Jerry Kenney

Gerald Tennyson Kenney

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 30, 1945 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Beloit HS (Beloit, WI)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1967
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Indians 1967-1973

Final Game: April 19, 1973
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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
1964	19	NYY-min	A	66	274	247	40	72	7	3	1	12	13	4	27	37	.291	.361	.356	.718		88							SHL · WCRS
1965	20	NYY-min	A	114	433	433		135	17	8	3						.312	.312	.409	.721		177							BNG · NYPL
1966	21	NYY-min	AA	135	576	521	83	152	16	7	0	36	12	2	55	55	.292	.359	.349	.709		182							CBS · SOUL
1967	22	NYY-min	AAA	137	590	527	78	155	22	9	3	43	27	11	54	41	.294	.358	.387	.745		204		1	4	4			SYR · IL
1967	22	NYY	AL	20	74	58	4	18	2	0	1	5	2	1	10	8	.310	.412	.397	.808	146	23	0	0	6	0	0	6

1969	24	NYY	AL	130	509	447	49	115	14	2	2	34	25	14	48	36	.257	.328	.311	.639	83	139	11	1	9	4	2	586
1970	25	NYY	AL	140	461	404	46	78	10	7	4	35	20	6	52	44	.193	.284	.282	.566	61	114	11	0	3	2	2	*5/4
1971	26	NYY	AL	120	395	325	50	85	10	3	0	20	9	8	56	38	.262	.368	.311	.679	100	101	10	1	9	4	3	*5/63
1972	27	NYY	AL	50	136	119	16	25	2	0	0	7	3	0	16	13	.210	.304	.227	.531	62	27	7	0	1	0	2	6/5
1973	28	NYY-min	AAA	34	122	99	11	34	6	1	0	12	0	3	20	6	.343	.463	.424	.887		42		2	1	0			SYR · IL
1973	28	CLE	AL	5	19	16	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.250	.316	.375	.691	93	6	0	0	0	1	0	/4
1974	29	NYY-min	AAA	114	401	335	39	78	7	1	0	12	7	4	56	35	.233	.341	.260	.601		87		0	8	2			SYR · IL
1975	30	NYY-min	AAA	99	351	283	50	70	8	3	0	19	4	8	58	24	.247	.373	.297	.670		84		0	8	2			SYR · IL
6 Yrs				465	1594	1369	165	325	38	13	7	103	59	29	184	139	.237	.326	.299	.626	81	410	39	2	28	11	9
162 Game Avg.				162	555	477	57	113	13	5	2	36	21	10	64	48	.237	.326	.299	.626	81	143	14	1	10	4	3

NYY (5 yrs)				460	1575	1353	165	321	38	12	7	101	59	29	182	139	.237	.326	.299	.625	81	404	39	2	28	10	9
CLE (1 yr)				5	19	16	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	.250	.316	.375	.691	93	6	0	0	0	1	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
1967	22	NYY	AL	20	74	3	-0	0	-2	1	3	0.3	2	5	0.5	.516	.502	0.8	-0.1	7	$	6

1969	24	NYY	AL	130	509	-9	2	2	15	2	12	1.2	14	26	2.6	.510	.508	1.0	1.8	11	$	586
1970	25	NYY	AL	140	461	-17	2	0	10	2	-2	-0.3	15	13	1.2	.499	.499	0.2	1.3	3	$	*5/4
1971	26	NYY	AL	120	395	2	-2	0	13	2	16	1.8	13	28	3.0	.515	.511	1.5	1.8	15	$	*5/63
1972	27	NYY	AL	50	136	-3	1	-0	2	2	2	0.3	4	7	0.7	.506	.502	0.4	0.5	4	$32,000	6/5
1973	28	CLE	AL	5	19	1	-0	0	1	0	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.530	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$34,000	/4
6 Seasons				465	1594	-21	1	2	39	10	32	3.4	49	81	8.2	.508	.504	4.0	5.5	41	$66,000

NYY (5 yrs)				460	1575	-22	2	2	39	10	30	3.3	48	79	8.0	.508	.504	3.9	5.4	40	$32,000
CLE (1 yr)				5	19	1	-0	0	1	0	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.530	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$34,000

