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

Debut: April 26, 1948 (Age 27-043d, 10,501st in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

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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Team Record in Appearances: 12-20 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 6

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	4-5		99	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	18.00	3.76	6	2	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.246	5.23	-0.51%	-1.83	4b 1-3 1 out tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	5-6		4	1.1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	7.71	2.76	7	1	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.022	1.25	-0.05%	-0.04	5t 12- 2 out d4	6t 3 out d5
3	3	19	May 16(2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	GS-8	W(1-0)	14	7.0	3	2	2	5	8	0	0	3.86	2.65	29	5	8	1	0	3	66			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.60	0.227	2.00	0.46%	1.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a6
4	4	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	GS-2		4	1.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.23	2.76	8	1	0	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.243	5.54	-0.62%	-2.48	1t start tie	2t 12- 0 out tie
5	5	32	May 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	GS-1		8	0.1	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	8.44	3.60	5	1	0	0	0	1	30			0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.78	-0.281	7.00	-0.66%	-2.91	1b start a 2	1b -23 1 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	3-4		10	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	10.32	4.08	7	1	1	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.056	1.17	-0.17%	-3.63	3b 1-3 2 out d7	4b -2- 1 out d7
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Browns
7	7	54	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,9-8	GS-		10	6.1	5	6	4	12	5	0	0	8.66	5.08	35						36						22	0	0	0		0
8	8	59	Jun 27(1)	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	GS-	L(1-1)	5	8.0	6	2	1	5	5	0	0	6.31	4.55	35						64						30	0	0	0		0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	9	64	Jul 2	SLB		CLE	L,6-8	GS-5		4	4.1	7	4	4	6	0	1	0	6.60	5.32	25	1	11	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.244	.07	-0.01%	-2.24	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out a1
10	10	69	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	5.0	10	6	6	1	5	1	0	7.20	5.13	25	2	7	0	0	10	27			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.198	.02	0.00%	-3.26	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
11	11	77	Jul 18(1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-12	GS-	L(1-3)	10	3.1	3	5	4	1	1	0	1	7.51	5.03	16						36						14	0	1	0		0
12	12	80	Jul 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS-7	L(1-4)	1	7.0	8	7	6	8	4	0	0	7.54	5.03	39	8	11	0	3	8	31			0	0	1	31	3	1	0	0	0	3	1.20	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-3.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
13	13	83	Jul 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,13-2	GS-5	W(2-4)	3	4.2	7	1	1	3	1	0	0	7.02	4.96	20	3	6	2	0	7	44			1	1	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.148	.00	0.00%	1.14	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	92	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	W,7-5	GS-6	W(3-4)	8	5.0	3	4	4	8	4	0	0	7.04	5.05	26	6	5	0	0	3	41			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.172	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a6
15	15	93	Aug 3	SLB		BOS	L,8-15	8-8		0	0.2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	6.95	5.04	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-2.04	8t 12- 1 out d8	8t 3 out d11
16	16	96	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	W,2-1	GS-8	W(4-4)	2	7.1	6	1	1	5	7	0	0	6.29	4.79	32	13	1	0	0	6	64			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.224	.00	0.00%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
17	17	98	Aug 8	SLB		PHA	L,5-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6.19	4.77	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.54	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	18	102	Aug 11(2)	SLB		CLE	W,12-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	2	6.2	6	4	2	3	6	0	0	5.86	4.54	30	8	7	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.41	0.197	.00	0.00%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a8
19	19	106	Aug 14	SLB		DET	L,3-10	9-GF		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.80	4.58	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.29	9t --- 1 out d7	9t end d 7
20	20	108	Aug 17	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-8	GS-5	L(5-5)	2	4.2	6	6	6	5	2	0	0	6.16	4.61	23	5	5	1	0	6	25			0	1	1	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.175	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d5
21	21	113	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-9	W(6-5)	6	8.2	6	5	5	6	4	0	0	6.06	4.54	35	10	9	0	0	6	50			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.224	.00	0.00%	0.32	1b start a 1	9b -2- 2 out a2
22	22	115	Aug 26	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.06	4.54	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-0.58	9b --3 1 out tie	9b end d 1
23	23	118	Aug 28	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	GS-7		1	7.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	5.99	4.36	30	9	7	0	0	7	50			2	0	0	27	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	123	Sep 3(1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-7	GS-7	L(6-6)	5	7.0	8	5	5	5	7	3	0	6.02	4.65	34	7	7	2	0	8	43			0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
25	25	128	Sep 9(1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(7-6)	5	9.0	10	2	2	6	4	0	0	5.68	4.59	41						57						35	1	2	0		0
26	26	132	Sep 11(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-9	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	5.68	4.55	8	1	2	0	0	2		1	1	2	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.79	7b -2- 1 out d6	8b end d 8
27	27	135	Sep 13	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-6		1	6.0	5	2	1	4	1	1	0	5.46	4.66	25	10	7	0	1	3	53			0	1	0	21	3	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.034	.00	0.00%	1.10	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
28	28	139	Sep 17	SLB		BOS	L,3-9	GS-5	L(7-7)	3	4.2	4	6	6	6	3	0	1	5.70	4.71	24	4	6	1	1	4	29			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.420	.00	0.00%	-3.53	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
29	29	143	Sep 20	SLB		NYY	L,7-8	GS-6		2	5.1	7	5	4	4	4	2	0	5.74	4.86	27	7	5	0	0	7	36			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.15	-0.333	.00	0.00%	-2.69	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out tie
30	30	145	Sep 23	SLB		WSH	L,8-9			2	1.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.70	4.86	5												3	0	0	0		0
31	31	147	Sep 25	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	W(8-7)	1	9.0	6	2	2	9	2	1	0	5.45	4.99	40						60						31	0	0	0		0
32	32	153	Oct 1(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-8)	5	8.0	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.15	4.89	35	13	13	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.52	-0.130	.00	0.00%	1.09	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
							12-20		W-L:8-8	3.1	143.1	148	95	82	117	89	9	5	5.15	4.89	686	1.02		3%	2%	116	44	10	80%	10	5	2	558	22	7	1	7	0	8	.96	-1.887	.35	-1.56%	-25.61

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