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Junior Kennedy

Junior Raymond Kennedy

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 9, 1950 in Fort Gibson, OK
High School: Arvin HS (Arvin, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1974 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs 1974-1983

Final Game: July 17, 1983 (Age 32)
Relatives: Brother of Jim Kennedy
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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
1968	17	BAL-min	A-	65	255	225	32	59	5	0	0	22	7	6	24	39	.262	.335	.284	.619		64		1	4	1			ABD · NORL
1969	18	BAL-min	A,WRk	141	524	451	48	116	17	1	2	38	26	10	59	83	.257	.352	.313	.665		141		8	4	2			STK,ORI · CALL,FLIN
1970	19	BAL-min	AA	3	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.400	.333	.733		3			0	0	0		DFW · TL
1971	20	BAL-min	AA	118	476	420	58	95	12	1	2	29	16	7	46	59	.226	.308	.274	.582		115		4	5	1			DFW · DIXA
1972	21	BAL-min	AAA	123	441	388	41	93	14	5	3	33	10	4	39	62	.240	.316	.325	.641		126		6	4	4			ROC · IL
1973	22	BAL-CIN-min	AAA	104	402	338	61	83	10	4	1	20	8	6	52	68	.246	.354	.308	.661		104		5	6	1			ROC,INA · IL,AA
1974	23	CIN-min	AAA	84	308	271	50	77	9	4	1	22	10	5	28	35	.284	.353	.358	.711		97		1	8	0			INA · AA
1974	23	CIN	NL	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	50	3	1	0	0	0	1	4/5

1975	24	CIN-min	AAA	116	473	405	49	112	13	5	3	46	10	8	57	73	.277	.368	.356	.724		144		3	6	2			INA · AA
1976	25	CIN-min	AAA	122	418	348	53	87	15	4	2	44	11	4	60	54	.250	.359	.333	.693		116		1	6	3			INA · AA
1977	26	SFG-min	AAA	135	567	481	88	152	16	9	0	76	14	5	74	51	.316	.408	.387	.795		186		5	1	6			PHX · PCL
1978	27	CIN	NL	89	190	157	22	40	2	2	0	11	4	1	31	28	.255	.381	.293	.674	91	46	4	1	1	0	2	4/5
1979	28	CIN	NL	83	250	220	29	60	7	0	1	17	4	3	28	31	.273	.355	.318	.673	85	70	4	0	2	0	0	4/65
1980	29	CIN	NL	104	385	337	31	88	16	3	1	34	3	1	36	34	.261	.325	.335	.661	85	113	5	0	4	8	6	4
1981	30	CIN	NL	27	47	44	5	11	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.250	.255	.273	.528	49	12	0	0	0	2	0	4/5
1982	31	CHC	NL	105	271	242	22	53	3	1	2	25	1	4	21	34	.219	.278	.264	.543	52	64	9	0	5	3	1	46/5
1983	32	CHC	NL	17	24	22	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.136	.167	.136	.303	-16	3	2	0	0	1	0	/456
7 Yrs				447	1192	1041	114	258	29	6	4	95	12	9	124	142	.248	.325	.299	.623	74	311	25	1	12	14	10
162 Game Avg.				162	432	377	41	94	11	2	1	34	4	3	45	51	.248	.325	.299	.623	74	113	9	0	4	5	4

CIN (5 yrs)				325	897	777	89	202	26	5	2	67	11	5	102	102	.260	.343	.314	.657	84	244	14	1	7	10	9
CHC (2 yrs)				122	295	264	25	56	3	1	2	28	1	4	22	40	.212	.269	.254	.523	46	67	11	0	5	4	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1974	23	CIN	NL	22	25	-1	-0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	-0.0	-0.1	-0	4/5

1978	27	CIN	NL	89	190	0	1	0	2	2	6	0.7	6	12	1.3	.508	.504	1.0	0.4	10	4/5
1979	28	CIN	NL	83	250	-2	1	0	4	2	5	0.6	8	13	1.4	.507	.504	0.9	0.7	9	4/65
1980	29	CIN	NL	104	385	-9	-1	1	4	3	-2	-0.3	13	11	1.1	.498	.499	0.6	0.8	7	4
1981	30	CIN	NL	27	47	-3	0	0	2	1	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.2	-0	4/5
1982	31	CHC	NL	105	271	-14	-3	-1	0	4	-13	-1.5	9	-4	-0.6	.486	.491	-0.7	0.5	-4	46/5
1983	32	CHC	NL	17	24	-4	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.478	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	/456
7 Seasons				447	1192	-33	-0	0	11	13	-10	-1.1	40	30	2.9	.498	.499	1.4	2.6	19

