Vern Kennedy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 20, 1907 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: January 28, 1993 in Mendon, MO

Buried: Old Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, MO

School: University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)

Debut: September 18, 1934 (Age 27-182d, 7,783rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 7.1 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 38-191d)
vs. CHC 8.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lloyd Vernon Kennedy

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

104

132

ERA

4.67

344

263

2025.2

691

WHIP

1.591

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	15-16 / in Starts: 14-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	62 (37-18-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (27-16-9)

Most Driven In
J Dykes	3
J Hayes	2
L Sewell	2
M Hopkins	1
T Piet	1
Z Bonura	1

Most Driven In By
R Radcliff	1
J Hayes	1
M Haas	1
M Hopkins	0

1935 Batting Game Log

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1935 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	4	5 (4)	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9						P
2	5	9 (3)	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.15	-0.034	3.31	-0.06%	-0.36	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	6	18 (8)	May 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.31	-0.008	1.40	-0.02%	-0.27	P
4	7	28 (9)	May 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-10	4-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.52	-0.016	2.38	-0.04%	-0.25	P
5	8	31 (2)	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
6	9	35 (3)	May 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	.79	-0.064	3.58	-0.17%	-0.58	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	10	41 (5)	Jun 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.62	-0.025	2.63	-0.06%	-0.47	P
8	11	46 (4)	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.200	.267	.467	9	.63	-0.024	2.34	-0.06%	1.20	P
9	12	51 (4)	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	9	1.26	0.223	3.03	0.32%	1.88	P
10	13	56 (4)	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,5-9	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	9						P
11	14	60 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.261	.304	.565	9	.61	0.004	1.14	0.00%	-0.46	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	15	65 (4)	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	9	1.06	-0.052	2.59	-0.08%	-0.78	P
13	16	71 (5)	Jul 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.233	.433	9	.30	-0.042	.60	-0.05%	-1.54	P
14	17	74 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.233	.433	9						P
15	18	77 (2)	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.206	.265	.471	9	.66	-0.066	1.36	-0.08%	-0.55	P
16	19	82 (4)	Jul 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.270	.486	9	.90	-0.027	2.82	-0.05%	-0.15	P
17	20	87 (4)	Jul 30	CHW		CLE	W,8-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9	.99	-0.097	3.36	-0.20%	-1.54	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	21	90 (2)	Aug 2	CHW		SLB	L,8-10	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9						P
19	22	94 (3)	Aug 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.214	.262	.476	9	.47	0.007	.94	0.01%	0.16	P
20	23	100 (5)	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.244	.444	9	1.18	-0.099	1.18	-0.06%	-0.63	P
21	24	104 (3)	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(14)	6	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0		0	0	.245	.245	.306	.551	9	2.10	0.079	.19	0.00%	1.06	P
22	25	109 (4)	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	9	.32	0.030	.05	0.00%	-0.38	P
23	26	116 (6)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.276	.276	.328	.603	9	.49	-0.005	.03	0.00%	-0.12	P
24	27	120 (3)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.276	.328	.603	9						P
25	28	123 (2)	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.274	.274	.355	.629	9	.78	0.084	.00	0.00%	1.80	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	29	129 (5)	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.266	.266	.344	.609	9						P
27	30	133 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.266	.266	.344	.609	9	1.65	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
28	31	139 (5)	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.279	.343	.623	9	.86	0.068	.00	0.00%	0.98	P
29	32	143 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.271	.333	.605	9	1.23	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.65	P
30	33	148 (4)	Sep 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.254	.264	.324	.588	9	2.57	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.46	P
31	34	152 (3)	Sep 29 (1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.247	.257	.315	.572	9	1.27	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.89	P
							15-16		81	73	4	18	3	1	0	10	1	0	18	0	7		2		0	0	.247	.257	.315	.572		.94	-0.410	1.25	-0.59%	-4.22

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