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
1967	22	NYY	AL	74	47	11	6.3	80	.347	.310	.238	.412	.306	.397	.357	.808	.663	146	.724	3.9	0.4	.829	.276	.086	1.3

1969	24	NYY	AL	509	370	47	3.4	91	.274	.257	.250	.328	.326	.311	.377	.639	.703	83	.406	-8.6	-0.9	.557	.186	.054	3.7
1970	25	NYY	AL	461	348	34	2.6	93	.207	.193	.252	.284	.325	.282	.385	.566	.710	61	.289	-21.5	-2.2	.525	.252	.089	6.7
1971	26	NYY	AL	395	271	40	4.0	87	.292	.262	.248	.368	.319	.311	.368	.679	.687	100	.493	3.4	0.4	.616	.225	.049	.0
1972	27	NYY	AL	136	102	8	2.1	81	.236	.210	.243	.304	.311	.227	.351	.531	.663	62	.270	-5.0	-0.6	.455	.176	.017	.0
1973	28	CLE	AL	19	13	2	4.1	95	.235	.250	.262	.316	.331	.375	.385	.691	.716	93	.477	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.125
6 Yrs				1594	1151	142	3.3	90	.258	.237	.249	.326	.322	.299	.374	.626	.696	81	.402	-28.0	-2.9	.563	.218	.062	12.5
162 Game Avg.				555	401	49	3.3	90	.258	.237	.249	.326	.322	.299	.374	.626	.696	81	.402	-28.0	-2.9	.563	.218	.062	4

NYY (5 yrs)				1575	1138	140	3.3	90	.258	.237	.249	.326	.322	.299	.374	.625	.696	81	.401	-27.8	-2.9	.562	.218	.061	12.5
CLE (1 yr)				19	13	2	4.1	95	.235	.250	.262	.316	.331	.375	.385	.691	.716	93	.477	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.125

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	22	NYY	AL	74	1.4%	10.8%	13.5%	4.1%	17%	0.80	7.3	58.0	11.6	2.45	66%

1969	24	NYY	AL	509	0.4%	7.1%	9.4%	3.5%	16%	0.75	12.4	223.5	13.1	1.63	81%
1970	25	NYY	AL	461	0.9%	9.5%	11.3%	4.6%	27%	0.85	9.2	101.0	11.5	1.46	78%
1971	26	NYY	AL	395	0.0%	9.6%	14.2%	3.3%	15%	0.68	8.6		16.3	1.83	74%
1972	27	NYY	AL	136	0.0%	9.6%	11.8%	1.5%	8%	0.81	9.2		17.0	3.94	78%
1973	28	CLE	AL	19	0.0%	0.0%	10.5%	5.3%	25%	0.00			8.0	0.83	89%
6 Yrs				1594	0.4%	8.7%	11.5%	3.6%	18%	0.76	9.8	195.6	13.3	1.74	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.75	6.0	44.9	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	22	NYY	AL	3.9	0.4	79	0.2	1.5	-1.3	1.18	0.3	-0.2	2.0	0.2	0.98	1.9	0.86	2

1969	24	NYY	AL	-8.6	-0.9	569	0.5	10.1	-9.6	1.08	-0.6	1.0	3.1	0.3	0.94	-3.9	2.10	11
1970	25	NYY	AL	-21.5	-2.2	492	-1.5	7.0	-8.5	1.01	-1.0	-0.4	-10.1	-1.1	0.96	-9.4		0
1971	26	NYY	AL	3.4	0.4	423	-0.2	6.2	-6.4	1.00	0.3	-0.5	4.3	0.5	0.92	5.3	1.87	4
1972	27	NYY	AL	-5.0	-0.6	140	-0.9	1.7	-2.7	1.12	-0.5	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-3.4	1.00	4
1973	28	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	19	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.76	0.2	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.77	1.4		0
6 Yrs				-28.0	-2.9	1722	-1.8	26.8	-28.6	1.04	-1.2	-0.5	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-8.1	1.73	21

