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John Kennedy
John Edward Kennedy

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 5, 1962
  vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 16, 1974
Born May 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 21 WSA AL  14   42    6   11   0  1   1    2   0  1   2   7  .262  .295  .381   81   16   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 22 WSA AL  36   62    3   11   1  1   0    4   2  0   6  22  .177  .261  .226   38   14   0   0   0   1   2
 1964 23 WSA AL 148  482   55  111  16  4   7   35   3  3  29 119  .230  .280  .324   68  156   4   1   2   5  15
 1965 24 LAD NL 104  105   12   18   3  0   1    5   1  0   8  33  .171  .243  .229   38   24   5   0   1   2   3
 1966 25 LAD NL 125  274   15   55   9  2   3   24   1  2  10  64  .201  .241  .281   50   77   4   1   1   5   5
 1967 26 NYY AL  78  179   22   35   4  0   1   17   2  1  17  35  .196  .265  .235   52   42   8   3   0   1   4
 1969 28 SEP AL  61  128   18   30   3  1   4   14   4  0  14  25  .234  .315  .367   93   47   2   0   1   1   3
 1970 29 TOT AL  68  184   23   47   9  1   6   23   0  1  11  23  .255  .299  .413   91   76   3   1   1   1   4
         MIL AL  25   55    8   14   2  0   2    6   0  1   5   9  .255  .317  .400   97   22   2   0   0   0   2
         BOS AL  43  129   15   33   7  1   4   17   0  0   6  14  .256  .292  .419   88   54   1   1   1   1   2
 1971 30 BOS AL  74  272   41   75  12  5   5   22   1  1  14  42  .276  .320  .412  100  112   5   1   0   4   4
 1972 31 BOS AL  71  212   22   52  11  1   2   22   0  1  18  40  .245  .311  .335   88   71   2   2   4   3   3
 1973 32 BOS AL  67  155   17   28   9  1   1   16   0  0  12  45  .181  .246  .271   42   42   3   2   0   2   3
 1974 33 BOS AL  10   15    3    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   1   6  .133  .188  .333   43    5   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     856 2110  237  475  77 17  32  185  14 10 142 461  .225  .281  .323   70  682  36  11  10  25  48
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        399   45   90  15  3   6   35   3  2  27  87  .225  .281  .323   70  129   7   2   2   5   9
 Career High    148  482   55  111  16  5   7   35   4  3  29 119  .276  .320  .412  100  156   8   3   4   5  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 21 WSA AL   44   32    5   4.2   103| .262  .263| .295  .335| .381  .410| .676  .745|  81  .462  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1963 22 WSA AL   69   53    4   2.0    95| .177  .255| .261  .322| .226  .394| .487  .716|  38  .211  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1964 23 WSA AL  521  394   41   2.8    96| .230  .256| .280  .324| .324  .397| .604  .721|  68  .319 -21.9  -2.3  50%
 1965 24 LAD NL  120   95    6   1.7    88| .171  .250| .243  .312| .229  .378| .472  .690|  38  .165  -8.2  -0.9 100%
 1966 25 LAD NL  294  231   18   2.1    89| .201  .255| .241  .312| .281  .384| .522  .697|  50  .217 -17.9  -1.9  33%
 1967 26 NYY AL  208  160   12   2.0    80| .196  .238| .265  .306| .235  .356| .500  .662|  52  .246  -9.9  -1.1  66%
 1969 28 SEP AL  145  103   16   4.2    92| .234  .251| .315  .327| .367  .378| .682  .706|  93  .497  -1.4  -0.1 100%
 1970 29 TOT AL  200  146   22   4.0   102| .255  .264| .299  .339| .413  .403| .712  .743|  91  .473  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         MIL AL   62   46    6   3.5    98| .255  .258| .317  .332| .400  .394| .717  .726|  97  .408  -0.4   0.0   0%
