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Bill Kennedy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 14, 1921 in Carnesville, GA us

Died: April 9, 1983 in Seattle, WA

Buried: Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, WA

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 36-199d)
vs. MLN 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: William Aulton Kennedy

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

ERA

4.73

172

464.2

256

WHIP

1.692

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1939	18	-4.3	Amsterdam	CAML	C	NYY										0											0
1940	19	-1.8	Ashland	MTNS	D		7	11	.389	3.47	5.58	32	23					158.0	154	98	61		67							1.399	8.8		3.8
1941	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	D-C		12	10	.545	3.35	4.45	27						172.0	164	85	64		91							1.483	8.6		4.8
1941	20	-3.6	Amsterdam	CAML	C	NYY	2	4	.333	7.15	8.54	8						39.0	44	37	31		30							1.897	10.2		6.9
1941	20	-3.1	Rocky Mount	COPL	D		10	6	.625	2.23	3.25	19						133.0	120	48	33		61							1.361	8.1		4.1
1942	21	-1.0	Rocky Mount	BIST	D		13	8	.619	4.02	4.81	31						215.0	180	115	96		138							1.479	7.5		5.8

1946	25	0.0	Rocky Mount	COPL	D		28	3	.903	1.03		41						280.0	149		32		101		456					0.893	4.8		3.2	14.7	4.51
1947	26	0.8	Scranton	EL	A	BOS	15	2	.882	2.62	3.36	23			12	3		134.0	102	50	39		80		113		0	3		1.358	6.9		5.4	7.6	1.41
1948	27		2 Teams	AL	Maj	SLB-CLE	8	8	.500	5.21	6.03	32	23	5	3	0	0	143.1	148	96	83	10	117	1	89	5	0	5	686	1.849	9.3	0.6	7.3	5.6	0.76
1948	27	-1.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	0	1.000	11.12	11.12	6	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	16	14	14	0	13	0	12	0	0	0	62	2.559	12.7	0.0	10.3	9.5	0.92
1948	27	-1.4	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	7	8	.467	4.70	5.59	26	20	5	3	0	0	132.0	132	82	69	10	104	1	77	5	0	5	624	1.788	9.0	0.7	7.1	5.3	0.74
1949	28	-0.5	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	4	11	.267	4.69	5.68	48	16	11	2	0	1	153.2	172	97	80	12	73	4	69	3	0	5	697	1.594	10.1	0.7	4.3	4.0	0.95
1950	29	2.6	Baltimore	IL	AAA	SLB	16	9	.640	3.73	4.05	42	23		12	5		198.0	172	89	82		89		144	3	0	2		1.318	7.8		4.0	6.5	1.62
1950	29	0.3	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	0	0		0.00	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	9	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
1951	30	3.4	Louisville	AA	AAA	BOS	6	2	.750	2.73	3.64	13	12		5	4		89.0	73	36	27		30		57	1	0	2		1.157	7.4		3.0	5.8	1.90
1951	30	0.8	SLB	AL	Maj	SLB	1	5	.167	5.79	5.95	19	5	4	1	0	0	56.0	76	37	36	4	37	2	29	1	0	1	272	2.018	12.2	0.6	5.9	4.7	0.78
1952	31	0.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	2	2	.500	2.80	3.44	47	1	24	0	0	5	70.2	54	27	22	4	38	6	46	1	0	1	294	1.302	6.9	0.5	4.8	5.9	1.21
1953	32	5.5	Louisville	AA	AAA	BOS	9	5	.643	3.05	3.32	20	17		6	3		133.0	116	49	45	6	41		95	2	0	3		1.180	7.8	0.4	2.8	6.4	2.32
1953	32	2.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	0		3.70	4.81	16	0	9	0	0	2	24.1	24	13	10	2	17	0	14	1	0	0	116	1.685	8.9	0.7	6.3	5.2	0.82
1954	33	6.7	Louisville	AA	AAA	BOS	9	6	.600	4.08	4.29	24	16		6	1		128.0	126	61	58	13	44		94	1	0	1		1.328	8.9	0.9	3.1	6.6	2.14
1955	34	4.3	Seattle	PCL	Opn		8	6	.571	1.91	3.64	52	1		0	0		94.0	74	38	20	5	18		77	4	0	4		0.979	7.1	0.5	1.7	7.4	4.28
1956	35	6.8	Seattle	PCL	Opn	CIN	2	5	.286	2.55	4.16	43	0		0	0		67.0	57	31	19	3	23		55	1	0	1		1.194	7.7	0.4	3.1	7.4	2.39
1956	35	6.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3.000	27.0	4.5	0.0	0.0
1957	36	8.0	Seattle	PCL	Opn	CIN	9	3	.750	1.16	1.91	51	0		0	0		85.0	60	18	11	3	29		72	2	1	0		1.047	6.4	0.3	3.1	7.6	2.48
1957	36	8.4	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	0	2	.000	6.39	6.39	8	0	6	0	0	3	12.2	16	9	9	1	5	1	8	1	0	0	60	1.658	11.4	0.7	3.6	5.7	1.60
1958	37	8.9	Seattle	PCL	AAA	CIN	7	8	.467	4.50	5.05	56	2		1	0		82.0	85	46	41	9	18		56	0	0	1		1.256	9.3	1.0	2.0	6.1	3.11
1959	38	10.8	Seattle	PCL	AAA	CIN	8	3	.727	2.32	2.45	36	0		0	0		66.0	55	18	17	2	10		43	1	0	3		0.985	7.5	0.3	1.4	5.9	4.30
1960	39		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	CIN	2	4				49	0		0	0		65.0	70	31	24	5	23		46	4	0	3
1960	39	11.9	Seattle	PCL	AAA	CIN						12
1960	39	11.9	Portland	PCL	AAA							37
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		15	28	.349	4.73	5.50	172	45	61	6	0	11	464.2	497	284	244	34	289	14	256	12	0	13	2145	1.692	9.6	0.7	5.6	5.0	0.89
Minors (16 seasons)					Minors		149	81				540	94		42	16		1901.0	1567	734	612	41	779		1262	15	1	20
All Levels (19 Seasons)							164	109				712	139	61	48	16	11	2365.2	2064	1018	856	75	1068	14	1518	27	1	33	2145

Opn (3 seasons)					Minors		19	14	.576	1.83	3.18	146	1		0	0		246.0	191	87	50	11	70		204	7	1	5		1.061	7.0	0.4	2.6	7.5	2.91
AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		55	33				240	70		30	13		696.0	627	299	270	30	232		489	8	0	12
A (1 season)					Minors		15	2	.882	2.62	3.36	23			12	3		134.0	102	50	39		80		113		0	3		1.358	6.9		5.4	7.6	1.41
C (2 seasons)					Minors		2	4				8				0		39.0	44	37	31		30				0
D (4 seasons)					Minors		58	28	.674	2.54	2.99	123	23					786.0	603	261	222		367		456					1.234	6.9		4.2