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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	8 (6)	Apr 22	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	9	Apr 23	CHW	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	10	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	0	0	1	1	0
5	11	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
6	12	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
7	13	Apr 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	14	Apr 29	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	15	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	16	May 1	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	17	May 2	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
12	18	May 3 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
13	19	May 3 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
14	20	May 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	21	May 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
16	23 (1)	May 9	CHW	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
17	24	May 10 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
18	25	May 10 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	26	May 13	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GS	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27	May 14	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	28	May 16	CHW		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	29	May 17 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
23	30	May 17 (2)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	31	May 18	CHW		WSH	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	32	May 20	CHW		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	33	May 21	CHW		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	34	May 22	CHW		DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	35	May 24 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	36	May 24 (2)	CHW		DET	L,0-14	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	37	May 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	38	May 26	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
32	39	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
33	40	May 28	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	41	May 29	CHW	@	SLB	W,12-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
35	42	May 30 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	43	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	44	May 31	CHW	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	39	10.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	2
39	46	Jun 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
40	47	Jun 5	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	48	Jun 6	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
42	49	Jun 7 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
43	50	Jun 7 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	30	7.1	0	0	0	0	0
44	51	Jun 9	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	52	Jun 10	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	53	Jun 13	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	2	3	0
47	54	Jun 14 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
48	55	Jun 14 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	56	Jun 16	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
50	57	Jun 17	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	58	Jun 18	CHW		PHA	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	59	Jun 19	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	60	Jun 21 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	61	Jun 21 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	62	Jun 24	CHW		WSH	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	63	Jun 25	CHW		WSH	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
57	64	Jun 26	CHW		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	65	Jun 27	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	66	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	67	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
61	68	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	69	Jun 30	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70	Jul 1	CHW		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
64	71	Jul 2	CHW		CLE	L,5-7	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	61	13.0	1	1	1	3	0
67	74	Jul 5 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
68	75	Jul 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	76	Jul 9	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
70	77	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	78	Jul 12 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.1	3	1	0	4	1
72	79	Jul 12 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	80	Jul 13	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	3	2	0	5	0
74	81	Jul 15 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
75	82	Jul 15 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	83	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
77	84	Jul 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	85	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	47	9.2	3	2	1	6	0
79	86	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	87	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-12	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	93 (5)	Jul 26 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
82	94	Jul 26 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	95	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
84	96	Jul 29 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	97	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
86	98	Jul 31	CHW		WSH	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	99	Aug 4	CHW		DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	100	Aug 5	CHW		DET	W,1-0	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	101	Aug 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
90	102	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
91	103	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	104	Aug 10	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	105	Aug 11	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	106	Aug 12	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	107	Aug 13	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	108	Aug 14	CHW	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
97	109	Aug 15	CHW	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
98	110	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	1	3	0	4	0
99	111	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	116 (4)	Aug 23 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	118 (1)	Aug 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
102	119	Aug 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
103	120	Aug 28	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	121	Aug 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	122	Aug 30 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	123	Aug 30 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
107	124	Aug 31 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	129 (4)	Sep 3 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-14	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	145 (15)	Sep 22	CHW	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	47	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
110	146	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
111	147	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	148	Sep 25	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
							112gm		832.0	126	209	15	350	17