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Monte Kennedy
Montia Calvin Kennedy

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 2", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 18, 1946
Final Game September 12, 1953
Born May 11, 1922 in Amelia, VA
Died March 1, 1997 in Midlothian, VA

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 24 NYG NL   9  10  38  27  10   1   4  1  186.7  153   80   71  14  116   71   4   5   814       1  3.42  3.45  101 1.441
 1947 25 NYG NL   9  12  34  24   9   0   4  0  148.3  158   90   80   8   88   60   4   7   680       0  4.85  4.07   84 1.658
 1948 26 NYG NL   3   9  25  16   7   1   3  0  114.3  118   64   51  10   57   63   3   3   510       0  4.01  3.95   99 1.531
 1949 27 NYG NL  12  14  38  32  14   4   1  1  223.3  208  105   85  13  100   95   3   2   969       1  3.43  4.00  117 1.379
 1950 28 NYG NL   5   4  36  17   5   0  10  2  114.3  120   65   60  14   53   41   3   3   513       1  4.72  4.10   87 1.513
 1951 29 NYG NL   1   2  29   5   1   0  12  0   68.0   68   25   17   0   31   22   0   1   286       0  2.25  3.92  174 1.456
 1952 30 NYG NL   3   4  31   6   2   1   9  0   83.3   73   37   28   6   31   48   2   0   355       0  3.02  3.69  122 1.248
 1953 31 NYG NL   0   0  18   0   0   0  10  0   22.7   30   18   18   2   19   11   1   2   113       0  7.15  4.32   60 2.162
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .433  42  55 249 127  48   7  53  4  961.0  928  484  410  67  495  411  20  23  4240       3  3.84  3.88  101 1.481
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  45  22   8   1   9  0  173.7  167   87   74  12   89   74   3   4   766   0   0  3.84  3.88  101 1.481
 Career High     12  14  38  32  14   4  12  2  223.3  208  105   85  14  116   95   4   7   969   0   1  2.25  4.10  174 1.248

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 24 NYG NL  38   64    3   15   4  0   0    8   0      1  19  .234  .258  .297   56   19   2           1   0
 1947 25 NYG NL  34   48    6    8   0  0   0    6   0      3   9  .167  .216  .167    2    8   1           0   1
 1948 26 NYG NL  26   31    4    4   0  0   0    2   0      3   8  .129  .206  .129   -8    4   2           0   1
 1949 27 NYG NL  39   83    6   12   1  0   1    8   0      4  20  .145  .184  .193    1   16   5           0   0
 1950 28 NYG NL  36   36    4    2   0  0   0    1   0      0   6  .056  .081  .056  -63    2   2           1   0
 1951 29 NYG NL  29   15    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .200  .200  .267   24    4   3           0   0
 1952 30 NYG NL  34   22    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .091  .091  .091  -50    2   1           0   0
 1953 31 NYG NL  19    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      255  301   25   46   6  0   1   26   0  0  11  77  .153  .188  .183    1   55  16   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        191   16   29   4  0   1   17   0  0   7  49  .153  .188  .183    1   35  10   0   0   1   1
 Career High     39   83    6   15   4  0   1    8   0  0   4  20                          19   5   0   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 24 NYG NL   68   51    5   2.6    93| .234  .264| .258  .339| .297  .369| .555  .708|  56  .312  -3.8  -0.4     
 1947 25 NYG NL   52   42    2   1.3   107| .167  .275| .216  .351| .167  .408| .383  .759|   2  .085  -6.9  -0.7     
 1948 26 NYG NL   36   30    1   0.9   103| .129  .270| .206  .345| .129  .400| .335  .744|  -8  .049  -4.8  -0.5     
 1949 27 NYG NL   92   76    3   1.1   104| .145  .270| .184  .344| .193  .405| .377  .749|   1  .064 -12.0  -1.2     
 1950 28 NYG NL   39   36    0   0.0   109| .056  .271| .081  .348| .056  .420| .137  .768| -63  .000  -8.8  -0.9     
 1951 29 NYG NL   18   15    1   1.8   104| .200  .269| .200  .343| .267  .407| .467  .750|  24  .155  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1952 30 NYG NL   23   21    0   0.0    98| .091  .263| .091  .336| .091  .391| .182  .727| -50  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1953 31 NYG NL    2    2    0   0.0   112| .000  .276| .000  .348| .000  .431| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       330  273   12   1.2   102| .153  .269| .188  .344| .183  .398| .371  .742|   1  .080 -43.0  -4.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 24 NYG NL P 38 10 35 2 2 .957 .959 1.18 1.01 2.17 2.24 27 186.7 1947 25 NYG NL P 34 7 26 1 1 .971 .965 0.97 0.91 2.00 2.12 24 148.3 1948 26 NYG NL P 25 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.80 0.91 1.57 2.11 16 114.3 1949 27 NYG NL P 38 2 30 2 4 .941 .952 0.84 0.91 1.29 2.04 32 223.3 1950 28 NYG NL P 36 5 20 1 2 .962 .962 0.69 0.97 1.97 2.12 17 114.3 1951 29 NYG NL P 29 4 13 2 0 .895 .960 0.59 0.96 2.25 2.14 5 68.0 1952 30 NYG NL P 31 6 15 1 4 .955 .955 0.68 0.98 2.27 2.18 6 83.3 1953 31 NYG NL P 18 2 4 0 2 1.000 .952 0.33 0.87 2.38 2.06 0 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 24 NYG NL P 38 10 35 2 2 .957 .959 1.18 1.01 2.17 2.24 27 186.7 1947 25 NYG NL P 34 7 26 1 1 .971 .965 0.97 0.91 2.00 2.12 24 148.3 1948 26 NYG NL P 25 3 17 1 0 .952 .962 0.80 0.91 1.57 2.11 16 114.3 1949 27 NYG NL P 38 2 30 2 4 .941 .952 0.84 0.91 1.29 2.04 32 223.3 1950 28 NYG NL P 36 5 20 1 2 .962 .962 0.69 0.97 1.97 2.12 17 114.3 1951 29 NYG NL P 29 4 13 2 0 .895 .960 0.59 0.96 2.25 2.14 5 68.0 1952 30 NYG NL P 31 6 15 1 4 .955 .955 0.68 0.98 2.27 2.18 6 83.3 1953 31 NYG NL P 18 2 4 0 2 1.000 .952 0.33 0.87 2.38 2.06 0 22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 249 39 160 10 15 .952 .959 0.80 0.95 1.86 2.13 127 961.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 249 39 160 10 15 .952 .959 0.80 0.95 1.86 2.13 127 961
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   2   1   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1946 NL-7.38-1
1949 NL-8.38-4

Games Started
1946 NL-27-9
1949 NL-32-6

Comp. Games
1949 NL-14-10

Shutouts
1949 NL-4-5

Home Runs Allow.
1946 NL-14-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1946 NL-116-1
1947 NL-88-6
1949 NL-100-3

Losses
1947 NL-12-8
1949 NL-14-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1946 NL-71-7

Wild Pitches
1946 NL-5-3
1947 NL-7-2

Hit Batsmen
1946 NL-4-8
1947 NL-4-6

Batters Faced
1949 NL-969-8

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 9 (1500) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1600) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1944 Season: Obtained by the New York Giants from the Richmond (Piedmont) as part of a minor league working agreement.


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