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 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
1974 CIN NL 23 2B 17 1 48.0 22 10 10 2 1 .909 -1.0 -25.0 -1.0 -0.6 -0.4 0 3.75 1.18 .973 5.48 4.64
1974 CIN NL 23 3B 5 3 24.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 3.00 1.60 .950 3.04 2.64
1978 CIN NL 27 2B 71 41 411.2 237 94 138 5 27 .979 2.1 6.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 1 5.07 3.27 .977 5.30 4.34
1978 CIN NL 27 3B 4 1 15.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -8.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.40 1.00 .950 3.00 2.52
1979 CIN NL 28 2B 59 41 414.0 244 95 144 5 28 .980 3.1 9.0 2.1 -1.1 3.2 1 5.20 4.05 .979 5.42 4.55
1979 CIN NL 28 SS 5 5 45.0 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 0.5 13.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 5.20 5.20 .965 5.00 4.50
1979 CIN NL 28 3B 4 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 36.0 0.3 0.5 -0.3 0 1.80 0.50 .950 2.88 2.50
1980 CIN NL 29 2B 103 92 839.1 509 200 303 6 53 .988 4.1 5.9 4.1 0.8 3.3 0 5.39 4.88 .980 5.49 4.71
1981 CIN NL 30 2B 16 8 82.0 49 21 27 1 8 .980 0.9 13.2 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 1 5.27 3.00 .982 5.52 4.72
1981 CIN NL 30 3B 5 3 26.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.6 27.3 0.6 0.7 -0.1 0 2.05 1.20 .950 2.84 2.46
1982 CHC NL 31 2B 71 38 410.0 275 109 160 6 25 .978 1.5 4.4 1.5 0.5 1.0 0 5.90 3.79 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 CHC NL 31 SS 28 18 182.1 94 28 60 6 10 .936 -1.5 -9.9 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 4.34 3.14 .968 5.01 4.38
1982 CHC NL 31 3B 7 4 40.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.3 9.0 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 2.02 1.29 .944 2.77 2.43
1983 CHC NL 32 2B 7 4 43.2 28 11 17 0 3 1.000 0.1 2.7 0.1 -1.2 1.2 0 5.77 4.00 .979 5.34 4.46
1983 CHC NL 32 3B 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1983 CHC NL 32 SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.20
7 Seasons 2B 344 225 2248.2 1364 540 799 25 145 .982 10.8 5.8 7.8 -1.0 8.6 3 5.36 3.89 .979 5.43 4.61
3 Seasons SS 34 23 229.1 121 39 76 6 12 .950 -1.0 -5.2 -1.0 -1.2 0.2 0 4.51 3.38 .968 5.01 4.39
6 Seasons 3B 29 11 123.1 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 0.9 8.8 0.9 1.3 -0.5 0 2.12 1.00 .948 2.87 2.48
7 Seasons TOT 407 259 2601.1 1514 586 897 31 158 .980 10.7 4.9 7.7 -0.9 8.3 3 5.13 3.64 .957 5.27 4.44

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
1974 CIN NL 23 22 4 22 21 0 0 0 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1978 CIN NL 27 89 42 89 74 0 0 0 70 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3
1979 CIN NL 28 83 46 83 68 0 0 0 59 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 20 2
1980 CIN NL 29 104 92 104 103 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 CIN NL 30 27 11 27 21 0 0 0 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1982 CHC NL 31 105 60 105 103 0 0 0 71 7 28 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
1983 CHC NL 32 17 4 17 12 0 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
7 Seasons 447 259 447 402 0 0 0 343 30 34 0 0 0 0 0 55 13
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 -- 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
1974 CIN NL 23 212 62% 77% 26% 16 81% 1 12 4 6 2 9 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 27 1826 62% 76% 26% 162 94% 0 98 32 46 20 138 112 23 0 2 5 0 5 0 4 27 11 4 11 0 26 11 15 1 0 1
1979 CIN NL 28 1804 60% 79% 27% 174 94% 1 87 32 40 15 151 133 16 1 1 5 0 5 0 4 29 10 4 11 2 27 13 14 2 1 1
1980 CIN NL 29 3744 57% 79% 25% 373 95% 0 199 85 65 49 300 264 34 0 1 6 1 5 0 4 53 21 4 18 4 49 22 25 1 1 0
1981 CIN NL 30 342 54% 78% 26% 30 97% 0 19 6 11 2 28 23 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 2 2 3 1 8 4 4 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 31 1783 52% 80% 27% 181 94% 0 109 31 48 30 159 145 11 0 2 6 1 5 0 5 26 15 1 5 1 22 6 16 3 0 3
1983 CHC NL 32 206 60% 78% 27% 19 100% 0 11 3 5 3 17 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 9917 57% 79% 26% 955 94% 2 535 193 221 121 802 700 90 1 7 25 2 22 1 18 147 61 15 50 8 136 58 76 7 2 5
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

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
1979 CIN NL 28 190 48% 82% 24% 21 95% 1 10 6 3 1 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 31 807 48% 81% 28% 80 83% 1 27 8 16 3 64 53 8 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 10 2 1 5 1 0 9 3 6 1 0 0
1983 CHC NL 32 9 33% 44% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1006 48% 81% 27% 101 85% 2 38 14 20 4 80 67 9 0 2 6 0 5 1 5 12 2 1 7 1 0 11 3 8 1 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 91%

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%
1974 CIN NL 23 107 49% 76% 22% 8 100% 0 5 5 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 27 58 76% 81% 24% 7 71% 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
1979 CIN NL 28 39 49% 72% 21% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 30 114 49% 74% 24% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHC NL 31 172 54% 77% 27% 11 91% 0 2 2 0 0 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 32 31 48% 84% 39% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 521 54% 77% 25% 35 91% 0 9 9 0 0 23 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 69%

* 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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