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Junior Kennedy
Junior Raymond Kennedy

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

Debut August 9, 1974
  vs. NYM 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 17, 1983
Born August 9, 1950 in Fort Gibson, OK

Brother of Jim Kennedy

Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1974 23 CIN NL  22   19    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   6   4  .158  .360  .158   50    3   0   0   1   0   1
 1978 27 CIN NL  89  157   22   40   2  2   0   11   4  1  31  28  .255  .381  .293   92   46   1   0   2   1   4
 1979 28 CIN NL  83  220   29   60   7  0   1   17   4  3  28  31  .273  .355  .318   85   70   2   0   0   0   4
 1980 29 CIN NL 104  337   31   88  16  3   1   34   3  1  36  34  .261  .325  .335   85  113   4   8   6   0   5
 1981 30 CIN NL  27   44    5   11   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   5  .250  .255  .273   49   12   0   2   0   0   0
 1982 31 CHC NL 105  242   22   53   3  1   2   25   1  4  21  34  .219  .278  .264   52   64   5   3   1   0   9
 1983 32 CHC NL  17   22    3    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   1   6  .136  .167  .136  -16    3   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      447 1041  114  258  29  6   4   95  12  9 124 142  .248  .325  .299   74  311  12  14  10   1  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        377   41   94  11  2   1   34   4  3  45  51  .248  .325  .299   74  113   4   5   4   0   9
 Career High    105  337   31   88  16  3   2   34   4  4  36  34  .261  .325  .335   85  113   5   8   6   1   9
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1974 23 CIN NL   25   17    1   1.6    94| .158  .261| .360  .333| .158  .377| .518  .710|  50  .141  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1978 27 CIN NL  190  123   20   4.4    95| .255  .262| .381  .330| .293  .385| .674  .715|  92  .518  -0.3   0.0  80%
 1979 28 CIN NL  250  169   26   4.1   100| .273  .270| .355  .336| .318  .401| .673  .737|  85  .471  -3.7  -0.4  57%
 1980 29 CIN NL  385  267   39   4.0    96| .261  .268| .325  .330| .335  .389| .660  .719|  85  .468  -5.6  -0.6  75%
 1981 30 CIN NL   47   35    3   2.3    93| .250  .265| .255  .330| .273  .379| .528  .710|  49  .259  -2.9  -0.3   0%
 1982 31 CHC NL  271  210   17   2.2    96| .219  .268| .278  .331| .264  .389| .542  .720|  52  .231 -16.0  -1.7  20%
 1983 32 CHC NL   24   22    0   0.0   100| .136  .268| .167  .337| .136  .397| .303  .734| -16  .000  -3.6  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1192  843  106   3.4    97| .248  .267| .325  .332| .299  .390| .624  .722|  74  .397 -33.0  -3.5  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1974 23 CIN NL 2B 17 10 10 2 1 .909 .971 1.18 4.64 3.75 5.48 1 48.0 3B 5 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.64 3.00 3.04 3 24.0 1978 27 CIN NL 2B 71 94 138 5 27 .979 .977 3.27 4.34 5.07 5.30 41 411.7 3B 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.52 2.40 3.00 1 15.0 1979 28 CIN NL 2B 59 95 144 5 28 .980 .979 4.05 4.55 5.20 5.42 41 414.0 SS 5 10 16 0 2 1.000 .967 5.20 4.50 5.20 5.00 5 45.0 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.50 1.80 2.88 0 10.0 1980 29 CIN NL 2B 103 200 303 6 53 .988 .980 4.88 4.71 5.39 5.49 92 839.3 1981 30 CIN NL 2B 16 21 27 1 8 .980 .982 3.00 4.72 5.27 5.52 8 82.0 3B 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.48 2.05 2.84 3 26.3 1982 31 CHC NL 2B 71 109 160 6 25 .978 .978 3.79 4.75 5.90 5.42 38 410.0 SS 28 28 60 6 10 .936 .967 3.14 4.38 4.34 5.01 18 182.3 3B 7 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 1.29 2.43 2.02 2.77 4 40.0 1983 32 CHC NL 2B 7 11 17 0 3 1.000 .979 4.00 4.46 5.77 5.33 4 43.7 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 8.0 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 CIN NL 2B 17 10 10 2 1 .909 .971 1.18 4.64 3.75 5.48 1 48.0 1978 27 CIN NL 2B 71 94 138 5 27 .979 .977 3.27 4.34 5.07 5.30 41 411.7 1979 28 CIN NL 2B 59 95 144 5 28 .980 .979 4.05 4.55 5.20 5.42 41 414.0 1980 29 CIN NL 2B 103 200 303 6 53 .988 .980 4.88 4.71 5.39 5.49 92 839.3 1981 30 CIN NL 2B 16 21 27 1 8 .980 .982 3.00 4.72 5.27 5.52 8 82.0 1982 31 CHC NL 2B 71 109 160 6 25 .978 .978 3.79 4.75 5.90 5.42 38 410.0 1983 32 CHC NL 2B 7 11 17 0 3 1.000 .979 4.00 4.46 5.77 5.33 4 43.7 1974 23 CIN NL 3B 5 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 2.64 3.00 3.04 3 24.0 1978 27 CIN NL 3B 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.52 2.40 3.00 1 15.0 1979 28 CIN NL 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 2.50 1.80 2.88 0 10.0 1981 30 CIN NL 3B 5 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 2.48 2.05 2.84 3 26.3 1982 31 CHC NL 3B 7 1 8 0 0 1.000 .947 1.29 2.43 2.02 2.77 4 40.0 1983 32 CHC NL 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 8.0 1979 28 CIN NL SS 5 10 16 0 2 1.000 .967 5.20 4.50 5.20 5.00 5 45.0 1982 31 CHC NL SS 28 28 60 6 10 .936 .967 3.14 4.38 4.34 5.01 18 182.3 1983 32 CHC NL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.20 4.50 4.95 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 344 540 799 25 145 .982 .979 3.89 4.61 5.36 5.43 225 2248.7 SS* 34 39 76 6 12 .950 .967 3.38 4.39 4.51 5.01 23 229.3 3B* 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 .951 1.00 2.48 2.12 2.87 11 123.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 407 586 897 31 158 .980 .977 3.64 4.44 5.13 5.27 259 2601
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.

Sac. Flies
1980 NL-8-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (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 7, 1968: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft.

December 4, 1973: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Bill Wood (minors) and Merv Rettenmund to the Cincinnati Reds for Ross Grimsley and Wally Williams (minors).

Before 1977 Season: Sent from the Cincinnati Reds to the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.

October 20, 1977: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the San Francisco Giants.

October 23, 1981: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cincinnati Reds for $50,000.

August 1, 1983: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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