John Kennedy
John Edward Kennedy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1962
Final Game: June 16, 1974
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 WSA AL 21 SS 9 9 78.0 39 13 25 1 4 .974 0.4 6.2 0.4 -0.6 1.0 0 4.38 4.22 .962 4.83 4.47
1962 WSA AL 21 3B 2 2 16.1 9 2 5 2 0 .778 -0.9 -66.1 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 3.86 3.50 .956 3.09 2.80
1963 WSA AL 22 3B 26 18 160.2 65 16 46 3 4 .954 -0.9 -6.7 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 0 3.47 2.38 .946 3.02 2.85
1963 WSA AL 22 SS 2 1 9.0 7 3 3 1 1 .857 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.00 3.00 .971 4.80 4.55
1964 WSA AL 23 3B 106 81 758.1 306 97 191 18 14 .941 2.5 4.0 2.5 2.8 -0.2 0 3.42 2.72 .956 3.03 2.76
1964 WSA AL 23 SS 49 43 372.0 208 71 130 7 27 .966 0.2 0.6 0.2 -1.8 2.0 0 4.86 4.10 .968 4.78 4.55
1964 WSA AL 23 2B 2 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 -0.5 -66.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 4.00 2.00 .975 5.20 4.55
1965 LAD NL 24 3B 95 21 341.2 102 35 64 3 5 .971 0.7 2.5 0.7 -0.7 1.5 0 2.61 1.04 .950 2.82 2.47
1965 LAD NL 24 SS 5 2 29.0 16 5 10 1 1 .938 -0.2 -8.3 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0 4.66 3.00 .962 4.93 4.20
1966 LAD NL 25 3B 87 52 492.0 172 39 127 6 10 .965 2.0 4.9 2.0 -2.3 4.3 0 3.04 1.91 .953 3.04 2.66
1966 LAD NL 25 SS 28 24 212.0 96 37 57 2 15 .979 -7.8 -44.2 -7.8 -5.5 -2.3 0 3.99 3.36 .964 4.96 4.43
1966 LAD NL 25 2B 15 10 93.2 52 26 26 0 7 1.000 1.0 12.8 1.0 -0.3 1.3 0 5.00 3.47 .977 5.33 4.68
1967 NYY AL 26 SS 36 29 254.0 142 43 87 12 16 .915 -4.5 -21.3 -4.5 -3.1 -1.5 0 4.61 3.61 .965 4.62 4.09
1967 NYY AL 26 3B 34 24 237.1 99 31 64 4 5 .960 2.1 10.6 3.1 0.3 2.8 -1 3.60 2.79 .955 3.13 2.72
1967 NYY AL 26 2B 2 3 29.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -20.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 3.10 5.00 .980 4.97 4.20
1969 SEP AL 28 SS 33 14 153.1 95 42 45 8 11 .916 -4.7 -36.8 -4.7 -1.3 -3.3 0 5.11 2.64 .967 4.96 4.43
1969 SEP AL 28 3B 23 18 163.0 60 21 37 2 2 .967 -1.1 -8.1 -1.1 -1.2 0.2 0 3.20 2.52 .955 3.16 2.74
1970 TOT AL 29 3B 38 29 261.0 106 34 68 4 6 .962 4.5 20.7 4.5 3.8 0.7 0 3.52 2.68 .948 3.07 2.67
1970 TOT AL 29 2B 18 16 148.1 71 29 37 5 8 .930 -4.1 -33.2 -4.1 -2.7 -1.5 0 4.00 3.67 .980 5.35 4.64
1970 MIL AL 29 2B 16 14 130.1 63 26 32 5 7 .921 -4.0 -36.8 -4.0 -2.6 -1.5 0 4.01 3.63 .981 5.35 4.64
1970 MIL AL 29 3B 5 1 10.2 6 3 3 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -22.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 5.06 1.20 .950 3.04 2.68
1970 MIL AL 29 SS 4 12 5 7 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 4.40
1970 MIL AL 29 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.10
1970 BOS AL 29 3B 33 28 250.1 100 31 65 4 4 .960 4.7 22.5 4.7 4.0 0.7 0 3.45 2.91 .948 3.07 2.67
1970 BOS AL 29 2B 2 2 18.0 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.00 4.00 .975 5.35 4.65
1971 BOS AL 30 2B 37 31 277.1 151 71 76 4 16 .974 -5.0 -21.6 -4.0 -2.3 -1.6 -1 4.77 3.97 .980 5.31 4.76
1971 BOS AL 30 SS 33 27 260.1 124 41 74 9 18 .927 -6.2 -28.6 -7.2 -3.2 -4.0 1 3.98 3.48 .966 4.90 4.32
1971 BOS AL 30 3B 5 5 42.0 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 0.2 5.7 0.2 -0.4 0.6 0 3.21 3.00 .953 3.04 2.74
