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: 14-32 / in Starts: 0-1

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 31

1952 Pitching Game Log

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1952 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	101	3	Apr 17	CHW		CLE	L,3-5	8-GF		99	2.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.50	5.39	11	2	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.023	1.98	-0.03%	-0.06	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 2
2	102	4	Apr 18	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	12.00	4.72	7	2	0	0	0	3		2	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	.46	-0.079	.87	-0.09%	-3.55	8b 12- 0 out d1	8b end d 6
3	103	7	Apr 20 susp	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-5	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.82	4.57	4	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.007	.49	0.01%	0.50	9b 1-- 1 out a5	9b end a 5
4	104	9	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	9-GF		4	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9.00	5.14	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.13	-0.303	10.12	-0.36%	-0.56	9b 12- 1 out tie	9b end d 1
5	105	11	Apr 27(1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	9-10		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.20	4.19	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.066	1.55	-0.09%	0.09	9t --- 0 out d2	10t 1-- 0 out tie
6	106	14	Apr 30(2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(1-0)	2	2.2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.70	3.56	11	2	3	1	1	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	2	0	0	0	3.38	0.648	8.64	0.99%	2.25	9b -23 1 out tie	11b end a 1
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
7	107	16	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,12-13	3-7	H(1)	1	3.2	0	2	1	5	5	0	0	3.97	3.63	15	3	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.281	3.64	0.48%	2.05	3b 123 1 out a1	7b 12- 0 out a5
8	108	19	May 4(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.38	3.53	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.058	.76	-0.09%	-0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
9	109	21	May 7	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	2-6		2	4.1	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.24	3.23	18	4	6	1	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.057	.56	0.08%	2.48	2b 1-3 2 out d5	6b 3 out d3
10	110	23	May 9	CHW	@	DET	W,8-5	16-GF(16)	S(2)	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.12	3.26	3	0	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	0.095	6.47	0.10%	0.87	16b 12- 1 out a3	16b end a 3
11	111	24	May 10	CHW	@	DET	W,6-3	8-GF	S(3)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.79	2.96	7	0	4	1	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.177	2.74	0.21%	0.75	8b 123 0 out a4	9b end a 3
12	112	29	May 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	2.93	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.035	1.46	0.07%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
13	113	31	May 18(2)	CHW		WSH	W,6-4	7-9	H(2)	2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	2.89	7	2	3	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.099	4.54	0.16%	0.81	7t 123 2 out a2	9t 12- 1 out a2
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
14	114	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		16	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	2.68	6	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.014	.27	0.03%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
15	115	49	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	8-GF	S(4)	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	2.66	5	1	4	0	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.161	3.94	0.26%	0.58	8b 1-3 1 out a3	9b end a 2
16	116	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.03	2.77	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.014	1.10	0.03%	0.49	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
17	117	56	Jun 15(2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.95	2.61	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.016	.82	0.04%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
18	118	60	Jun 19(2)	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	8-9	H(3)	3	1.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	2.51	2.81	5	1	1	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.85	0.104	10.27	0.22%	-0.38	8t 12- 0 out a1	9t 123 0 out a3
19	119	65	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	5-8		3	3.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.25	2.83	12	2	5	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	0.077	2.14	0.21%	1.62	5t 1-- 2 out d3	8t 3 out d2
20	120	66	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	L,2-6	1-1		0	0.0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.81	2.92	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.093	4.96	-0.23%	-1.45	1t 1-- 0 out d2	1t 123 0 out d2
21	121	67	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-9	10-GF(10)		0	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.76	3.10	4	1	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.27	-0.010	.96	-0.02%	-0.12	10t 12- 1 out d3	10t end d 4
22	122	71	Jun 29(2)	CHW		CLE	T,7-7	7-7	BS(1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.94	3.46	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.119	5.88	-0.27%	-0.53	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out tie
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
23	123	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,4-6	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.70	3.40	10	4	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.031	.79	0.07%	1.39	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
