Jerry Kenney
Gerald Tennyson Kenney
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 30, 1945 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Beloit (Beloit, WI)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1967
Final Game: April 19, 1973
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Standard Batting

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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
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 CLE AL 5 19 16 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 .250 .316 .375 .691 92 6 0 0 0 1 0 /4
6 Seasons 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 92 6 0 0 0 1 0

Advanced Batting

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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 .356 .808 .662 146 .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 .702 83 .406 -8.5 -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 -21.4 -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 3.5 0.4 .616 .225 .049 .0
1972 27 NYY AL 136 102 8 2.1 81 .236 .210 .243 .304 .311 .227 .351 .531 .662 62 .270 -5.0 -0.6 .455 .176 .017 .0
1973 28 CLE AL 19 13 2 4.1 96 .235 .250 .263 .316 .332 .375 .386 .691 .719 92 .477 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .250 .125
6 Seasons 1594 1151 142 3.3 90 .258 .237 .249 .326 .322 .299 .374 .626 .696 81 .402 -27.8 -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 -27.8 -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 -27.6 -2.9 .562 .218 .061 12.5
CLE (1 yr) 19 13 2 4.1 96 .235 .250 .263 .316 .332 .375 .386 .691 .719 92 .477 -0.2 -0.0 .667 .250 .125

Ratio Batting*

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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
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 Seasons 1594 0.4% 8.7% 11.5% 3.6% 18% 0.76 9.8 195.6 13.3 1.74 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
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 11 3 9 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 Seasons 28 0 31% 717 59 29 67% 58 27 1 3 0 0 18 3 37 42 55% 74 41 31 16 10 6 55 10 43
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.08 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 6 75% 17 0 0% 10 7 70% 43 4 9% 0 0 3 2 67% 0
1969 24 NYY AL 509 74% 115 11 4 0 3 2.19 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 0 18 9 50% 98 11 11% 60 23 38% 265 38 14% 27 14 52% 37 17 46% 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% 23 11 48% 0
1971 26 NYY AL 395 85% 85 4 0 0 0 1.81 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 9 75% 61 10 16% 35 14 40% 180 23 13% 11 7 64% 25 14 56% 0
1972 27 NYY AL 136 88% 25 4 1 0 0 1.14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 27 7 26% 17 6 35% 84 7 8% 7 4 57% 6 3 50% 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% 1 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 1594 78% 325 21 5 0 3 1.81 7 0 25 7 0 3 4 1 44 28 64% 285 39 14% 166 63 38% 839 105 13% 68 33 49% 95 47 49% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 76 63 5 23 3 0 1 6 3 13 8 .365 .474 .460 .934 14 20
1969 24 130 516 458 56 126 15 2 2 39 27 53 36 .275 .349 .330 .679 53 130
1970 25 140 470 411 51 85 11 8 4 39 22 57 44 .207 .302 .302 .604 38 140
1971 26 121 412 341 61 100 12 4 0 24 11 66 38 .293 .405 .352 .757 48 120
1972 27 52 149 129 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 Seasons 468 1642 1418 195 369 43 15 7 120 67 211 140 .260 .354 .327 .681 166 465
162 Game Avg. 162 568 491 68 128 15 5 2 42 23 73 48 .260 .354 .327 .681 57 465

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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)

AB per SO s c a p y
1969 AL  12.4 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Joe Farrell (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Nelson (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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