1972 BOS AL 31 2B 32 25 210.1 133 62 66 5 21 .962 -3.3 -18.8 -3.3 -5.2 1.9 0 5.48 4.00 .977 5.17 4.42
1972 BOS AL 31 SS 27 22 220.0 114 44 65 5 13 .956 -3.6 -19.6 -3.6 -2.5 -1.1 0 4.46 4.04 .968 4.99 4.51
1972 BOS AL 31 3B 11 7 86.1 17 4 10 3 0 .824 -3.1 -43.1 -3.1 -3.1 0.0 0 1.46 1.27 .959 2.98 2.70
1973 BOS AL 32 2B 31 27 251.1 150 75 72 3 25 .980 -0.7 -3.3 -2.7 -1.3 -1.4 2 5.26 4.74 .980 5.44 4.67
1973 BOS AL 32 3B 24 14 156.0 56 17 36 3 5 .946 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0 3.06 2.21 .950 3.00 2.68
1973 BOS AL 32 DH 9
1974 BOS AL 33 2B 6 1 26.0 18 7 7 4 3 .778 -4.2 -193.8 -3.2 0.8 -3.9 -1 4.85 2.33 .978 5.37 4.57
1974 BOS AL 33 3B 4 2 20.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.2 12.0 0.2 -0.4 0.7 0 2.25 1.25 .960 3.10 2.78
12 Seasons 3B 455 273 2734.2 1012 299 665 48 52 .953 6.3 2.8 7.3 -1.8 9.5 -1 3.17 2.12 .953 3.02 2.67
10 Seasons SS 226 171 1587.2 853 304 503 46 106 .946 -26.7 -20.2 -27.7 -18.1 -9.6 1 4.57 3.57 .966 4.85 4.39
8 Seasons 2B 143 114 1045.0 589 280 288 21 81 .964 -17.3 -19.9 -17.3 -11.5 -5.7 0 4.89 3.97 .979 5.31 4.62
1 Season DH 9
1 Season 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.45 8.10
12 Seasons TOT 825 558 5369.1 2457 886 1456 115 239 .953 -37.9 -8.5 -37.9 -31.4 -6.0 0 3.93 2.84 .917 4.01 3.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1962 WSA AL 21 14 11 14 14 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 3 0
1963 WSA AL 22 36 19 36 36 0 0 0 0 26 2 0 0 0 0 3 6
1964 WSA AL 23 148 125 148 148 0 0 0 2 106 49 0 0 0 0 3 9
1965 LAD NL 24 104 23 104 104 0 0 0 0 95 5 0 0 0 0 5 8
1966 LAD NL 25 125 86 125 125 0 0 0 15 87 28 0 0 0 0 1 5
1967 NYY AL 26 78 56 78 78 0 0 0 2 34 36 0 0 0 0 5 3
1969 SEP AL 28 61 32 61 61 0 0 0 0 23 33 0 0 0 0 6 9
1970 BOS AL 29 43 32 43 43 0 0 0 2 33 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1970 MIL AL 29 25 15 25 25 0 0 1 16 5 4 0 0 0 0 3 2
1971 BOS AL 30 74 63 74 74 0 0 0 37 5 33 0 0 0 0 2 2
1972 BOS AL 31 71 54 71 71 0 0 0 32 11 27 0 0 0 0 5 7
1973 BOS AL 32 67 41 67 55 0 0 0 31 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16
1974 BOS AL 33 10 3 10 10 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 Seasons 856 560 856 844 0 0 1 143 455 226 0 0 0 0 0 43 70
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%
1962 WSA AL 21 79 75% 76% 27% 10 70% 0 2 2 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 22 734 63% 78% 24% 65 83% 0 17 13 2 2 44 34 7 1 1 3 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 75%
1964 WSA AL 23 3351 62% 79% 25% 318 88% 3 97 84 3 10 195 153 37 1 6 18 0 11 7 15 14 13 0 13 0 0 0 13 31%
1965 LAD NL 24 1423 71% 77% 27% 110 94% 0 34 28 3 3 73 59 14 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 3 100%
1966 LAD NL 25 2019 72% 74% 26% 178 86% 3 37 29 2 6 126 97 21 3 4 6 0 6 0 6 10 7 0 8 1 1 0 11 73%
1967 NYY AL 26 1002 63% 77% 28% 95 93% 2 27 21 3 3 64 49 14 0 1 4 0 4 0 3 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 3 100%
1969 SEP AL 28 749 51% 74% 24% 53 91% 1 22 17 2 3 31 26 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1970 BOS AL 29 1116 63% 73% 29% 105 89% 0 30 24 3 3 68 57 10 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 6 50%
