Junior Kennedy
Junior Raymond Kennedy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1950 in Fort Gibson, OK
High School: Arvin (Arvin, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 1974
Final Game: July 17, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Jim Kennedy
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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
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
1978 27 CIN NL 89 190 157 22 40 2 2 0 11 4 1 31 28 .255 .381 .293 .674 92 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 Seasons 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

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
1974 23 CIN NL 25 17 1 1.6 94 .200 .158 .261 .360 .333 .158 .377 .518 .710 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 92 .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 -3.7 -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 93 .268 .250 .265 .255 .330 .273 .379 .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 .720 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 -3.6 -0.4 .190 .045 .000
7 Seasons 1192 843 106 3.4 97 .279 .248 .267 .325 .332 .299 .390 .623 .722 74 .397 -33.0 -3.5 .537 .173 .051 6.0
162 Game Avg. 432 306 38 3.4 97 .279 .248 .267 .325 .332 .299 .390 .623 .722 74 .397 -33.0 -3.5 .537 .173 .051 2
CIN (5 yrs) 897 611 89 3.9 97 .293 .260 .267 .343 .332 .314 .391 .657 .723 84 .462 -13.4 -1.4 .594 .193 .054 3.4
CHC (2 yrs) 295 232 17 2.0 96 .239 .212 .268 .269 .332 .254 .390 .523 .722 46 .200 -19.5 -2.1 .386 .114 .042 1.3

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
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 Seasons 1192 0.3% 11.9% 10.4% 3.3% 15% 1.15 7.3 260.3 11.0 1.30 76%
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
1974 23 CIN NL 0 0 22% 19 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 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 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 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 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 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 67% 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 14 0 29% 523 12 9 57% 10 8 2 1 0 0 3 1 12 21 51% 68 42 26 16 5 11 36 10 24
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
1974 23 CIN NL 25 52% 3 2 0 0 0 1.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 0
1978 27 CIN NL 190 53% 40 13 2 0 0 1.27 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 21 4 19% 20 5 25% 113 12 11% 12 3 25% 12 2 17% 0
1979 28 CIN NL 250 40% 60 17 4 0 0 1.90 1 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 50% 47 4 9% 18 8 44% 144 18 13% 10 7 70% 14 3 21% 0
1980 29 CIN NL 385 32% 88 1 0 0 0 0.89 1 1 12 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 80% 74 5 7% 49 19 39% 260 36 14% 30 13 43% 37 17 46% 0
1981 30 CIN NL 47 34% 11 6 1 0 1 0.84 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 7 3 43% 31 5 16% 3 3 100% 2 0 0% 0
1982 31 CHC NL 271 30% 53 4 0 0 0 0.81 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 6 5 83% 44 9 20% 32 13 41% 156 23 15% 20 10 50% 15 9 60% 0
1983 32 CHC NL 24 38% 3 2 0 0 0 0.96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 1 50% 15 3 20% 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 0
7 Seasons 1192 37% 258 45 7 0 1 1.38 4 1 34 3 1 2 2 0 16 12 75% 200 25 13% 131 50 38% 733 97 13% 79 38 48% 87 33 38% 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
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 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 .158 .360 .158 .518 1 22
1978 27 89 200 163 24 46 2 2 0 12 5 36 28 .282 .415 .319 .734 22 89
1979 28 83 252 223 30 63 7 0 1 18 4 29 31 .283 .365 .327 .692 27 83
1980 29 104 391 344 34 95 17 3 1 37 3 39 34 .276 .343 .352 .694 43 104
1981 30 41 74 69 9 19 2 0 0 9 0 2 8 .275 .284 .304 .588 6 27
1982 31 105 266 242 24 53 3 1 2 27 1 21 34 .219 .278 .264 .543 18 105
1983 32 17 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .042 .000 .042 0 17
7 Seasons 461 1232 1082 122 279 31 6 4 103 13 134 145 .258 .336 .309 .645 117 447
162 Game Avg. 162 433 380 43 98 11 2 1 36 5 47 51 .258 .336 .309 .645 41 447

* 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

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 NL--8--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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