Ken Keltner
Kenneth Frederick Keltner (October 31, 1916 – December 12, 1991) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1937 to 1950, most prominently as a member of the Cleveland Indians where he was a seven-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1948 World Series winning team. He played his final season for the Boston Red Sox.
| Ken Keltner | |
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Keltner's 1949 Bowman Gum baseball card | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: October 31, 1916 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
| Died: December 12, 1991 (aged 75) New Berlin, Wisconsin, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| October 2, 1937, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 25, 1950, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .276 |
| Home runs | 163 |
| Runs batted in | 852 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Keltner was notable for being one of the best fielding third basemen in the 1940s and for helping to end Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak on July 17, 1941. He was inducted into the Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame in 1951. In 2001, he was voted one of the 100 greatest players in Cleveland Indians' history by a panel of veteran baseball writers, executives and historians.