Bob Kennedy

Positions: Rightfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 193lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 18, 1920 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 7, 2005 in Mesa, AZ

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, AZ

High School: Morgan Park HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 14, 1939 (Age 19-027d, 8,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 37-042d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Daniel Kennedy

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Relatives: Father of Terry Kennedy

1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

4624

1176

.254

514

RBI

514

OBP

.309

SLG

.355

OPS

.665

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 63 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 7 tying, 17 go ahead

5 Tms
CLE	28
CHW	24
BAL	6
DET	4
BRO	1

Platoon
vs RHP	34
vs LHP	29

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	31

Outs
2	23
0	21
1	18
Unk	1

8 Opps
PHA/KCA	12
WSH	10
BOS	10
NYY	9
DET	7
BAL/SLB	7
CHW	7
NYG	1

54 Pitchers
Allie Reynolds	2
Sam Zoldak	2
Alex Kellner	2
Erv Palica	2
Lou Brissie	2
Mickey Harris	2
Eddie Lopat	2
Fred Hutchinson	2
Mickey Haefner	2
Denny Galehouse	1
Ray Scarborough	1
Gus Keriazakos	1
Don Larsen	1
Mel Parnell	1
Tex Hughson	1
Bob Turley	1
Rubén Gómez	1
Joe Murray	1
Spud Chandler	1
Al Benton	1
Jim Konstanty	1
Chuck Stobbs	1
Billy Pierce	1
Morrie Martin	1
Johnny Niggeling	1
Lefty Grove	1
Connie Grob	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Lynn Nelson	1
Jack Harshman	1
Dick Welteroth	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Willard Nixon	1
Bob Keegan	1
Ted Gray	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Bob Cain	1
Frank Lary	1
Bob Chakales	1
George Caster	1
Hal Griggs	1
Tommy Byrne	1
Hal Brown	1
Bob Kuzava	1
Dean Stone	1
Randy Gumpert	1
Bob Grim	1
Jesse Flores	1
Bill Wight	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Dick Fowler	1
Bill Henry	1
Lou Sleater	1
Jim Wilson	1

10 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	17
ClevelandStd (CLE)	14
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	5
GriffithStad (WAS)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	34
8	2
78	2

3 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	61
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	11
12-	6
123	3
-2-	3
--3	2
1-3	2

104 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	35
1 on	16
2 on	8
3 on	3
Any on	27

Inning
1	10
2	5
3	7
4	2
5	7
6	7
7	10
8	4
9	11

1-3	22
4-6	16
7-end	25

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	6
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	13
-1	8
-2	10
-3	1
-4..	10

Ahead	21
Tied	13
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	33
3B	19
LF	10
CF	1

