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Ken Boyer played 15 major-league seasons (1955-1969) as a 3B (1,785), OF (111), 1B (65), SS (31). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 24 | SLN | 147 | 530 | 78 | 140 | 18 | 62 | 22 | 37 | 67 | .264 | .735 | 98 |
| 1956 | 25 | SLN | 150 | 595 | 91 | 182 | 26 | 98 | 8 | 38 | 65 | .306 | .841 | 130 |
| 1957 | 26 | SLN | 142 | 544 | 79 | 144 | 19 | 62 | 12 | 44 | 77 | .265 | .732 | 101 |
| 1958 | 27 | SLN | 150 | 570 | 101 | 175 | 23 | 90 | 11 | 49 | 53 | .307 | .857 | 132 |
| 1959 | 28 | SLN | 149 | 563 | 86 | 174 | 28 | 94 | 12 | 67 | 77 | .309 | .892 | 144 |
| 1960 | 29 | SLN | 151 | 552 | 95 | 168 | 32 | 97 | 8 | 56 | 77 | .304 | .932 | 160 |
| 1961 | 30 | SLN | 153 | 589 | 109 | 194 | 24 | 95 | 6 | 68 | 91 | .329 | .930 | 152 |
| 1962 | 31 | SLN | 160 | 611 | 92 | 178 | 24 | 98 | 12 | 75 | 104 | .291 | .838 | 132 |
| 1963 | 32 | SLN | 159 | 617 | 86 | 176 | 24 | 111 | 1 | 70 | 90 | .285 | .812 | 141 |
| 1964 | 33 | SLN | 162 | 628 | 100 | 185 | 24 | 119 | 3 | 70 | 85 | .295 | .854 | 147 |
| 1965 | 34 | SLN | 144 | 535 | 71 | 139 | 13 | 75 | 2 | 57 | 73 | .260 | .702 | 105 |
| 1966 | 35 | NYN | 136 | 496 | 62 | 132 | 14 | 61 | 4 | 30 | 64 | .266 | .719 | 105 |
| 1967 | 36 | CHA | 57 | 180 | 17 | 47 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .261 | .654 | 99 |
| 1967 | 36 | NYN | 56 | 166 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 22 | .235 | .690 | 105 |
| 1968 | 37 | CHA | 10 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .285 | -10 |
| 1968 | 37 | LAN | 83 | 221 | 20 | 60 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 16 | 34 | .271 | .720 | 123 |
| 1969 | 38 | LAN | 25 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .206 | .515 | 50 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 3B | 139 | 114 | 124 | 253 | 19 | 24 |
| 1955 | SS | 18 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 10 |
| 1956 | 3B | 149 | 148 | 130 | 309 | 18 | 37 |
| 1957 | OF | 105 | 102 | 275 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 3B | 41 | 36 | 41 | 93 | 13 | 7 |
| 1958 | 3B | 144 | 144 | 156 | 350 | 20 | 41 |
| 1958 | OF | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | 3B | 143 | 141 | 134 | 300 | 20 | 32 |
| 1959 | SS | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 1960 | 3B | 146 | 144 | 140 | 300 | 19 | 37 |
| 1961 | 3B | 153 | 153 | 117 | 346 | 24 | 23 |
| 1962 | 3B | 160 | 160 | 158 | 318 | 22 | 34 |
| 1963 | 3B | 159 | 159 | 129 | 293 | 34 | 23 |
| 1964 | 3B | 162 | 162 | 131 | 337 | 24 | 30 |
| 1965 | 3B | 143 | 139 | 113 | 250 | 12 | 18 |
| 1966 | 3B | 130 | 125 | 113 | 292 | 21 | 33 |
| 1966 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1967 | 3B | 77 | 75 | 49 | 151 | 10 | 11 |
| 1967 | 1B | 26 | 19 | 184 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 1968 | 3B | 39 | 24 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 5 |
| 1968 | 1B | 33 | 33 | 255 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 1969 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Ken Boyer won: TSN All-Star 1956 (ML), Gold Glove 1958 (NL), Gold Glove 1959 (NL), Gold Glove 1960 (NL), Gold Glove 1961 (NL), TSN All-Star 1961 (NL), TSN All-Star 1962 (NL), Gold Glove 1963 (NL), TSN All-Star 1963 (NL), MVP 1964 (NL), TSN All-Star 1964 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1956.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 29 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 31 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 37 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 80 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 43 / 224 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 5 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 13 | 19 / 280 | 0 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 243 / 280 | 14 |
Ken Boyer ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #83 | third basemen | 1960 | 160 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.