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Vern Kennedy

Lloyd Vernon Kennedy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1907 in Kansas City, MO(All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1934
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Indians/Browns/Tigers/Phillies/... 1934-1945

Final Game: September 27, 1945
Died: January 28, 1993 in Mendon, MO
Buried: Old Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, MO
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Standard Pitching

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
1934 27 CHW AL 0 2 .000 3.72 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.1 21 8 8 1 9 7 0 0 0 80 128 1.552 9.8 0.5 4.2 3.3 0.78
1935 28 CHW AL 11 11 .500 3.91 31 25 5 16 2 1 211.2 211 110 92 17 95 65 4 1 7 913 117 1.446 9.0 0.7 4.0 2.8 0.68
1936 29 CHW AL 21 9 .700 4.63 35 34 1 20 1 0 274.1 282 167 141 13 147 99 3 0 8 1214 112 1.564 9.3 0.4 4.8 3.2 0.67 AS,MVP-6
1937 30 CHW AL 14 13 .519 5.09 32 30 2 15 1 0 221.0 238 150 125 16 124 114 3 0 8 1008 91 1.638 9.7 0.7 5.0 4.6 0.92
1938 31 DET AL 12 9 .571 5.06 33 26 6 11 0 2 190.1 215 123 107 13 113 53 1 2 7 877 100 1.723 10.2 0.6 5.3 2.5 0.47 AS
1939 32 TOT AL 9 20 .310 5.80 37 31 5 13 1 0 212.2 254 145 137 22 124 64 2 0 3 1001 84 1.777 10.7 0.9 5.2 2.7 0.52
1939 32 DET AL 0 3 .000 6.43 4 4 0 1 0 0 21.0 25 15 15 4 9 9 1 0 0 95 77 1.619 10.7 1.7 3.9 3.9 1.00
1939 32 SLB AL 9 17 .346 5.73 33 27 5 12 1 0 191.2 229 130 122 18 115 55 1 0 3 906 85 1.795 10.8 0.8 5.4 2.6 0.48
1940 33 SLB AL 12 17 .414 5.59 34 32 1 18 0 0 222.1 263 149 138 18 122 70 3 1 5 1020 83 1.732 10.6 0.7 4.9 2.8 0.57
1941 34 TOT AL 3 11 .214 5.17 23 13 9 4 0 0 111.1 121 76 64 10 66 28 2 0 2 505 81 1.680 9.8 0.8 5.3 2.3 0.42
1941 34 SLB AL 2 4 .333 4.40 6 6 0 2 0 0 45.0 44 27 22 5 27 6 0 0 0 198 99 1.578 8.8 1.0 5.4 1.2 0.22
1941 34 WSH AL 1 7 .125 5.70 17 7 9 2 0 0 66.1 77 49 42 5 39 22 2 0 2 307 71 1.749 10.4 0.7 5.3 3.0 0.56
1942 35 CLE AL 4 8 .333 4.08 28 12 9 4 0 1 108.0 99 57 49 1 50 37 1 0 2 462 85 1.380 8.3 0.1 4.2 3.1 0.74
1943 36 CLE AL 10 7 .588 2.45 28 17 9 8 1 0 146.2 130 47 40 4 59 63 2 0 0 603 127 1.289 8.0 0.2 3.6 3.9 1.07
1944 37 TOT MLB 3 10 .231 4.64 24 17 4 5 0 0 114.1 126 67 59 3 57 40 0 0 6 517 74 1.601 9.9 0.2 4.5 3.1 0.70
1944 37 CLE AL 2 5 .286 5.03 12 10 2 2 0 0 59.0 66 36 33 0 37 17 0 0 4 273 66 1.746 10.1 0.0 5.6 2.6 0.46
1944 37 PHI NL 1 5 .167 4.23 12 7 2 3 0 0 55.1 60 31 26 3 20 23 0 0 2 244 85 1.446 9.8 0.5 3.3 3.7 1.15
1945 38 TOT NL 5 15 .250 4.28 36 23 5 11 1 1 193.2 213 103 92 12 83 51 3 0 6 855 88 1.528 9.9 0.6 3.9 2.4 0.61
1945 38 PHI NL 0 3 .000 5.50 12 3 3 0 0 0 36.0 43 29 22 2 14 13 0 0 3 162 70 1.583 10.8 0.5 3.5 3.3 0.93
1945 38 CIN NL 5 12 .294 4.00 24 20 2 11 1 1 157.2 170 74 70 10 69 38 3 0 3 693 94 1.516 9.7 0.6 3.9 2.2 0.55
12 Yrs 104 132 .441 4.67 344 263 56 126 7 5 2025.2 2173 1202 1052 130 1049 691 24 4 54 9055 95 1.591 9.7 0.6 4.7 3.1 0.66
162 Game Avg. 12 15 .441 4.67 39 29 6 14 1 1 227 243 135 118 15 118 77 3 0 6 1014 95 1.591 9.7 0.6 4.7 3.1 0.66
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
CHW (4 yrs) 46 35 .568 4.54 101 92 8 52 4 1 726.1 752 435 366 47 375 285 10 1 23 3215 107 1.552 9.3 0.6 4.6 3.5 0.76
CLE (3 yrs) 16 20 .444 3.50 68 39 20 14 1 1 313.2 295 140 122 5 146 117 3 0 6 1338 93 1.406 8.5 0.1 4.2 3.4 0.80
SLB (3 yrs) 23 38 .377 5.53 73 65 6 32 1 0 459.0 536 306 282 41 264 131 4 1 8 2124 85 1.743 10.5 0.8 5.2 2.6 0.50
PHI (2 yrs) 1 8 .111 4.73 24 10 5 3 0 0 91.1 103 60 48 5 34 36 0 0 5 406 78 1.500 10.1 0.5 3.4 3.5 1.06
DET (2 yrs) 12 12 .500 5.20 37 30 6 12 0 2 211.1 240 138 122 17 122 62 2 2 7 972 98 1.713 10.2 0.7 5.2 2.6 0.51
WSH (1 yr) 1 7 .125 5.70 17 7 9 2 0 0 66.1 77 49 42 5 39 22 2 0 2 307 71 1.749 10.4 0.7 5.3 3.0 0.56
CIN (1 yr) 5 12 .294 4.00 24 20 2 11 1 1 157.2 170 74 70 10 69 38 3 0 3 693 94 1.516 9.7 0.6 3.9 2.2 0.55
AL (11 yrs) 98 112 .467 4.73 296 233 49 112 6 4 1776.2 1900 1068 934 115 946 617 21 4 46 7956 96 1.602 9.6 0.6 4.8 3.1 0.65
NL (2 yrs) 6 20 .231 4.27 48 30 7 14 1 1 249.0 273 134 118 15 103 74 3 0 8 1099 88 1.510 9.9 0.5 3.7 2.7 0.72