OrderPos
7th	19
5th	11
6th	11
2nd	9
4th	6
8th	3
3rd	2
1st	2

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	18
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1940-05-01	CHW	@	BOS	Lefty Grove	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.089	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1940-07-03	CHW	@	DET	Lynn Nelson	ahead 10-3	t 9	1	1--	2	8	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Tresh Scores
3	3	3	1	1940-07-24	CHW		BOS	Denny Galehouse	ahead 4-1	b 1	2	1--	2	8	5	0.104	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Tresh Scores
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1941-09-06 (2)	CHW		SLB	George Caster	ahead 3-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	7	5
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1946-05-19 (2)	CHW		WSH	Johnny Niggeling	behind 0-7	b 9	2	---	1	7	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1946-07-13 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	Bobo Newsom	behind 1-3	t 7	2	1--	2	3	7	0.310	44%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; E. Lopat Scores
7	7	3	1	1946-07-18	CHW	@	BOS	Mickey Harris	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	7	0.167	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1946-07-29	CHW		NYY	Spud Chandler	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	7	0.099	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1946-07-31	CHW		PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 0-2	b 9	0	---	1	6	7	0.101	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1947-04-23	CHW	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	behind 2-4	t 8	2	--3	2	4	9	0.317	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Appling Scores
11	11	2	1	1947-05-21	CHW	@	PHA	Jesse Flores	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	0.111	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1947-05-23	CHW	@	DET	Al Benton	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.096	37%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1947-06-23	CHW	@	WSH	Ray Scarborough	ahead 7-3	t 9	2	12-	3	6	9			IPHR
14	14	5	1	1947-09-24	CHW		DET	Fred Hutchinson	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	7
15	15	6	2	1947-09-24	CHW		DET	Fred Hutchinson	behind 3-5	b 9			1	2	7
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1949-06-07	CLE		WSH	Mickey Haefner	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	2	2	9	0.208	65%		Home Run; D. Mitchell Scores
17	17	2	1	1949-06-21	CLE	@	PHA	Lou Brissie	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	7	9	0.139	50%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1949-06-24	CLE	@	WSH	Dick Welteroth	ahead 6-1	t 7	2	-2-	2	7	9	0.024	99%		Home Run; L. Doby Scores
19	19	4	1	1949-07-29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	Tex Hughson	ahead 6-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	9	0.064	84%		Home Run
20	20	5	1	1949-08-15	CLE		DET	Hal Newhouser	behind 2-3	b 9	2	---	1	7	9	0.488	54%		Home Run
21	21	6	1	1949-08-19	CLE	@	CHW	Randy Gumpert	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	1	7	9	0.208	67%		Home Run
22	22	7	1	1949-08-24	CLE		WSH	Mickey Harris	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.144	37%		Home Run
23	23	8	1	1949-09-05 (2)	CLE		CHW	Mickey Haefner	tied 3-3	b 6	0	1-3	3	6	9	0.157	91%		Home Run; L. Doby Scores; J. Gordon Scores
24	24	9	1	1949-09-29	CLE	@	CHW	Bob Kuzava	behind 1-3	t 6	1	1-3	3	5	5	0.328	64%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; R. Boone Scores/unER; M. Vernon Scores
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1950-05-13	CLE		CHW	Bob Cain	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	2	8	0.250	86%		Home Run
26	26	2	1	1950-05-18	CLE		PHA	Lou Brissie	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	2	9	0.178	54%		Home Run
27	27	3	1	1950-05-19	CLE		BOS	Mel Parnell	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.096	62%		Home Run
28	28	4	1	1950-06-05	CLE	@	NYY	Allie Reynolds	ahead 1-0	t 6	0	---	1	2	9	0.117	77%		Home Run
29	29	5	1	1950-06-13	CLE		BOS	Chuck Stobbs	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.096	62%		Home Run
30	30	6	1	1950-06-20	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 0-6	b 5	2	---	1	2	9	0.024	6%		Home Run
31	31	7	1	1950-07-16 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	Willard Nixon	behind 7-12	t 7	1	--3	2	7	9	0.049	10%		Home Run; A. Clark Scores
32	32	8	1	1950-07-20	CLE	@	PHA	Alex Kellner	behind 1-2	t 9	1	---	1	7	9	0.340	44%		Home Run
33	33	9	1	1950-08-26	CLE	@	PHA	Joe Murray	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	12-	3	7	9	0.195	84%		Home Run; L. Easter Scores; R. Boone Scores
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1951-04-28	CLE	@	SLB	Lou Sleater	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	2	6	9	0.163	60%		Home Run; L. Doby Scores
35	35	2	1	1951-06-04	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 2-2	b 1	2	12-	3	7	9	0.251	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Easter Scores; A. Rosen Scores
36	36	3	1	1951-06-06	CLE		PHA	Alex Kellner	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.145	35%		Home Run
37	37	4	1	1951-08-28	CLE		PHA	Sam Zoldak	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	1	7	9	0.242	76%		Home Run
38	38	5	1	1951-08-30	CLE		PHA	Morrie Martin	behind 0-6	b 5	0	---	1	7	9	0.028	7%		Home Run
39	39	6	1	1951-09-11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	Sam Zoldak	behind 2-5	t 6	2	---	1	6	9	0.070	17%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	7	1	1951-09-18	CLE	@	BOS	Bill Wight	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	9	0.105	60%		Home Run
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1953-04-28	CLE		PHA	Bobby Shantz	behind 1-3	b 9	1	---	1	7	9	0.066	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	2	1	1953-07-09	CLE	@	SLB	Don Larsen	ahead 7-1	t 9	0	---	1	4	9	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	3	1	1953-08-09	CLE	@	BOS	Bill Henry	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	12-	3	1	9	0.053	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Glynn Scores; M. Garcia Scores
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1954-07-19 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	Hal Brown	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	0.040	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	2	1	1954-07-30	BAL		NYY	Allie Reynolds	ahead 3-0	b 4	2	123	4	5	7	0.097	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Waitkus Scores/unER; C. Diering Scores/unER; V. Stephens Scores/unER; B. Kennedy Scores/unER
46	46	3	1	1954-07-31	BAL		NYY	Bob Grim	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	0.194	73%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Waitkus Scores
47	47	4	1	1954-08-10	BAL	@	CHW	Bob Keegan	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	5	7	0.143	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	5	1	1954-09-17	BAL	@	CHW	Jack Harshman	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	5	0.189	66%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Durham Scores
49	49	6	1	1954-09-18	BAL	@	CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-5	t 6	2	1--	2	4	5	0.060	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Durham Scores
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1955-06-12 (2)	CHW		WSH	Bob Chakales	ahead 5-3	b 3	2	1--	2	7	5	0.135	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Lollar Scores
51	51	2	1	1955-08-06	CHW	@	BAL	Erv Palica	behind 0-6	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	0.009	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	3	1	1955-08-13	CHW	@	DET	Frank Lary	behind 1-2	t 3	1	123	4	6	9	0.286	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rivera Scores; G. Kell Scores; W. Dropo Scores
53	53	4	1	1955-08-23 (1)	CHW		BAL	Erv Palica	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	1	5	5	0.053	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	5	1	1955-08-24 (1)	CHW		BAL	Ted Gray	ahead 10-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	6	1	1955-08-28 (2)	CHW		NYY	Bob Turley	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	9	0.244	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Kell Scores; M. Miñoso Scores
56	56	7	1	1955-09-10	CHW	@	NYY	Jim Konstanty	behind 3-7	t 7	0	1--	2	5	5	0.096	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Nieman Scores
57	57	8	1	1955-09-14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	Jim Wilson	behind 0-8	t 9	1	1--	2	7	5	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Nieman Scores
58	58	9	1	1955-09-23	CHW		KCA	Gus Keriazakos	ahead 7-1	b 2	2	1--	2	6	5	0.033	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Nieman Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1956-05-20 (2)	DET		WSH	Connie Grob	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	12-	3	5	5	0.089	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Kuenn Scores/unER; A. Kaline Scores/unER; B. Kennedy Scores/unER
60	60	2	1	1956-06-01	DET	@	NYY	Tommy Byrne	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	123	4	6	7	0.195	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Kaline Scores; B. Tuttle Scores; R. Boone Scores
61	61	3	1	1956-07-14	DET	@	WSH	Hal Griggs	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	1	5	5	0.031	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	4	1	1956-07-29 (2)	DET		WSH	Dean Stone	behind 0-4	b 9	2	---	1	6	9	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1957-08-08	BRO		NYG	Rubén Gómez	behind 0-9	b 3	0	---	1	8	7	0.011	3%		Home Run (LF-CF)

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