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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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1948 27 TOT AL 8 8 .500 5.21 32 23 5 3 0 0 143.1 148 96 83 10 117 89 5 0 5 686 87 1.849 9.3 0.6 7.3 5.6 0.76
1948 27 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 11.12 6 3 0 0 0 0 11.1 16 14 14 0 13 12 0 0 0 62 38 2.559 12.7 0.0 10.3 9.5 0.92
1948 27 SLB AL 7 8 .467 4.70 26 20 5 3 0 0 132.0 132 82 69 10 104 77 5 0 5 624 97 1.788 9.0 0.7 7.1 5.3 0.74
1949 28 SLB AL 4 11 .267 4.69 48 16 11 2 0 1 153.2 172 97 80 12 73 69 3 0 5 697 97 1.594 10.1 0.7 4.3 4.0 0.95
1950 29 SLB AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 1.500 4.5 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
1951 30 SLB AL 1 5 .167 5.79 19 5 4 1 0 0 56.0 76 37 36 4 37 29 1 0 1 272 77 2.018 12.2 0.6 5.9 4.7 0.78
1952 31 CHW AL 2 2 .500 2.80 47 1 24 0 0 5 70.2 54 27 22 4 38 46 1 0 1 294 131 1.302 6.9 0.5 4.8 5.9 1.21
1953 32 BOS AL 0 0 3.70 16 0 9 0 0 2 24.1 24 13 10 2 17 14 1 0 0 116 114 1.685 8.9 0.7 6.3 5.2 0.82
1956 35 CIN NL 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 6 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 26 3.000 27.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
1957 36 CIN NL 0 2 .000 6.39 8 0 6 0 0 3 12.2 16 9 9 1 5 1 8 1 0 0 60 66 1.658 11.4 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.60
8 Yrs 15 28 .349 4.73 172 45 61 6 0 11 464.2 497 284 244 34 289 1 256 12 0 13 2145 92 1.692 9.6 0.7 5.6 5.0 0.89
162 Game Avg. 5 9 .349 4.73 54 14 19 2 0 3 146 156 89 76 11 91 80 4 0 4 672 92 1.692 9.6 0.7 5.6 5.0 0.89
SLB (4 yrs) 12 24 .333 4.84 94 41 21 6 0 1 343.2 381 217 185 26 216 176 9 0 12 1602 94 1.737 10.0 0.7 5.7 4.6 0.81
CIN (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 7.98 9 0 7 0 0 3 14.2 22 13 13 2 5 1 8 1 0 0 71 53 1.841 13.5 1.2 3.1 4.9 1.60
BOS (1 yr) 0 0 3.70 16 0 9 0 0 2 24.1 24 13 10 2 17 14 1 0 0 116 114 1.685 8.9 0.7 6.3 5.2 0.82
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 11.12 6 3 0 0 0 0 11.1 16 14 14 0 13 12 0 0 0 62 38 2.559 12.7 0.0 10.3 9.5 0.92
CHW (1 yr) 2 2 .500 2.80 47 1 24 0 0 5 70.2 54 27 22 4 38 46 1 0 1 294 131 1.302 6.9 0.5 4.8 5.9 1.21
AL (6 yrs) 15 26 .366 4.62 163 45 54 6 0 8 450.0 475 271 231 32 284 248 11 0 13 2074 95 1.687 9.5 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.87
NL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 7.98 9 0 7 0 0 3 14.2 22 13 13 2 5 1 8 1 0 0 71 53 1.841 13.5 1.2 3.1 4.9 1.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1948 27 CLE AL 11.1 6 3 14 11.12 4.17 0.51 0.00 93.0 3.41 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .359 .495 $
1948 27 SLB AL 132.0 26 20 82 5.59 4.85 -0.29 0.00 105.9 5.44 -2 -0.2 1.3 -0.1 0.6 10 .491 .499 $
1949 28 SLB AL 153.2 48 16 97 5.68 4.82 -0.69 0.00 106.6 5.87 3 0.3 .8 -0.2 1.3 17 .507 .502 $
1950 29 SLB AL 2.0 1 0 1 4.50 5.53 -0.49 0.00 116.0 6.98 1 0.1 .2 -0.0 0.0 1 .553 .500 $
1951 30 SLB AL 56.0 19 5 37 5.95 4.70 -0.37 0.00 108.2 5.49 -3 -0.3 .7 -0.1 0.0 2 .483 .498 $
1952 31 CHW AL 70.2 47 1 27 3.44 4.39 0.07 0.00 100.0 4.32 7 0.7 1.4 0.0 1.3 13 .516 .505 $
1953 32 BOS AL 24.1 16 0 13 4.81 5.06 0.28 0.00 95.0 4.54 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.0 1 .495 .500 $
