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: 1-18 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 13, Entered with runners on base: 4

1951 Pitching Game Log

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1951 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	82	1	Apr 17	SLB		CHW	L,3-17	2-6		99	4.1	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.48	19	7	2	1	1	5		2	1	0	0	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.020	.65	0.03%	1.65	2t 1-3 2 out d5	6t 3 out d5
2	83	2	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,5-13	4-5		1	2.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	2.84	2.79	12	3	2	0	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	.13	-0.021	.30	-0.03%	-0.94	4t --- 0 out d6	5t 3 out d8
3	84	5	Apr 22(1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-10	3-4	L(0-1)	2	1.1	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.87	3.26	9	0	3	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.181	3.22	-0.24%	-1.55	3b 123 1 out d1	4b -23 2 out d3
4	85	8	Apr 25(1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.19	3.29	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.014	.39	0.01%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
5	86	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,4-12	4-7		2	3.1	7	3	3	0	2	0	0	6.00	2.73	16	2	5	1	0	7		1	1	0	0	1	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.027	.17	-0.03%	-2.07	4t -2- 2 out d5	7t 3 out d9
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
6	87	13	May 1	SLB		WSH	L,8-9	GS-6		2	5.0	4	3	3	6	2	0	0	5.82	3.48	24	9	3	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.113	.93	0.12%	0.17	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out a6
7	88	15	May 3	SLB		NYY	L,3-17	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.21	3.37	7	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.030	.35	0.02%	1.07	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
8	89	16	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,1-8	8-GF		0	2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.14	3.29	9	3	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.003	.02	0.00%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 7
9	90	22	May 11	SLB		DET	L,1-7	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.91	3.30	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
10	91	25	May 13(2)	SLB		DET	L,3-5			1	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.50	3.48	9												7			0		0
11	92	28	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-7	3-7		3	5.0	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.03	3.44	26	7	5	0	0	6		1	1	1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.59	0.142	.68	0.04%	1.00	3b 1-- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
12	93	35	May 26	SLB	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	1	3.55	3.32	37	15	7	0	3	7	64			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.75	0.566	.17	0.03%	2.65	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
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
13	94	42	Jun 2	SLB		BOS	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-2)	6	5.2	8	5	4	4	3	0	0	3.92	3.35	28	6	7	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	24	5	1	0	2	0	1	1.30	-0.331	.09	-0.01%	-2.14	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
14	95	45	Jun 4	SLB		PHA	L,6-7	7-8	L(1-3)	1	1.0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.03	3.46	7	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	-0.214	.05	0.00%	-1.48	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 0 out d1
15	96	58	Jun 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-9	3-6		16	3.2	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.10	3.47	16	4	5	0	0	4		0	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.21	3b --- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d6
16	97	62	Jun 24(2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-7	GS-	L(1-4)	2	3.1	6	5	5	4	3	1	0	4.70	3.78	20						27						16			0		0
17	98	64	Jun 27	SLB	@	CLE	L,1-8	7-7		2	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	2	0	5.13	4.24	6	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-2.52	7b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d7
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
18	99	75	Jul 12(1)	SLB		PHA	L,7-9			14	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.10	4.40	8												7			0		0
19	100	80	Jul 15(2)	SLB		BOS	L,5-9	GS-2	L(1-5)	2	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	5.79	4.41	10	2	2	0	0	5	23			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.247	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1t start tie	2t 12- 1 out d3
							1-18		W-L:1-5	2.6	56.0	76	37	36	37	29	4	1	5.79	4.41	272	1.30		2%	4%	65	38	7	43%	3	0	2	229	16	2	1	6	0	2	.87	-0.176	.43	-0.06%	-6.14

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