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Monty Kennedy

Montia Calvin Kennedy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 11, 1922 in Amelia, VA
High School: Ameila HS (Amelia, VA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1946
Team: Giants 1946-1953

Final Game: September 12, 1953
Died: March 1, 1997 in Midlothian, VA
Buried: Dale Memorial Park, Richmond, VA
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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
1946 24 NYG NL 38 68 64 3 15 4 0 0 8 0 1 19 .234 .258 .297 .554 57 19 0 1 2 1
1947 25 NYG NL 34 52 48 6 8 0 0 0 6 0 3 9 .167 .216 .167 .382 2 8 1 0 1 1
1948 26 NYG NL 26 36 31 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 .129 .206 .129 .335 -8 4 1 0 2 1
1949 27 NYG NL 39 92 83 6 12 1 0 1 8 0 4 20 .145 .184 .193 .377 1 16 0 0 5 1
1950 28 NYG NL 36 39 36 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .056 .081 .056 .137 -63 2 0 1 2 1
1951 29 NYG NL 29 18 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .267 .467 24 4 0 0 3 1
1952 30 NYG NL 34 23 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 2 0 0 1 1
1953 31 NYG NL 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 255 330 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 77 .153 .188 .183 .371 1 55 2 2 16
162 Game Avg. 162 210 191 16 29 4 0 1 17 0 7 49 .153 .188 .183 .371 1 35 1 1 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 Salary Pos Awards
1946 24 NYG NL 38 68 -4 0 0 0 7 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1
1947 25 NYG NL 34 52 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1948 26 NYG NL 26 36 -5 -0 -0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1949 27 NYG NL 39 92 -12 0 0 0 10 -1 -0.2 3 2 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1950 28 NYG NL 36 39 -9 -0 0 0 4 -5 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .487 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1951 29 NYG NL 29 18 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1952 30 NYG NL 34 23 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1953 31 NYG NL 19 2 -1 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
8 Seasons 255 330 -44 -0 1 0 35 -8 -0.8 12 3 -1.0 .497 .499 -1.0 -0.0 3 $

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
1946 24 NYG NL 68 51 5 2.6 93 .333 .234 .262 .258 .338 .297 .368 .554 .706 57 .312 -3.8 -0.4 .429 .078 .063
1947 25 NYG NL 52 42 2 1.3 107 .205 .167 .275 .216 .351 .167 .408 .382 .759 2 .085 -6.9 -0.7 .268 .063 .000
1948 26 NYG NL 36 30 1 0.9 103 .174 .129 .270 .206 .345 .129 .400 .335 .744 -8 .049 -4.8 -0.5 .250 .097 .000
1949 27 NYG NL 92 76 3 1.1 104 .177 .145 .270 .184 .344 .193 .405 .377 .749 1 .064 -12.0 -1.2 .282 .096 .048 .0
1950 28 NYG NL 39 36 0 0.0 109 .067 .056 .271 .081 .348 .056 .420 .137 .768 -63 .000 -8.8 -0.9 .088 .000 .000
1951 29 NYG NL 18 15 1 1.8 104 .300 .200 .269 .200 .343 .267 .407 .467 .750 24 .155 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .067 .067
1952 30 NYG NL 23 21 0 0.0 98 .143 .091 .263 .091 .336 .091 .391 .182 .727 -50 .000 -4.5 -0.5 .100 .000 .000
1953 31 NYG NL 2 2 0 0.0 113 .000 .278 .000 .350 .000 .433 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 330 273 12 1.2 102 .202 .153 .269 .188 .344 .183 .398 .371 .742 1 .080 -43.0 -4.3 .265 .066 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 210 173 8 1.2 102 .202 .153 .269 .188 .344 .183 .398 .371 .742 1 .080 -43.0 -4.3 .265 .066 .030

