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Bill Kennedy
William Aulton Kennedy (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut April 26, 1948
Final Game September 29, 1957
Born March 14, 1921 in Carnesville, GA
Died April 9, 1983 in Seattle, WA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 27 TOT AL   8   8  32  23   3   0   5  0  143.3  148   96   83  10  117   89   5   5   686       0  5.21  4.50   86 1.849
         CLE AL   1   0   6   3   0   0   0  0   11.3   16   14   14   0   13   12   0   0    62       0 11.12  4.07   37 2.559
         SLB AL   7   8  26  20   3   0   5  0  132.0  132   82   69  10  104   77   5   5   624       0  4.70  4.54   96 1.788
 1949 28 SLB AL   4  11  48  16   2   0  11  1  153.7  172   97   80  12   73   69   3   5   697       0  4.69  4.53   97 1.594
 1950 29 SLB AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    1    1    0   0    2    1   0   1     9       0  0.00  4.94  inf 1.500
 1951 30 SLB AL   1   5  19   5   1   0   4  0   56.0   76   37   36   4   37   29   1   1   272       0  5.79  4.37   76 2.018
 1952 31 CHW AL   2   2  47   1   0   0  24  5   70.7   54   27   22   4   38   46   1   1   294       0  2.80  3.64  130 1.302
 1953 32 BOS AL   0   0  16   0   0   0   9  2   24.3   24   13   10   2   17   14   1   0   116       0  3.70  4.19  113 1.685
 1956 35 CIN NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    6    4    4   1    0    0   0   0    11   0   0 18.00  3.92   22 3.000
 1957 36 CIN NL   0   2   8   0   0   0   6  3   12.7   16    9    9   1    5    8   1   0    60   1   0  6.39  4.07   64 1.658
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .349  15  28 172  45   6   0  61 11  464.7  497  284  244  34  289  256  12  13  2145   1   0  4.73  4.34   92 1.692
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   8  53  14   1   0  19  3  145.3  155   88   76  10   90   80   3   4   672   0   0  4.73  4.34   92 1.692
 Career High      8  11  48  23   3   0  24  5  153.7  172   97   83  12  117   89   5   5   697   1   0  2.80  4.53  130 1.302

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 27 TOT AL  32   47    6   13   1  0   0    4   0  0   4   4  .277  .333  .298   67   14   4           0   1
         CLE AL   6    3    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .667  .750  .667  282    2   1           0   0
         SLB AL  26   44    5   11   1  0   0    4   0  0   3   4  .250  .298  .273   51   12   3           0   1
 1949 28 SLB AL  48   40    3    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  12  .150  .209  .150   -6    6   2           0   3
 1951 30 SLB AL  19   16    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .125  .125  .125  -33    2   0           0   0
 1952 31 CHW AL  47   13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .231  .231  .231   28    3   1           0   0
 1953 32 BOS AL  16    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  165    1   1           0   0
 1957 36 CIN NL   8    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   -2    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      172  120    9   25   1  0   0    6   0  0   8  31  .208  .258  .217   26   26   8   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        113    8   24   1  0   0    6   0  0   8  29  .208  .258  .217   26   24   8   0   0   0   4
 Career High     48   47    6   13   1  0   0    4   0  0   4  12                          14   4   0   0   0   3

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 27 TOT AL   55   39    6   4.1   107| .277  .275| .333  .360| .298  .397| .631  .758|  67  .447  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL    5    2    2  26.6   104| .667  .270| .750  .355| .667  .391|1.417  .746| 282  .961   1.0   0.1   0%
         SLB AL   50   37    4   2.9   107| .250  .275| .298  .361| .273  .398| .571  .759|  51  .297  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1949 28 SLB AL   45   39    1   0.7   110| .150  .275| .209  .368| .150  .400| .359  .769|  -6  .030  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1951 30 SLB AL   16   14    0   0.0   105| .125  .271| .125  .353| .125  .397| .250  .750| -33  .000  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1952 31 CHW AL   14   11    1   2.4    97| .231  .261| .231  .341| .231  .381| .462  .723|  28  .276  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1953 32 BOS AL    3    2    1  13.4   107| .500  .276| .500  .352| .500  .406|1.000  .758| 165  .882   0.2   0.0   0%
 1957 36 CIN NL    3    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .276| .333  .340| .000  .426| .333  .766|  -2  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       136  107    9   2.2   107| .208  .273| .258  .360| .217  .397| .475  .757|  26  .216 -13.2  -1.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1948 27 TOT AL   P   32      3   21    0    0 1.000  .964  0.75  0.91  1.51  2.02   23  143.3
         CLE AL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.92  1.59  1.99    3   11.3
         SLB AL   P   26      3   19    0    0 1.000  .965  0.85  0.91  1.50  2.02   20  132.0
 1949 28 SLB AL   P   48      4   23    3    0  .900  .961  0.56  1.01  1.58  2.12   16  153.7
 1950 29 SLB AL   P    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.00  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1951 30 SLB AL   P   19      3   14    1    2  .944  .955  0.89  0.99  2.73  2.07    5   56.0
 1952 31 CHW AL   P   47      5    8    1    1  .929  .963  0.28  1.03  1.65  2.10    1   70.7
 1953 32 BOS AL   P   16      2    3    2    0  .714  .962  0.31  0.88  1.85  1.96    0   24.3
 1956 35 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1957 36 CIN NL   P    8      0    3    0    1 1.000  .968  0.38  0.82  2.13  2.06    0   12.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1948 27 TOT AL   P   32      3   21    0    0 1.000  .964  0.75  0.91  1.51  2.02   23  143.3
         CLE AL   P    6      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.33  0.92  1.59  1.99    3   11.3
         SLB AL   P   26      3   19    0    0 1.000  .965  0.85  0.91  1.50  2.02   20  132.0
 1949 28 SLB AL   P   48      4   23    3    0  .900  .961  0.56  1.01  1.58  2.12   16  153.7
 1950 29 SLB AL   P    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.00  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1951 30 SLB AL   P   19      3   14    1    2  .944  .955  0.89  0.99  2.73  2.07    5   56.0
 1952 31 CHW AL   P   47      5    8    1    1  .929  .963  0.28  1.03  1.65  2.10    1   70.7
 1953 32 BOS AL   P   16      2    3    2    0  .714  .962  0.31  0.88  1.85  1.96    0   24.3
 1956 35 CIN NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.80  0.00  2.25    0    2.0
 1957 36 CIN NL   P    8      0    3    0    1 1.000  .968  0.38  0.82  2.13  2.06    0   12.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 172     17   72    8    4  .918  .961  0.52  0.97  1.72  2.07   45  464.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       172     17   72    8    4  .918  .961  0.52  0.97  1.72  2.07   45    465

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1949 AL-48-4
1952 AL-47-1

Saves
1952 AL-5-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1948 AL-117-5

Wild Pitches
1948 AL-5-10

Hit Batsmen
1948 AL-5-8

Games Finished
1952 AL-24-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1939 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
July, 1941: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain) in an unknown transaction.
Before 1947 Season: Sent from the Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain) to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.
November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox in the 1947 rule 5 draft.
June 15, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Sam Zoldak.
March 13, 1952: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.
February 9, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Marv Grissom to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens.
Before 1955 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle (PCL) in an unknown transaction.
Before 1956 Season: Obtained by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Seattle (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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