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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
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs 1974-1983

Final Game: July 17, 1983
Relatives: Brother of Jim Kennedy
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 CIN NL 23 2B 17 1 1 48.0 22 10 10 2 1 .909 -1 -25 3.75 1.18 .973 5.48 5.47
1974 CIN NL 23 3B 5 3 0 24.0 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 3.00 1.60 .948 3.04 3.04
1978 CIN NL 27 2B 71 41 31 411.2 237 94 138 5 27 .979 2 6 5.07 3.27 .977 5.30 5.25
1978 CIN NL 27 3B 4 1 1 15.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 -0 -8 2.40 1.00 .952 3.00 2.98
1979 CIN NL 28 2B 59 41 39 414.0 244 95 144 5 28 .980 3 9 5.20 4.05 .979 5.42 5.40
1979 CIN NL 28 SS 5 5 5 45.0 26 10 16 0 2 1.000 0 13 5.20 5.20 .965 5.00 4.98
1979 CIN NL 28 3B 4 0 0 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 36 1.80 0.50 .950 2.88 2.88
1980 CIN NL 29 2B 103 92 82 839.1 509 200 303 6 53 .988 4 6 5.39 4.88 .980 5.49 5.49
1981 CIN NL 30 2B 16 8 5 82.0 49 21 27 1 8 .980 1 13 5.27 3.00 .982 5.52 5.54
1981 CIN NL 30 3B 5 3 2 26.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1 27 2.05 1.20 .948 2.84 2.84
1982 CHC NL 31 2B 71 38 36 410.0 275 109 160 6 25 .978 2 4 5.90 3.79 .978 5.42 5.43
1982 CHC NL 31 SS 28 18 13 182.1 94 28 60 6 10 .936 -2 -10 4.34 3.14 .967 5.01 5.02
1982 CHC NL 31 3B 7 4 4 40.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.02 1.29 .951 2.77 2.79
1983 CHC NL 32 2B 7 4 3 43.2 28 11 17 0 3 1.000 0 3 5.77 4.00 .978 5.34 5.31
1983 CHC NL 32 3B 4 0 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -15 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1983 CHC NL 32 SS 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .970 4.95 4.80
7 Seasons 2B 344 225 197 2248.2 1364 540 799 25 145 .982 11 6 5.36 3.89 .979 5.43 5.41
3 Seasons SS 34 23 18 229.1 121 39 76 6 12 .950 -1 -5 4.51 3.38 .967 5.01 5.01
6 Seasons 3B 29 11 7 123.1 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 1 9 2.12 1.00 .950 2.87 2.87
7 Seasons TOT 407 259 222 2601.1 1514 586 897 31 158 .980 11 5 5.13 3.64 .977 5.27 5.20
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1974 CIN NL 23 2B -1 -25 -1 -0 -1 0
1974 CIN NL 23 3B -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 27 2B 2 6 1 0 1 1
1978 CIN NL 27 3B -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 28 2B 3 9 2 3 -1 1
1979 CIN NL 28 SS 0 13 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 28 3B 0 36 0 -0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 29 2B 4 6 4 3 1 0
1981 CIN NL 30 2B 1 13 -0 0 -0 1
1981 CIN NL 30 3B 1 27 1 -0 1 0
1982 CHC NL 31 2B 2 4 2 1 0 0
1982 CHC NL 31 SS -2 -10 -2 -0 -1 0
1982 CHC NL 31 3B 0 9 0 0 -0 0
1983 CHC NL 32 2B 0 3 0 1 -1 0
1983 CHC NL 32 3B -0 -15 -0 0 -0 0
1983 CHC NL 32 SS 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2B 11 6 8 9 -1 3
3 Seasons SS -1 -5 -1 0 -1 0
6 Seasons 3B 1 9 1 -1 1 0
7 Seasons TOT 11 5 8 8 -1 3

Appearances

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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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 23 207 63% 79% 27% 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 1767 64% 78% 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 1749 62% 82% 28% 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 3565 60% 83% 26% 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 30 330 56% 81% 27% 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 1703 54% 84% 28% 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 32 195 63% 83% 28% 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 9516 60% 82% 27% 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 61% 82% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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 28 184 50% 84% 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 31 773 50% 84% 29% 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 8 38% 50% 13% 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 965 50% 84% 28% 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 61% 82% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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 23 103 50% 79% 23% 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 30 111 50% 76% 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 31 166 56% 80% 28% 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 30 50% 87% 40% 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 507 55% 79% 26% 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 61% 82% 28% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1980 NL  4 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1980 NL  .988 (5th)

                           

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