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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 Pitching

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	Awards
2006	21	NYY-min	A-	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	12		1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	STI · NYPL
2007	22	NYY-min	A+,AA,AAA	12	3	.800	1.91	26	25	0	1	0	0	146.1	91	31	31	6	50	1	163	6	0	3	561		0.964	5.6	0.4	3.1	10.0	3.26	TAM,TRE,SWB · FLOR,EL,IL
2007	22	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	1.89	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.0	13	6	4	1	9	0	15	0	0	0	77	243	1.158	6.2	0.5	4.3	7.1	1.67
2008	23	NYY-min	AAA,A+,Rk	6	3	.667	2.22	15	13	0	0	0	0	77.0	57	20	19	4	18	0	83	6	1	3	311		0.974	6.7	0.5	2.1	9.7	4.61	SWB,TAM,YNK · IL,FLOR,GULF
2008	23	NYY	AL	0	4	.000	8.17	10	9	1	0	0	0	39.2	50	37	36	5	26	0	27	1	0	3	194	54	1.916	11.3	1.1	5.9	6.1	1.04
2009	24	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.59	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.2	18	5	4	0	7	0	25	0	0	1	91		1.103	7.1	0.0	2.8	9.9	3.57	SWB · IL
2009	24	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6		2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
2010	25	ARI	NL	9	10	.474	3.80	32	32	0	0	0	0	194.0	163	87	82	26	70	2	168	10	0	16	810	111	1.201	7.6	1.2	3.2	7.8	2.40
2011	26	ARI	NL	21	4	*.840*	2.88	33	33	0	1	1	0	222.0	186	73	71	19	55	0	198	9	1	11	900	138	1.086	7.5	0.8	2.2	8.0	3.60	CYA-4,MVP-14
2012	27	ARI	NL	3	5	.375	4.65	10	10	0	0	0	0	62.0	69	33	32	9	16	1	52	4	4	2	270	87	1.371	10.0	1.3	2.3	7.5	3.25
6 Yrs				34	23	.596	3.77	89	87	1	1	1	0	537.2	481	236	225	60	178	3	461	25	5	32	2257	110	1.226	8.1	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.59
162 Game Avg.				13	9	.596	3.77	34	34	0	0	0	0	208	186	91	87	23	69	1	178	10	2	12	872	110	1.226	8.1	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.59

ARI (3 yrs)				33	19	.635	3.48	75	75	0	1	1	0	478.0	418	193	185	54	141	3	418	23	5	29	1980	117	1.169	7.9	1.0	2.7	7.9	2.96
NYY (3 yrs)				1	4	.200	6.03	14	12	1	0	0	0	59.2	63	43	40	6	37	0	43	2	0	3	277	75	1.676	9.5	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.16

NL (3 yrs)				33	19	.635	3.48	75	75	0	1	1	0	478.0	418	193	185	54	141	3	418	23	5	29	1980	117	1.169	7.9	1.0	2.7	7.9	2.96
AL (3 yrs)				1	4	.200	6.03	14	12	1	0	0	0	59.2	63	43	40	6	37	0	43	2	0	3	277	75	1.676	9.5	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.16

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
2007	22	NYY	AL	19.0	3	3	6	2.84	4.67	-0.08	0.18	99.9	4.93	4	0.5		-0.0	0.6	7	.652	.503	$
2008	23	NYY	AL	39.2	10	9	37	8.39	4.83	-0.28	0.15	101.3	5.32	-14	-1.3	.5	-0.0	-0.9	-9	.372	.492	$394,275
2009	24	NYY	AL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.53	-0.11	-0.41	96.0	5.02	1	0.1	2.5	0.0	0.1	1	.557	.500	$
2010	25	ARI	NL	194.0	32	32	87	4.04	4.44	0.14	0.17	104.7	4.67	13	1.4		-0.1	2.7	32	.545	.509	$403,000
2011	26	ARI	NL	222.0	33	33	73	2.96	4.07	0.29	0.15	104.7	4.12	27	3.2		-0.1	4.7	48	.598	.520	$423,000	CYA-4,MVP-14
2012	27	ARI	NL	62.0	10	10	33	4.79	4.25	0.17	0.16	104.6	4.43	-3	-0.4		-0.1	0.0	3	.463	.498	$
6 Seasons				537.2	89	87	236	3.95	4.30	0.17	0.16	104.2	4.47	28	3.5	1.5	-0.3	7.2	82	.540	.504	$1,220,275

