Bill Kennedy

William Aulton Kennedy (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 14, 1921 in Carnesville, GA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/RedSox/Redlegs/Indians 1948-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: April 9, 1983 in Seattle, WA
Buried: Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, WA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1939	18	NYY-min	D,C																										BUT,EAS,AMS · PASA,ESHL,CAML
1940	19	NYY-min	D,C	33	58	58		11	2	0	0						.190	.190	.224	.414		13							ASH,AKR · MTNS,MATL
1941	20	NYY-min	D,C	28	65	65		11	1	0	0						.169	.169	.185	.354		12							RKM,AMS · COPL,CAML
1942	21	RKM	D	31	73	73		11	4	0	0						.151	.151	.205	.356		15							RKM · BIST
1946	25	RKM	D	43	101	101		20	7	0	2						.198	.198	.327	.525		33							RKM · COPL
1947	26	BOS-min	A,AAA	26	46	46		10	2	0	0						.217	.217	.261	.478		12							SCR,TTO · EL,IL
1948	27	TOT	AL	32	55	47	6	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	.277	.333	.298	.631	67	14	1	0	4			1
1948	27	CLE	AL	6	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	283	2	0	0	1			/1
1948	27	SLB	AL	26	50	44	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.250	.298	.273	.571	51	12	1	0	3			1
1949	28	SLB	AL	48	45	40	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.150	.209	.150	.359	-6	6	3	0	2			1
1950	29	BAL-min	AAA	42	82	67	5	11	0	0	1	6	0		7	11	.164	.243	.209	.452		14		0	8				BLT · IL
1950	29	SLB	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1951	30	BOS-min	AAA	13	37	30	4	5	1	0	0	1	0		5	10	.167	.286	.200	.486		6	0	0	2				LOU · AA
1951	30	SLB	AL	19	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	2	0	0	0			1
1952	31	CHW	AL	47	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.231	.462	28	3	0	0	1			1
1953	32	BOS-min	AAA	20	53	40	3	4	1	0	0	4	0		9	18	.100	.265	.125	.390		5	0	0	4				LOU · AA
1953	32	BOS	AL	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	166	1	0	0	1			1

1954	33	BOS-min	AAA	24	51	40	5	6	0	0	1	4	0		6	14	.150	.261	.225	.486		9	0	0	5	0			LOU · AA
1955	34	SLE	Opn	52	25	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.136	.174	.136	.310		3	1	0	2	0			SLE · PCL
1956	35	CIN-min	Opn	43	13	12	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	7	.167	.231	.250	.481		3	1	0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1956	35	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	36	CIN-min	Opn	51	26	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.150	.227	.150	.377		3	0	0	4	0			SLE · PCL
1957	36	CIN	NL	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	37	CIN-min	AAA	56	18	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	5	.067	.167	.067	.233		1	2	0	0	1			SLE · PCL
1959	38	CIN-min	AAA	36	16	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.154	.313	.231	.543		3		0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1960	39	CIN-min	AAA	49	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333		2							SLE,POR · PCL
8 Yrs				172	136	120	9	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	31	.208	.258	.217	.474	26	26	4	0	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	128	113	8	24	1	0	0	6	0	0	8	29	.208	.258	.217	.474	26	24	4	0	8

SLB (4 yrs)				94	111	100	8	19	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	24	.190	.236	.200	.436	15	20	4	0	5
CIN (2 yrs)				9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (1 yr)				16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	166	1	0	0	1
CLE (1 yr)				6	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	283	2	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				47	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.231	.462	28	3	0	0	1

AL (6 yrs)				163	133	118	9	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	7	30	.212	.256	.220	.476	26	26	4	0	8
NL (2 yrs)				9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	27	CLE	AL	6	5	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1948	27	SLB	AL	26	50	-3	0	-0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1949	28	SLB	AL	48	45	-7	-0	-0	0	5	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	29	SLB	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1951	30	SLB	AL	19	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1952	31	CHW	AL	47	14	-1	-1	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1953	32	BOS	AL	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1956	35	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	36	CIN	NL	8	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
8 Seasons				172	136	-13	-2	0	0	15	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$

SLB (4 yrs)				94	111	-13	0	-0	0	12	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$
CIN (2 yrs)				9	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
BOS (1 yr)				16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CLE (1 yr)				6	5	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.513	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				47	14	-1	-1	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1948	27	TOT	AL	55	39	6	4.1	107	.302	.277	.275	.333	.360	.298	.398	.631	.758	67	.447	-2.2	-0.2	.514	.106	.021
1948	27	CLE	AL	5	2	2	26.6	103	.667	.667	.269	.750	.354	.667	.389	1.417	.743	283	.961	1.0	0.1	3.000	.333	.000
1948	27	SLB	AL	50	37	4	2.9	107	.275	.250	.275	.298	.361	.273	.398	.571	.759	51	.297	-3.2	-0.3	.441	.091	.023
1949	28	SLB	AL	45	39	1	0.7	111	.214	.150	.277	.209	.370	.150	.402	.359	.772	-6	.030	-6.5	-0.6	.243	.075	.000

1951	30	SLB	AL	16	14	0	0.0	105	.250	.125	.271	.125	.353	.125	.398	.250	.750	-33	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
1952	31	CHW	AL	14	11	1	2.4	97	.375	.231	.261	.231	.341	.231	.381	.462	.723	28	.276	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	2	1	13.4	106	1.000	.500	.274	.500	.351	.500	.404	1.000	.755	166	.882	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1957	36	CIN	NL	3	2	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.276	.333	.340	.000	.426	.333	.766	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
8 Yrs				136	107	9	2.2	107	.281	.208	.274	.258	.360	.217	.398	.474	.758	26	.216	-13.2	-1.3	.343	.075	.008
162 Game Avg.				128	101	8	2.2	107	.281	.208	.274	.258	.360	.217	.398	.474	.758	26	.216	-13.2	-1.3	.343	.075	.008

