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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: Amelia (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:29AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 24 NYG NL 9 10 .474 3.42 38 27 4 10 1 1 186.2 153 80 71 14 116 71 4 1 5 814 101 1.441 7.4 0.7 5.6 3.4 0.61
1947 25 NYG NL 9 12 .429 4.85 34 24 4 9 0 0 148.1 158 90 80 8 88 60 4 0 7 680 84 1.658 9.6 0.5 5.3 3.6 0.68
1948 26 NYG NL 3 9 .250 4.01 25 16 3 7 1 0 114.1 118 64 51 10 57 63 3 0 3 510 99 1.531 9.3 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.11
1949 27 NYG NL 12 14 .462 3.43 38 32 1 14 4 1 223.1 208 105 85 13 100 95 3 1 2 969 117 1.379 8.4 0.5 4.0 3.8 0.95
1950 28 NYG NL 5 4 .556 4.72 36 17 10 5 0 2 114.1 120 65 60 14 53 41 3 1 3 513 87 1.513 9.4 1.1 4.2 3.2 0.77
1951 29 NYG NL 1 2 .333 2.25 29 5 12 1 0 0 68.0 68 25 17 0 31 22 0 0 1 286 175 1.456 9.0 0.0 4.1 2.9 0.71
1952 30 NYG NL 3 4 .429 3.02 31 6 9 2 1 0 83.1 73 37 28 6 31 48 2 0 0 355 123 1.248 7.9 0.6 3.3 5.2 1.55
1953 31 NYG NL 0 0 7.15 18 0 10 0 0 0 22.2 30 18 18 2 19 11 1 0 2 113 62 2.162 11.9 0.8 7.5 4.4 0.58
8 Seasons 42 55 .433 3.84 249 127 53 48 7 4 961.0 928 484 410 67 495 411 20 3 23 4240 102 1.481 8.7 0.6 4.6 3.8 0.83
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .433 3.84 45 23 10 9 1 1 174 168 88 74 12 90 74 4 1 4 767 102 1.481 8.7 0.6 4.6 3.8 0.83

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1946 24 NYG NL 186.2 27 80 96 0 1.0 16 1.8 $
1947 25 NYG NL 148.1 24 90 90 0 1.0 0 0.0 $
1948 26 NYG NL 114.1 16 64 67 0 1.0 3 0.3 $
1949 27 NYG NL 223.1 32 105 133 2 1.0 28 2.5 $
1950 28 NYG NL 114.1 17 65 71 4 1.0 6 0.1 $
1951 29 NYG NL 68.0 5 25 40 1 1.0 15 1.4 $
1952 30 NYG NL 83.1 6 37 46 1 1.0 9 0.9 $
1953 31 NYG NL 22.2 0 18 15 0 .1 -3 -0.2 $
8 Seasons 961.0 127 484 558 8 1.0 74 6.8 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1951 29 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
1 WS 0 0 6.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 13 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 12.0 4.00

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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
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 Seasons 255 330 301 25 46 6 0 1 26 0 0 11 77 .153 .188 .183 .371 0 55 2 2 16
162 Game Avg. 162 210 191 16 29 4 0 1 17 0 7 49 .153 .188 .183 .371 0 35 1 1 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 24 NYG NL 68 -4 0 0 0 0 5 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1947 25 NYG NL 52 -6 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1948 26 NYG NL 36 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1949 27 NYG NL 92 -12 0 0 0 0 7 3 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1950 28 NYG NL 39 -8 0 0 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1
1951 29 NYG NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1952 30 NYG NL 23 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1953 31 NYG NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
8 Seasons 330 -42 0 0 0 0 25 11 -6 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1946 NYG NL 24 P 38 27 10 186.2 47 10 35 2 2 .957 2.17 1.18 .960 2.24 2.22
1947 NYG NL 25 P 34 24 9 148.1 34 7 26 1 1 .971 2.00 0.97 .966 2.10 2.07
1948 NYG NL 26 P 25 16 7 114.1 21 3 17 1 0 .952 1.57 0.80 .963 2.11 2.08
1949 NYG NL 27 P 38 32 14 223.1 34 2 30 2 4 .941 1.29 0.84 .953 2.04 2.02
1950 NYG NL 28 P 36 17 5 114.1 26 5 20 1 2 .962 1.97 0.69 .961 2.12 2.10 2 2 50% 0
1951 NYG NL 29 P 29 5 1 68.0 19 4 13 2 0 .895 2.25 0.59 .962 2.14 2.14 2 1 33% 1
1952 NYG NL 30 P 31 6 2 83.1 22 6 15 1 4 .955 2.27 0.68 .953 2.18 2.16 0 2 100% 0
1953 NYG NL 31 P 18 0 0 22.2 6 2 4 0 2 1.000 2.38 0.33 .957 2.06 2.02 0 1 100% 0
8 Seasons P 249 127 48 961.0 209 39 160 10 15 .952 1.86 0.80 .960 2.13 2.11 4 6 60% 1
8 Seasons TOT 249 127 48 961.0 209 39 160 10 15 .952 1.86 0.80 .960 2.13 2.11 4 6 60% 1
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1946 NL  7.377 (1st)
1949 NL  8.382 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1946 NL  27 (9th)
1949 NL  32 (6th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1949 NL  14 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1949 NL  4 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  14 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1946 NL  116 (1st)
1947 NL  88 (6th)
1949 NL  100 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1949 NL  0.524 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1947 NL  12 (8th)
1949 NL  14 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1946 NL  71 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1946 NL  5 (3rd)
1947 NL  7 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  4 (8th)
1947 NL  4 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1949 NL  969 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Bob Hendley (944)
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  6. Bill Wight (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wayne Twitchell (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Fred Norman (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • Before 1944 Season: Obtained by the New York Giants from Richmond (Piedmont) as part of a minor league working agreement.
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