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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 NYY AL 22 SS 18 17 153.0 83 29 50 4 5 .952 -1.9 -14.9 -0.9 -1.8 0.9 -1 4.65 4.39 .964 4.62 4.09
1969 NYY AL 24 3B 83 74 685.0 277 63 207 7 20 .975 16.5 28.9 15.5 6.3 9.3 1 3.55 3.25 .954 3.16 2.74
1969 NYY AL 24 CF 31 31 259.0 69 67 2 0 1 1.000 -2.4 -11.1 -1.4 -3.2 1.8 -1 2.40 2.23 .981 2.50 2.18
1969 NYY AL 24 OF 31 31 259.0 68 66 2 0 1 1.000 -2.4 -11.1 -1.4 -3.2 1.8 -1 2.36 2.19 .978 2.13 1.84
1969 NYY AL 24 SS 10 9 77.0 44 17 27 0 8 1.000 0.7 10.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 0 5.14 4.40 .966 4.96 4.43
1970 NYY AL 25 3B 135 107 1031.2 428 111 300 17 18 .960 9.7 11.3 10.7 3.3 7.4 -1 3.59 3.04 .948 3.07 2.67
1970 NYY AL 25 2B 2 2 18.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.5 33.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 5.00 5.00 .980 5.35 4.65
1971 NYY AL 26 3B 109 88 818.0 321 69 237 15 20 .953 12.1 17.8 13.1 9.4 3.7 -1 3.37 2.81 .956 3.04 2.74
1971 NYY AL 26 SS 5 3 27.0 17 5 12 0 4 1.000 1.1 48.9 1.1 -0.3 1.4 0 5.67 3.40 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 NYY AL 26 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.10
1972 NYY AL 27 SS 45 33 314.2 194 57 131 6 30 .969 2.1 8.0 1.1 -3.1 4.2 1 5.38 4.18 .967 4.99 4.51
1972 NYY AL 27 3B 1 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 98.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.45 1.00 1.000 2.95 2.70
1973 CLE AL 28 2B 5 4 38.0 21 9 12 0 1 1.000 0.8 25.3 0.8 1.3 -0.5 0 4.97 4.20 .981 5.45 4.68
4 Seasons 3B 328 269 2538.1 1027 243 745 39 58 .962 38.6 18.2 39.6 19.3 20.4 -1 3.50 3.01 .952 3.08 2.71
4 Seasons SS 78 62 571.2 338 108 220 10 47 .970 2.0 4.2 2.0 -4.6 6.6 0 5.16 4.21 .966 4.88 4.39
1 Season CF 31 31 259.0 69 67 2 0 1 1.000 -2.4 -11.1 -1.4 -3.2 1.8 -1 2.40 2.23 .981 2.50 2.18
1 Season OF 31 31 259.0 68 66 2 0 1 1.000 -2.4 -11.1 -1.4 -3.2 1.8 -1 2.36 2.19 .978 2.13 1.84
2 Seasons 2B 7 6 56.0 31 12 19 0 2 1.000 1.3 27.9 1.3 1.3 0.0 0 4.98 4.43 .981 5.42 4.67
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.10
6 Seasons TOT 445 368 3425.0 1464 429 986 49 108 .967 39.5 13.8 41.5 12.8 28.8 -1 -1 3.72 3.18 .924 3.35 2.99

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1967 NYY AL 22 20 17 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 3 0
1969 NYY AL 24 130 114 130 130 0 0 0 0 83 10 0 31 0 31 13 2
1970 NYY AL 25 140 109 140 140 0 0 0 2 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
1971 NYY AL 26 120 91 120 120 0 0 1 0 109 5 0 0 0 0 4 10
1972 NYY AL 27 50 33 50 50 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 4 6
1973 CLE AL 28 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 465 368 465 465 0 0 1 7 328 78 0 31 0 31 0 24 29
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 NYY AL 24 2882 62% 78% 29% 265 94% 4 62 47 7 8 207 167 32 2 3 7 0 7 0 7 21 12 2 18 2 1 1 5 80%
1970 NYY AL 25 4425 65% 80% 31% 431 88% 0 110 84 11 15 300 249 42 4 7 17 0 14 3 16 18 14 1 16 2 2 0 15 33%
1971 NYY AL 26 3418 65% 81% 33% 318 90% 2 68 44 17 7 243 196 39 2 6 15 0 9 6 10 20 7 5 13 6 3 3 12 58%
1972 NYY AL 27 18 78% 67% 22% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 10743 64% 80% 31% 1015 90% 6 240 175 35 30 751 612 114 8 16 39 0 30 9 33 59 33 8 47 10 6 4 32 50%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 NYY AL 22 648 62% 77% 29% 70 86% 0 27 14 12 1 47 41 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1
1969 NYY AL 24 324 66% 76% 29% 34 94% 0 18 9 8 1 28 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 4 1 0 8 3 5 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 26 107 63% 81% 42% 15 100% 0 6 4 1 1 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
1972 NYY AL 27 1338 70% 80% 34% 164 90% 2 57 23 29 5 136 106 26 1 3 6 0 5 1 5 31 14 3 6 3 0 27 18 9 3 0 2
4 Seasons 2417 67% 79% 32% 283 90% 2 108 50 50 8 223 180 39 1 3 10 0 9 1 8 48 22 3 11 6 0 43 26 17 4 0 3
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 8 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 10 4 0 30 13 43.3% 17 0 0.0% 2 1153 69% 78% 25% 135 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 8 0 4 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 10 4 0 30 13 43.3% 17 0 0.0% 2 1153 69% 78% 25% 135 50%
MLB Averages 41.7% 2.1% 62% 77% 25% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1970 NYY AL 25 66 50% 85% 35% 12 75% 0 4 3 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 28 164 54% 73% 18% 15 100% 0 9 4 5 0 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 230 53% 77% 23% 27 89% 0 13 7 6 0 19 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94%

* 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.

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