1970 MIL AL 29 59 41% 76% 17% 4 100% 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 192 60% 80% 23% 12 100% 0 3 2 0 1 10 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 31 392 62% 78% 27% 28 79% 0 8 6 1 1 16 12 2 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 BOS AL 32 689 62% 75% 22% 54 91% 0 17 13 1 3 36 28 8 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 50%
1974 BOS AL 33 87 67% 75% 24% 5 100% 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 11892 64% 76% 26% 1037 88% 9 298 241 21 36 675 533 121 6 20 48 0 36 12 41 50 39 1 43 3 1 2 43 60%
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 89% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1962 WSA AL 21 333 61% 80% 28% 34 91% 0 13 7 5 1 25 17 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1963 WSA AL 22 46 37% 74% 24% 6 67% 1 2 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1964 WSA AL 23 1635 57% 79% 26% 167 89% 1 70 37 28 6 129 95 29 0 2 7 1 3 3 4 27 13 0 8 3 1 26 13 12 1 0 1
1965 LAD NL 24 120 78% 70% 28% 14 79% 0 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 25 917 67% 78% 26% 79 77% 1 38 13 20 5 57 45 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 15 4 2 4 2 1 14 6 7 0 0 0
1967 NYY AL 26 1113 67% 76% 28% 120 84% 2 42 21 15 5 88 65 18 1 2 12 0 12 0 8 17 9 0 3 1 2 16 10 6 1 1 0
1969 SEP AL 28 714 58% 74% 24% 66 86% 1 42 20 18 4 42 33 7 0 0 8 0 6 2 5 11 5 1 3 0 2 11 6 5 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 29 99 70% 83% 37% 10 100% 0 5 2 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 1133 64% 77% 27% 100 83% 0 41 19 20 2 73 57 14 0 0 9 0 8 1 9 18 8 1 6 0 1 16 9 7 1 1 0
1972 BOS AL 31 927 63% 78% 26% 91 87% 1 44 19 24 1 68 49 15 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 13 4 3 5 0 0 13 7 6 0 0 0
10 Seasons 7037 63% 78% 27% 687 85% 7 303 141 137 25 502 381 100 1 5 46 1 38 7 34 108 46 7 32 6 7 103 54 46 3 2 1
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1964 WSA AL 23 36 69% 81% 22% 2 50% 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1966 LAD NL 25 384 72% 74% 23% 33 100% 0 29 9 14 6 26 21 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 2 2 7 4 3 2 0 1
1967 NYY AL 26 120 75% 71% 23% 7 100% 0 13 5 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1970 MIL AL 29 596 49% 74% 24% 44 89% 0 28 9 12 7 33 28 4 0 1 5 0 4 1 4 7 1 1 4 1 7 5 2 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 29 76 68% 75% 24% 7 86% 0 3 2 1 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 30 1246 58% 77% 26% 96 93% 0 71 23 31 17 77 70 7 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 16 3 5 2 1 14 4 10 1 0 1
1972 BOS AL 31 905 58% 75% 27% 74 86% 1 60 19 27 14 61 48 11 0 1 5 0 4 1 3 21 6 6 4 0 17 4 12 3 1 2
1973 BOS AL 32 1082 66% 79% 25% 82 94% 1 75 23 46 6 71 61 8 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 26 11 4 5 4 25 9 16 1 0 1
1974 BOS AL 33 129 52% 85% 31% 10 60% 0 9 1 6 3 7 7 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1
8 Seasons 4574 61% 77% 26% 355 91% 2 291 92 143 57 284 243 35 0 4 21 1 18 2 16 86 27 18 17 8 75 26 48 8 1 6
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 MIL AL 29 13 62% 85% 38% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 13 62% 85% 38% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 77% 27% 94% 87%

* 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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