ARI (3 yrs)				478.0	75	75	193	3.63	4.24	0.21	0.16	104.7	4.38	37	4.3		-0.3	7.4	83	.557	.509	$826,000
NYY (3 yrs)				59.2	14	12	43	6.49	4.79	-0.21	0.15	100.8	5.19	-9	-0.8	1.5	0.0	-0.2	-1	.446	.498	$394,275

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2011	26	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	MIL	0	1	.000	4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	6	6	1	3	0	8	3	0	1	57	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	5.7	2.67
1 NLDS							0	1	.000	4.26	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	6	6	1	3	0	8	3	0	1	57	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	5.7	2.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	77	68	6	13	3	0	1	1	1	9	15	.191	.286	.279	.565	.231	19	1	0	0	0	0	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	10	194	162	37	50	15	2	5	5	2	26	27	.309	.399	.519	.917	.336	84	1	1	1	4	0	2
2009	24	NYY	AL	1	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	32	810	714	87	163	35	2	26	12	6	70	168	.228	.304	.392	.696	.261	280	12	10	11	5	2	7
2011	26	ARI	NL	33	900	818	73	186	44	4	19	6	0	55	198	.227	.281	.361	.641	.274	295	15	9	9	9	0	4
2012	27	ARI	NL	10	270	243	33	69	14	4	9	1	0	16	52	.284	.335	.486	.820	.324	118	4	4	4	3	1	1
6 Yrs				89	2257	2008	236	481	111	12	60	25	9	178	461	.240	.306	.396	.703	.279	796	33	25	25	21	3	14
162 Game Avg.				34	872	776	91	186	43	5	23	10	3	69	178	.240	.306	.396	.703	.279	308	13	10	10	8	1	5
MLB Averages																.261	.329	.411	.740	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
2007	22	NYY	AL	4.9	0.5	81	0.4	1.5	-1.1	1.04	0.5	-0.1	4.1	0.4	1.05	4.8	0	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	-15.0	-1.4	206	-1.4	2.6	-4.0	.94	-1.2	-0.3	-15.8	-1.4	0.94	-13.7	0	1
2009	24	NYY	AL	0.7	0.1	6	0.1	0.4	-0.2	4.23	-0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	4.23	-0.1	1	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	10.0	1.0	848	1.0	13.9	-13.0	.95	1.4	-0.4	13.8	1.4	0.95	16.5	0	0
2011	26	ARI	NL	27.5	3.0	916	4.3	17.6	-13.3	1.07	3.0	1.0	31.9	3.4	1.07	27.4	0	0
2012	27	ARI	NL	-3.0	-0.3	278	-0.6	4.2	-4.7	.94	-0.8	0.2	-5.7	-0.6	0.94	-7.8	0	0
6 Yrs				25.0	3.0	2335	3.8	40.2	-36.3	1.01	2.9	0.9	28.9	3.3	1.01	27.0	1	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
2007	22	NYY	AL	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	2	67%	60.3	74	44	1	0	0	3	4.5	4.7	6.3	92	0	3	0	0	96
2008	23	NYY	AL	10	9	0	4	5	0	0	2	7	.222	1	2	0	0	2	22%	37.6	60	18	7	2	0	5	4.0	4.4	4.1	82	4	4	1	0	105

