Vern Kennedy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: March 20, 1907 in Kansas City, MO us

Died: January 28, 1993 in Mendon, MO

Buried: Old Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, MO

School: University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg, MO)

Debut: September 18, 1934 (Age 27-182d, 7,783rd in major league history)
vs. PHA 7.1 IP, 11 H, 4 SO, 4 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: September 27, 1945 (Age 38-191d)
vs. CHC 8.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1935 season

Full Name: Lloyd Vernon Kennedy

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.2

104

132

ERA

4.67

344

263

2025.2

691

WHIP

1.591

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-27 / in Starts: 11-20
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 87 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	55 (28-20-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 87 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
J Glenn	3
J Berardino	1
S Harshaney	1
B Sullivan	1
J Gallagher	0

Most Driven In By
J Berardino	3
J Grace	1
M Hoag	1
G McQuinn	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	140	4 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.76	0.007	2.14	0.01%	0.09	P
2	141	8 (3)	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.11	-0.061	3.03	-0.10%	-0.58	P
May		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
3	142	12 (3)	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9						P
4	143	22 (9)	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.30	-0.066	1.10	-0.03%	-0.66	P
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns
5	144	23	May 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	2.94	-0.079	4.02	-0.07%	-0.48	PH
6	145	24	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.35	-0.069	1.62	-0.05%	-0.35	P
7	146	29 (4)	May 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.357	.690	9	1.04	0.041	.51	0.01%	0.66	P
8	147	33 (3)	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.353	.375	.728	9	1.07	0.029	.38	0.01%	0.35	P
9	148	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	9	1.39	-0.065	.16	-0.01%	-0.23	P
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
10	149	42 (4)	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.346	.304	.651	9	.64	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.31	P
11	150	45 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.310	.269	.580	9	1.27	-0.107	.03	0.00%	-1.09	P
12	151	49 (3)	Jun 14	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.207	.281	.241	.523	9	.94	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-1.50	P
13	152	50	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.281	.241	.523	9						P
14	153	52 (1)	Jun 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.176	.243	.206	.449	9	1.96	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-0.83	P
15	154	59 (6)	Jun 25 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.167	.231	.194	.425	9	1.56	-0.005	.01	0.00%	0.01	P
16	155	62 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.225	.189	.414	9	.88	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
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
17	156	65 (2)	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.179	.394	9	1.44	-0.060	.00	0.00%	-0.54	P
18	157	68 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.150	.209	.175	.384	9						P
19	158	69	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.209	.175	.384	9						P
20	159	71 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.146	.205	.171	.375	9	1.49	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
21	160	75 (3)	Jul 13	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.191	.159	.351	9	1.03	-0.082	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
22	161	80 (4)	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,8-11	GS-6	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.200	.191	.391	9	.71	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.31	P
23	162	86 (5)	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	GS-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.216	.208	.424	9						P
24	163	90 (3)	Jul 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.163	.212	.204	.416	9	.44	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
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
25	164	93 (2)	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.208	.200	.408	9	1.16	-0.050	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
26	165	95 (1)	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.208	.200	.408	9						P
27	166	98 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.190	.182	.371	9	.31	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-1.03	P
28	167	103 (4)	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	W,17-3	CG	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.169	.210	.220	.430	9	.26	0.048	.00	0.00%	2.98	P
29	168	106 (2)	Aug 16 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.164	.203	.213	.416	9	1.25	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-0.81	P
30	169	110 (3)	Aug 20	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.154	.191	.200	.391	9	.50	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.90	P
31	170	114 (3)	Aug 25 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.191	.200	.391	9						P
32	171	117 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.152	.188	.197	.385	9						P
33	172	122 (4)	Aug 31	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.147	.183	.191	.374	9	1.26	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.67	P
Sept		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
34	173	124 (1)	Sep 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.183	.191	.374	9						P
35	174	129 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.155	.189	.197	.386	9	1.22	0.226	.00	0.00%	2.27	P
36	175	132 (2)	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.189	.197	.386	9						P
37	176	135 (2)	Sep 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.189	.197	.386	9						P
38	177	138 (2)	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5	GS-0	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2			0	0	0	.162	.195	.216	.411	9						P
							11-27		87	74	9	12	4	0	0	6	3	0	12	0	8		6	1	0	0	.162	.195	.216	.411		1.05	-0.765	.34	-0.23%	-5.56

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