 105  351   32   89  13  2   5   44   5  4  41  32  .254  .331  .345   82  121   3   5   8   2  13
 1971 25 NYM NL 116  392   46  107  20  1   5   40   5  2  36  31  .273  .334  .367  101  144   2   4   4   2  11
 1972 26 NYM NL 100  355   35   75   9  1   9   33   2  2  32  35  .211  .274  .318   70  113   9   4   1   0  15
 1973 27 NYM NL  76  110   12   25   2  1   2   14   0  0  12  11  .227  .303  .318   74   35   1   0   2   0   1
 1974 28 NYM NL  96  222   19   48   6  1   2   15   0  1  18  19  .216  .277  .279   57   62   2   1   1   1   8
 1975 29 HOU NL  86  178   16   43   8  2   0   21   0  3  30  12  .242  .349  .309   90   55   0   3   7   1   7
 1976 30 HOU NL  91  126   12   33   8  1   0   18   1  0   8   8  .262  .301  .341   90   43   1   2   2   0   8
 1977 31 HOU NL  72   97    7   21   1  1   0   12   0  0  10  12  .216  .287  .247   51   24   0   1   1   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     930 2517  266  625  91 19  31  244  27 17 240 239  .248  .313  .337   85  847  25  25  29   9  90
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        438   46  109  16  3   5   43   5  3  42  42  .248  .313  .337   85  148   4   4   5   2  16
 Career High    116  392   48  107  20  7   9   44   7  4  41  47  .279  .347  .381  103  144   9   5   8   2  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 21 NYM NL   43   36    3   2.2    89| .225  .256| .233  .318| .375  .375| .608  .693|  73  .261  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1968 22 NYM NL  306  223   29   3.5    81| .261  .252| .300  .310| .342  .355| .642  .666|  93  .492  -3.1  -0.4  77%
 1969 23 NYM NL  405  282   47   4.5    96| .279  .262| .347  .332| .381  .388| .728  .720| 103  .532   1.1   0.1  70%
 1970 24 NYM NL  402  287   39   3.6   103| .254  .267| .331  .340| .345  .408| .676  .748|  82  .391  -8.1  -0.8  55%
 1971 25 NYM NL  436  304   48   4.3    91| .273  .257| .334  .323| .367  .377| .701  .700| 101  .520   1.4   0.1  71%
 1972 26 NYM NL  400  310   29   2.5    89| .211  .253| .274  .321| .318  .374| .592  .695|  70  .295 -14.1  -1.5  50%
 1973 27 NYM NL  123   87   11   3.4    95| .227  .260| .303  .329| .318  .387| .621  .716|  74  .396  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1974 28 NYM NL  244  186   16   2.3    94| .216  .261| .277  .333| .279  .378| .556  .711|  57  .247 -13.2  -1.4   0%
 1975 29 HOU NL  212  148   19   3.5    90| .242  .257| .349  .327| .309  .371| .658  .698|  90  .400  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1976 30 HOU NL  137  104   11   2.8    84| .262  .252| .301  .317| .341  .359| .642  .676|  90  .341  -1.3  -0.1 100%
 1977 31 HOU NL  108   82    6   2.0    95| .216  .258| .287  .324| .247  .394| .534  .718|  51  .174  -6.2  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     2816 2049  258   3.4    92| .248  .258| .313  .326| .337  .380| .650  .706|  85  .405 -49.2  -5.1  61%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1967 21 NYM NL 2B 6 10 24 1 3 .971 .977 5.67 4.63 5.92 5.26 6 51.7 3B 4 2 10 0 2 1.000 .952 3.00 2.75 3.00 2.95 4 36.0 1968 22 NYM NL 2B 69 154 203 13 37 .965 .977 5.17 4.74 5.15 5.21 67 623.7 1969 23 NYM NL 2B 96 190 229 18 51 .959 .974 4.36 4.65 4.76 5.19 91 793.0 1970 24 NYM NL 2B 101 204 244 2 49 .996 .979 4.44 4.67 4.78 5.32 93 842.7 1971 25 NYM NL 2B 109 191 234 12 56 .973 .978 3.90 4.86 4.27 5.47 101 895.0 1972 26 NYM NL 2B 94 208 183 4 53 .990 .978 4.16 4.88 4.38 5.36 89 804.0 1973 27 NYM NL 3B 17 7 29 1 3 .973 .945 2.12 2.49 2.55 2.88 14 127.0 2B 3 8 4 1 0 .923 .984 4.00 4.90 12.00 5.50 0 9.0 1974 28 NYM NL 2B 28 69 63 0 11 1.000 .973 4.71 4.64 5.35 5.47 25 222.0 3B 20 11 48 5 6 .922 .949 2.95 2.64 3.79 3.04 15 140.0 OF 7 14 2 1 1 .941 .982 2.29 1.96 2.96 2.27 6 48.7 RF 5 11 1 1 1 .923 .976 2.40 1.66 2.79 2.05 5 38.7 LF 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.55 3.60 1.98 1 10.0 1975 29 HOU NL 2B 31 40 65 1 11 .991 .975 3.39 4.92 5.13 5.54 18 184.3 3B 23 14 38 5 2 .912 .945 2.26 2.58 2.49 2.98 20 188.0 1976 30 HOU NL 3B 16 7 21 2 4 .933 .952 1.75 2.61 2.10 2.93 15 120.0 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 4.93 1.80 5.40 0 5.