John Kennedy

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 9, 2018 in Peabody, MA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Harper HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1962 (Age 21-099d, 12,011th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 16, 1974 (Age 33-018d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: John Edward Kennedy

Nicknames: SuperSub

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1965 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.8

2110

475

.225

237

RBI

185

OBP

.281

SLG

.323

OPS

.604

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	41-30 / in Starts: 32-22
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	47 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 237 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	160 (79-47-34)
Avg. MLBer w/ 237 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (72-45-23)

Most Driven In
D Cater	4
D Josephson	3
R Smith	3
B Oglivie	3
R Petrocelli	2
C Fisk	2
Self	2
C Yastrzemski	1

Most Driven In By
T Harper	5
C Yastrzemski	4
C Fisk	2
R Petrocelli	2
R Miller	2
R Smith	2
Self	2
L Aparicio	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	709	15 (14)	May 9	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7	1.56	0.046	1.19	0.02%	0.66	2B
2	710	16	May 10	BOS	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500	.833	7	.97	0.152	.88	0.08%	0.71	2B
3	711	17	May 11	BOS	@	CAL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	7	.31	0.028	.25	0.01%	0.10	2B
4	712	18	May 12	BOS	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	5	1.33	-0.074	1.23	-0.04%	-0.86	3B
5	713	19	May 13	BOS	@	OAK	W,9-6	CG	4	3	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.353	.368	.588	.957	6	1.24	0.272	1.28	0.17%	3.82	3B
6	714	20	May 14	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.348	.524	.872	5	.96	-0.057	1.06	-0.04%	-0.33	3B
7	715	21	May 16	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.321	.462	.783	6	.48	-0.036	.54	-0.02%	-0.33	3B
8	716	25 (3)	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.310	.444	.755	9	.38	-0.010	.39	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
9	717	26	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.300	.429	.729	9	1.72	-0.040	1.47	-0.02%	-0.18	PH
10	718	30 (3)	May 26	BOS		MIL	W,5-4	8-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.300	.429	.729	5		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR 3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	719	35 (4)	Jun 1	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-1	2-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.303	.400	.703	5	.31	-0.002	.40	0.00%	-0.31	3B
12	720	36	Jun 2	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.278	.364	.641	6	.77	-0.057	.95	-0.04%	-0.68	3B
13	721	37	Jun 3	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.268	.368	.637	6	1.96	0.301	2.21	0.20%	0.52	3B
14	722	39 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.289	.381	.670	2	.58	0.005	.53	0.00%	0.08	SS
15	723	41 (1)	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.289	.381	.670	5						3B
16	724	46 (4)	Jun 14	BOS		KCR	W,11-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.283	.372	.655	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.19	SS
17	725	48 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.283	.372	.655	2						PR
18	726	49	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,10-8	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.333	.413	.746	2	.88	0.147	.76	0.08%	1.47	SS
19	727	53 (3)	Jun 21	BOS		TEX	W,10-9	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.346	.426	.772	5	3.28	0.238	2.55	0.11%	0.96	PR 3B
20	728	54	Jun 23	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.340	.417	.756	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PH 2B
21	729	55	Jun 24	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.333	.462	.795	7	1.64	0.129	1.36	0.06%	0.94	2B SS
22	730	56	Jun 25 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.339	.456	.795	2	.38	0.024	.29	0.01%	0.60	SS
23	731	57	Jun 25 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.333	.443	.776	2	1.23	-0.056	1.02	-0.03%	-0.38	SS
24	732	60 (2)	Jun 28	BOS		DET	W,5-3	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.343	.443	.786	5	.08	0.003	.09	0.00%	0.11	PR 3B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	733	63 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,15-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.338	.435	.774	5	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.08	PR 3B
26	734	64	Jul 2 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.348	.435	.783	5	5.05	-0.003	4.81	0.00%	0.23	PR 3B
27	735	76 (11)	Jul 15	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.342	.424	.767	8	.70	-0.041	.98	-0.04%	0.43	SS
28	736	77	Jul 16	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.338	.414	.752	8	.58	-0.048	.67	-0.03%	-0.41	SS
29	737	78	Jul 17	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.358	.438	.796	8	.62	-0.007	.72	-0.01%	0.46	SS
30	738	79	Jul 18	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.369	.432	.801	8	.72	0.064	.86	0.05%	0.76	SS
31	739	80	Jul 19	BOS		CAL	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.364	.416	.779	8	.48	-0.005	.56	0.00%	-0.37	SS
32	740	81	Jul 20 (1)	BOS		OAK	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.352	.400	.752	8	1.27	-0.044	1.88	-0.04%	-0.54	SS
