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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 19	CHW		CLE	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
3	3	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCA	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	CHW	@	KCA	L,1-15	GS	24	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	7 (2)	May 1	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
6	10 (2)	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Detroit Tigers
7	25	May 16	DET		BOS	L,2-4	GS	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
8	26	May 18	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	27	May 19	DET		BAL	L,4-5	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	28	May 20 (1)	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
11	29	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
12	30	May 22	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
13	31	May 23	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
14	37 (5)	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	LF
15	38	May 30 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,11-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	39	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	40	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	41	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	LF
19	42	Jun 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	43	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,14-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	44	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	48 (3)	Jun 10 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	49	Jun 10 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,9-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	50	Jun 11	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
25	51	Jun 12	DET	@	BAL	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
26	52	Jun 13	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	55 (2)	Jun 17	DET		BOS	L,2-13	GF	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
28	60 (4)	Jun 24 (1)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
29	61	Jun 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
30	62	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
31	63	Jun 26	DET		WSH	T,2-2	CG	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	64	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	65	Jun 28	DET	@	KCA	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
34	66	Jun 29	DET	@	KCA	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
35	67	Jun 30	DET	@	KCA	W,14-2	GF	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	68	Jul 1	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 3B
37	74 (5)	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	L,0-14	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	75	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,12-8	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	76	Jul 8 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,17-5	GF	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
40	80 (3)	Jul 14	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	81	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	2	7	1	3B
42	82	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
43	89 (6)	Jul 22	DET	@	BOS	L,6-8	GF	25	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
44	91 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	DET		BAL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
45	93 (1)	Jul 26	DET		BAL	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
46	94	Jul 27	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
47	96 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-0	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	97	Jul 29 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	101 (3)	Aug 2	DET		BOS	L,3-18	GF	12	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	PR 3B
50	108 (6)	Aug 9	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GF	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
51	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	113 (3)	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	3B
53	114	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
54	115	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
55	117 (1)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	118	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
57	119	Aug 21	DET	@	WSH	W,8-3	GF	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
58	120	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	121	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
60	122	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	125 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF 3B
62	126	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							63gm		432.1	91	43	12	146	5