1956 35 CIN NL 2.0 1 0 4 18.00 3.85 0.14 0.00 102.0 3.78 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .249 .498 $
1957 36 CIN NL 12.2 8 0 9 6.39 4.45 0.07 0.00 105.5 4.62 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .469 .498 $
8 Seasons 464.2 172 45 284 5.50 4.74 -0.31 0.00 104.6 5.30 -11 -0.8 1.2 -0.4 2.1 31 .495 .499 $
SLB (4 yrs) 343.2 94 41 217 5.68 4.82 -0.48 0.00 106.6 5.65 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.3 1.9 30 .498 .500 $
CIN (2 yrs) 14.2 9 0 13 7.98 4.37 0.08 0.00 105.0 4.51 -5 -0.5 1.4 0.0 -0.3 -4 .445 .498 $
BOS (1 yr) 24.1 16 0 13 4.81 5.06 0.28 0.00 95.0 4.54 -1 -0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.0 1 .495 .500 $
CLE (1 yr) 11.1 6 3 14 11.12 4.17 0.51 0.00 93.0 3.41 -10 -0.8 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -9 .359 .495 $
CHW (1 yr) 70.2 47 1 27 3.44 4.39 0.07 0.00 100.0 4.32 7 0.7 1.4 0.0 1.3 13 .516 .505 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 27 CLE AL 6 62 48 14 16 3 1 0 0 0 13 12 .333 .475 .438 .913 .444 21 1 0 1 0 0
1948 27 SLB AL 26 300 510 82 132 13 5 10 7 4 104 77 .259 .389 .363 .752 .288 185 6 5 5 0 5
1948 27 TOT AL 32 362 558 96 148 16 6 10 7 4 117 89 .265 .397 .369 .766 .301 206 7 5 6 0 5
1949 28 SLB AL 48 371 603 97 172 17 3 12 2 3 73 69 .285 .365 .383 .748 .307 231 7 3 16 0 6
1950 29 SLB AL 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 30 SLB AL 19 194 229 37 76 13 2 4 3 0 37 29 .332 .427 .459 .885 .367 105 4 1 5 0 2
1952 31 CHW AL 47 297 257 27 54 9 3 4 1 1 38 46 .210 .314 .315 .629 .242 81 5 1 2 0 4
1953 32 BOS AL 16 116 94 13 24 5 1 2 5 1 17 14 .255 .375 .394 .769 .282 37 1 1 4 0 4
1956 35 CIN NL 1 11 9 4 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .600 1.222 1.822 .556 11 0 0 1 1 0 0
1957 36 CIN NL 8 60 51 9 16 2 1 1 0 0 5 8 .314 .379 .451 .830 .349 23 0 1 2 1 1 2
8 Yrs 172 1420 1808 284 497 64 16 34 18 9 289 256 .275 .378 .384 .762 .305 695 24 12 36 2 1 23
162 Game Avg. 54 445 567 89 156 20 5 11 6 3 91 80 .275 .378 .384 .762 .305 218 8 4 11 1 7
MLB Averages .260 .335 .381 .716 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 27 TOT AL -12.6 -1.2 376 -1.0 5.2 -6.3 .86 -1.4 0.2 -20.3 -1.9 0.86 -16.0 2 0 4
1948 27 CLE AL -8.4 -0.8 62 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .80 -0.6 -0.2 -9.3 -0.9 0.80 -6.2 1 0 2
1948 27 SLB AL -4.2 -0.4 314 -0.4 4.6 -5.0 .88 -0.9 0.4 -11.1 -1.0 0.88 -9.8 1 0 2
1949 28 SLB AL -4.2 -0.4 403 -1.7 5.2 -6.8 .80 -0.3 -1.8 -11.1 -1.0 0.82 -2.8 1 5 10
1950 29 SLB AL 0.8 0.1 11 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 0.1 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.07 0.1 0 0 1
1951 30 SLB AL -6.3 -0.6 202 -0.7 2.4 -3.2 .73 -1.0 0.0 -9.3 -0.9 0.73 -14.2 3 0 8
1952 31 CHW AL 5.9 0.6 304 1.8 5.1 -3.4 .93 0.9 1.0 3.9 0.4 0.93 4.8 15 8 21
1953 32 BOS AL 0.7 0.1 123 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 .75 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9 -0.1 0.75 -4.1 5 4 7
1956 35 CIN NL -2.6 -0.2 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .00 -0.0 -1.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.00 -3.9 0 0 1
1957 36 CIN NL -2.5 -0.2 60 -0.6 1.8 -2.4 1.81 -0.2 -0.2 -4.2 -0.4 1.81 -1.0 5 0 3
8 Yrs -20.8 -1.9 1490 -3.2 20.8 -24.0 .86 -2.3 -1.4 -44.9 -4.1 0.86 -37.1 31 17 55

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1948 27 TOT AL 32 23 8 8 7 3 2 11 12 .478 0 2 3 0 8 35% 44.1 66 25 19 9 10 10 5.4 6.9 5.9