24	124	76	Jul 4(1)	CHW		SLB	W,3-1	2-7	W(2-0)	2	5.1	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.36	3.06	19	6	4	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.315	3.81	0.77%	3.09	2t 123 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
25	125	77	Jul 4(2)	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	8-GF	S(5)	-1	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.25	3.05	7	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.39	0.312	10.41	0.82%	1.91	8t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
26	126	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-2	9-9		6	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.23	3.11	2	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	0.021	13.77	0.07%	0.07	9b 1-- 1 out tie	9b 12- 2 out tie
27	127	84	Jul 13(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-6	7-7		1	0.1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2.22	3.47	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.098	3.00	-0.25%	-3.40	7b -23 2 out d2	7b 3 out d6
28	128	88	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.18	3.36	5	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.012	.54	-0.03%	-0.48	8b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 4
29	129	91	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	3.30	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.011	.46	0.02%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
30	130	99	Jul 27(1)	CHW		PHA	L,1-3	8-8		7	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.14	3.36	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.22	-0.013	2.71	-0.02%	-0.22	8t -2- 1 out d1	8t 12- 1 out d1
31	131	100	Jul 27(2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-9	8-8		-1	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	3.36	3	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.10	-0.01%	-1.69	8t -2- 2 out d6	8t 3 out d8
32	132	101	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	L,7-10	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	3.35	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.003	.31	0.01%	0.22	9t 1-- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
33	133	103	Jul 31	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	4-7		1	3.2	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.13	3.30	16	7	3	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.052	1.46	0.07%	0.90	4t 1-- 1 out d2	7t 3 out d3
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
34	134	109	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,1-7	GS-6	L(2-1)	5	6.0	5	4	4	4	7	1	0	2.54	3.40	24	7	1	0	0	5	49			0	1	0	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	.73	-0.138	.55	-0.06%	-1.19	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
35	135	112	Aug 9	CHW		DET	L,1-6	7-7		2	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.40	2	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.037	.27	-0.02%	-1.94	7t 1-3 2 out d4	7t 12- 2 out d6
36	136	114	Aug 10(2)	CHW		DET	W,5-4	4-4		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	3.39	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	0.095	2.57	0.04%	0.75	4t 123 2 out a1	4t 3 out a1
37	137	120	Aug 17(2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	6-7		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.44	3.32	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.078	.32	0.03%	0.86	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
38	138	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.40	3.31	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.031	.53	0.02%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
39	139	129	Aug 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-1	8-8	H(4)	3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.37	3.35	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	0.078	.96	0.02%	0.41	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 12- 2 out a2
40	140	130	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	W,11-6	7-7		2	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.52	3.35	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.035	.23	-0.02%	-2.51	7t 123 0 out a9	7t 1-3 0 out a6
Sept				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	141	133	Sep 2(2)	CHW		DET	W,7-4	8-8	H(5)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.49	3.30	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.063	.40	0.01%	0.25	8t --- 1 out a1	8t 3 out a1
42	142	135	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,0-8	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	3.29	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
43	143	136	Sep 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	3.24	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.005	.05	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
44	144	138	Sep 7	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	4-4		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.39	3.23	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.023	.05	0.00%	0.87	4b 12- 1 out d4	4b 3 out d4
45	145	143	Sep 12	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	1-4	L(2-2)	4	3.2	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.53	3.47	16	2	8	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1t -2- 1 out d2	4t 3 out d2
46	146	150	Sep 20(2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.51	3.46	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.42	8b 12- 2 out d4	8b end d 4
47	147	156	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	L,1-12	7-GF		7	2.2	4	4	3	1	1	0	0	2.80	3.44	15	5	4	0	0	4		2	2	0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	.02	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-4.19	7t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d11
							14-32		W-L:2-2,Sv:5,BSv:1,Hld:5	2.3	70.2	54	27	22	37	46	4	1	2.80	3.44	297	0.85		6%	3%	54	49	57	33%	1	1	2	257	9	3	6	5	0	4	.92	1.646	2.28	3.26%	3.51

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