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Joe Kennedy

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 225 lb.

Debut June 6, 2001
  vs. TOR 5.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W
Born May 24, 1979 in LaMesa, CA
Died November 23, 2007 in Bradenton, FL

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 8th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1998. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 22 TBD AL   7   8  20  20   0   0   0  0  117.7  122   63   58  16   34   78   3   5   498   0   1  4.44  4.48  101 1.326
 2002 23 TBD AL   8  11  30  30   5   1   0  0  196.7  204  114   99  23   55  109  16   4   840   0   0  4.53  4.42   98 1.317
 2003 24 TBD AL   3  12  32  22   1   1   7  1  133.7  167  101   91  19   47   77  11   3   619   1   1  6.13  4.39   72 1.601
 2004 25 COL NL   9   7  27  27   1   0   0  0  162.3  163   68   66  17   67  117   8   5   705  12   0  3.66  4.92  134 1.417
 2005 26 TOT      8  13  35  24   0   0   3  0  152.7  192  114  102  20   64   97   7   8   704   6   1  6.01  4.61   77 1.677
         COL NL   4   8  16  16   0   0   0  0   92.0  128   81   72  12   44   52   6   7   442   4   1  7.04  4.78   68 1.870
         OAK AL   4   5  19   8   0   0   3  0   60.7   64   33   30   8   20   45   1   1   262   2   0  4.45  4.36   98 1.385
 2006 27 OAK AL   4   1  39   0   0   0   8  1   35.0   34   10    9   1   13   29   1   2   148   3   0  2.31  4.43  191 1.343
 2007 28 TOT      4   9  39  16   0   0   6  0  110.7  119   66   59   9   55   51   9   9   501   1   0  4.80  4.23   88 1.572
         TOT AL   4   9  36  16   0   0   6  0  108.0  115   59   53   9   53   50   5   7   482   1   0  4.42  4.22   95 1.556
         OAK AL   3   9  27  16   0   0   4  0  101.0  109   53   49   9   48   42   5   7   450   1   0  4.37  4.20   96 1.554
         ARI NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    2.7    4    7    6   0    2    1   4   2    19   0   0 20.25  4.70   23 2.250
         TOR AL   1   0   9   0   0   0   2  0    7.0    6    6    4   0    5    8   0   0    32   0   0  5.14  4.47   87 1.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .413  43  61 222 139   7   2  24  2  908.7 1001  536  484 105  335  558  55  36  4015  23   3  4.79  4.52   94 1.470
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  11  41  26   1   0   4  0  171.0  188  100   91  19   63  105  10   6   756   4   0  4.79  4.52   94 1.470
 Career High      9  13  39  30   5   1   8  1  196.7  204  114  102  23   67  117  16   9   840  12   1  3.66  4.92  134 1.317