SLB (4 yrs)				111	90	5	1.5	108	.250	.190	.275	.236	.363	.200	.400	.436	.763	15	.112	-12.8	-1.3	.306	.070	.010
BOS (1 yr)				3	2	1	13.4	106	1.000	.500	.274	.500	.351	.500	.404	1.000	.755	166	.883	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.276	.333	.340	.000	.426	.333	.766	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
CLE (1 yr)				5	2	2	26.6	103	.667	.667	.269	.750	.354	.667	.389	1.417	.743	283	.961	1.0	0.1	3.000	.333	.000
CHW (1 yr)				14	11	1	2.5	97	.375	.231	.261	.231	.341	.231	.381	.462	.723	28	.277	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				133	105	9	2.3	107	.284	.212	.274	.256	.360	.220	.397	.476	.758	26	.222	-12.9	-1.3	.340	.068	.008
NL (2 yrs)				3	2	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.276	.333	.340	.000	.426	.333	.766	-2	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	27	TOT	AL	55	0.0%	7.3%	7.3%	1.8%	8%	1.00	11.8		11.8	5.33	78%
1948	27	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00					60%
1948	27	SLB	AL	50	0.0%	8.0%	6.0%	2.0%	9%	1.33	11.0		11.0	5.00	80%
1949	28	SLB	AL	45	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.3		40.0	6.50	62%

1951	30	SLB	AL	16	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		16.0	1.00	50%
1952	31	CHW	AL	14	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			5.00	57%
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				33%

1957	36	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0				33%
8 Yrs				136	0.0%	22.8%	5.9%	0.7%	4%	3.88	3.9		20.0	4.75	65%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.3	43.0	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1948	27	TOT	AL	-2.3	-0.2	30	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.73	-0.1	0.2	0.8	0.1	0.95	-1.4	0
1948	27	CLE	AL	1.0	0.1	5	0.1	0.1	0.0	.44	0.1	0.1	1.6	0.2	0.91	1.8	0
1948	27	SLB	AL	-3.3	-0.3	25	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.79	-0.3	0.2	-0.7	-0.1	0.96	-3.2	0
1949	28	SLB	AL	-6.5	-0.6	23	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	.87	-0.4	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.77	-4.0	0
1950	29	SLB	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1951	30	SLB	AL	-3.1	-0.3	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.58	-0.3	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.81	-2.8	0
1952	31	CHW	AL	-1.3	-0.1	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.97	-0.2	-0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.85	-1.8	0
1953	32	BOS	AL	0.2	0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.86	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.92	-0.0	0

1956	35	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	36	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.81	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.90	-0.1	0
8 Yrs				-13.2	-1.3	85	-0.7	0.6	-1.4	.80	-0.9	0.0	-6.1	-0.6	0.86	-10.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	TOT	AL	0	0	35%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20%	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1
1948	27	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
1948	27	SLB	AL	0	0	36%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1949	28	SLB	AL	0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1951	30	SLB	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	31	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1953	32	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	36	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	27%	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11%	5	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	27	TOT	AL	55	87%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	133%	7	1	14%	6	1	17%	17	3	18%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
1948	27	CLE	AL	5	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1948	27	SLB	AL	50	84%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	6	1	17%	5	1	20%	15	3	20%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1949	28	SLB	AL	45	96%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	8	1	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1951	30	SLB	AL	16	42%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	31	CHW	AL	14	79%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1953	32	BOS	AL	3	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	36	CIN	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				136	82%	25			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	133%	15	4	27%	15	2	13%	43	5	12%	1	1	100%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			91%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	27	32	55	47	6	13	1	4	4	4	.277	.333	.298	.631	67	14	1	4
1949	28	80	100	87	9	19	1	5	7	16	.218	.277	.230	.506	33	20	4	6
1950	29	81	100	87	9	19	1	5	7	16	.218	.277	.230	.506	33	20	4	6
1951	30	100	116	103	9	21	1	6	7	24	.204	.255	.214	.468	24	22	4	6
1952	31	147	130	116	9	24	1	6	7	29	.207	.252	.216	.468	24	25	4	7
1953	32	163	133	118	9	25	1	6	7	30	.212	.256	.220	.476	26	26	4	8
1954	33	163	133	118	9	25	1	6	7	30	.212	.256	.220	.476	26	26	4	8
1955	34	163	133	118	9	25	1	6	7	30	.212	.256	.220	.476	26	26	4	8
1956	35	164	133	118	9	25	1	6	7	30	.212	.256	.220	.476	26	26	4	8	0	0
1957	36	172	136	120	9	25	1	6	8	31	.208	.258	.217	.474	26	26	4	8	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	27	33	58	50	6	14	1	0	0	4	0	4	4	.280	.333	.300	.633	5	32
1949	28	50	47	42	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	.143	.200	.143	.343	1	48

1951	30	20	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1952	31	49	15	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	47
1953	32	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16

1957	36	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	8
6 Yrs		177	143	127	8	24	1	0	0	5	0	8	32	.189	.237	.197	.434	7	170
162 Game Avg.		162	131	116	7	22	1	0	0	5	0	7	29	.189	.237	.197	.434	6	170

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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