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, 6,495th in MLB 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

12.4

W

104

L

132

ERA

4.67

G

344

GS

263

SV

IP

2025.2

SO

691

WHIP

1.591

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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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	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	4.46	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	4.89	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	4.80	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	16	1	1	221.0	238	150	125	16	124		114	3	0	8	1008	91	4.67	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	5.05	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	5.49	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	6.02	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	5.44	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	4.95	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	0	28	2	0	2	505	81	5.16	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	0	6	0	0	0	198	99	5.64	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	0	22	2	0	2	307	71	4.83	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	0	37	1	0	2	462	85	3.27	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	0	63	2	0	0	603	127	3.15	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	0	40	0	0	6	517	74	3.68	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	0	17	0	0	4	273	66	3.84	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	0	23	0	0	2	244	85	3.50	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	0	51	3	0	6	855	88	4.15	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	0	13	0	0	3	162	70	3.71	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	0	38	3	0	3	693	94	4.25	1.516	9.7	0.6	3.9	2.2	0.55
1948	41	CHW-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.93	38			8	1		183.0	181	98	80		94		97	0	1	4				1.503	8.9		4.6	4.8	1.03	HOL PCL
1949	42	SFG-min	AAA	3	3	.500	7.15	20			2	1		68.0	86	61	54		46		29	2	2	3				1.941	11.4		6.1	3.8	0.63	MNE AA
1954	47	CHC-min	AA	3	4	.429		16																										BMT TL
1955	48	ATL-min	AA	1	1	.500		14																										BMT TL
12 Yrs				104	132	.441	4.67	344	263	56	127	7	6	2025.2	2173	1202	1052	130	1049	0	691	24	4	54	9055	95	4.60	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	0	77	3	0	6	1014	95	4.60	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
CHW (4 yrs)				46	35	.568	4.54	101	92	8	53	4	2	726.1	752	435	366	47	375		285	10	1	23	3215	107	4.78	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	0	117	3	0	6	1338	93	3.32	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	0	131	4	1	8	2124	85	5.22	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	0	36	0	0	5	406	78	3.58	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	5.15	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	0	22	2	0	2	307	71	4.83	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	0	38	3	0	3	693	94	4.25	1.516	9.7	0.6	3.9	2.2	0.55

AL (11 yrs)				98	112	.467	4.73	296	233	49	113	6	5	1776.2	1900	1068	934	115	946	0	617	21	4	46	7956	96	4.68	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	0	74	3	0	8	1099	88	4.00	1.510	9.9	0.5	3.7	2.7	0.72

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