33	741	82	Jul 20 (2)	BOS		OAK	W,4-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.354	.412	.766	7	2.68	-0.013	4.12	-0.01%	0.87	SS 3B
34	742	83	Jul 21	BOS		OAK	W,5-4	CG(14)	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.289	.363	.411	.774	8	1.77	0.004	2.74	0.00%	-0.15	SS
35	743	84	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.368	.447	.815	7	.66	0.112	1.05	0.11%	0.65	SS
36	744	85	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.364	.433	.797	8	.88	-0.072	1.27	-0.06%	-1.11	SS
37	745	86	Jul 23	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.354	.420	.774	8	1.45	-0.097	2.22	-0.09%	-0.66	SS 2B
38	746	87	Jul 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.350	.413	.764	7	.92	-0.006	1.36	-0.01%	-0.35	3B
39	747	88	Jul 28 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.339	.398	.737	7	2.19	-0.225	2.84	-0.18%	-1.32	SS
40	748	89	Jul 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.328	.384	.712	2	1.52	-0.121	2.05	-0.10%	-0.77	2B
41	749	90	Jul 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.325	.381	.706	9	.72	-0.016	.98	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
42	750	91	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.323	.376	.699	8	1.37	0.130	2.36	0.14%	0.50	SS
43	751	92	Jul 30 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.262	.326	.385	.711	2	1.00	0.079	2.05	0.10%	-0.12	2B
44	752	93	Jul 31	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.331	.384	.715	8	1.81	-0.020	3.09	-0.02%	-0.20	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
45	753	94	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.336	.388	.723	8	.65	0.006	.69	0.00%	0.30	SS
46	754	95	Aug 2 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.327	.376	.702	8	1.07	-0.105	1.24	-0.07%	-0.79	SS
47	755	96	Aug 2 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.325	.372	.697	6	1.04	-0.109	.94	-0.06%	-0.93	SS
48	756	97	Aug 3	BOS		NYY	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.329	.371	.700	8	.83	-0.036	.93	-0.03%	-0.43	SS
49	757	100 (2)	Aug 6	BOS		BAL	L,2-11	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.333	.371	.705	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.65	SS
50	758	103 (2)	Aug 9	BOS		CLE	W,5-2	5-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.331	.369	.700	1	.32	-0.008	.42	-0.01%	-0.20	PR 2B
51	759	104	Aug 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.323	.359	.682	8	1.28	-0.097	2.64	-0.12%	-0.51	2B
52	760	105	Aug 12 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.323	.358	.681	8	2.33	0.147	4.97	0.19%	0.30	2B
53	761	106	Aug 12 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.355	.677	7	.42	0.063	.67	0.06%	0.52	2B
54	762	107	Aug 13	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.326	.361	.687	8	1.35	0.034	2.81	0.04%	0.02	2B
55	763	108	Aug 15	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.318	.352	.670	8	1.16	-0.128	1.41	-0.09%	-1.19	2B
56	764	109	Aug 16	BOS	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.320	.360	.680	8	1.82	0.151	2.90	0.15%	1.00	2B
57	765	110	Aug 17	BOS	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.319	.357	.676	8	.64	-0.047	.98	-0.04%	-0.34	2B
58	766	111	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.317	.355	.672	8	.22	-0.018	.42	-0.02%	-0.71	2B
59	767	112	Aug 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.354	.676	8	.58	-0.020	.98	-0.02%	-0.18	2B
60	768	113	Aug 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.320	.352	.672	9	.33	-0.009	.63	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
61	769	114	Aug 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.323	.348	.672	2	.78	0.019	1.17	0.02%	0.48	2B
62	770	115	Aug 22	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-7	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.260	.330	.359	.689	8	.61	-0.006	1.08	-0.01%	1.51	2B
63	771	116	Aug 23	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.325	.353	.679	8	.83	-0.060	2.03	-0.09%	-0.49	2B
64	772	117	Aug 25	BOS		TEX	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.329	.358	.687	8	.99	-0.046	1.93	-0.05%	-0.07	2B
65	773	118	Aug 26	BOS		TEX	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.332	.361	.693	8	1.60	0.109	3.29	0.14%	0.75	2B
66	774	119	Aug 27	BOS		TEX	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.330	.359	.689	8	.32	-0.034	.70	-0.05%	-0.64	2B SS
67	775	120	Aug 28	BOS		CHW	L,4-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.323	.350	.673	8	1.32	-0.214	2.88	-0.28%	-1.48	2B
68	776	121	Aug 29	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.323	.350	.673	8	.30	-0.016	.54	-0.02%	-0.17	2B
69	777	122	Aug 30	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.319	.345	.663	8	1.67	-0.119	3.48	-0.15%	-1.13	2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
70	778	138 (15)	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	W,10-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.317	.343	.660	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	SS
71	779	155 (16)	Oct 4	BOS	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.311	.335	.646	1	.55	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-1.01	2B
							41-30		237	212	22	52	11	1	2	22	18	4	40	3	2	2	0	3	0	1	.245	.311	.335	.646		1.06	0.077	1.50	-0.17%	-1.22

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