         BOS AL  138  100   16   4.3   104| .256  .267| .292  .343| .419  .407| .711  .750|  88  .500  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 1971 30 BOS AL  296  208   36   4.6    99| .276  .264| .320  .337| .412  .392| .732  .729| 100  .566  -1.4  -0.1  50%
 1972 31 BOS AL  237  168   23   3.7    88| .245  .253| .311  .323| .335  .365| .646  .688|  88  .506  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1973 32 BOS AL  174  135   11   2.2    98| .181  .266| .246  .336| .271  .391| .517  .727|  42  .222 -12.3  -1.3   0%
 1974 33 BOS AL   16   15    0   0.0    95| .133  .267| .188  .333| .333  .384| .521  .717|  43  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2324 1740  194   3.0    93| .225  .256| .281  .325| .323  .386| .604  .711|  70  .360 -87.0  -9.0  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 21 WSA AL SS 9 13 25 1 4 .974 .962 4.22 4.47 4.38 4.83 9 78.0 3B 2 2 5 2 0 .778 .946 3.50 2.80 3.87 3.09 2 16.3 1963 22 WSA AL 3B 26 16 46 3 4 .954 .947 2.38 2.85 3.47 3.02 18 160.7 SS 2 3 3 1 1 .857 .968 3.00 4.55 6.00 4.80 1 9.0 1964 23 WSA AL 3B 106 97 191 18 14 .941 .955 2.72 2.76 3.42 3.03 81 758.3 SS 49 71 130 7 27 .966 .968 4.10 4.55 4.86 4.78 43 372.0 2B 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.55 4.00 5.20 1 9.0 1965 24 LAD NL 3B 95 35 64 3 5 .971 .951 1.04 2.47 2.61 2.82 21 341.7 SS 5 5 10 1 1 .938 .962 3.00 4.20 4.66 4.93 2 29.0 1966 25 LAD NL 3B 87 39 127 6 10 .965 .954 1.91 2.66 3.04 3.04 52 492.0 SS 28 37 57 2 15 .979 .964 3.36 4.43 3.99 4.96 24 212.0 2B 15 26 26 0 7 1.000 .977 3.47 4.68 4.99 5.33 10 93.7 1967 26 NYY AL SS 36 43 87 12 16 .915 .963 3.61 4.09 4.61 4.62 29 254.0 3B 34 31 64 4 5 .960 .955 2.79 2.72 3.60 3.13 24 237.3 2B 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.20 3.10 4.97 3 29.0 1969 28 SEP AL SS 33 42 45 8 11 .916 .966 2.64 4.43 5.11 4.96 14 153.3 3B 23 21 37 2 2 .967 .956 2.52 2.74 3.20 3.16 18 163.0 1970 29 TOT AL 3B 38 34 68 4 6 .962 .949 2.68 2.67 3.52 3.07 29 261.0 TOT AL 2B 18 29 37 5 8 .930 .979 3.67 4.64 4.01 5.35 16 148.3 MIL AL 2B 16 26 32 5 7 .921 .980 3.62 4.64 4.01 5.35 14 130.3 3B 5 3 3 0 2 1.000 .952 1.20 2.68 5.05 3.03 1 10.7 SS 4 5 7 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.40 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 BOS AL 3B 33 31 65 4 4 .960 .949 2.91 2.67 3.45 3.07 28 250.3 2B 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.65 4.00 5.35 2 18.0 1971 30 BOS AL 2B 37 71 76 4 16 .974 .980 3.97 4.76 4.77 5.31 31 277.3 SS 33 41 74 9 18 .927 .965 3.48 4.32 3.98 4.90 27 260.3 3B 5 2 13 0 1 1.000 .955 3.00 2.74 3.21 3.04 5 42.0 1972 31 BOS AL 2B 32 62 66 5 21 .962 .977 4.00 4.42 5.48 5.17 25 210.3 SS 27 44 65 5 13 .956 .967 4.04 4.51 4.46 4.99 22 220.0 3B 11 4 10 3 0 .824 .952 1.27 2.70 1.46 2.98 7 86.3 1973 32 BOS AL 2B 31 75 72 3 25 .980 .980 4.74 4.67 5.26 5.44 27 251.3 3B 24 17 36 3 5 .946 .950 2.21 2.68 3.06 3.00 14 156.0 DH 9 1974 33 BOS AL 2B 6 7 7 4 3 .778 .972 2.33 4.57 4.85 5.37 1 26.0 3B 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.77 2.25 3.10 2 20.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 29 MIL AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1964 23 WSA AL 2B 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 .976 2.00 4.55 4.00 5.20 1 9.0 1966 25 LAD NL 2B 15 26 26 0 7 1.000 .977 3.47 4.68 4.99 5.33 10 93.7 1967 26 NYY AL 2B 2 9 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 4.20 3.10 4.97 3 29.0 1970 29 TOT AL 2B 18 29 37 5 8 .930 .979 3.67 4.64 4.01 5.35 16 148.3 MIL AL 2B 16 26 32 5 7 .921 .980 3.62 4.64 4.01 5.35 14 130.3 BOS AL 2B 