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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.
Dec 14, 1991 · Ken Keltner, the Cleveland third baseman whose backhanded stops of two hard grounders helped end Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, was found dead in his Milwaukee apartment on...
Jan 31, 2017 · The ball hit the edge of the glove of Cleveland Indians third baseman Ken Keltner and bounced away. It was scored as a single, but Keltner reprimanded himself for not making the play. He made a mental note: He had to play DiMaggio farther back. 1. That single quietly extended DiMaggio’s hitting streak to 18 games.
Dec 12, 1991 · Ken Keltner is remembered today for his sparkling defensive plays at third base that helped stopped Joe DiMaggio’s hit streak at 56 games in 1941. To reduce the career of the 7-time All Star to just one game is a crime. Keltner broke into the big leagues in 1937 with the Indians, playing in ju. Read More.
- Third Base
- Indians, Red Sox
Kenneth Frederick Keltner was a Major League Baseball player who played the hot corner for the Cleveland Indians (1937 - 1944, 1946 - 1949) and Boston Red Sox (1950), missing 1945, because he joined the US Navy.
- Kenneth Frederick Keltner
- 10-31-1916 (Scorpio)
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Butch or Ken
Oct 13, 2023 · They would never return to their previous levels of success. Notably, the 1949 season would be the last that saw fan favorite Ken Keltner manning the hot corner in Cleveland, Keltner had been a fixture at third base for the Indians since 1938 and had become a fan favorite.
Jul 11, 2019 · The 20 Greatest Cleveland Indians of All-Time. Updated 12/27/2022. To be eligible, position players needed 1,500 plate appearances and starting pitchers had to have started a minimum of 75 games for the franchise.