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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1879 CLV NL 25 C 46 367 277 50 40 2 .891 7.11 .889 6.45 34
1879 CLV NL 25 1B 4 45 41 2 2 2 .956 10.75 .953 11.12
1880 CLV NL 26 C 65 517 397 68 52 9 .899 7.15 .894 6.88 48
1880 CLV NL 26 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .860 1.85 1-1-0
1881 CLV NL 27 C 35 264 207 36 21 4 .920 6.94 .912 6.21 29
1881 CLV NL 27 OF 3 10 7 1 2 0 .800 2.67 .871 2.07 2-1-0
1881 CLV NL 27 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .860 3.60
1882 CLV NL 28 C 1 21 9 9 3 0 .857 18.00 .909 6.80 0
1883 BUF NL 29 OF 4 12 7 0 5 0 .583 1.75 .849 1.95 1-3-0
1883 BUF NL 29 1B 1 14 14 0 0 2 1.000 14.00 .961 10.60
4 Seasons C 147 1169 890 163 116 15 .901 7.16 .897 6.59 111
3 Seasons OF 9 23 15 1 7 0 .696 1.78 .859 1.97 4-5-0
2 Seasons 1B 5 59 55 2 2 4 .966 11.40 .955 11.02
1 Season 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .860 3.60
5 Seasons TOT 162 1253 961 167 125 19 .900 6.96 .899 6.45 4-5-0 111
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1879 CLV NL 25 49 49 0 46 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1880 CLV NL 26 66 66 0 65 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
1881 CLV NL 27 39 39 0 35 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0
1882 CLV NL 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1883 BUF NL 29 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 0
5 Seasons 160 160 0 147 5 0 1 0 4 5 0 9 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1880 NL  65 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1880 NL  397 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1880 NL  52 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  48 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1879 NL  7.11 (2nd)
1880 NL  7.15 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1880 NL  .899 (4th)

                           

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