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In a piece of heartbreaking news, free agent pitcher Joe Kenndy has passed away. Leaving behind his wife and a young son the day after Thanksgiving, this is a terribly sad turn of events.
Kennedy has a largely nondescript career, primarily starting for below-average teams. One interesting tidbit I found is the list of batters he struck out the most times in his career, which ended much too soon:
PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB **SO** BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss +-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+ Jason Giambi 29 26 4 0 0 1 1 2 11 .154 .241 .269 .510 0 0 0 1 1 Carlos Delgado 42 36 5 2 0 1 2 5 7 .139 .262 .278 .540 0 0 0 1 2 Jorge Posada 33 29 12 6 0 0 2 4 7 .414 .485 .621 1.106 0 0 1 0 0 Alfonso Soriano 31 27 5 0 1 0 2 3 7 .185 .258 .259 .517 0 1 0 0 0 Eric Hinske 21 21 5 3 0 1 5 0 6 .238 .238 .524 .762 0 0 0 0 0
He pitched quite effectively against some of the majors' best hitters.
With the death of Josh Hancock earlier this season, that's two active players who passed away this year, and that's simply awful.
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This entry was posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 2:36 pm and is filed under Pitcher vs. Batter. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Not to mention Cory Lidle, who died a year ago
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:59 pm
I saw Joe Kennedy pitch an incredible game (CG, SHO) in Tampa against the Marlins and I thought then (2002) he had the potential to be a Chris Carpenter kind of pitcher under the right coach (Mazzone). What a sad day.