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1934 27 CHW AL 19.1 3 3 8 3.72 5.33 -0.24 0.00 106.7 5.95 5 0.5 -0.0 0.6 7 .663 .503 $
1935 28 CHW AL 211.2 31 25 110 4.68 5.15 0.26 0.00 104.2 5.10 10 1.0 1.0 -0.1 2.7 35 .532 .506 $
1936 29 CHW AL 274.1 35 34 167 5.48 5.55 0.19 0.00 103.5 5.55 1 0.1 1.0 -0.2 2.3 39 .503 .501 $ AS,MVP-6
1937 30 CHW AL 221.0 32 30 150 6.11 5.37 0.33 0.00 99.8 5.03 -27 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.6 1 .426 .485 $
1938 31 DET AL 190.1 33 26 123 5.82 5.60 0.04 0.00 104.1 5.79 -3 -0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.4 24 .493 .499 $ AS
1939 32 DET AL 21.0 4 4 15 6.43 4.92 0.06 0.00 103.9 5.05 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .428 .498 $
1939 32 SLB AL 191.2 33 27 130 6.10 5.26 -0.56 0.00 101.9 5.93 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.1 1.2 20 .488 .497 $
1940 33 SLB AL 222.1 34 32 149 6.03 4.99 -0.12 0.00 104.4 5.33 -19 -1.8 1.0 -0.1 -0.3 4 .448 .489 $
1941 34 SLB AL 45.0 6 6 27 5.40 4.46 -0.18 0.00 107.5 4.99 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.1 2 .463 .499 $
1941 34 WSH AL 66.1 17 7 49 6.65 4.66 -0.24 0.00 99.8 4.90 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .427 .492 $
1942 35 CLE AL 108.0 28 12 57 4.75 4.41 0.20 0.00 96.3 4.06 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1 .466 .494 $
1943 36 CLE AL 146.2 28 17 47 2.88 3.91 0.21 0.00 94.1 3.48 9 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.8 18 .539 .507 $
1944 37 CLE AL 59.0 12 10 36 5.49 4.02 0.09 0.00 96.0 3.77 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .403 .493 $
1944 37 PHI NL 55.1 12 7 31 5.04 4.11 -0.01 0.00 99.2 4.09 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .450 .496 $
1945 38 PHI NL 36.0 12 3 29 7.25 4.41 -0.49 0.00 100.9 4.95 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.0 -0.6 -6 .423 .494 $
1945 38 CIN NL 157.2 24 20 74 4.22 4.61 0.03 0.00 99.2 4.54 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.7 21 .520 .503 $
12 Seasons 2025.2 344 263 1202 5.34 4.99 0.04 0.00 101.4 5.04 -78 -7.0 1.0 -1.3 7.9 150 .480 .497 $
CHW (4 yrs) 726.1 101 92 435 5.39 5.38 0.24 0.00 102.7 5.27 -11 -0.8 1.0 -0.5 5.0 83 .493 .499 $
CLE (3 yrs) 313.2 68 39 140 4.02 4.10 0.19 0.00 95.2 3.73 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.2 0.5 10 .485 .498 $
SLB (3 yrs) 459.0 73 65 306 6.00 5.05 -0.31 0.00 103.7 5.55 -26 -2.4 1.0 -0.3 1.0 26 .467 .495 $
PHI (2 yrs) 91.1 24 10 60 5.91 4.23 -0.20 0.00 99.9 4.43 -15 -1.5 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -6 .436 .495 $
DET (2 yrs) 211.1 37 30 138 5.88 5.53 0.04 0.00 104.1 5.72 -6 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.3 23 .486 .498 $
WSH (1 yr) 66.1 17 7 49 6.65 4.66 -0.24 0.00 99.8 4.90 -13 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -7 .427 .492 $
CIN (1 yr) 157.2 24 20 74 4.22 4.61 0.03 0.00 99.2 4.54 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.7 21 .520 .503 $