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 29 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1946 24 NYG NL 68 0.0% 27.9% 1.5% 5.9% 27% 19.00 3.4 8.0 66%
1947 25 NYG NL 52 0.0% 17.3% 5.8% 0.0% 0% 3.00 5.3 8.0 75%
1948 26 NYG NL 36 0.0% 22.2% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.67 3.9 15.5 1.75 64%
1949 27 NYG NL 92 1.1% 21.7% 4.4% 2.2% 17% 5.00 4.2 83.0 10.4 1.31 67%
1950 28 NYG NL 39 0.0% 15.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 36.0 0.90 77%
1951 29 NYG NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 0.0% 5.6% 33% 3.0 15.0 56%
1952 30 NYG NL 23 0.0% 34.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 1.20 61%
1953 31 NYG NL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.00 0%
8 Yrs 330 0.3% 23.3% 3.3% 2.1% 15% 7.00 3.9 301.0 11.6 1.36 68%
MLB Averages 1.8% 10.0% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.03 8.9 49.2 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 24 NYG NL -3.8 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 NYG NL -6.9 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 NYG NL -4.8 -0.5 21 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 1.20 -0.1 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.03 -1.8 0
1949 27 NYG NL -12.1 -1.2 67 -0.6 0.5 -1.2 .93 -0.7 0.0 -3.7 -0.4 1.02 -6.9 0
1950 28 NYG NL -8.8 -0.9 29 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 1.18 -0.6 -0.0 -6.9 -0.7 1.00 -6.9 0
1951 29 NYG NL -1.6 -0.2 12 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .74 -0.1 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 0.89 -1.1 0
1952 30 NYG NL -4.5 -0.5 20 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 .60 -0.2 0.0 -2.3 -0.2 0.76 -2.8 0
1953 31 NYG NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 1.00 -0.6 0
8 Yrs -43.1 -4.3 151 -1.7 1.4 -3.1 .95 -1.9 0.1 -16.8 -1.7 0.97 -20.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 26 NYG NL 1 0 57% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1949 27 NYG NL 5 0 33% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1950 28 NYG NL 1 0 133% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1951 29 NYG NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 30 NYG NL 0 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1953 31 NYG NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 7 0 41% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 50% 3 3 0 4 2 2 5 1 4

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 26 NYG NL 36 47% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 13 2 15% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1949 27 NYG NL 92 36% 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 5 83% 14 0 0% 10 1 10% 48 5 10% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1950 28 NYG NL 39 25% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0 0% 5 1 20% 20 2 10% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1951 29 NYG NL 18 17% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 300% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1952 30 NYG NL 23 65% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1953 31 NYG NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 210 38% 46 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 11 16 145% 29 2 7% 23 3 13% 98 11 11% 7 3 43% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 138% 17% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1946 24 38 68 64 3 15 4 0 0 8 0 1 19 .234 .258 .297 .554 57 19 0 1 2
1947 25 72 120 112 9 23 4 0 0 14 0 4 28 .205 .239 .241 .480 32 27 1 1 3
1948 26 98 156 143 13 27 4 0 0 16 0 7 36 .189 .232 .217 .449 23 31 2 1 5
1949 27 137 248 226 19 39 5 0 1 24 0 11 56 .173 .214 .208 .422 15 47 2 1 10
1950 28 173 287 262 23 41 5 0 1 25 0 11 62 .156 .196 .187 .383 4 49 2 2 12
1951 29 202 305 277 23 44 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 67 .159 .197 .191 .388 5 53 2 2 15
1952 30 236 328 299 25 46 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 75 .154 .189 .184 .373 1 55 2 2 16
1953 31 255 330 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 77 .153 .188 .183 .371 1 55 2 2 16

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 24 40 71 67 3 16 4 0 0 9 0 1 20 .239 .261 .299 .559 5 38
1947 25 36 55 51 7 9 0 0 0 7 0 3 9 .176 .222 .176 .399 2 34
1948 26 27 39 33 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 .152 .243 .152 .395 1 26
1949 27 40 96 87 6 13 1 0 1 8 0 4 21 .149 .187 .195 .382 3 39
1950 28 38 41 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 36
1951 29 30 19 16 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 .250 .250 .313 .563 1 29
1952 30 36 24 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1953 31 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
8 Yrs 267 347 317 21 47 6 0 1 28 0 12 79 .148 .184 .177 .361 12 255
162 Game Avg. 162 211 192 13 29 4 0 1 17 0 7 48 .148 .184 .177 .361 7 255

* 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.

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