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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Team Record in Appearances: 14-18 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 1

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	172	2	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	4	4	3	3	2	0	4.50	6.62	33	9	11	1	3	7	52			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.75	-0.014	2.05	-0.02%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
2	173	6	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	GS-3	L(0-2)	5	2.1	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	6.10	5.90	12	5	0	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.182	2.15	-0.25%	-2.02	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	174	14	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	W(1-2)	10	9.0	9	3	2	4	1	1	0	4.19	5.74	39						56						34	1	1			0
4	175	19	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-7	L(1-3)	4	7.0	7	5	2	2	4	0	0	3.76	4.93	30	7	10	3	0	7	51			0	0	0	28	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.22	-0.187	2.60	-0.24%	-1.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
5	176	22	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	GS-3	L(1-4)	5	2.0	5	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.76	5.47	13	2	4	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.190	2.27	-0.23%	-2.20	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d2
6	177	24	May 20	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	5-7		3	2.1	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.70	5.18	10	2	1	0	0	3		3	3	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.182	.52	-0.16%	-2.03	5t 123 2 out d2	7t 3 out d6
7	178	26	May 23	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	10-GF(12)	W(2-4)	2	3.0	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	4.81	5.58	13	2	4	1	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.35	-0.090	2.92	-0.07%	-0.28	10t --- 0 out tie	12t end d 2
8	179	31	May 28(1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-9	GS-8	W(3-4)	4	7.1	13	7	7	6	4	2	0	5.49	6.00	40	10	7	1	1	13	22			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	1	.58	0.043	.57	0.03%	-3.40	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	180	38	Jun 2(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-1	L(3-5)	4	0.1	5	6	6	1	0	0	0	6.75	6.05	7	0	1	0	0	5	16			0	0	0	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.367	.40	-0.10%	-5.43	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out d5
10	181	43	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(3-6)	4	8.1	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	6.16	5.65	34	10	9	1	0	8	52			2	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.82	-0.101	.76	-0.03%	1.34	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out d1
11	182	48	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(4-6)	3	9.0	9	2	1	1	2	0	0	5.37	5.23	36	14	10	4	1	9	64			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.308	.74	0.14%	2.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	183	52	Jun 16(1)	SLB		NYY	W,12-6	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	11	6	6	5	0	2	0	5.45	5.54	41	23	2	1	0	11	36			0	0	0	35	6	0	0	3	0	1	.60	0.064	.28	0.02%	-0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	184	58	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	L(5-7)	4	9.0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.93	5.24	34	23	2	0	0	9	63			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	0.403	.77	0.20%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	185	63	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,12-10	GS-		3	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	5.31	5.17	16						27						15					0
15	186	67	Jun 29(2)	SLB		DET	T,9-9	GS-		3	6.0	8	7	7	6	4	0	0	5.67	5.13	31						26						25					0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	187	71	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(6-7)	2	9.0	13	3	3	4	2	0	0	5.42	5.01	42	13	12	3	0	11	47			3	0	1	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.80	0.158	.92	0.05%	1.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
17	188	76	Jul 6(1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-5	L(6-8)	3	4.1	12	8	8	3	3	1	0	5.91	5.09	28	9	3	0	1	10	7			1	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.361	.35	-0.06%	-5.28	1b start a 1	5b --- 1 out d6
18	189	82	Jul 14(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(11)	L(6-9)	7	10.2	11	5	5	7	5	0	0	5.74	4.98	47	22	2	0	0	11	50			0	0	0	40	5	0	1	1	0	0	1.66	-0.025	.03	0.00%	1.06	1b start tie	11b -2- 2 out d1
19	190	86	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	W(7-9)	4	9.0	12	7	7	2	1	2	0	5.84	5.09	40	14	12	1	2	11	34			0	0	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	0	.85	0.062	.01	0.00%	-2.10	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
20	191	91	Jul 24	SLB		NYY	W,14-12	GS-1		4	0.1	3	6	5	2	0	2	0	6.20	5.35	7	1	1	0	0	3	21			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.19	-0.397	.01	0.00%	-5.73	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d6
21	192	94	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,13-5	CG	W(8-9)	2	9.0	11	5	5	9	2	0	0	6.12	5.36	42	15	5	1	2	11	38			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	5	0	0	.77	0.101	.00	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
22	193	98	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	L,5-13	GS-2	L(8-10)	3	1.2	6	6	4	3	1	0	0	6.32	5.39	15	3	2	1	0	6	21			0	0	0	12	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.10	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-5.40	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d6
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	194	101	Aug 4(1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	W(9-10)	3	9.0	10	4	4	5	3	0	1	6.17	5.32	40						49						33	1	0			0
24	195	107	Aug 8(1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS-5	L(9-11)	3	4.1	8	5	5	1	1	0	0	6.29	5.26	21	5	8	0	2	6	27			0	0	0	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.196	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d5
25	196	113	Aug 13	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	L(9-12)	4	9.0	7	4	4	9	2	0	0	6.16	5.27	42	15	10	0	2	6	50			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.69	-0.066	.00	0.00%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
26	197	118	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG		4	9.0	4	2	2	4	3	1	0	5.93	5.26	34	6	17	1	0	4	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	1	0	0	.92	0.331	.00	0.00%	2.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
27	198	122	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-7	L(9-13)	4	7.0	9	6	6	5	1	0	0	6.00	5.25	34	8	11	0	1	9	31			0	0	0	29	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.32	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-2.19	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d2
28	199	127	Aug 29(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS-5	L(9-14)	5	4.0	8	7	7	5	1	0	0	6.23	5.27	25	5	6	1	0	8	14			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.295	.00	0.00%	-3.85	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	200	131	Sep 2(1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	W(10-14)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	1	5.97	5.15	36	7	16	1	0	7	72			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.92	0.712	.00	0.00%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
30	201	136	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	L(10-15)	4	8.1	7	5	5	6	1	1	0	5.94	5.20	38	10	15	1	3	6	44			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.86	-0.442	.00	0.00%	-0.27	1b start tie	9b -2- 1 out d1
31	202	140	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	GS-7	L(10-16)	4	7.0	10	6	5	1	1	0	0	5.96	5.13	31	18	1	0	0	10	35			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	1	0	0	.55	-0.261	.00	0.00%	-1.99	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
32	203	145	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	W,16-4	CG	W(11-16)	3	9.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	1	5.83	5.11	39	7	17	3	1	6	63			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	2	.21	0.001	.00	0.00%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
33	204	150	Sep 21	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(12-16)	4	9.0	2	2	2	7	4	1	0	5.67	5.14	35	18	4	0	1	2	72			0	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.440	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
34	205	153	Sep 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(12-17)	3	8.0	7	4	4	5	3	0	0	5.63	5.11	35	8	12	2	0	7	50			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.087	.00	0.00%	0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							14-18		W-L:12-17	3.7	222.1	263	149	139	122	70	18	3	5.63	5.11	1020	1.35		5%	4%	219	41	3	100%	11	1	1	882	52	16	4	27	0	9	1.14	-1.546	.46	-0.74%	-22.03

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