1948 27 CLE AL 6 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 43.7 66 30 8 4 0 2 9.3 11.0 2.8
1948 27 SLB AL 26 20 7 8 5 3 2 9 11 .450 0 2 3 0 7 35% 44.2 64 25 11 5 10 8 4.8 6.3 6.4
1949 28 SLB AL 48 16 2 10 4 0 3 4 12 .250 0 2 2 0 5 31% 37.4 69 11 10 3 11 1 4.5 2.6 5.2
1951 30 SLB AL 19 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 .200 1 0 1 0 1 20% 38.2 64 23 9 4 3 2 3.9 9.9 4.9
1952 31 CHW AL 47 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 17 7 0 1 1.0 0.0 6.0
4 Yrs 146 45 11 22 12 3 5 16 29 .356 1 4 6 0 14 31% 41 69 11 55 23 24 14 4.8 5.4 5.5
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 118 -9 4.5 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1948 27 TOT AL 32 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% .864 2 0 4 0 2 4 6 0 2 4 4 1 2.7
1948 27 CLE AL 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 3 .801 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 3.0
1948 27 SLB AL 26 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% .877 1 0 2 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 1 1 2.5
1949 28 SLB AL 48 32 11 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 5 38% .802 1 5 10 1 0 16 9 8 19 7 9 6 6.6
1950 29 SLB AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .071 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1951 30 SLB AL 19 14 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% .726 3 0 8 0 2 9 4 7 10 0 9 1 6.8
1952 31 CHW AL 47 46 24 2 1 6 5 1 83% 11 5 57 19 33% 8 .928 15 8 21 13 3 30 31 15 16 18 18 8 4.2
1953 32 BOS AL 16 16 9 0 0 2 2 1 100% 3 1 26 8 31% 8 .747 5 4 7 4 2 10 12 4 6 7 6 2 4.6
1956 35 CIN NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .001 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1957 36 CIN NL 8 8 6 0 2 4 3 1 75% 5 1 7 4 57% 9 1.808 5 0 3 5 1 2 3 5 3 3 3 0 4.8
8 Yrs 172 127 61 4 6 12 11 3 92% 19 7 120 47 39% .861 31 17 55 23 10 73 65 41 58 39 51 18 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 27 TOT AL 686 33% 2.8% 24.6% 32.3% 8.8% 22% 0.98 127% 86 7 8%
1948 27 CLE AL 62 44% 0.0% 19.4% 21.0% 6.5% 25% 1.20 58% 19 1 5%
1948 27 SLB AL 624 31% 3.3% 25.7% 34.7% 9.3% 21% 0.95 141% 67 6 9%
1949 28 SLB AL 695 39% 3.2% 18.6% 19.7% 8.6% 19% 0.75 141% 92 7 8%
1950 29 SLB AL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 22.2% 0.0% 0% 0.25 67% 0 0
1951 30 SLB AL 272 31% 2.1% 15.0% 19.1% 9.8% 25% 1.24 101% 38 4 11%
1952 31 CHW AL 297 42% 1.4% 15.5% 12.8% 5.4% 30% 0.85 70% 68 5 7%
1953 32 BOS AL 116 38% 1.7% 12.1% 14.7% 6.9% 33% 0.73 67% 34 1 3%
1956 35 CIN NL 11 27% 9.1% 0.0% 0.0% 27.3% 50% 1.50 82% 4 0 0%
1957 36 CIN NL 60 25% 1.7% 13.3% 8.3% 6.7% 25% 0.61 72% 15 0 0%
8 Yrs 2146 36% 2.4% 18.0% 20.4% 8.0% 23% 0.87 107% 337 24 7%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.5% 11.2% 6.9% 26% 0.96 89% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1948 27 TOT AL 362 148 10 0 14 4 1 4 1 24 14 3 58% 5 5 0 153 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 324
1948 27 CLE AL 62 16 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 57% 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 27 SLB AL 300 132 10 0 11 4 1 4 1 17 10 3 59% 5 5 0 124 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 324