2010	25	ARI	NL	32	32	9	10	13	4	2	15	17	.469	4	4	0	0	15	47%	54.4	85	26	12	7	0	15	5.1	5.0	6.1	99	1	14	17	0	116
2011	26	ARI	NL	33	33	21	4	8	3	0	25	8	.758	2	5	1	1	24	73%	59.9	91	8	6	2	0	13	4.6	4.3	6.7	104	2	1	30	0	116
2012	27	ARI	NL	10	10	3	5	2	0	2	3	7	.300	1	1	0	0	6	60%	49.4	66	25	7	0	0	5	2.8	2.9	6.2	99	0	6	4	0	112
5 Yrs				88	87	34	23	30	7	4	47	40	.540	8	12	1	1	49	56%	54	91	8	33	11	0	41	4.5	4.4	6.1	99	7	28	52	0	116
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	100	-13					4.6	4.6	5.9	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	SVSit	Hold	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2008	23	NYY	AL	10	1	1	0	0	6	.936	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	9.0	52
2009	24	NYY	AL	1	1	0	1	1	8	4.232	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	28
2 Yrs				11	2	1	1	1		1.035	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	6.0	40

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2007	22	NYY	AL	77	52%	1.3%	19.5%	11.7%	5.2%	31%	0.35	0.46	68%	26%	2.9%	13%	12	1	8%
2008	23	NYY	AL	194	43%	2.6%	13.9%	13.4%	11.3%	44%	0.73	0.82	69%	13%	7.2%	14%	37	1	3%
2009	24	NYY	AL	6	33%	0.0%	16.7%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00	0.00	33%	50%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%
2010	25	ARI	NL	810	52%	3.2%	20.7%	8.6%	7.8%	39%	0.60	0.80	65%	18%	8.6%	11%	126	12	10%
2011	26	ARI	NL	900	50%	2.1%	22.0%	6.1%	7.4%	36%	0.63	0.87	68%	20%	5.8%	15%	156	15	10%
2012	27	ARI	NL	270	42%	3.3%	19.3%	5.9%	10.0%	39%	0.62	0.89	69%	17%	8.9%	14%	37	4	11%
6 Yrs				2257	49%	2.7%	20.4%	7.9%	8.1%	38%	0.61	0.82	67%	18%	7.2%	13%	370	33	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	18.0%	8.5%	7.8%	33%	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	22	NYY	AL	78	276	3.54	178	64%	35%	15%	21%	30%	65%	0%	42%	78%	65%	5%	4	4	26%	20	16	2	40%	9	0	-1	0	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	194	789	4.07	461	58%	31%	10%	29%	30%	69%	0%	40%	86%	56%	6%	11	9	12%	24	8	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	6	28	4.67	15	54%	33%	20%	33%	13%	67%	0%	36%	70%	50%	17%	1	0	67%	4	3	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	813	3170	3.90	1990	63%	30%	15%	26%	28%	70%	1%	44%	78%	63%	4%	33	20	21%	171	91	6	24%	30	11	-3	0	0
2011	26	ARI	NL	900	3424	3.80	2279	67%	27%	14%	30%	28%	73%	0%	48%	80%	64%	4%	36	26	28%	253	165	21	31%	45	10	0	0	0
2012	27	ARI	NL	270	989	3.66	657	66%	23%	17%	30%	30%	77%	1%	51%	78%	66%	4%	10	5	24%	65	30	5	13%	4	4	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2261	8676	3.84	5580	64%	29%	15%	28%	29%	71%	0%	46%	80%	63%	4%	95	64	24%	537	313	34	27%	90	28	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	59%	5%			23%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
2007	22	NYY	AL	77	13	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	67%	0	0	1	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2008	23	NYY	AL	194	50	7	1	5	0	7	4	1	0	5	19	11	2	58%	2	3	1	75	5	2	71%	5	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	8	0
2009	24	NYY	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2010	25	ARI	NL	810	163	8	1	26	1	12	11	15	11	15	30	13	10	43%	7	16	1	276	12	6	67%	12	4	0	2	0	0	2	2	32	0
2011	26	ARI	NL	900	186	16	3	19	1	22	11	8	9	10	41	16	8	39%	4	11	0	294	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	23	0
2012	27	ARI	NL	270	69	5	2	9	1	3	3	6	6	3	17	11	3	65%	1	2	0	94	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
6 Yrs				2257	481	36	7	60	3	46	30	30	27	33	110	53	24	48%	14	32	3	767	25	9	74%	23	6	2	3	0	0	5	2	75	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	22	1	0	1.000	1.89	3	3	0	0	0	19.0	13	6	4	1	9	0	15	0	0	0	77	243	1.158	6.2	0.5	4.3	7.1	1.67	243
2008	23	1	4	.200	6.14	13	12	1	0	0	58.2	63	43	40	6	35	0	42	1	0	3	271	73	1.670	9.7	0.9	5.4	6.4	1.20	73
2009	24	1	4	.200	6.03	14	12	1	0	0	59.2	63	43	40	6	37	0	43	2	0	3	277	75	1.676	9.5	0.9	5.6	6.5	1.16	75
2010	25	10	14	.417	4.33	46	44	1	0	0	253.2	226	130	122	32	107	2	211	12	0	19	1087	99	1.313	8.0	1.1	3.8	7.5	1.97	99
2011	26	31	18	.633	3.65	79	77	1	1	1	475.2	412	203	193	51	162	2	409	21	1	30	1987	114	1.207	7.8	1.0	3.1	7.7	2.52	114
2012	27	34	23	.596	3.77	89	87	1	1	1	537.2	481	236	225	60	178	3	461	25	5	32	2257	110	1.226	8.1	1.0	3.0	7.7	2.59	110

