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Bill Kennedy
William Aulton Kennedy (Lefty)

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
Final Game: September 29, 1957
Died: April 9, 1983 in Seattle, WA
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Standard Pitching

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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
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	86	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	37	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	96	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	76	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	130	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	113	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	22	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	64	1.658	11.4	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.60
8 Seasons				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	93	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	51	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	113	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	37	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	130	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	94	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	51	1.841	13.5	1.2	3.1	4.9	1.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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 Seasons				9	71	60	13	22	4	1	2	0	0	5	8	.367	.412	.567	.978	.385	34	0	1	3	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	536	453	98	166	30	8	15	0	0	38	60	.367	.412	.567	.978	.385	257	0	8	23	15
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1956	35	CIN	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	0.003	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6.0
1957	36	CIN	NL	8	8	6	2	4	3	1	75%	5	1	7	4	57%	9	1.835	5	3	5	1	2	3	5	3	3	3	4.8
2 Seasons				9	9	7	2	4	3	1	75%	5	1	7	4	57%		1.551	5	4	5	1	3	3	6	4	3	4	4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1948	27	TOT	AL
1948	27	CLE	AL
1948	27	SLB	AL
1949	28	SLB	AL
1950	29	SLB	AL
1951	30	SLB	AL
1952	31	CHW	AL
1953	32	BOS	AL

1956	35	CIN	NL	11	73%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	27.3%	50%	1.50	82%	4	0	0%
1957	36	CIN	NL	60	75%	1.7%	13.3%	8.3%	6.7%	25%	0.61	72%	15	0	0%
8 Seasons				71	75%	47.9%	360.6%	407.0%	9.9%	1%	0.70	73%	19	0	0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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					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		148			10												5
1948	27	CLE	AL		16			0												0
1948	27	SLB	AL		132			10												5
1949	28	SLB	AL		172			12												5
1950	29	SLB	AL		1			0												1
1951	30	SLB	AL		76			4												1
1952	31	CHW	AL		54			4												1
1953	32	BOS	AL		24			2												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 Seasons				71	497			34	0	4	1	1	1	1	9	5	1	56%	2	13	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	143.1	148	96	83	10	117		89	5	5	686	86	1.849	9.3	0.6	7.3	5.6	0.76	86
1949	28	12	19	.387	4.94	80	39	16	5	1	297.0	320	193	163	22	190		158	8	10	1383	91	1.717	9.7	0.7	5.8	4.8	0.83	91
1950	29	12	19	.387	4.91	81	39	17	5	1	299.0	321	194	163	22	192		159	8	11	1392	92	1.716	9.7	0.7	5.8	4.8	0.83	92
1951	30	13	24	.351	5.05	100	44	21	6	1	355.0	397	231	199	26	229		188	9	12	1664	89	1.763	10.1	0.7	5.8	4.8	0.82	89
1952	31	15	26	.366	4.67	147	45	45	6	6	425.2	451	258	221	30	267		234	10	13	1958	93	1.687	9.5	0.6	5.6	4.9	0.88	93
1953	32	15	26	.366	4.62	163	45	54	6	8	450.0	475	271	231	32	284		248	11	13	2074	94	1.687	9.5	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.87	94
1954	33	15	26	.366	4.62	163	45	54	6	8	450.0	475	271	231	32	284		248	11	13	2074	94	1.687	9.5	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.87	94
1955	34	15	26	.366	4.62	163	45	54	6	8	450.0	475	271	231	32	284		248	11	13	2074	94	1.687	9.5	0.6	5.7	5.0	0.87	94
1956	35	15	26	.366	4.68	164	45	55	6	8	452.0	481	275	235	33	284	0	248	11	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	11	464.2	497	284	244	34	289	1	256	12	13	2145	92	1.692	9.6	0.7	5.6	5.0	0.89	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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	147	87	78	10	116	93	5	1.753	8.8	7.0	5.6	0.80	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	5.28	58.0	75	38	34	4	37	30	1	1.931	11.6	5.7	4.7	0.81	0.6	19
1952	31	4	3	.571	3.09	70.0	57	27	24	4	40	46	1	1.386	7.3	5.1	5.9	1.15	0.5	47
1953	32	1	1	.500	3.46	26.0	25	11	10	2	18	15	1	1.654	8.7	6.2	5.2	0.83	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 Seasons		23	27	.460	4.30	486.0	488	258	232	33	289	267	12	1.599	9.0		4.9	0.92	0.6	172

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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 Ink Pitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Rick Krivda (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack O'Connor (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack O'Connor (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Pulsipher (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mike Remlinger (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Mirabella (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Mirabella (957) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100