Bob Kennedy

Positions: Rightfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 193lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: August 18, 1920 in Chicago, IL us

Died: April 7, 2005 in Mesa, AZ

Buried: Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, AZ

High School: Morgan Park HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 14, 1939 (Age 19-027d, 8,718th in major league history)
vs. PHA 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 37-042d)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Daniel Kennedy

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Relatives: Father of Terry Kennedy

1948 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.4

4624

1176

.254

514

RBI

514

OBP

.309

SLG

.355

OPS

.665

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CHW		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	48	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 24	CHW		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
9	9	Apr 28	CHW		SLB	L,8-11	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 30	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
12	12	May 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
13	13	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 6	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
16	16	May 7	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	17	May 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
19	19	May 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	20	May 11	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	21	May 12	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 14	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 17	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
24	24	May 18	CHW		NYY	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
25	25	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,10-12	CG	51	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 20	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
27	27	May 21	CHW		WSH	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
28	28	May 22	CHW		PHA	W,10-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	30	May 24	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
31	31	May 25	CHW		DET	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
32	32	May 27	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	33	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
34	34	May 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	35	May 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	39	Jun 2 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
40	40	Jun 2 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	42	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	45	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	46	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
47	47	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	48	Jun 11	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 12	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
51	51	Jun 15	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	52	Jun 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	44	12.0	1	7	0	8	1
53	53	Jun 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-14	CG	53	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	54	Jun 18	CHW		NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
55	55	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	T,1-0	CG	38	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
57	57	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	L,1-12	CG	42	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
58	58	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	59	Jun 26	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	47	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
60	60	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
61	61	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
62	62	Jun 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	63	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	46	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
65	65	Jul 3	CHW	@	DET	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	66	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	67	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 5	CHW		SLB	W,10-8	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
69	69	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
70	70	Jul 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	71	Jul 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	52	12.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
73	73	Jul 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
74	74	Jul 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	75	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	76	Jul 16	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	78 (1)	Jul 18	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	79	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
79	80	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,19-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	81	Jul 21 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	82	Jul 21 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
82	83	Jul 23	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
83	84	Jul 24	CHW		BOS	W,12-10	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	85	Jul 25	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
85	86	Jul 26	CHW		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
86	87	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
87	88	Jul 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	89	Jul 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
89	90	Jul 30	CHW		PHA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
90	91	Jul 31	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	92	Aug 1	CHW		PHA	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	93	Aug 2	CHW		WSH	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
93	94	Aug 3	CHW		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	95	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		WSH	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
95	96	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	97	Aug 5	CHW		CLE	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	98	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	99	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	100	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
100	101	Aug 9	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
101	102	Aug 10	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	103	Aug 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	104	Aug 11 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
104	105	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
105	106	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	107	Aug 14	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
107	108	Aug 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
108	109	Aug 16	CHW	@	DET	W,13-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
109	110	Aug 17	CHW	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
110	111	Aug 18	CHW	@	DET	W,7-5	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
111	112	Aug 20 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	113	Aug 20 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	42	9.2	0	4	0	4	0
113	114	Aug 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
114	115	Aug 23	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	12.0	2	0	1	3	0
115	116	Aug 24 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
116	117	Aug 24 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	118	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
118	119	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
119	120	Aug 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	0	3	1	4	0
120	121	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
121	122	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
122	123	Aug 30	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
123	124	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	125	Sep 1	CHW		CLE	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
125	126	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
126	127	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	128	Sep 3	CHW		DET	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	129	Sep 4	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	130	Sep 5	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	131	Sep 6	CHW		SLB	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
131	132	Sep 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
132	133	Sep 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	1	2	0	3	0
133	134	Sep 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	135	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
135	136	Sep 11	CHW		WSH	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
136	137	Sep 12 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	138	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
138	139	Sep 13 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
139	140	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
140	141	Sep 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
141	142	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	143	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	144	Sep 16	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
144	145	Sep 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
145	146	Sep 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
146	147	Sep 19	CHW		NYY	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
147	148	Sep 20	CHW	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
148	149	Sep 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	150	Sep 22	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
150	151	Sep 25 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	3	3	1	7	0
151	152	Sep 25 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
152	153	Sep 27	CHW		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
153	154	Sep 28	CHW		SLB	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
154	155	Sep 29	CHW		SLB	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							154gm		1377.0	178	322	33	533	25