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
2007	22	2	0	1.000	1.89	19.0	12	4	4	1	8	15	0	1.053	5.7	3.8	7.1	1.88	0.5	3
2008	23	1	3	.250	8.31	39.0	50	40	36	5	26	27	1	1.949	11.5	6.0	6.2	1.04	1.2	10
2009	24	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2.000	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	0.0	1
2010	25	11	10	.524	3.74	190.0	160	88	79	26	69	165	10	1.205	7.6	3.3	7.8	2.39	1.2	32
2011	26	14	9	.609	3.10	215.0	189	82	74	19	56	192	9	1.140	7.9	2.3	8.0	3.43	0.8	33
2012	27	2	4	.333	4.95	60.0	70	37	33	9	16	50	4	1.433	10.5	2.4	7.5	3.13	1.4	10
6 Yrs		30	26	.536	3.88	524.0	481	251	226	60	177	450	25	1.256	8.3		7.7	2.54	1.0	89

* 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

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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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2011 NL 4.7 (5th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 2011 NL 2.88 (7th)
Wins s c a p y 2011 NL 21 (1st)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 2011 NL .840 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 2011 NL 1.086 (6th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2010 NL 7.562 (9th) 2011 NL 7.541 (5th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 2011 NL 222.0 (5th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 2011 NL 198 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 2011 NL 33 (4th) 2012 NL 10 (5th)	Shutouts s c a p y 2011 NL 1 (6th)
Home Runs s c a p y 2010 NL 26 (7th) 2012 NL 9 (6th)	Hits s c a p y 2012 NL 69 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 2011 NL 3.600 (7th)	Losses s c a p y 2012 NL 5 (4th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 2012 NL 32 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 2010 NL 16 (1st) 2011 NL 11 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2010 NL 10 (3rd) 2011 NL 9 (6th) 2012 NL 4 (3rd)	Batters Faced s c a p y 2011 NL 900 (9th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 2011 NL 137 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 2011 NL 27 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 2011 NL 3.0 (5th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 2011 NL 31.86 (4th)
Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 2011 NL 4.3 (4th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 2011 NL 3.0 (6th)	Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 2011 NL 3.5 (4th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Pitching - 7 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (937), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 11 (915), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 17 (403), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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