Vern Law becomes the second Pirate to win a 1960 All-Star Game, working two scoreless innings. Stan Musial comes off the National League bench and hits his record 6th and last All-Star Game home run. Willie Mays, Ken Boyer and Eddie Mathews also homer in the 6 – 0 NL win, the third shutout in All-Star Game history.

Vern Law becomes the second Pirate to win a 1960 All-Star Game, working two scoreless innings. Stan Musial comes off the National League bench and hits his record 6th and last All-Star Game home run. Willie Mays, Ken Boyer and Eddie Mathews also homer in the 6 – 0 NL win, the third shutout in All-Star Game history.

Vern Law becomes the second Pirate to win a 1960 All-Star Game, working two scoreless innings. Stan Musial comes off the National League bench and hits his record 6th and last All-Star Game home run. Willie Mays, Ken Boyer and Eddie Mathews also homer in the 6 – 0 NL win, the third shutout in All-Star Game history.

Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial’s 30 games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win, 3 – 2.

Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial’s 30 games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win, 3 – 2.

1959 – Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial’s 30 games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win, 3 – 2.

1956 All-Star Game
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1956 All-Star Game

In the 1956 All-Star Game, Ken Boyer of the Cardinals makes three sparkling plays at 3B and gets 3 hits as the National League defeats the American League, 7 – 3. Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Stan Musial all homer. Mays’s pinch-hit two-run home run off Whitey Ford is his 7th straight hit against the Yankee lefty.

Ken Boyer Stats & Facts

Ken Boyer Stats & Facts

    Ken Boyer Positions: Third Baseman and CenterfielderBats: Right  •  Throws: Right6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)Born: May 20, 1931 in Liberty, MODied: September 7, 1982  in St. Louis, MOBuried: Friends Cemetery, Purcell, MOHigh School: Alba HS (Alba, MO)Debut: April 12, 1955 (11,204th in major league history)vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SBLast Game: August 9, 1969vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SBFull Name: Kenton Lloyd BoyerView Player Info from…