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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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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1953
- 1950
- 1956
- 1951
- 1957
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1953
- 1950
- 1956
- 1951
- 1957
HR Log
vs. Batter
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- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

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Minors
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- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1953
- 1950
- 1956
- 1951
- 1957
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1948
- 1952
- 1949
- 1953
- 1950
- 1956
- 1951
- 1957
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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	282	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	SLB	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
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	AL	16	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	165	1	0	0	1			1

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	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
8 Seasons				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	0	0
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	165	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	282	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	27	26	4	0	8	0	0
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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1948	TOT	AL	27	P	32			24	3	21	0	0	1.000		0.75	.962		0.91
1948	CLE	AL	27	P	6			2	0	2	0	0	1.000		0.33	.950		0.92
1948	SLB	AL	27	P	26			22	3	19	0	0	1.000		0.85	.964		0.91
1949	SLB	AL	28	P	48			30	4	23	3	0	.900		0.56	.963		1.01
1950	SLB	AL	29	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	1.000		1.00
1951	SLB	AL	30	P	19			18	3	14	1	2	.944		0.89	.956		0.99
1952	CHW	AL	31	P	47			14	5	8	1	1	.929		0.28	.964		1.03
1953	BOS	AL	32	P	16			7	2	3	2	0	.714		0.31	.971		0.88
1956	CIN	NL	35	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.25	0.80
1957	CIN	NL	36	P	8	0	12.2	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	2.13	0.38	.967	2.06	0.82
8 Seasons				P	172	0	14.2	97	17	72	8	4	.918	54.61	0.52	.963	2.09	0.97
8 Seasons				TOT	172	0	14.2	97	17	72	8	4	.918	54.61	0.52	.880	2.09	0.97

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

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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

Transactions

Before 1939 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

July, 1941: Sent from the New York Yankees to Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain) in an unknown transaction.

Before 1947 Season: Sent from Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain) to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction.

November 10, 1947: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians from the Boston Red Sox in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

June 15, 1948: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with $100,000 to the St. Louis Browns for Sam Zoldak.

March 13, 1952: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

February 9, 1953: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Marv Grissom to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens.

Before 1955 Season: Sent from the Boston Red Sox to Seattle (PCL) in an unknown transaction.

Before 1956 Season: Obtained by the Cincinnati Redlegs from Seattle (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

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Uniforms

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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