CIN (5 yrs)				325	897	-15	2	1	10	8	7	0.7	30	37	3.7	.502	.501	2.4	2.0	26
CHC (2 yrs)				122	295	-18	-2	-1	0	5	-17	-1.9	10	-7	-0.9	.485	.494	-1.0	0.5	-7

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
1974	23	CIN	NL	25	17	1	1.6	94	.200	.158	.261	.360	.333	.158	.378	.518	.711	50	.141	-0.9	-0.1	.529	.316	.000

1978	27	CIN	NL	190	123	20	4.4	95	.310	.255	.262	.381	.330	.293	.385	.674	.715	91	.518	-0.3	-0.0	.664	.255	.038	.0
1979	28	CIN	NL	250	169	26	4.1	100	.314	.273	.270	.355	.336	.318	.401	.673	.737	85	.471	-3.8	-0.4	.593	.177	.045	1.6
1980	29	CIN	NL	385	267	39	4.0	96	.281	.261	.268	.325	.330	.335	.389	.661	.719	85	.468	-5.6	-0.6	.592	.187	.074	1.5
1981	30	CIN	NL	47	35	3	2.3	94	.268	.250	.265	.255	.330	.273	.380	.528	.710	49	.259	-2.9	-0.3	.394	.045	.023
1982	31	CHC	NL	271	210	17	2.2	96	.244	.219	.268	.278	.331	.264	.389	.543	.721	52	.231	-16.0	-1.7	.406	.120	.045	1.3
1983	32	CHC	NL	24	22	0	0.0	100	.176	.136	.268	.167	.337	.136	.397	.303	.734	-16	.000	-3.5	-0.4	.190	.045	.000
7 Yrs				1192	843	106	3.4	97	.279	.248	.267	.325	.332	.299	.391	.623	.722	74	.397	-33.0	-3.4	.537	.173	.051	6.0
162 Game Avg.				432	306	38	3.4	97	.279	.248	.267	.325	.332	.299	.391	.623	.722	74	.397	-33.0	-3.4	.537	.173	.051	2

CIN (5 yrs)				897	611	89	3.9	97	.293	.260	.267	.343	.332	.314	.391	.657	.723	84	.462	-13.5	-1.4	.594	.193	.054	3.4
CHC (2 yrs)				295	232	17	2.0	97	.239	.212	.268	.269	.332	.254	.390	.523	.722	46	.200	-19.5	-2.0	.386	.114	.042	1.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	23	CIN	NL	25	0.0%	16.0%	24.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	4.8			2.25	60%

1978	27	CIN	NL	190	0.0%	14.7%	16.3%	2.1%	10%	0.90	5.6		14.3	1.84	68%
1979	28	CIN	NL	250	0.4%	12.4%	11.2%	3.2%	13%	1.11	7.1	220.0	12.9	1.49	75%
1980	29	CIN	NL	385	0.3%	8.8%	9.4%	5.2%	23%	0.94	9.9	337.0	9.9	0.95	81%
1981	30	CIN	NL	47	0.0%	10.6%	2.1%	2.1%	9%	5.00	8.8		8.8	0.93	87%
1982	31	CHC	NL	271	0.7%	12.6%	7.8%	2.2%	11%	1.62	7.1	121.0	9.7	1.41	77%
1983	32	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	25.0%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.7		7.3	3.00	71%
7 Yrs				1192	0.3%	11.9%	10.4%	3.3%	15%	1.15	7.3	260.3	11.0	1.30	76%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.9%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.52	6.9	46.3	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	23	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	26	0.1	0.4	-0.2	.68	-0.1	0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-0.8	0.98	2