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 22 TBD AL   2    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   34    1   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 23 TBD AL   2    7    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .429  .429  .429  133    3   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 25 COL NL  25   48    2    6   1  1   0    4   0  0   2  14  .125  .160  .188  -15    9   4   0   0   0   0
 2005 26 TOT     35   29    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .172  .200  .172   -5    5   5   0   0   0   1
         COL NL  16   29    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   8  .172  .200  .172   -5    5   5   0   0   0   1
 2007 28 TOT      5    3    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .667  164    2   0   0   0   0   0
         OAK AL   2    3    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .667  164    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      140   91    6   16   2  1   0    8   0  0   3  25  .176  .202  .220    6   20   9   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        105    7   19   2  1   0    9   0  0   3  29  .176  .202  .220    6   23  10   0   0   0   1
 Career High     39   48    2    6   1  1   0    4   0  0   2  14                           9   5   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 22 TBD AL    4    3    0   0.0   105| .250  .265| .250  .332| .250  .425| .500  .757|  34  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 2002 23 TBD AL    7    4    1   6.7   103| .429  .261| .429  .328| .429  .419| .858  .747| 133  .635   0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 25 COL NL   54   46    2   1.2   122| .125  .284| .160  .358| .188  .461| .348  .819| -15  .065  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 2005 26 TOT      35   30    1   0.9   118| .172  .282| .200  .354| .172  .449| .372  .804|  -5  .043  -4.9  -0.5   0%
         COL NL   35   30    1   0.9   118| .172  .282| .200  .354| .172  .449| .372  .804|  -5  .043  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 2007 28 TOT       3    2    1  13.3   101| .333  .263| .333  .329| .667  .410|1.000  .739| 164  .855   0.3   0.0   0%
         OAK AL    3    2    1  13.4   101| .333  .263| .333  .329| .667  .410|1.000  .739| 164  .856   0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       103   85    5   1.6   118| .176  .280| .202  .353| .220  .451| .422  .803|   6  .109 -13.7  -1.4   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
2001 22 TBD AL P 20 8 14 0 2 1.000 .957 1.10 0.49 1.68 1.75 20 117.7 2002 23 TBD AL P 30 10 21 10 2 .756 .957 1.03 0.48 1.42 1.69 30 196.7 2003 24 TBD AL P 32 13 20 1 1 .971 .957 1.03 0.49 2.22 1.73 22 133.7 2004 25 COL NL P 27 9 33 4 1 .913 .966 1.56 0.47 2.33 1.84 27 162.3 2005 26 TOT P 35 5 17 2 0 .917 .957 0.63 0.46 1.30 1.73 24 152.7 COL NL P 16 3 11 2 0 .875 .959 0.88 0.46 1.37 1.75 16 92.0 OAK AL P 19 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.46 1.19 1.69 8 60.7 2006 27 OAK AL P 39 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.10 0.41 1.03 1.57 0 35.0 2007 28 TOT P 39 2 20 5 1 .815 .957 0.56 0.42 1.79 1.60 16 110.7 TOT AL P 36 2 20 4 1 .846 .957 0.61 0.42 1.83 1.60 16 108.0 OAK AL P 27 2 19 4 1 .840 .955 0.78 0.42 1.87 1.60 16 101.0 ARI NL P 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 TOR AL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.42 1.29 1.54 0 7.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 22 TBD AL P 20 8 14 0 2 1.000 .957 1.10 0.49 1.68 1.75 20 117.7 2002 23 TBD AL P 30 10 21 10 2 .756 .957 1.03 0.48 1.42 1.69 30 196.7 2003 24 TBD AL P 32 13 20 1 1 .971 .957 1.03 0.49 2.22 1.73 22 133.7 2004 25 COL NL P 27 9 33 4 1 .913 .966 1.56 0.47 2.33 1.84 27 162.3 2005 26 TOT P 35 5 17 2 0 .917 .957 0.63 0.46 1.30 1.73 24 152.7 COL NL P 16 3 11 2 0 .875 .959 0.88 0.46 1.37 1.75 16 92.0 OAK AL P 19 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.46 1.19 1.69 8 60.7 2006 27 OAK AL P 39 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.10 0.41 1.03 1.57 0 35.0 2007 28 TOT P 39 2 20 5 1 .815 .957 0.56 0.42 1.79 1.60 16 110.7 TOT AL P 36 2 20 4 1 .846 .957 0.61 0.42 1.83 1.60 16 108.0 OAK AL P 27 2 19 4 1 .840 .955 0.78 0.42 1.87 1.60 16 101.0 ARI NL P 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.40 0.00 1.67 0 2.7 TOR AL P 9 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.11 0.42 1.29 1.54 0 7.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 222 48 128 22 8 .889 .959 0.79 0.45 1.74 1.72 139 908.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 222 48 128 22 8 .889 .959 0.79 0.45 1.74 1.72 139 909
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   ALCS  OAK DET     L   4   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3.2   2   0   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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.

Comp. Games
2002 AL-5-2

Shutouts
2002 AL-1-9
2003 AL-1-6

Earned Runs Allow.
2002 AL-99-9

Hit Batsmen
2002 AL-16-2
2003 AL-11-8

Adjusted ERA+
2004 NL-134-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1942) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1766) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1998: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 8th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 2, 1998.

December 14, 2003: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Colorado Rockies. The Colorado Rockies sent Justin Speier to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mark Hendrickson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

July 13, 2005: Traded by the Colorado Rockies with Jay Witasick to the Oakland Athletics for Eric Byrnes and Omar Quintanilla.

August 4, 2007: Selected off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Oakland Athletics.

August 15, 2007: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

August 28, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Tampa Bay Devil Rays$225,000
2003Tampa Bay Devil Rays$300,000
2004Colorado Rockies$320,000
2005Colorado Rockies$2,200,000
2006Oakland Athletics$2,400,000
2007Oakland Athletics$2,800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$8,245,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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