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Ian Kennedy

Ian Patrick Kennedy (IPK)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 19, 1984 in Huntington Beach, CA
High School: La Quinta HS (Huntington Beach, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 17, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Yankees 2007-2012
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$520k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.124, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
2007 22 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 23 NYY AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 24 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2010 25 ARI NL 33 67 54 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 24 .204 .290 .222 .513 38 12 0 0 5 1 0 1
2011 26 ARI NL 34 75 61 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 24 .131 .197 .180 .377 3 11 0 1 9 0 0 1 CYA-4,MVP-14
2012 27 ARI NL 10 20 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 .077 .333 .077 .410 19 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
6 Yrs 91 162 128 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 16 53 .156 .253 .188 .441 21 24 1 1 16 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 288 228 20 36 7 0 0 12 0 0 28 94 .156 .253 .188 .441 21 43 2 2 28 2 0
ARI (3 yrs) 77 162 128 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 16 53 .156 .253 .188 .441 21 24 1 1 16 1 0
NYY (3 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 77 162 128 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 16 53 .156 .253 .188 .441 21 24 1 1 16 1 0
AL (3 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
2007 22 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2008 23 NYY AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $394,275 1
2009 24 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2010 25 ARI NL 33 67 -4 -0 0 0 9 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $403,000 1
2011 26 ARI NL 34 75 -9 -1 0 0 10 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $423,000 1 CYA-4,MVP-14
2012 27 ARI NL 10 20 -2 0 -0 0 3 1 0.2 1 2 0.2 .514 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
6 Seasons 91 162 -15 -1 0 0 21 6 0.7 4 11 0.7 .507 .501 0.6 0.0 11 $1,220,275
ARI (3 yrs) 77 162 -15 -1 0 0 21 6 0.7 4 11 0.7 .508 .501 0.6 0.0 11 $826,000
NYY (3 yrs) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $394,275

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 TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2010 25 ARI NL 67 49 5 2.7 106 .355 .204 .268 .290 .338 .222 .422 .513 .760 38 .280 -4.7 -0.5 .442 .148 .019
2011 26 ARI NL 75 62 3 1.3 102 .216 .131 .264 .197 .332 .180 .410 .377 .742 3 .096 -8.4 -0.9 .302 .115 .049
2012 27 ARI NL 20 15 1 1.8 104 .125 .077 .264 .333 .332 .077 .417 .410 .750 19 .155 -1.3 -0.1 .462 .385 .000
6 Yrs 162 126 9 1.9 104 .263 .156 .265 .253 .335 .188 .416 .441 .750 21 .173 -14.4 -1.5 .376 .156 .031
162 Game Avg. 288 224 16 1.9 104 .263 .156 .265 .253 .335 .188 .416 .441 .750 21 .173 -14.4 -1.5 .376 .156 .031

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 26 ARI NL NLDS MIL L 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 25 ARI NL 67 0.0% 35.8% 10.5% 1.5% 9% 3.43 2.3 27.0 1.07 2.13 46% 28% 0.0% 0%
2011 26 ARI NL 75 0.0% 32.0% 5.3% 4.0% 38% 6.00 2.5 15.3 1.50 2.55 49% 9% 0.0% 21%
2012 27 ARI NL 20 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.6 13.0 6.00 9.00 40% 0% 0.0% 0%
6 Yrs 162 0.0% 32.7% 9.9% 2.5% 20% 3.31 2.4 18.3 1.43 2.70 47% 15% 0.0% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 18.0% 8.5% 7.8% 33% 2.11 4.9 34.6 7.9 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2007 22 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
2008 23 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
2009 24 NYY AL 0.0 0.0
2010 25 ARI NL -4.7 -0.5 68 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 .86 -0.4 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 0.88 -4.7 0
2011 26 ARI NL -8.3 -0.8 75 -0.9 0.4 -1.2 .86 -0.9 -0.1 -8.5 -0.9 0.95 -9.1 3.47 0
2012 27 ARI NL -1.3 -0.1 21 -0.1 0.2 -0.4 1.04 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.03 -1.6 0
6 Yrs -14.3 -1.4 164 -1.3 1.3 -2.6 .88 -1.5 0.0 -14.7 -1.5 0.93 -15.5 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 25 ARI NL 1 0 39% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 4 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
2011 26 ARI NL 0 0 23% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 27 ARI NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 30% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 9 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 25 ARI NL 67 39% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 10 0 0% 10 4 40% 37 2 5% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
2011 26 ARI NL 75 29% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 12 0 0% 17 5 29% 42 4 10% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
2012 27 ARI NL 20 20% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 13 1 8% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
6 Yrs 162 32% 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 16 84% 25 1 4% 32 10 31% 92 7 8% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 14% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 25 ARI NL 68 255 3.75 165 65% 38% 17% 23% 22% 62% 0% 40% 73% 24% 1% 1 0 10% 7 4 4% 3 0 54% -1 0 0
2011 26 ARI NL 76 274 3.61 183 67% 36% 20% 19% 25% 64% 0% 43% 69% 21% 1% 1 0 9% 7 1 7% 5 2 21% -1 0 0
2012 27 ARI NL 20 84 4.20 48 57% 42% 19% 19% 21% 58% 0% 33% 68% 30% 10% 2 0 10% 2 0 5% 1 0 60% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 164 613 3.74 396 65% 37% 19% 21% 23% 63% 0% 40% 70% 23% 2% 4 0 10% 16 5 5% 9 2 40% -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 25 47 67 54 7 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 24 .204 .290 .222 .513 38 12 0 0 5 1 0
2011 26 81 142 115 10 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 11 48 .165 .242 .200 .442 20 23 0 1 14 1 0
2012 27 91 162 128 11 20 4 0 0 7 0 0 16 53 .156 .253 .188 .441 21 24 1 1 16 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 25 33 65 53 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 6 24 .189 .267 .208 .474 3 33
2011 26 34 75 61 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 4 24 .131 .197 .180 .377 2 34
2012 27 10 20 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 .000 .278 .000 .278 0 10
3 Yrs 77 160 127 9 18 4 0 0 6 0 15 53 .142 .236 .173 .409 5 77
162 Game Avg. 162 337 267 19 38 8 0 0 13 0 32 112 .142 .236 .173 .409 11 77

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (14, 4%)
0.04 Career Shares (1177th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 NL (4, 34%)
0.34 Career Shares (129th)

                            

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