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Ken Boswell
Kenneth George Boswell (born February 23, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman.
Ken Boswell attended William B. Travis High School (Austin, Texas) and then the Mets drafted the Sam Houston State University student in the fourth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft. In three seasons in the a Mets' farm system, Boswell batted .273 with thirteen home runs and 106 runs batted in to earn a September call-up in 1967.
Despite limited experience at third base, Boswell made his major league debut on September 18 at third against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He handle all three chances on the field cleanly, and went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a double and three RBIs. For the season, he batted .225 with four RBIs. On September 29, Boswell went 3-for-4 in the Mets' 5–1 defeat of the Dodgers. The following day, he hit his first major league home run off Hall of Famer Don Drysdale.
Boswell spent the 1968 season in a lefty/righty platoon at second base with Phil Linz. He batted .246 with four home runs and ten RBIs through June 24 when a broken finger sidelined him for the month of July and most of August. By season's end, he managed to raise his batting average up to .261 to be recognized as the Topps All-Star Rookie Team second baseman.
1969 got off to a terrible start for Boswell. In the season opener, and first game in franchise history for the Montreal Expos, Boswell booted a first inning ground ball from Gary Sutherland that led to the first (unearned) run in the history of Canadian baseball. He committed a second error in the first on Bob Bailey's double that allowed him to advance to third. He also committed an error on a Coco Laboy ground ball in the fifth, giving him three errors on the day.
Boswell batted .250 with two home runs and eleven RBIs through the end of May when he left the club for a two-week military commitment. At the time, the Mets were 19–23, in third place in the National League East, nine games back of the Chicago Cubs. When he returned, the Mets were 30–26, and had jumped into second place, but were still 8.5 back of the Cubs.
In his first game back, Boswell scored the only run in Gary Gentry's 1–0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Two days later, his two out single in the ninth inning drove in the tying and winning runs of the Mets' 6–5 victory over the Phillies. His knack for key hits continued on July 2, when he drove in the winning run and scored an insurance run in an extra innings contest with the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Mets were 5.5 games back when they hosted the Cubs for a three-game set July 8–10. The Mets were losing the first game of the set 3–1 to Ferguson Jenkins when Boswell pinch hit for Jerry Koosman to lead off the ninth. He doubled, and came around to score on Cleon Jones' double. The Mets would go on to win 4–3.
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Ken Boswell
Kenneth George Boswell (born February 23, 1946) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman.
Ken Boswell attended William B. Travis High School (Austin, Texas) and then the Mets drafted the Sam Houston State University student in the fourth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft. In three seasons in the a Mets' farm system, Boswell batted .273 with thirteen home runs and 106 runs batted in to earn a September call-up in 1967.
Despite limited experience at third base, Boswell made his major league debut on September 18 at third against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He handle all three chances on the field cleanly, and went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and a double and three RBIs. For the season, he batted .225 with four RBIs. On September 29, Boswell went 3-for-4 in the Mets' 5–1 defeat of the Dodgers. The following day, he hit his first major league home run off Hall of Famer Don Drysdale.
Boswell spent the 1968 season in a lefty/righty platoon at second base with Phil Linz. He batted .246 with four home runs and ten RBIs through June 24 when a broken finger sidelined him for the month of July and most of August. By season's end, he managed to raise his batting average up to .261 to be recognized as the Topps All-Star Rookie Team second baseman.
1969 got off to a terrible start for Boswell. In the season opener, and first game in franchise history for the Montreal Expos, Boswell booted a first inning ground ball from Gary Sutherland that led to the first (unearned) run in the history of Canadian baseball. He committed a second error in the first on Bob Bailey's double that allowed him to advance to third. He also committed an error on a Coco Laboy ground ball in the fifth, giving him three errors on the day.
Boswell batted .250 with two home runs and eleven RBIs through the end of May when he left the club for a two-week military commitment. At the time, the Mets were 19–23, in third place in the National League East, nine games back of the Chicago Cubs. When he returned, the Mets were 30–26, and had jumped into second place, but were still 8.5 back of the Cubs.
In his first game back, Boswell scored the only run in Gary Gentry's 1–0 shutout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Two days later, his two out single in the ninth inning drove in the tying and winning runs of the Mets' 6–5 victory over the Phillies. His knack for key hits continued on July 2, when he drove in the winning run and scored an insurance run in an extra innings contest with the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Mets were 5.5 games back when they hosted the Cubs for a three-game set July 8–10. The Mets were losing the first game of the set 3–1 to Ferguson Jenkins when Boswell pinch hit for Jerry Koosman to lead off the ninth. He doubled, and came around to score on Cleon Jones' double. The Mets would go on to win 4–3.