Boken (of Lithuanian descent) was born in Maryville, Illinois and played youth ball in the Maryville Little League. He was on the Senators rosters for the 1933 World Series but did not appear in any of its games.
The Senators were the surprise team of 1933, breaking a seven-year monopoly on the AL title jointly held by the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics from 1926 to 1932. Led by future Hall of Famer Joe Cronin, the Senators amassed a 99–53 record and theIr first pennant in eight years, besting the Babe Ruth- and Lou Gehrig-led New York Yankees by seven games.
Boken's first game on April 25, 1933 had him coming in to relieve Joe Cronin at SS, in a home game against the New York Yankees.  Boken had one AB and didn't reach the bases in a game where Ruth and Gehrig combined with 4 hits and 5 RBIs  to trounce the Senators 16 to 0.

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