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: 7-41 / in Starts: 4-12

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: 12

1949 Pitching Game Log

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1949 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	33	5	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-12	GS-6		99	5.0	11	5	5	2	2	3	0	9.00	10.71	26	6	5	2	0	11	25			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.250	2.47	-0.32%	-1.85	1b start tie	6b 1-- 0 out a1
2	34	11	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,4-5			6	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.43	8.08	7												6	0	0	0		0
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
3	35	13	May 1(2)	SLB		CHW	L,11-14	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	7.76	4	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d11	9t end d11
4	36	15	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	L(0-1)	2	3.0	9	8	6	3	1	1	0	9.00	8.15	21	6	2	0	1	9	11			0	0	0	18	3	1	1	1	0	1	1.11	-0.542	1.15	-0.34%	-6.73	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d5
5	37	18	May 7	SLB		WSH	L,4-6	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8.74	8.25	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.006	.14	0.00%	0.39	7t --3 2 out d5	7t 3 out d5
6	38	24	May 13	SLB		DET	L,2-7			5	2.0	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	8.10	7.69	10												8	1	1	0		0
7	39	26	May 15(1)	SLB		DET	L,3-9			1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.63	7.21	7												5	1	0	0		0
8	40	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-9	5-7		1	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	1	0	7.36	7.31	13	3	6	0	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.002	.13	0.00%	-0.46	5b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d5
9	41	30	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	3-6		2	3.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.23	6.53	12	4	5	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.120	.36	0.04%	1.98	3b 12- 2 out d3	6b 3 out d2
10	42	32	May 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	2-6		2	5.0	8	5	3	3	2	0	0	6.08	5.96	27	5	9	0	0	8		1	1	0	0	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.112	.15	-0.02%	-2.44	2b --3 0 out d1	6b 3 out d7
11	43	38	May 29	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.79	5.90	6	1	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.041	.08	0.00%	1.05	7b 1-3 2 out d2	8b end d 2
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
12	44	41	Jun 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.59	5.79	3	0	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.044	.04	0.00%	0.56	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
13	45	42	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	L,1-4	8-8		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.46	5.71	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.30	8t --- 1 out d3	8t 3 out d3
14	46	45	Jun 5(1)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	GS-7	L(0-2)	2	6.2	8	6	4	0	2	1	0	5.45	5.37	28	7	11	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.367	.02	0.00%	-1.37	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
15	47	51	Jun 12(2)	SLB		PHA	L,10-13	5-6		6	2.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.63	5.25	11	1	4	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.175	.02	0.00%	-1.26	5t -2- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d3
16	48	53	Jun 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-1	L(0-3)	2	0.1	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	6.75	5.23	6	0	1	1	0	5	21			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.304	.04	-0.01%	-3.91	1b start tie	1b -23 1 out d3
17	49	58	Jun 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(0-4)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	1	1	1	6.50	5.31	32	7	12	0	1	8	43			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
18	50	63	Jun 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-13	GS-3	L(0-5)	4	3.0	9	7	7	2	0	0	1	7.40	5.33	21	5	4	0	0	9	11			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-5.29	1b start tie	3b 3 out d7
19	51	65	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-6		W(1-5)	2	6.0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	6.59	4.98	21												19	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
20	52	69	Jul 3(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS-7	L(1-6)	4	6.1	10	4	3	4	1	0	0	6.34	4.89	32	9	10	2	0	8	36			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.211	.00	0.00%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out d2
21	53	71	Jul 4(1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-12			0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.24	4.87	4												3	0	0	0		0
22	54	73	Jul 5	SLB		CHW	W,9-5		S(1)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.05	4.73	6												6	0	0	0		0
23	55	76	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	L,5-6	3-7		2	4.1	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	5.66	4.52	15	4	4	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.016	.00	0.00%	1.47	3t 1-- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d6
24	56	78	Jul 14	SLB		NYY	L,0-5	8-8		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.64	4.52	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.14	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.35	8t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
25	57	81	Jul 17(1)	SLB		WSH	W,15-8	GS-1		2	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.13	4.55	6	0	1	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-4.17	1t start tie	1t -2- 1 out d4
26	58	83	Jul 19(1)	SLB		PHA	W,9-4		W(2-6)	1	4.2	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	5.74	4.47	18												15	0	0	0		0
27	59	86	Jul 21(2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3			1	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.54	4.37	8												8	0	0	0		0
28	60	90	Jul 24(2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	GS-	L(2-7)	2	6.1	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	5.66	4.25	26						41						23	1	0	0		0
29	61	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5			1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.62	4.28	4												2	0	0	1		0
30	62	95	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-9	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.86	4.23	14	5	2	1	0	5	30			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start a 1	3b -2- 2 out a1
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
31	63	99	Aug 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-9	6-6		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.82	4.20	4	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.18	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.31	6b --- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d4
32	64	100	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-12	1-4		0	4.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.66	4.17	16	5	5	0	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.011	.00	0.00%	1.13	1b 123 0 out d2	4b 3 out d5
33	65	102	Aug 5(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-10	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	5.69	4.19	6	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
34	66	104	Aug 7(1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-20	3-3		1	0.1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.67	4.18	5	0	1	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-3.58	3b 12- 1 out d7	3b 1-3 2 out d11
35	67	106	Aug 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9	4-7		1	3.1	2	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.76	4.18	15	1	7	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-1.21	4b 1-- 2 out d5	7b 3 out d7
36	68	109	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	L,9-12			3	5.0	4	3	3	6	5	1	0	5.74	4.31	25												18	1	0	0		0
37	69	115	Aug 17(2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	GS-7	W(3-7)	3	7.0	11	2	2	4	3	1	0	5.53	4.37	33	5	10	0	0	11	46			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
38	70	121	Aug 21(2)	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GS-		3	5.0	9	4	4	2	2	2	0	5.61	4.53	24						33						22	3	1	0		0
39	71	123	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,5-9			3	1.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.53	4.53	9												8	0	0	0		0
40	72	127	Aug 28(2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(4-7)	2	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	5.34	4.36	33						63						32	2	0	0		0
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
41	73	131	Sep 1	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	GS-7	L(4-8)	3	7.0	7	4	4	4	2	1	0	5.33	4.42	31	5	13	2	1	7	45			0	1	0	27	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.23	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.12	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
42	74	135	Sep 5(2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(4-9)	3	8.0	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.15	4.32	32	10	12	0	0	8	58			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.44	-0.018	.00	0.00%	2.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
43	75	139	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(4-10)	4	7.0	3	2	0	4	6	0	0	4.90	4.23	27	9	6	1	0	2	69			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.88	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
44	76	142	Sep 14(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-13	3-4		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.84	4.21	9	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	0.035	.00	0.00%	1.06	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
45	77	146	Sep 18(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-7	5-5		3	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.81	4.21	4	1	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.28	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.27	5b 12- 0 out a1	5b 123 2 out tie
46	78	149	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7	4-7		2	4.0	2	2	1	1	4	0	0	4.75	4.13	15	4	4	0	0	2		1	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.08	0.020	.00	0.00%	0.44	4b 1-- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
47	79	151	Sep 25(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.72	4.14	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
48	80	154	Oct 2(1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4		L(4-11)	6	1.0	2	3	3	1	3	0	0	4.86	4.11	7												6	1	0	0		0
							7-41		W-L:4-11,Sv:1	2.4	153.2	172	97	83	73	69	12	3	4.86	4.11	693	0.76		4%	3%	129	37	18	39%	2	5	1	603	34	7	4	9	0	7	.87	-2.556	.21	-0.65%	-22.11

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