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1936 CHW AL 29
1938 DET AL 31

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1934 27 CHW AL 80 1.3% 8.8% 11.3% 1.3% 5% 78%
1935 28 CHW AL 912 1.9% 7.1% 10.4% 5.6% 24% 79%
1936 29 CHW AL 1215 1.1% 8.2% 12.1% 3.7% 16% 77%
1937 30 CHW AL 1007 1.6% 11.3% 12.3% 4.6% 19% 73%
1938 31 DET AL 877 1.5% 6.0% 12.9% 3.2% 13% 78%
1939 32 TOT AL 1001 2.2% 6.4% 12.4% 5.0% 20% 77%
1939 32 DET AL 95 4.2% 9.5% 9.5% 6.3% 24% 74%
1939 32 SLB AL 906 2.0% 6.1% 12.7% 4.9% 19% 77%
1940 33 SLB AL 1020 1.8% 6.9% 12.0% 5.5% 21% 78%
1941 34 TOT AL 505 2.0% 5.5% 13.1% 3.4% 14% 77%
1941 34 SLB AL 198 2.5% 3.0% 13.6% 4.0% 18% 80%
1941 34 WSH AL 307 1.6% 7.2% 12.7% 2.9% 12% 76%
1942 35 CLE AL 462 0.2% 8.0% 10.8% 1.3% 6% 80%
1943 36 CLE AL 603 0.7% 10.5% 9.8% 1.8% 9% 78%
1944 37 TOT MLB 513 0.6% 7.8% 11.1% 2.3% 10% 79%
1944 37 CLE AL 269 0.0% 6.3% 13.8% 1.9% 8% 77%
1944 37 PHI NL 244 1.2% 9.4% 8.2% 2.9% 12% 80%
1945 38 TOT NL 856 1.4% 6.0% 9.7% 2.3% 9% 81%
1945 38 PHI NL 163 1.2% 8.0% 8.6% 80%
1945 38 CIN NL 693 1.4% 5.5% 10.0% 2.6% 11% 81%
12 Yrs 9051 1.4% 7.6% 11.6% 3.8% 16% 78%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.8% 8.7% 3.0% 13% 79%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1934 27 0 2 .000 3.72 3 3 0 1 0 0 19.1 21 8 8 1 9 7 0 0 0 80 128 1.552 9.8 0.5 4.2 3.3 0.78 128
1935 28 11 13 .458 3.90 34 28 5 17 2 1 231.0 232 118 100 18 104 72 4 1 7 993 118 1.455 9.0 0.7 4.1 2.8 0.69 118
1936 29 32 22 .593 4.29 69 62 6 37 3 1 505.1 514 285 241 31 251 171 7 1 15 2207 115 1.514 9.2 0.6 4.5 3.0 0.68 115
1937 30 46 35 .568 4.54 101 92 8 52 4 1 726.1 752 435 366 47 375 285 10 1 23 3215 107 1.552 9.3 0.6 4.6 3.5 0.76 107
1938 31 58 44 .569 4.64 134 118 14 63 4 3 916.2 967 558 473 60 488 338 11 3 30 4092 105 1.587 9.5 0.6 4.8 3.3 0.69 105
1939 32 67 64 .511 4.86 171 149 19 76 5 3 1129.1 1221 703 610 82 612 402 13 3 33 5093 100 1.623 9.7 0.7 4.9 3.2 0.66 100
1940 33 79 81 .494 4.98 205 181 20 94 5 3 1351.2 1484 852 748 100 734 472 16 4 38 6113 97 1.641 9.9 0.7 4.9 3.1 0.64 97
1941 34 82 92 .471 5.00 228 194 29 98 5 3 1463.0 1605 928 812 110 800 500 18 4 40 6618 96 1.644 9.9 0.7 4.9 3.1 0.63 96
1942 35 86 100 .462 4.93 256 206 38 102 5 4 1571.0 1704 985 861 111 850 537 19 4 42 7080 95 1.626 9.8 0.6 4.9 3.1 0.63 95
1943 36 96 107 .473 4.72 284 223 47 110 6 4 1717.2 1834 1032 901 115 909 600 21 4 42 7683 97 1.597 9.6 0.6 4.8 3.1 0.66 97
1944 37 99 117 .458 4.72 308 240 51 115 6 4 1832.0 1960 1099 960 118 966 640 21 4 48 8200 95 1.597 9.6 0.6 4.7 3.1 0.66 95
1945 38 104 132 .441 4.67 344 263 56 126 7 5 2025.2 2173 1202 1052 130 1049 691 24 4 54 9055 95 1.591 9.7 0.6 4.7 3.1 0.66 95

