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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Team Record in Appearances: 15-16 / in Starts: 14-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 1

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	4	5	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-		99	7.0	7	5	4	4	1	1	0	5.14	6.47	30						42						26					0
2	5	9	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,9-8	GS-4		3	3.1	5	5	2	4	0	0	1	5.23	6.86	20	5	5	2	0	5	32			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.326	2.74	-0.56%	-3.94	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	6	18	May 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	7-GF		13	2.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	6.92	6.34	13	5	2	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	1	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.001	.23	0.00%	-1.85	7t 12- 1 out d6	9t end d10
4	7	28	May 24	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-10	4-GF(8)		14	5.0	10	7	6	5	2	0	1	8.00	6.24	31	9	8	1	2	6		0	0	4	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	.25	-0.052	1.13	-0.14%	-4.23	4b --- 0 out d3	8b end d10
5	8	31	May 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-6	6-7		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.20	5.73	6	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.06	0.006	.27	0.02%	1.13	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
6	9	35	May 31	CHW		CLE	L,2-6	CG	L(0-1)	3	9.0	9	6	1	5	3	0	0	5.28	5.25	44	7	20	1	3	9	53			2	0	0	39	1	0	2	0	0	3	.84	-0.115	3.81	-0.31%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	10	41	Jun 8	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(1-1)	7	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	2	0	4.50	5.66	36	12	13	1	4	5	67			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.526	6.09	1.35%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	11	46	Jun 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-6	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	14	6	6	4	4	2	0	4.79	5.82	44	7	15	2	3	14	35			0	1	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.197	2.02	0.44%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	12	51	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(3-1)	7	9.0	7	3	3	1	6	1	0	4.50	5.47	34	7	13	2	3	7	66			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.377	2.75	0.55%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
10	13	56	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,5-9	GS-3	L(3-2)	5	3.0	8	6	6	0	1	2	0	5.19	5.76	16	3	4	1	3	8	20			0	0	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.318	2.33	-0.62%	-4.26	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
11	14	60	Jun 30(2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	SHO	W(4-2)	2	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	0	4.50	5.33	32	9	8	1	1	7	77			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	1	.78	0.350	1.46	0.39%	5.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	15	65	Jul 6	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	GS-6		5	6.0	7	6	6	3	2	2	1	4.86	5.61	28	7	8	0	2	7	33			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.314	2.52	-0.46%	-2.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
13	16	71	Jul 12	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	W(5-2)	5	9.0	10	2	2	4	0	0	1	4.55	5.53	41	11	15	1	5	10	55			0	0	1	36	4	2	0	0	0	0	.60	0.105	1.19	0.13%	3.44	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
14	17	74	Jul 14(2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.50	5.48	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.034	1.74	0.08%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
15	18	77	Jul 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	4.26	5.27	32	15	10	2	2	5	69			0	0	0	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	.91	0.299	1.88	0.37%	2.98	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	19	82	Jul 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-3)	3	8.0	3	2	2	4	2	0	0	4.10	5.18	30	11	10	2	0	3	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.108	2.45	0.20%	2.52	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
17	20	87	Jul 30	CHW		CLE	W,8-6	CG	W(7-3)	6	9.0	10	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.25	5.15	36	16	9	3	2	9	43			1	0	0	35	4	0	0	2	0	0	.94	0.046	3.20	0.09%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	21	90	Aug 2	CHW		SLB	L,8-10	8-GF	BL(7-4)	2	2.0	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	4.42	5.21	11	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.517	4.37	-1.07%	-1.84	8t --- 0 out a1	9t end d 2
19	22	94	Aug 5	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-5)	2	6.0	8	4	3	1	2	1	0	4.42	5.21	28	9	9	1	2	7	43			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	2	.61	-0.146	1.23	-0.18%	-0.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
20	23	100	Aug 11	CHW	@	DET	L,1-4	CG(8)	L(7-6)	5	8.0	6	4	4	6	2	0	0	4.43	5.19	34	16	5	1	1	5	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	-0.057	1.00	-0.03%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
21	24	104	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG(14)	W(8-6)	4	14.0	10	3	3	6	1	0	0	4.18	5.10	55	25	16	2	4	7	75			0	2	1	48	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.86	1.123	.17	0.06%	5.14	1t start tie	14t 3 out tie
22	25	109	Aug 20(1)	CHW		PHA	W,13-4	CG	W(9-6)	3	9.0	11	4	4	3	2	1	0	4.17	5.11	39	9	14	2	0	11	48			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	2	0	1	.81	0.000	.11	0.00%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
23	26	116	Aug 25(2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	L(9-7)	4	9.0	12	6	3	0	5	1	0	4.10	5.02	37	13	7	0	1	12	50			0	1	1	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.234	.03	-0.01%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d5
24	27	120	Aug 27(2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3		S(1)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.11	5.00	8												7					0
25	28	123	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-7)	3	9.0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.89	4.92	30	8	13	1	1	0	88			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.414	.00	0.00%	5.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	29	129	Sep 8(1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS-	L(10-8)	7	6.0	7	5	4	5	1	0	0	3.96	4.93	29						36						24					0
27	30	133	Sep 12(1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-11	GS-4	L(10-9)	3	4.0	6	4	4	2	1	1	0	4.07	4.99	19	5	5	0	0	6	33			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-1.74	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
28	31	139	Sep 15(2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	GS-8		2	7.2	9	3	3	10	5	0	0	4.05	5.02	39	6	9	3	0	9	44			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.190	.00	0.00%	1.05	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out a2
29	32	143	Sep 18(2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	GS-7	L(10-10)	2	7.0	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.00	4.97	29	10	12	2	4	4	50			0	1	2	27	2	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
30	33	148	Sep 24(2)	CHW		SLB	L,3-6	CG	L(10-11)	5	9.0	6	6	6	8	3	1	0	4.09	5.05	40	16	9	1	0	4	46			1	0	1	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
31	34	152	Sep 29(1)	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	8	2	1	5	1	0	0	3.95	5.03	39	20	5	0	2	8	61			0	0	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.57	0.344	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
							15-16		W-L:11-11,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.7	211.2	211	110	93	96	65	17	4	3.95	5.03	913	1.07		6%	9%	179	51	2	0%	10	6	8	803	41	10	3	14	0	12	.95	1.614	1.47	0.29%	13.73

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