Vern Kennedy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 20, 1907 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: January 28, 1993 in Mendon, MO

Buried: Old Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, MO

School: University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)

Debut: September 18, 1934 (Age 27-182d, 7,783rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 7.1 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 38-191d)
vs. CHC 8.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lloyd Vernon Kennedy

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

104

132

ERA

4.67

344

263

2025.2

691

WHIP

1.591

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-21 / in Starts: 9-8
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	2 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	29 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 60 PAs	0
Actual Runners on Base	30 (17-10-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 60 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
B Rosar	0

Most Driven In By
M Rocco	2
O Hockett	1
R Cullenbine	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	270	3 (2)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	271	8 (4)	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
3	272	15 (6)	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2						PR
4	273	16	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9						P
5	274	22 (5)	May 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9						P
6	275	24 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	1-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.65	-0.015	2.08	-0.03%	-0.19	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	276	36 (11)	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
8	277	43 (6)	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	3-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.15	-0.007	.30	-0.01%	-0.27	P
9	278	44	Jun 10	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	3.16	0.132	5.71	0.14%	0.36	PH
10	279	45	Jun 12	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	3		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
11	280	46	Jun 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	7-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.91	0.043	1.04	0.03%	0.23	PH P
12	281	48 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						PR
13	282	49	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	9-10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
14	283	50	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	7-GF(14)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	2.26	-0.120	4.14	-0.13%	-0.50	P
15	284	56 (5)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-6	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.313	.313	.313	.625	9						P
16	285	61 (4)	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.278	.278	.556	9	1.81	-0.134	4.97	-0.22%	-0.95	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	286	67 (5)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.263	.263	.526	9	1.49	-0.060	3.00	-0.07%	-0.44	P
18	287	71 (3)	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.26	-0.033	2.20	-0.03%	-0.21	P
19	288	75 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9						P
20	289	77 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
21	290	83 (5)	Jul 25 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.269	.538	9	.71	0.024	1.26	0.03%	0.96	P
22	291	88 (4)	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.259	.519	9	.99	-0.024	2.59	-0.04%	-0.21	P
23	292	90 (1)	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	2.23	-0.054	2.11	-0.03%	-0.21	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	293	95 (4)	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
25	294	96	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6						PR
26	295	103 (6)	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.226	.452	9	.38	-0.005	.59	-0.01%	-0.82	P
27	296	107 (3)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	13-14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.219	.438	1	2.09	-0.054	3.03	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
28	297	109 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.212	.424	9	3.57	-0.084	4.04	-0.06%	-0.70	P
29	298	112 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	2.75	0.058	.56	0.01%	0.18	P
30	299	116 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	9						P
31	300	118 (1)	Aug 26	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.244	.293	.537	9						PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	301	124 (5)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.238	.238	.286	.524	9	4.36	-0.178	.23	-0.01%	-0.44	PH
33	302	127 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG(6)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.256	.256	.302	.558	9	1.05	-0.003	.05	0.00%	0.07	P
34	303	132 (4)	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.239	.239	.283	.522	9	.44	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-1.05	P
35	304	135 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.234	.277	.511	9						P
36	305	136	Sep 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.234	.277	.511	9						PR
37	306	138 (1)	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	9	1.00	0.052	.00	0.00%	1.15	P
38	307	149 (10)	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.269	.500	9	.91	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
							17-21		60	52	8	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	8		0	2	0	0	.231	.231	.269	.500		1.34	-0.533	1.49	-0.48%	-3.54

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