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	22	NYY	AL	0	0	11%	30	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1969	24	NYY	AL	6	0	29%	203	25	14	64%	25	12	0	2	0	0	10	3	10	22	63%	21	11	10	3	2	1	16	2	14
1970	25	NYY	AL	10	0	33%	185	20	6	77%	19	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	10	10	57%	8	5	3	5	3	2	17	4	12
1971	26	NYY	AL	5	0	35%	215	9	8	53%	9	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	10	6	47%	30	18	12	7	5	2	12	2	9
1972	27	NYY	AL	5	0	39%	74	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	59%	12	6	5	1	0	1	9	2	7
1973	28	CLE	AL	2	0	0%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				28	0	31%	717	59	29	67%	58	27	1	3	0	0	17	3	38	42	55%	74	41	31	16	10	6	55	10	43

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
1967	22	NYY	AL	74	68%	18			2	0	0	0	0.86	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	8	6	75%	17	0	0%	10	7	70%	43	4	9%	0	0		2	2	100%	0

1969	24	NYY	AL	509	74%	115			11	4	0	3	2.10	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	18	9	50%	98	11	11%	60	23	38%	265	38	14%	27	14	52%	24	15	63%	0
1970	25	NYY	AL	461	75%	78			0	0	0	0		4	0	13	4	0	1	3	0	4	3	75%	80	11	14%	43	12	28%	260	31	12%	22	7	32%	18	8	44%	0
1971	26	NYY	AL	395	85%	85			4	0	0	0	1.87	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	75%	61	10	16%	35	14	40%	180	23	13%	11	7	64%	12	8	67%	0
1972	27	NYY	AL	136	88%	25			4	1	0	0	1.00	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	27	7	26%	17	6	35%	84	7	8%	7	4	57%	9	6	67%	0
1973	28	CLE	AL	19	84%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				1594	78%	325			21	5	0	3	1.73	7	0	25	7	0	3	4	1	44	28	64%	285	39	14%	166	63	38%	839	105	13%	68	33	49%	65	39	60%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

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
1967	22	20	74	58	4	18	2	0	1	5	2	1	10	8	.310	.412	.397	.808	146	23	0	0	6	0	0
1968	23	20	74	58	4	18	2	0	1	5	2	1	10	8	.310	.412	.397	.808	146	23	0	0	6	0	0
1969	24	150	583	505	53	133	16	2	3	39	27	15	58	44	.263	.338	.321	.659	90	162	11	1	15	4	2
1970	25	290	1044	909	99	211	26	9	7	74	47	21	110	88	.232	.314	.304	.617	77	276	22	1	18	6	4
1971	26	410	1439	1234	149	296	36	12	7	94	56	29	166	126	.240	.329	.306	.634	83	377	32	2	27	10	7
1972	27	460	1575	1353	165	321	38	12	7	101	59	29	182	139	.237	.326	.299	.625	81	404	39	2	28	10	9
1973	28	465	1594	1369	165	325	38	13	7	103	59	29	184	139	.237	.326	.299	.626	81	410	39	2	28	11	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	22	20	79	61	5	21	2	0	1	6	2	12	8	.344	.452	.426	.878	12	20

1969	24	130	522	456	56	124	15	2	2	39	27	52	36	.272	.345	.327	.672	52	130
1970	25	140	469	409	51	83	11	7	4	39	21	55	44	.203	.296	.293	.590	36	140
1971	26	121	414	337	61	96	11	3	0	24	10	63	38	.285	.395	.335	.730	45	120
1972	27	52	150	129	22	31	2	0	0	10	4	20	14	.240	.342	.256	.598	11	50
1973	28	5	19	16	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	.250	.316	.375	.691	2	5
6 Yrs		468	1653	1408	195	359	41	13	7	120	64	204	140	.255	.348	.317	.665	158	465
162 Game Avg.		162	572	487	68	124	14	5	2	42	22	71	48	.255	.348	.317	.665	55	465

* 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1969 AL 1.8 (10th) 1971 AL 1.8 (8th)	Triples s c a p y 1970 AL 7 (4th)	Stolen Bases s c a p y 1969 AL 25 (8th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1969 AL 9 (8th)
Caught Stealing s c a p y 1969 AL 14 (4th)	SB % s c a p y 1970 AL 76.92 (5th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1969 AL 12.4 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Bert Myers (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Phil Reccius (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Billy Clingman (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Farrell (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Nelson (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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