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1977 31 HOU NL 2B 26 33 31 0 9 1.000 .977 2.46 4.47 5.05 5.24 9 114.0 3B 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.55 3.27 2.95 1 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 21 NYM NL 2B 6 10 24 1 3 .971 .977 5.67 4.63 5.92 5.26 6 51.7 1968 22 NYM NL 2B 69 154 203 13 37 .965 .977 5.17 4.74 5.15 5.21 67 623.7 1969 23 NYM NL 2B 96 190 229 18 51 .959 .974 4.36 4.65 4.76 5.19 91 793.0 1970 24 NYM NL 2B 101 204 244 2 49 .996 .979 4.44 4.67 4.78 5.32 93 842.7 1971 25 NYM NL 2B 109 191 234 12 56 .973 .978 3.90 4.86 4.27 5.47 101 895.0 1972 26 NYM NL 2B 94 208 183 4 53 .990 .978 4.16 4.88 4.38 5.36 89 804.0 1973 27 NYM NL 2B 3 8 4 1 0 .923 .984 4.00 4.90 12.00 5.50 0 9.0 1974 28 NYM NL 2B 28 69 63 0 11 1.000 .973 4.71 4.64 5.35 5.47 25 222.0 1975 29 HOU NL 2B 31 40 65 1 11 .991 .975 3.39 4.92 5.13 5.54 18 184.3 1976 30 HOU NL 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 4.93 1.80 5.40 0 5.0 1977 31 HOU NL 2B 26 33 31 0 9 1.000 .977 2.46 4.47 5.05 5.24 9 114.0 1967 21 NYM NL 3B 4 2 10 0 2 1.000 .952 3.00 2.75 3.00 2.95 4 36.0 1973 27 NYM NL 3B 17 7 29 1 3 .973 .945 2.12 2.49 2.55 2.88 14 127.0 1974 28 NYM NL 3B 20 11 48 5 6 .922 .949 2.95 2.64 3.79 3.04 15 140.0 1975 29 HOU NL 3B 23 14 38 5 2 .912 .945 2.26 2.58 2.49 2.98 20 188.0 1976 30 HOU NL 3B 16 7 21 2 4 .933 .952 1.75 2.61 2.10 2.93 15 120.0 1977 31 HOU NL 3B 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.55 3.27 2.95 1 11.0 1974 28 NYM NL LF 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 1.55 3.60 1.98 1 10.0 1976 30 HOU NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 28 NYM NL OF 7 14 2 1 1 .941 .982 2.29 1.96 2.96 2.27 6 48.7 1976 30 HOU NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1974 28 NYM NL RF 5 11 1 1 1 .923 .976 2.40 1.66 2.79 2.05 5 38.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 566 1108 1280 52 280 .979 .977 4.22 4.75 4.73 5.33 499 4544.3 3B* 82 41 150 13 17 .936 .948 2.33 2.59 2.76 2.96 69 622.0 OF* 8 14 2 1 1 .941 .982 2.00 1.96 2.90 2.28 6 49.7 3 0 5# RF* 5 11 1 1 1 .923 .976 2.40 1.66 2.79 2.05 5 38.7 LF* 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.57 3.27 1.96 1 11.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 656 1163 1432 66 298 .975 .975 3.96 4.45 4.48 5.02 574 5216
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   NLCS  NYM ATL     W   3  12   3   4  0  0  2   5   1   2  .333  .385  .833   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM BAL     W   1   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
 1973   NLCS  NYM CIN     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYM OAK     L   3   3   1   3  0  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   4  13   3   4  0  0  2   5   1   2  .308  .357  .769   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        1-1   4   6   2   4  0  0  0   0   0   0  .667  .667  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   3-1   8  19   5   8  0  0  2   5   1   2  .421  .450  .737   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1969 NL-7-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1472) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1965 amateur draft.

October 29, 1974: Traded by the New York Mets to the Houston Astros for Bob Gallagher.

October 27, 1977: Granted Free Agency.


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