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: 7-21 / in Starts: 5-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 6

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	229	8	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	2.00	2.29	36	12	11	0	1	4	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.339	5.40	0.56%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
2	230	15	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(2-0)	7	9.0	9	1	1	4	3	0	0	1.50	2.52	38	12	10	0	2	9	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	2	0	1	.77	0.314	3.15	0.77%	3.25	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
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	231	20	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-13	GS-3	L(2-1)	4	2.2	7	7	3	1	3	0	0	2.61	2.31	17	5	1	0	0	7	26			0	0	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.22	-0.388	5.83	-1.11%	-4.83	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out d5
4	232	25	May 11	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-1		5	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	4.35	2.60	4	0	0	0	0	2	28			0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	-0.319	6.05	-0.80%	-3.61	1t start tie	1t -2- 0 out d3
5	233	28	May 16(2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	3-8		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.05	2.60	26	8	7	0	1	5		1	1	1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.055	.58	-0.14%	0.60	3t --3 0 out d3	8t 3 out d6
6	234	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.77	2.35	7	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.02	0.002	.10	0.01%	0.90	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 5
7	235	45	May 31(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	9	3.0	6	6	6	1	0	1	0	5.12	2.83	16	6	4	0	2	5	22			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.280	1.88	-0.37%	-4.46	1b start tie	4b --3 0 out d5
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
8	236	51	Jun 7(2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	7-8		6	1.1	5	7	7	4	0	0	0	6.82	3.16	13	2	2	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.005	.16	-0.01%	-4.60	7b --- 0 out d4	8b 123 1 out d8
9	237	56	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	6-GF(8)		4	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	6.25	3.04	11	1	6	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.114	1.30	0.12%	1.42	6b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
10	238	59	Jun 14(2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.92	2.94	6	3	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.020	.16	0.02%	0.94	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d3
11	239	61	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-7	GS-5	L(2-3)	3	4.2	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	6.33	3.08	23	7	6	0	2	5	31			1	0	0	19	1	0	1	0	0	0	.79	-0.246	1.02	-0.19%	-2.17	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
12	240	72	Jun 28(2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(3-3)	9	9.0	8	2	2	4	2	0	0	5.57	3.06	36	17	6	1	1	7	61			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.41	0.342	1.79	0.26%	2.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
13	241	80	Jul 5(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	GS-4	L(3-4)	6	3.1	8	6	6	1	0	0	0	6.22	3.05	18	5	4	0	1	8	19			0	0	0	17	4	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.302	2.09	-0.44%	-3.48	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d4
14	242	84	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	W(4-4)	5	9.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	5.48	2.93	34	14	12	0	2	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.457	2.26	0.55%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
15	243	93	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	3-7		9	4.2	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.24	2.87	16	8	2	1	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.23	0.056	.56	0.08%	2.30	3t 123 1 out d4	7t 3 out d3
16	244	99	Jul 26(1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	L(4-5)	4	8.0	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.81	2.83	29	13	11	0	1	4	67			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.055	.53	0.02%	1.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
17	245	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	7-8	BS(1)	2	1.0	2	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.87	2.93	8	1	3	0	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.191	.40	-0.02%	-0.98	7t -2- 2 out a1	8t 123 2 out tie
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
18	246	114	Aug 12(1)	CLE		DET	L,2-4	5-6		13	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.76	2.95	6	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.094	.16	0.01%	1.30	5t 12- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d2
19	247	115	Aug 12(2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	9-GF		-1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	2.94	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.014	.03	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	248	118	Aug 16(2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	4-GF		3	5.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.40	2.87	18	7	7	0	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	2	0	1	.14	0.051	.01	0.00%	3.37	4t 1-3 1 out d5	9t end d 5
21	249	122	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.34	2.93	5	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.42	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
22	250	126	Aug 25(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-	L(4-6)	2	6.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.26	2.83	26						55						24					0
23	251	132	Aug 30(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	2.83	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
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
24	252	137	Sep 5(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	GS-7		5	6.2	6	2	2	5	1	0	0	4.11	2.91	30	9	9	2	0	6	50			0	0	0	25	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.177	.00	0.00%	1.65	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out a1
25	253	140	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5		S(1)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	2.90	1												1					0
26	254	142	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	9-GF(13)	L(4-7)	2	5.0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.99	2.89	18	10	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.387	.00	0.00%	2.20	9t 12- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
27	255	147	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	8-GF		4	2.0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.08	2.88	10	5	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.036	.00	0.00%	-2.11	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 5
28	256	151	Sep 20(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	9-9	BL(4-8)	5	0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.25	2.90	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.11	-0.732	.00	0.00%	-2.84	9b --- 0 out a1	9b 123 0 out tie
							7-21		W-L:4-8,Sv:1,BSv:2	4.3	108.0	99	57	51	50	38	1	1	4.25	2.90	462	1.42		2%	6%	89	47	11	18%	3	2	0	406	23	2	3	13	0	5	1.03	-0.105	1.66	-0.69%	-0.92

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