In a piece of heartbreaking news, free agent pitcher Joe Kenndy has passed away. Leaving behind his wife and a young son the day after Thanksgiving, this is a terribly sad turn of events.

Kennedy has a largely nondescript career, primarily starting for below-average teams. One interesting tidbit I found is the list of batters he struck out the most times in his career, which ended much too soon:

                    PA  AB  H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  **SO**   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP G_miss YR_miss
+-----------------+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+-------+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+------+-------+
 Jason Giambi       29  26   4  0  0  1   1   2    11    .154  .241  .269  .510   0   0   0   1   1                
 Carlos Delgado     42  36   5  2  0  1   2   5     7    .139  .262  .278  .540   0   0   0   1   2                
 Jorge Posada       33  29  12  6  0  0   2   4     7    .414  .485  .621 1.106   0   0   1   0   0                
 Alfonso Soriano    31  27   5  0  1  0   2   3     7    .185  .258  .259  .517   0   1   0   0   0                
 Eric Hinske        21  21   5  3  0  1   5   0     6    .238  .238  .524  .762   0   0   0   0   0                

He pitched quite effectively against some of the majors' best hitters.

With the death of Josh Hancock earlier this season, that's two active players who passed away this year, and that's simply awful.

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