Bill Kennedy Stats

Bill Kennedy was born on Monday, March 14, 1921, in Carnesville, Georgia. Kennedy was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1948, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Kennedy baseball stats page.
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Bill Kennedy
 
 
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Birth Name:   William Aulton Kennedy
Nickname:   Lefty
Born On:   03-14-1921  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Carnesville, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-09-1983 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Seattle, Washington
Cemetery:   Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, Washington
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   04-26-1948 (Age 27)
Last Game:   09-29-1957
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1948 27 Indians 6 3 0 1 0 1.000 11.12 0 0 0 11.1 62 16 14 14 0 13 - 12 0 0 0 -
1948 27 Browns 26 20 5 7 8 .467 4.70 3 0 0 132.0 624 132 69 82 10 104 - 77 5 5 0 -
1949 28 Browns 48 16 11 4 11 .267 4.69 2 0 1 153.2 697 172 80 97 12 73 - 69 5 3 0 -
1950 29 Browns 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 2.0 9 1 0 1 0 2 - 1 1 0 0 -
1951 30 Browns 19 5 4 1 5 .167 5.79 1 0 0 56.0 272 76 36 37 4 37 - 29 1 1 0 -
1952 31 White Sox 47 1 24 2 2 .500 2.80 0 0 5 70.2 294 54 22 27 4 38 - 46 1 1 0 -
1953 32 Red Sox 16 0 9 0 0 .000 3.70 0 0 2 24.1 116 24 10 13 2 17 - 14 0 1 0 -
1956 35 Redlegs 1 0 1 0 0 .000 18.00 0 0 0 2.0 11 6 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1957 36 Redlegs 8 0 6 0 2 .000 6.39 0 0 3 12.2 60 16 9 9 1 5 1 8 0 1 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
8 Years 172 45 61 15 28 .349 4.73 6 0 11 464.2 2,145 497 244 284 34 289 1 256 13 12 0 -
Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1948 27 Indians 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 .667 .750 .667
1948 27 Browns 26 44 5 11 1 0 0 0 4 3 - 4 3 - 0 1 .250 .298 .273
1949 28 Browns 48 40 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 12 2 - 0 3 .150 .209 .150
1950 29 Browns 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1951 30 Browns 19 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 8 0 - 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1952 31 White Sox 47 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 1 - 0 0 .231 .231 .231
1953 32 Red Sox 16 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 .500 .500 .500
1956 35 Redlegs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1957 36 Redlegs 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
8 Years 172 120 9 25 1 0 0 0 6 8 0 31 8 0 0 4 .208 .258 .217
Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1948 Indians P 6 3 34 2 0.3 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.59
1948 Browns P 26 20 396 22 0.8 22 3 19 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.50
1949 Browns P 48 16 461 30 0.6 27 4 23 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.58
1950 Browns P 1 0 6 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1951 Browns P 19 5 168 18 0.9 17 3 14 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.73
1952 White Sox P 47 1 212 14 0.3 13 5 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .929 1.66
1953 Red Sox P 16 0 73 7 0.4 5 2 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .714 1.85
1956 Redlegs P 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1957 Redlegs P 8 0 38 3 0.4 3 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.13
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
P Totals 172 45 1,394 97 0.6 89 17 72 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .918 1.72
8 Years 172 45 1,394 97 0.6 89 17 72 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .918 1.72
Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1948 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.92 9.53 10.32
1948 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 11.0 11.0 0.74 5.25 7.09
1949 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.3 40.0 0.95 4.04 4.28
1950 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 4.50 9.00
1951 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 16.0 0.78 4.66 5.95
1952 White Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 1.21 5.86 4.84
1953 Red Sox 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.82 5.18 6.29
1956 Redlegs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
1957 Redlegs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.60 5.68 3.55
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
8 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.9 20.0 0.89 4.96 5.60
Bill Kennedy

Bill Kennedy Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1948 Cleveland Indians 29 Undetermined - -
1948 St. Louis Browns 26 Undetermined - -
1949 St. Louis Browns 26, 30 Undetermined - -
1950 St. Louis Browns 30 Undetermined - -
1951 St. Louis Browns 46 Undetermined - -
1952 Chicago White Sox 37 Undetermined - -
1953 Boston Red Sox 18 Undetermined - -
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs 43 Undetermined - -
1957 Cincinnati Redlegs 19 Undetermined - -




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