1949 28 SLB AL 371 172 12 0 12 4 0 2 2 37 17 3 46% 6 5 0 161 2 3 40% 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 324
1950 29 SLB AL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1951 30 SLB AL 194 76 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 13 4 1 31% 2 1 2 93 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 78
1952 31 CHW AL 297 54 4 1 25 3 1 3 1 30 12 5 40% 4 1 0 112 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
1953 32 BOS AL 116 24 2 1 17 1 1 0 2 24 11 6 46% 4 0 0 50 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1956 35 CIN NL 11 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 36 CIN NL 60 16 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 6 3 1 50% 2 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Yrs 1420 497 34 2 75 14 5 10 9 138 64 19 46% 23 13 2 605 18 9 67% 13 7 5 1 0 0 9 0 10 726
MLB Averages 52% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1948 27 8 8 .500 5.21 32 23 5 3 0 0 143.1 148 96 83 10 117 89 5 0 5 686 87 1.849 9.3 0.6 7.3 5.6 0.76 87
1949 28 12 19 .387 4.94 80 39 16 5 0 1 297.0 320 193 163 22 190 158 8 0 10 1383 92 1.717 9.7 0.7 5.8 4.8 0.83 92
1950 29 12 19 .387 4.91 81 39 17 5 0 1 299.0 321 194 163 22 192 159 8 0 11 1392 93 1.716 9.7 0.7 5.8 4.8 0.83 93
1951 30 13 24 .351 5.05 100 44 21 6 0 1 355.0 397 231 199 26 229 188 9 0 12 1664 90 1.763 10.1 0.7 5.8 4.8 0.82 90
1952 31 15 26 .366 4.67 147 45 45 6 0 6 425.2 451 258 221 30 267 234 10 0 13 1958 94 1.687 9.5 0.6 5.6 4.9 0.88 94
1953 32 15 26 .366 4.62 163 45 54 6 0 8 450.0 475 271 231 32 284 248 11 0 13 2074 95 1.687 9.5 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.87 95
1954 33 15 26 .366 4.62 163 45 54 6 0 8 450.0 475 271 231 32 284 248 11 0 13 2074 95 1.687 9.5 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.87 95
1955 34 15 26 .366 4.62 163 45 54 6 0 8 450.0 475 271 231 32 284 248 11 0 13 2074 95 1.687 9.5 0.6 5.7 5.0 0.87 95
1956 35 15 26 .366 4.68 164 45 55 6 0 8 452.0 481 275 235 33 284 0 248 11 0 13 2085 93 1.692 9.6 0.7 5.7 4.9 0.87 93
1957 36 15 28 .349 4.73 172 45 61 6 0 11 464.2 497 284 244 34 289 1 256 12 0 13 2145 92 1.692 9.6 0.7 5.6 5.0 0.89 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1948 27 7 9 .438 4.68 150.0 146 87 78 10 115 93 5 1.740 8.8 6.9 5.6 0.81 0.6 32
1949 28 9 9 .500 4.06 162.0 168 81 73 12 71 73 3 1.475 9.3 3.9 4.1 1.03 0.7 48
1950 29 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50 0.0 1
1951 30 2 4 .333 5.37 57.0 76 38 34 4 37 30 1 1.982 12.0 5.8 4.7 0.81 0.6 19
1952 31 4 3 .571 3.31 68.0 59 28 25 4 42 44 1 1.485 7.8 5.6 5.8 1.05 0.5 47
1953 32 1 1 .500 3.46 26.0 24 11 10 2 17 15 1 1.577 8.3 5.9 5.2 0.88 0.7 16
1956 35 0 0 9.00 4.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1957 36 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 16 10 9 1 5 9 1 1.500 10.3 3.2 5.8 1.80 0.6 8
8 Yrs 23 27 .460 4.34 483.0 489 259 233 33 289 265 12 1.611 9.1 4.9 0.92 0.6 172

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL  48 (4th)
1952 AL  47 (1st)

Saves s c a p y
1952 AL  5 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1948 AL  117 (5th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1948 AL  5 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1952 AL  24 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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