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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Team Record in Appearances: 16-16 / in Starts: 15-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 0

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	70	1	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,10-15	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	14	11	11	2	3	2	0	22.85	9.20	28	6	7	2	4	10	-8			0	0	0	25	6	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.560	2.21	-0.92%	-7.79	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d6
2	71	4	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,11-7	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	10	7	7	9	9	0	0	12.15	5.83	46	12	7	1	1	9	39			0	0	0	37	0	1	1	1	0	1	.52	0.091	1.35	0.14%	-1.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	72	8	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-6		6	6.0	10	5	5	3	2	0	1	10.71	5.43	30	2	13	1	0	9	31			2	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.189	2.71	-0.28%	-1.37	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d2
4	73	12	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	CG	L(1-2)	4	9.0	5	5	4	9	8	0	0	8.58	5.11	42	13	8	1	1	4	58			2	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.04	-0.046	1.67	-0.05%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
5	74	17	May 12	CHW		WSH	W,13-5	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	5	5	6	2	1	0	7.71	5.37	41	15	13	3	1	5	47			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	1	.55	0.176	.85	0.17%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
6	75	20	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	GS-9	W(3-2)	3	8.0	10	4	4	3	6	0	0	7.15	4.92	37	12	6	0	0	10	49			0	0	0	33	4	0	1	1	0	1	1.54	0.105	2.81	0.12%	0.34	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a2
7	76	24	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,9-10	GS-4		5	3.1	5	5	5	4	1	0	0	7.58	5.01	19	6	3	1	0	5	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.146	2.34	-0.17%	-1.67	1b start a 3	4b 12- 1 out a2
8	77	30	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(4-2)	5	10.0	8	2	2	3	4	1	0	6.60	4.94	39	20	5	1	1	7	69			0	1	1	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.53	0.644	2.83	0.71%	3.81	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	78	37	Jun 3	CHW		BOS	W,11-4	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	6	4	4	9	7	1	0	6.25	5.09	39	10	7	1	1	6	57			0	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	0.083	2.83	0.14%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
10	79	43	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	L(5-3)	6	6.2	5	8	7	6	4	0	0	6.54	5.06	31	9	7	1	0	5	32			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.375	5.36	-1.17%	-4.11	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d5
11	80	48	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-4	L(5-4)	4	4.0	9	5	5	2	3	0	0	6.78	4.96	22	6	3	0	0	8	25			0	1	0	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.217	3.36	-0.57%	-2.51	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
12	81	59	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	W(6-4)	10	8.0	10	5	4	4	3	0	0	6.57	4.87	37	12	11	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	32	3	1	1	1	0	0	1.12	-0.242	3.99	-0.52%	-0.44	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	82	63	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,15-8	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	6.0	9	7	6	3	3	1	1	6.73	4.97	30	7	8	3	0	8	28			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	.57	0.178	2.50	0.47%	-2.47	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a7
14	83	68	Jul 5(1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-2	L(7-5)	3	2.0	4	6	3	2	1	2	0	6.87	5.25	12	3	2	0	0	4	29			0	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.323	3.25	-0.90%	-4.79	1b start tie	2b 3 out d6
15	84	75	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG(5)	W(8-5)	8	5.0	5	4	3	4	3	0	0	6.80	5.21	25	6	7	0	1	5	42			1	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.21	-0.068	3.04	-0.10%	-1.03	1t start tie	5t 3 out a2
16	85	81	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GS-5		4	5.0	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	6.81	5.19	22	4	10	3	1	2	41			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.179	3.30	-0.33%	-1.03	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
17	86	89	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG(8)	L(8-6)	8	8.0	16	11	3	3	4	0	0	6.57	5.05	45	11	11	0	0	16	23			1	1	0	42	4	1	0	1	0	5	.68	-0.586	1.75	-0.91%	-6.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	87	93	Aug 1(2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	3	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.40	5.01	11	3	7	1	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.43	0.378	8.41	0.79%	1.74	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 2
19	88	96	Aug 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS-7		2	7.0	5	9	3	8	2	2	0	6.25	5.28	34	10	9	0	0	5	37			0	0	1	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.03	-0.502	4.43	-1.30%	-4.76	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d4
20	89	100	Aug 8(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-9	L(8-7)	3	8.1	12	7	7	4	1	1	0	6.34	5.32	40	12	15	1	1	8	28			0	0	0	36	3	2	0	2	0	1	1.50	-0.634	1.40	-0.36%	-1.42	1b start tie	9b --3 1 out tie
21	90	105	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(8-8)	4	8.0	10	7	5	5	4	0	0	6.30	5.25	38	16	3	0	0	10	37			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	2	1.00	-0.266	.48	-0.08%	-2.35	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d4
22	91	110	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-8)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.91	5.17	31	10	13	2	1	4	77			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.64	0.311	.29	0.09%	5.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
23	92	114	Aug 22(2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(9-9)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	5.74	5.14	38	11	13	0	5	9	58			1	0	0	36	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.109	.21	0.01%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	93	117	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(10-9)	3	9.0	10	3	3	3	3	0	0	5.60	5.06	36	17	4	0	1	9	55			0	1	0	31	0	2	0	4	0	1	1.79	0.346	.10	0.01%	2.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	94	122	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	W(11-9)	4	9.0	11	6	6	3	5	1	0	5.62	5.03	41	7	15	1	3	11	43			0	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.474	.05	-0.01%	-0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	95	126	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(11-10)	2	8.0	9	4	2	5	2	1	0	5.47	5.08	37	10	11	1	2	9	49			2	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.026	.05	0.00%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
27	96	131	Sep 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	0	1	5.26	4.97	32	12	8	1	1	5	75			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.316	.00	0.00%	4.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
28	97	135	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS-5	L(12-11)	3	5.0	9	4	3	4	6	0	0	5.26	4.93	26	1	6	0	2	9	37			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.41	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
29	98	140	Sep 19(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG(8)	W(13-11)	6	8.0	5	1	1	2	8	0	0	5.10	4.81	32	11	6	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.196	.00	0.00%	3.56	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a8
30	99	141	Sep 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	L(13-12)	1	2.1	2	2	1	3	2	1	0	5.09	4.88	13	4	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	2	0	0	1	3.47	-0.466	.00	0.00%	-0.57	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
31	100	146	Sep 26(2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	W(14-12)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.92	4.79	30	10	11	1	3	4	78			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	3	0	1	.88	0.469	.00	0.00%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	101	151	Sep 30(2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	L(14-13)	3	5.0	3	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.97	4.84	22	5	7	0	0	3	44			0	0	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	.65	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
							16-16		W-L:14-13,Sv:1	4.0	221.0	238	150	122	124	114	16	3	4.97	4.84	1006	1.14		5%	6%	214	44	0	---%	10	9	3	869	53	14	6	27	0	25	1.06	-2.194	1.74	-5.01%	-16.09

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