Doc Kennedy

Michael Joseph Kennedy

Positions: Catcher and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 11, 1853 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1879
Teams (by GP): Blues/Bisons 1879-1883

Final Game: July 6, 1883
Died: May 23, 1920 in Grove, NY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1877	23	ROC,MEM	N/A	5	22	22	1	5	0	0	0					.227	.227	.227	.455		5				ROC,MEM · INTA,LGAL
1878	24	ROC	N/A																						ROC · INTA
1879	25	CLV	NL	49	195	193	19	56	8	2	1	18		2	10	.290	.297	.368	.665	116	71	0		2/3
1880	26	CLV	NL	66	255	250	26	50	10	1	0	18		5	12	.200	.216	.248	.464	58	62	0		*2/O
1881	27	CLV	NL	39	155	150	19	47	7	1	0	15		5	13	.313	.335	.373	.709	127	56	0		2/O5
1882	28	CLV	NL	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	178	1	0		/2
1883	29	BUF	NL	5	21	19	3	6	0	0	0	2		2	2	.316	.381	.316	.697	113	6	0		/O3
1885	31	CLV,HAM,ROC,ELM	N/A	30	127	127	20	37	10	0	1					.291	.291	.394	.685		50				CLV,HAM,ROC,ELM · WL,CANL,NYSL
1886	32	ROC	N/A	95	399	399	79	136	32	6	5		13			.341	.341	.489	.830		195				ROC · IL
1887	33	ROC	N/A																						ROC · INTA
1888	34	ROC	N/A	104	406	406	52	120	28	7	1		18			.296	.296	.406	.702		165				ROC · INTA
1889	35	CND	N/A	42	191	189	41	68	19	2	0		5			.360	.360	.481	.841		91		2		CND · NYSL
1891	37	ALB	A	119	469	444	85	138	41	6	2		19			.311	.311	.444	.755		197		25		ALB · EASA
1892	38	ELM,BFL	N/A	91	384	370	60	117	23	2	1		12			.316	.316	.397	.714		147		14		ELM,BFL · EL
1893	39	ALB	N/A	21	85	85	13	25	2	0	1		3			.294	.294	.353	.647		30				ALB · EL
1894	40	WCS	B																						WCS · NENL
1895	41	FRV	B																						FRV · NENL
1896	42	FRV	B	74	308	308	57	100	16	1	2		6			.325	.325	.403	.727		124				FRV · NENL
1898	44	JHN	N/A																						JHN · NYSL
5 Yrs				160	630	615	67	160	25	4	1	53		15	37	.260	.278	.319	.596	97	196	0
162 Game Avg.				162	638	623	68	162	25	4	1	54		15	37	.260	.278	.319	.596	97	198	0

CLV (4 yrs)				155	609	596	64	154	25	4	1	51		13	35	.258	.274	.319	.593	96	190	0
BUF (1 yr)				5	21	19	3	6	0	0	0	2		2	2	.316	.381	.316	.697	113	6	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
1879	25	CLV	NL	49	195	4	0	0	5	3	12	1.1	6	18	1.7	.523	.507	1.3	0.8	13	$	2/3
1880	26	CLV	NL	66	255	-9	0	0	7	4	2	0.2	8	10	1.0	.504	.502	0.3	1.1	3	$	*2/O
1881	27	CLV	NL	39	155	5	0	0	3	2	10	0.9	5	15	1.4	.525	.506	1.1	0.5	12	$	2/O5
1882	28	CLV	NL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.545	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1883	29	BUF	NL	5	21	0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.488	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/O3
5 Seasons				160	630	1	0	0	14	9	24	2.1	19	43	4.2	.514	.503	2.9	2.3	29	$

CLV (4 yrs)				155	609	0	0	0	15	9	25	2.2	18	43	4.2	.515	.504	2.8	2.4	28	$
BUF (1 yr)				5	21	0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.488	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$

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	ISO
1879	25	CLV	NL	195	137	21	4.2	67	.302	.290	.261	.297	.277	.368	.338	.665	.614	116	.577	3.2	0.4	.078
1880	26	CLV	NL	255	200	13	1.7	60	.210	.200	.243	.216	.266	.248	.321	.464	.587	58	.249	-10.3	-1.2	.048
1881	27	CLV	NL	155	103	19	4.9	70	.343	.313	.258	.335	.288	.373	.338	.709	.625	127	.631	4.6	0.5	.060
1882	28	CLV	NL	4	2	1	13.4	68	.333	.333	.250	.500	.278	.333	.341	.833	.619	178	.915	0.4	0.0	.000
1883	29	BUF	NL	21	13	2	4.1	82	.353	.316	.270	.381	.298	.316	.372	.697	.671	113	.510	0.4	0.0	.000
5 Yrs				630	455	56	3.3	65	.276	.260	.253	.278	.276	.319	.332	.596	.608	97	.484	-1.7	-0.3	.059
162 Game Avg.				638	461	57	3.3	65	.276	.260	.253	.278	.276	.319	.332	.596	.608	97	.484	-1.7	-0.3	.059

CLV (4 yrs)				609	442	54	3.3	65	.273	.258	.253	.274	.275	.319	.331	.593	.606	96	.482	-2.1	-0.3	.060
BUF (1 yr)				21	13	2	4.1	82	.353	.316	.270	.381	.298	.316	.372	.697	.671	113	.511	0.4	0.0	.000

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1879	25	49	195	193	19	56	8	2	1	18	2	10	.290	.297	.368	.665	116	71
1880	26	115	450	443	45	106	18	3	1	36	7	22	.239	.251	.300	.551	84	133
1881	27	154	605	593	64	153	25	4	1	51	12	35	.258	.273	.319	.591	96	189
1882	28	155	609	596	64	154	25	4	1	51	13	35	.258	.274	.319	.593	96	190
1883	29	160	630	615	67	160	25	4	1	53	15	37	.260	.278	.319	.596	97	196

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1879	25	99	381	377	31	100	14	4	2	29	0	4	20	.265	.273	.340	.612	34	49
1880	26	126	484	475	48	94	19	2	0	33	0	9	23	.198	.213	.246	.459	25	66
1881	27	75	293	284	33	85	13	2	0	26	0	9	25	.299	.321	.359	.680	33	39
1882	28	2	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	1
1883	29	8	33	30	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	5
5 Yrs		310	1199	1172	116	288	46	8	2	91	0	27	71	.246	.263	.304	.566	95	160
162 Game Avg.		162	627	612	61	151	24	4	1	48		14	37	.246	.263	.304	.566	50	160

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1879 NL 0.8 (10th) 1880 NL 1.1 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1879 NL 0.8 (10th)
1880 NL 1.1 (6th)

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