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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	4	Apr 17 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-14	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	9 (4)	Apr 22	BAL		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
4	10	Apr 23	BAL		WSH	W,3-0	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	11	Apr 24 (1)	BAL		WSH	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
6	15 (3)	Apr 29	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	17 (1)	May 1 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,9-8	CG	54	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
8	18	May 1 (2)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
9	19	May 3	BAL	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
10	25 (5)	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,11-1	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
11	26	May 11	BAL		KCA	L,0-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
12	27	May 12	BAL		CHW	L,2-6	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
13	31 (3)	May 18	BAL		DET	L,3-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
14	34 (2)	May 22 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
15	35	May 22 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS	41	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	RF 1B
16	36	May 24	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
17	37	May 25 (1)	BAL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
18	38	May 25 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
19	39	May 26	BAL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
20	40	May 27	BAL		NYY	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox
21	43	Jun 2	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	51 (7)	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
24	54 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
25	56 (1)	Jun 17	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
26	57	Jun 18	CHW	@	NYY	W,6-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
27	66 (8)	Jun 26 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
28	68 (1)	Jun 29	CHW		DET	L,2-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
29	69	Jun 30	CHW		DET	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	71 (1)	Jul 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	31	7.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
31	72	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,9-14	GF	23	4.0	2	1	0	3	2	3B
32	75 (2)	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
33	76	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,12-1	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
34	78 (1)	Jul 9	CHW		CLE	W,6-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
35	81 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,13-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR 3B
36	86 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	87	Jul 18	CHW		BAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
38	88	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	90 (1)	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	GS	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF 3B
40	91	Jul 22	CHW		BOS	W,10-7	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
41	92	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	L,7-9	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	93	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	94	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
44	96 (1)	Jul 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
45	100 (3)	Jul 31 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
46	101	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	106 (4)	Aug 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	BAL	T,2-2	GS	44	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	RF 3B
49	108	Aug 9	CHW	@	KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
50	109	Aug 10	CHW	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
51	110	Aug 11	CHW	@	KCA	W,14-1	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
52	111	Aug 12	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 3B
53	112	Aug 13	CHW	@	DET	L,8-9	GS	46	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF 3B
54	113	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	114	Aug 16	CHW		KCA	W,5-4	GS	48	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF 3B
56	115	Aug 18 (1)	CHW		KCA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
57	117 (1)	Aug 19	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	118	Aug 20	CHW		DET	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
59	120 (1)	Aug 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
60	121	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
61	123 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BAL	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
62	124	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	125	Aug 25	CHW		WSH	L,1-6	GS	37	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
64	126	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	128 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
66	129	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
67	130	Aug 30	CHW		BOS	W,7-5	GS	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF 3B
68	131	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	132	Sep 2	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 3B
70	133	Sep 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	134	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	GF	36	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
72	136 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
73	137	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B 3B
74	140 (2)	Sep 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
75	141	Sep 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
76	142	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
77	143	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-2	GS	31	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
78	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
79	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,9-6	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
80	146	Sep 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	GF	16	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
81	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-0	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 3B
82	148	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCA	L,7-13	GS	36	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
83	149	Sep 17	CHW	@	KCA	W,12-8	CG	50	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	151 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
85	152	Sep 21	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
86	153	Sep 23	CHW		KCA	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	154	Sep 24	CHW		KCA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
							99gm		606.1	131	78	7	216	17