Bob Kennedy Trades and Transactions

The Bob Kennedy trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bob Kennedy has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Blessed with a strong, accurate throwing arm, Bob Kennedy was one of the first rookie prospects to come out of the newly developed White Sox farm system. The night before he signed in 1937, he was working as a popcorn vendor at Comiskey Park for the Louis-Braddock boxing match." - White Sox Historical Consultant Richard C. Lindberg (BaseballLibrary.com)

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Bob Kennedy

Bob Kennedy Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#33)

Bob Kennedy Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#33)
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Daniel Kennedy
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   08-18-1920  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chicago, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-07-2005
Place of Death Data Died In:   Mesa, Arizona
Cemetery:   Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, Arizona
High School:   Morgan Park High School (Chicago, IL)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   193
First Game:   09-14-1939 (Age 19)
Last Game:   09-29-1957
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Kennedy

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1937: Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox.
06-02-1948: Traded by Chicago White Sox to Cleveland Indians for Al Gettel and Pat Seerey.
04-17-1954: Traded by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles for Jim Dyck.
05-30-1955: Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Chicago White Sox.
05-15-1956: Traded by Chicago White Sox (with Jim Brideweser and Harry Byrd) to Detroit Tigers for Fred Hatfield and Jim Delsing.
04-15-1957: Released by Detroit Tigers.
04-15-1957: Signed by Chicago White Sox.
05-20-1957: Claimed on waivers by Brooklyn Dodgers from Chicago White Sox.
10-15-1957: Released by Los Angeles Dodgers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bob Kennedy trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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