1978	27	CIN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	198	0.3	2.7	-2.5	.82	-0.1	0.5	-2.6	-0.3	0.95	-1.3	1.18	13
1979	28	CIN	NL	-3.8	-0.4	264	-0.1	3.8	-3.9	.95	-0.1	0.0	3.6	0.4	0.94	2.0	1.82	17
1980	29	CIN	NL	-5.6	-0.6	393	-0.7	6.2	-6.9	1.05	-0.7	0.1	-6.1	-0.6	1.01	-9.8	0.77	1
1981	30	CIN	NL	-2.9	-0.3	47	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.81	-0.2	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.94	-2.3	0.78	6
1982	31	CHC	NL	-16.0	-1.7	276	-1.5	4.0	-5.5	1.10	-1.2	-0.2	-13.1	-1.4	0.95	-13.5	0.71	4
1983	32	CHC	NL	-3.5	-0.4	24	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.88	-0.3	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	0.94	-3.5	0.86	2
7 Yrs				-33.0	-3.4	1228	-2.2	17.8	-20.0	.98	-2.7	0.4	-24.0	-2.5	0.97	-29.2	1.29	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	23	CIN	NL	0	0	22%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1978	27	CIN	NL	3	0	31%	102	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	71%	13	5	8	3	0	3	8	2	6
1979	28	CIN	NL	3	0	32%	108	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	8	50%	17	11	6	3	1	2	12	2	8
1980	29	CIN	NL	3	0	24%	153	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	0	3	30%	13	11	2	3	1	2	7	4	3
1981	30	CIN	NL	1	0	42%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1982	31	CHC	NL	4	0	28%	117	1	4	20%	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	2	52%	21	12	9	4	2	2	8	2	6
1983	32	CHC	NL	0	0	75%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
7 Yrs				14	0	29%	523	12	9	57%	10	8	2	1	0	0	3	1	12	0	1	2	4	21	51%	68	42	26	16	5	11	36	10	24

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1974	23	CIN	NL	25	52%	3			2	0	0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	1	33%	14	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1978	27	CIN	NL	190	53%	40			13	2	0	0	1.18	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	21	4	19%	20	5	25%	113	12	11%	12	3	25%	7	3	43%	0
1979	28	CIN	NL	250	40%	60			17	4	0	0	1.82	1	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	50%	47	4	9%	18	8	44%	144	18	13%	10	7	70%	10	5	50%	0
1980	29	CIN	NL	385	32%	88			1	0	0	0	0.77	1	1	12	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	80%	74	5	7%	49	19	39%	260	36	14%	30	13	43%	19	9	47%	0
1981	30	CIN	NL	47	34%	11			6	1	0	1	0.78	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	7	3	43%	31	5	16%	3	3	100%	1	0	0%	0
1982	31	CHC	NL	271	30%	53			4	0	0	0	0.71	2	0	7	2	0	1	1	0	6	5	83%	44	9	20%	32	13	41%	156	23	15%	20	10	50%	11	6	55%	0
1983	32	CHC	NL	24	38%	3			2	0	0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	67%	2	1	50%	15	3	20%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				1192	37%	258			45	7	0	1	1.29	4	1	34	3	1	2	2	0	16	12	75%	200	25	13%	131	50	38%	733	97	13%	79	38	48%	50	24	48%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

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
1974	23	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	50	3	1	0	0	0	1
1975	24	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	50	3	1	0	0	0	1
1976	25	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	50	3	1	0	0	0	1
1977	26	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	50	3	1	0	0	0	1
1978	27	111	215	176	24	43	2	2	0	11	4	1	37	32	.244	.379	.278	.657	87	49	5	1	1	0	3
1979	28	194	465	396	53	103	9	2	1	28	8	4	65	63	.260	.366	.301	.666	86	119	9	1	3	0	3
1980	29	298	850	733	84	191	25	5	2	62	11	5	101	97	.261	.348	.317	.664	86	232	14	1	7	8	9
1981	30	325	897	777	89	202	26	5	2	67	11	5	102	102	.260	.343	.314	.657	84	244	14	1	7	10	9
1982	31	430	1168	1019	111	255	29	6	4	92	12	9	123	136	.250	.328	.302	.630	76	308	23	1	12	13	10
1983	32	447	1192	1041	114	258	29	6	4	95	12	9	124	142	.248	.325	.299	.623	74	311	25	1	12	14	10

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
1974	23	22	25	19	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.158	.360	.158	.518	1	22

1978	27	89	194	159	24	42	2	2	0	12	4	33	28	.264	.394	.302	.696	19	89
1979	28	83	253	222	30	62	7	0	1	18	4	29	31	.279	.363	.324	.687	26	83
1980	29	104	392	342	34	93	17	3	1	37	3	38	34	.272	.338	.348	.686	41	104
1981	30	41	74	69	9	19	2	0	0	9	0	2	8	.275	.284	.304	.588	6	27
1982	31	105	274	244	23	55	3	1	2	26	1	22	34	.225	.286	.270	.557	19	105
1983	32	17	25	23	6	4	0	0	0	6	0	1	6	.174	.200	.174	.374	1	17
7 Yrs		461	1237	1078	128	278	31	6	4	108	12	131	145	.258	.335	.309	.644	113	447
162 Game Avg.		162	435	379	45	98	11	2	1	38	4	46	51	.258	.335	.309	.644	40	447

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1980 NL 8 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2757), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Second Base (340th), 2.9 career WAR/2.9 7yr-peak WAR/2.9 JAWS Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 69.5 career WAR/44.5 7yr-peak WAR/57.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

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