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	17-20 / in Starts: 14-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	56 (33-16-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	59 (30-19-10)

Most Driven In
D Ross	2
C Laabs	2
P Fox	2
M Christman	1
R Cullenbine	1

Most Driven In By
D Walker	5
R York	2
P Fox	1
J White	0

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	103	2 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.41	-0.053	3.34	-0.08%	-0.57	P
2	104	7 (4)	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
3	105	11 (3)	Apr 30	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.455	.818	9	.98	0.009	2.39	0.01%	0.23	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
4	106	16 (4)	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.467	.867	9	1.26	0.136	2.76	0.18%	0.46	P
5	107	19 (2)	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.368	.421	.789	9	.56	0.061	1.00	0.07%	0.08	P
6	108	20	May 12	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.350	.350	.400	.750	9	1.50	-0.040	3.07	-0.05%	-0.12	PH
7	109	23 (2)	May 16	DET		WSH	W,13-7	CG	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.348	.375	.435	.810	9	.44	-0.021	.75	-0.02%	0.41	P
8	110	27 (3)	May 21	DET		PHA	W,7-5	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	9	.78	-0.062	1.00	-0.05%	-0.92	P
9	111	31 (3)	May 26	DET		NYY	L,1-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.333	.385	.718	9	1.13	0.027	1.85	0.03%	0.23	PH
10	112	32	May 27	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.323	.367	.689	9	.75	0.054	1.15	0.05%	0.16	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
11	113	37 (4)	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.371	.441	.813	9	.32	0.043	.77	0.06%	0.94	P
12	114	39 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.343	.361	.429	.790	8	.89	-0.024	2.01	-0.03%	-0.28	PH
13	115	42 (2)	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.333	.350	.410	.760	9	.25	0.037	.35	0.03%	-0.61	P
14	116	46 (3)	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	L,5-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.333	.390	.724	9	1.08	-0.055	1.85	-0.06%	-0.53	P
15	117	50 (3)	Jun 14	DET		PHA	L,2-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.311	.364	.675	9	1.52	-0.159	3.91	-0.25%	-1.39	P
16	118	56 (5)	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,6-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.311	.364	.675	9						P
17	119	59 (2)	Jun 22	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.277	.292	.340	.632	9	.44	-0.035	.78	-0.04%	-1.10	P
18	120	63 (3)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.280	.327	.607	9	1.16	-0.013	2.47	-0.02%	-0.13	P
19	121	66 (2)	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.320	.595	9	1.50	-0.037	3.02	-0.04%	-0.40	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
20	122	68 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-0	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.278	.291	.333	.624	9						P
21	123	72 (3)	Jul 8 (1)	DET		CHW	W,7-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.286	.327	.613	9	.48	-0.013	.38	-0.01%	-0.14	P
22	124	76 (3)	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.276	.288	.328	.616	9	1.56	0.131	1.17	0.06%	0.97	P
23	125	81 (4)	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,3-16	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.300	.339	.639	9	.08	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.14	PH
24	126	82	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.292	.328	.620	9	1.57	-0.270	.19	-0.02%	-1.04	P
25	127	87 (4)	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.273	.284	.318	.602	9	.88	-0.050	.09	0.00%	-0.50	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
26	128	96 (8)	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.304	.338	.643	9	.69	0.049	.06	0.00%	1.04	P
27	129	98 (1)	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,8-14	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.304	.338	.643	9						P
28	130	101 (2)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.304	.338	.643	9						P
29	131	104 (2)	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.304	.338	.643	9						P
30	132	109 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.300	.333	.633	9	1.52	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
31	133	115 (5)	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.292	.324	.616	9	.30	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
32	134	116	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-11	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.301	.333	.635	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.14	P
33	135	119 (2)	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,12-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.297	.329	.626	9	.19	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.25	P
34	136	123 (3)	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	W,12-6	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.280	.289	.320	.609	9	.09	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.81	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
35	137	128 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	6-GF(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.280	.289	.320	.609	9						P
36	138	136 (7)	Sep 13	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.295	.304	.333	.637	9	.49	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
37	139	142 (5)	Sep 19	DET		WSH	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.291	.300	.329	.629	9	1.02	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
							17-20		87	79	10	23	3	0	0	8	1	0	11	0	7		1		0	0	.291	.300	.329	.629		.81	-0.361	1.16	-0.17%	-5.39

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