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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CHW		DET	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 21	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 24	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	5	Apr 25 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 26	CHW		CLE	L,11-12	GF	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	9 (1)	Apr 30	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	11 (1)	May 4	CHW	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	12	May 5	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
9	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	14	May 8	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-16	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	15	May 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	16	May 10	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	17	May 11	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	18	May 12	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	19	May 15	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	20	May 16 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	21	May 16 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	22	May 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	55	12.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	23	May 19	CHW		WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	27 (3)	May 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	28	May 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
22	29	May 25	CHW		PHA	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	30	May 26	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	31	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	32	May 29	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	33	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	34	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-13	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	35	May 31 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	36	May 31 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	37	Jun 2	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to Cleveland Indians
31	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	GS	55	14.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	37	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	38	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	39	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-1	GF	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	40	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	42 (1)	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	43	Jun 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	44	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GF	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	51 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	55 (3)	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	49	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	61 (5)	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	64 (1)	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	66 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	70 (3)	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,14-1	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1
48	74 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	80 (4)	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GF	9	2.0	2	1	0	3	1
51	85 (4)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	89 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	92 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	96 (1)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	98 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	101 (2)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	21	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	GF	19	4.0	2	3	0	5	0
61	105 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	107 (1)	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	111 (1)	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	116 (2)	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
69	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	121 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	9	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
73	122	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	132 (9)	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	136 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
79	148 (8)	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	150 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	152 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	156 (2)	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							83gm		427.0	97	11	2	110	3