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1934 27 1 1 .500 3.50 18.0 20 8 7 1 9 7 0 1.611 10.0 4.5 3.5 0.78 0.5 3
1935 28 14 10 .583 3.32 222.0 205 91 82 17 92 68 4 1.338 8.3 3.7 2.8 0.74 0.7 31
1936 29 18 14 .563 3.45 292.0 257 124 112 12 134 105 3 1.339 7.9 4.1 3.2 0.78 0.4 35
1937 30 12 13 .480 4.27 232.0 228 122 110 15 119 120 3 1.496 8.8 4.6 4.7 1.01 0.6 32
1938 31 12 11 .522 3.83 207.0 201 98 88 12 106 58 1 1.483 8.7 4.6 2.5 0.55 0.5 33
1939 32 11 14 .440 4.52 231.0 240 129 116 21 117 70 2 1.545 9.4 4.6 2.7 0.60 0.8 37
1940 33 10 15 .400 4.75 231.0 253 136 122 17 117 73 3 1.602 9.9 4.6 2.8 0.62 0.7 34
1941 34 5 7 .417 5.11 111.0 122 70 63 10 67 28 2 1.703 9.9 5.4 2.3 0.42 0.8 23
1942 35 5 6 .455 4.79 107.0 110 63 57 1 56 37 1 1.551 9.3 4.7 3.1 0.66 0.1 28
1943 36 9 6 .600 3.35 137.0 151 57 51 5 69 59 2 1.606 9.9 4.5 3.9 0.86 0.3 28
1944 37 4 8 .333 5.34 113.0 137 74 67 3 62 40 0 1.761 10.9 4.9 3.2 0.65 0.2 24
1945 38 9 12 .429 4.45 194.0 223 107 96 13 87 51 3 1.598 10.3 4.0 2.4 0.59 0.6 36
12 Yrs 110 117 .485 4.17 2095.0 2147 1079 971 127 1035 716 24 1.519 9.2 3.1 0.69 0.5 344

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1936 AL (6, 34%)
0.34 Career Shares (569th)

Wins s c a p y
1936 AL  21 (2nd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1936 AL  .700 (4th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 AL  8.972 (9th)
1936 AL  9.252 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 AL  4.643 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 AL  274.3 (4th)
1939 AL  212.7 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1936 AL  99 (10th)
1937 AL  114 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1936 AL  34 (5th)
1937 AL  30 (10th)
1939 AL  31 (4th)
1940 AL  32 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1936 AL  20 (6th)
1937 AL  15 (10th)
1940 AL  18 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1935 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1935 AL  17 (4th)
1939 AL  22 (4th)
1940 AL  18 (10th)
1945 NL  12 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1936 AL  147 (1st)
1937 AL  124 (2nd)
1938 AL  113 (5th)
1939 AL  124 (4th)
1940 AL  122 (2nd)
1945 NL  83 (8th)
Career  1,049 (94th)

Hits s c a p y
1936 AL  282 (6th)
1939 AL  254 (6th)
1940 AL  263 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 AL  0.427 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1939 AL  20 (1st)
1940 AL  17 (4th)
1945 NL  15 (3rd)
Career  132 (246th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 AL  141 (2nd)
1937 AL  125 (5th)
1938 AL  107 (9th)
1939 AL  137 (2nd)
1940 AL  138 (1st)
1945 NL  92 (5th)
Career  1,052 (192nd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1935 AL  7 (3rd)
1936 AL  8 (6th)
1937 AL  8 (2nd)
1938 AL  7 (4th)
1945 NL  6 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1935 AL  4 (6th)
1940 AL  3 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1936 AL  1,214 (4th)
1937 AL  1,008 (10th)
1939 AL  1,001 (6th)
1940 AL  1,020 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1936 AL  112 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 36 (684), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (784), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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