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Name Team Age
Ken Boswell Retired (1959, Age 33) Died (2012, Age 87)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 23
(1950)
2B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Vince Coleman League 0 5 years (147 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A+ 0 11/2/1925
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 2 2
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (1B)
(14.1 %) D- (6.6 %) (3.9 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CHN 77 179 17 41 7 2 3 17 16 34 1 2 5 .632 .291 .341 .229
1951 CHN 95 217 24 49 7 2 3 14 14 44 3 1 7 .597 .279 .318 .226
1952 CHN 69 157 20 35 8 1 3 18 15 33 2 0 7 .643 .299 .344 .223
1953 CHN-DET-STL 41 77 12 17 2 1 3 10 4 10 1 0 1 .649 .259 .390 .221
1954 STL 26 46 8 12 2 0 3 12 5 11 2 1 1 .833 .333 .500 .261
1955 STL-CHA 10 30 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 .500 .233 .267 .233
1956 CHA 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1957 CHA 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1958 CHN-CHA 20 55 7 14 2 1 2 7 1 13 0 1 2 .700 .263 .436 .255
1959 CHN 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .333 .167 .167 .167
Total 345 779 89 177 29 7 17 81 55 152 10 5 24 .629 .281 .348 .227
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Ken Boswell has retired from the Chicago 1969ers
1959-10-01The Chicago 1969ers have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1959-09-01The Chicago 1969ers have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team.
1959-09-01The Chicago 1969ers have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1959-04-01The Chicago Axe Grinders have acquired Greg LaRoche from the waiver wire. The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Ken Boswell.
1958-10-03The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Mike Sewell to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1958-07-30The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Tim Hancock for assignment.
1958-07-08The Chicago Axe Grinders have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire. The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Jim Myers.
1958-06-17The Chicago 1969ers have waived Ken Boswell.
1958-06-10The Chicago 1969ers have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1958-05-18The Chicago 1969ers have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team.
1958-05-18The Chicago 1969ers have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1958-04-13The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Ken Boswell.
1958-04-06The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Tom Williams to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1958-04-04The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Bobby Bowerman for assignment.
1957-10-04The Chicago Axe Grinders have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire. The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Dick Perry.
1957-07-04The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Ken Boswell.
1957-06-27The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Willy "Bo" Moses to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1957-06-20The Chicago Axe Grinders have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago Axe Grinders have designated Max Marino for assignment.
1957-05-20The Chicago Axe Grinders have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1957-04-01The Chicago Axe Grinders have waived Ken Boswell.
1956-10-03The Chicago Big Sticks have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire. The Chicago Big Sticks have waived Juan Valdez.
1956-05-31The Chicago Big Sticks have waived Ken Boswell.
1956-05-23The Chicago Big Sticks have promoted Roberto Sanchez to the major league team. The Chicago Big Sticks have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1956-05-14The Chicago Big Sticks have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago Big Sticks have sent Gil Kubinski to the minors.
1956-05-14The Chicago Big Sticks have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1956-04-01The Chicago Big Sticks have waived Ken Boswell.
1955-10-03The Chicago Big Sticks have promoted Moe Carney to the major league team. The Chicago Big Sticks have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1955-09-20The Chicago Big Sticks have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago Big Sticks have designated Jason Lopez for assignment.
1955-06-15The St. Louis River Cats have waived Ken Boswell.
1955-05-20The St. Louis River Cats have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1953-04-23The St. Louis River Cats have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1953-04-23The St. Louis River Cats have designated Kevin Marshall for assignment.
1953-04-16The Detroit Motown Monkeys have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1953-04-09The Detroit Motown Monkeys have acquired Ken Boswell from the waiver wire.
1953-04-01The Chicago METS#1 have promoted Gil Kubinski to the major league team. The Chicago METS#1 have designated Ken Boswell for assignment.
1952-07-08The Chicago METS#1 have promoted Ken Boswell to the major league team. The Chicago METS#1 have sent Greg Jeffries to the minors.
1952-06-17The Chicago METS#1 have promoted Greg Jeffries to the major league team. The Chicago METS#1 have sent Ken Boswell to the minors.
1951-03-01The Chicago METS#1 have renamed Candy Campanis to Ken Boswell.