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.65 4.00 5.35 2 18.0 1971 30 BOS AL 2B 37 71 76 4 16 .974 .980 3.97 4.76 4.77 5.31 31 277.3 1972 31 BOS AL 2B 32 62 66 5 21 .962 .977 4.00 4.42 5.48 5.17 25 210.3 1973 32 BOS AL 2B 31 75 72 3 25 .980 .980 4.74 4.67 5.26 5.44 27 251.3 1974 33 BOS AL 2B 6 7 7 4 3 .778 .972 2.33 4.57 4.85 5.37 1 26.0 1962 21 WSA AL 3B 2 2 5 2 0 .778 .946 3.50 2.80 3.87 3.09 2 16.3 1963 22 WSA AL 3B 26 16 46 3 4 .954 .947 2.38 2.85 3.47 3.02 18 160.7 1964 23 WSA AL 3B 106 97 191 18 14 .941 .955 2.72 2.76 3.42 3.03 81 758.3 1965 24 LAD NL 3B 95 35 64 3 5 .971 .951 1.04 2.47 2.61 2.82 21 341.7 1966 25 LAD NL 3B 87 39 127 6 10 .965 .954 1.91 2.66 3.04 3.04 52 492.0 1967 26 NYY AL 3B 34 31 64 4 5 .960 .955 2.79 2.72 3.60 3.13 24 237.3 1969 28 SEP AL 3B 23 21 37 2 2 .967 .956 2.52 2.74 3.20 3.16 18 163.0 1970 29 TOT AL 3B 38 34 68 4 6 .962 .949 2.68 2.67 3.52 3.07 29 261.0 MIL AL 3B 5 3 3 0 2 1.000 .952 1.20 2.68 5.05 3.03 1 10.7 BOS AL 3B 33 31 65 4 4 .960 .949 2.91 2.67 3.45 3.07 28 250.3 1971 30 BOS AL 3B 5 2 13 0 1 1.000 .955 3.00 2.74 3.21 3.04 5 42.0 1972 31 BOS AL 3B 11 4 10 3 0 .824 .952 1.27 2.70 1.46 2.98 7 86.3 1973 32 BOS AL 3B 24 17 36 3 5 .946 .950 2.21 2.68 3.06 3.00 14 156.0 1974 33 BOS AL 3B 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 2.77 2.25 3.10 2 20.0 1973 32 BOS AL DH 9 1962 21 WSA AL SS 9 13 25 1 4 .974 .962 4.22 4.47 4.38 4.83 9 78.0 1963 22 WSA AL SS 2 3 3 1 1 .857 .968 3.00 4.55 6.00 4.80 1 9.0 1964 23 WSA AL SS 49 71 130 7 27 .966 .968 4.10 4.55 4.86 4.78 43 372.0 1965 24 LAD NL SS 5 5 10 1 1 .938 .962 3.00 4.20 4.66 4.93 2 29.0 1966 25 LAD NL SS 28 37 57 2 15 .979 .964 3.36 4.43 3.99 4.96 24 212.0 1967 26 NYY AL SS 36 43 87 12 16 .915 .963 3.61 4.09 4.61 4.62 29 254.0 1969 28 SEP AL SS 33 42 45 8 11 .916 .966 2.64 4.43 5.11 4.96 14 153.3 1970 29 MIL AL SS 4 5 7 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.40 1971 30 BOS AL SS 33 41 74 9 18 .927 .965 3.48 4.32 3.98 4.90 27 260.3 1972 31 BOS AL SS 27 44 65 5 13 .956 .967 4.04 4.51 4.46 4.99 22 220.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 455 299 665 48 52 .953 .953 2.12 2.67 273 2734.7 SS* 226 304 503 46 106 .946 .966 3.57 4.39 171 1587.7 2B* 143 280 288 21 81 .964 .979 3.97 4.62 114 1045.0 DH 9 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 825 886 1456 115 239 .953 .963 2.84 3.49
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    LAD MIN     W   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1966   WS    LAD BAL     L   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   6   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .167  .167  .167   0  1   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Strikeouts
1964 AL-119-8

HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (1594) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1964: Traded by the Washington Senators with Claude Osteen and $100,000 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later, Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, and Ken McMullen. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Dick Nen (December 15, 1964) to the Washington Senators to complete the trade.

April 3, 1967: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Jack Cullen, John Miller, and $25,000.

November 13, 1968: Purchased by the Seattle Pilots from the New York Yankees.

June 26, 1970: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 24, 1974: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


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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