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: 11-26 / in Starts: 11-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 1

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	135	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	5	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.57	3.16	29	9	7	0	0	5	59			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.081	2.20	0.14%	2.00	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
2	136	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	GS-6		3	5.2	9	4	4	1	1	3	0	4.26	6.07	26	5	10	1	2	9	35			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.153	2.62	-0.25%	-0.72	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
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	137	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	GS-1	L(0-2)	5	0.1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	6.92	6.44	5	1	0	0	0	2	29			0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.57	-0.266	4.22	-0.43%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t --3 1 out d3
4	138	22	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(0-3)	10	8.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	1	6.43	5.64	35	5	14	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	2	0	.72	-0.128	.61	-0.07%	-0.19	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to St. Louis Browns
5	139	24	May 17	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(0-4)	3	8.0	9	4	3	3	2	1	0	5.59	5.42	36	11	12	3	2	8	49			0	1	0	33	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.005	1.24	0.00%	0.67	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
6	140	29	May 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	W(1-4)	4	9.0	9	3	2	2	1	1	0	4.74	5.20	39	9	18	6	2	9	58			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.282	.51	0.08%	2.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
7	141	33	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12	GS-5	L(1-5)	4	4.1	11	8	8	2	2	0	0	5.95	4.98	25	3	7	0	1	11	9			1	0	0	21	3	1	1	1	2	0	.91	-0.427	.32	-0.09%	-5.89	1b start a 1	5b 12- 1 out d5
8	142	37	May 30(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(12)	L(1-6)	2	11.1	10	3	3	7	10	0	0	5.20	4.49	50	13	11	2	0	9	69			1	1	0	42	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.85	0.367	.21	0.03%	2.87	1b start tie	12b 12- 1 out d1
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
9	143	42	Jun 4(2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-3	CG	W(2-6)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	0	1	0	4.88	4.52	39	27	0	0	0	10	53			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.253	.05	0.01%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
10	144	45	Jun 9(1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	L(2-7)	4	9.0	10	4	4	5	5	1	0	4.77	4.53	41	14	7	0	2	10	51			0	1	0	35	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.34	0.056	.04	0.00%	1.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	145	49	Jun 14	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-0	SHO	W(3-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	4.24	4.39	32	12	15	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.486	.00	0.00%	5.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
12	146	50	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	9-GF	BS(1)	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.24	4.39	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.21	-0.482	.04	0.00%	-2.17	9b 123 0 out a2	9b end d 1
13	147	52	Jun 19(1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG(14)	W(4-7)	2	14.0	6	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.71	4.20	51	17	24	3	5	6	94			0	0	0	47	2	1	2	0	0	0	2.05	1.081	.00	0.00%	6.60	1b start tie	14b 3 out a1
14	148	59	Jun 25(2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-11	GS-6	L(4-8)	5	5.2	9	8	8	9	2	1	0	4.22	4.47	34	7	7	0	0	9	12			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.16	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-2.98	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
15	149	62	Jun 29(2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS-3	L(4-9)	3	3.0	5	6	5	4	2	2	0	4.53	4.74	18	4	3	0	1	5	25			2	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.338	.00	0.00%	-4.18	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d5
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
16	150	65	Jul 2(2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-8	GS-6	L(4-10)	2	6.0	11	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.77	4.71	29	11	6	0	1	10	28			1	0	0	28	6	0	0	1	0	1	.70	-0.254	.00	0.00%	-2.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
17	151	68	Jul 4(2)	SLB		CHW	L,4-7		L(4-11)	1	0.2	2	5	5	3	0	1	0	5.15	4.89	7												3					0
18	152	69	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9			1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.11	4.85	4												4					0
19	153	71	Jul 8(1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-8	L(4-12)	1	8.0	6	5	3	5	1	0	0	4.99	4.81	35	14	11	1	3	4	50			0	0	1	27	0	1	0	0	2	1	1.15	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-0.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
20	154	75	Jul 13	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	W(5-12)	4	9.0	8	3	3	6	0	1	0	4.85	4.90	40	15	12	1	3	7	53			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.395	.00	0.00%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	155	80	Jul 17	SLB		PHA	L,8-11	GS-6		3	5.1	10	7	7	3	3	0	0	5.13	4.83	29	6	7	2	0	10	20			0	0	0	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a3
22	156	86	Jul 23(1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	GS-	L(5-13)	5	2.2	8	8	8	3	0	1	0	5.56	4.95	19						7						16					0
23	157	90	Jul 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-3		4	2.1	4	5	5	3	1	0	0	5.79	4.96	14	2	4	0	1	4	27			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-2.78	1b start a 4	3b 1-- 1 out a3
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
24	158	93	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS-5	L(5-14)	3	4.0	7	5	5	3	0	0	0	5.94	4.95	22	8	4	0	1	7	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	.96	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-1.84	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d2
25	159	95	Aug 3	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-9	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5.90	4.95	6	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
26	160	98	Aug 6(1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	W(6-14)	2	9.0	9	4	3	3	1	0	0	5.73	4.86	38	10	15	0	0	9	53			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	.74	0.220	.00	0.00%	1.14	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
27	161	103	Aug 12	SLB	@	DET	W,17-3	CG	W(7-14)	5	9.0	8	3	3	5	2	1	0	5.58	4.88	40	13	13	1	1	7	56			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	1	0	.29	0.131	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a14
28	162	106	Aug 16(1)	SLB		CLE	L,0-3	GS-8	L(7-15)	3	8.0	9	3	3	5	1	1	0	5.47	4.93	34	10	10	1	3	8	48			0	0	1	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.09	0.133	.00	0.00%	1.81	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
29	163	110	Aug 20	SLB		DET	W,6-2	CG	W(8-15)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	5.30	4.89	34	21	1	0	1	5	70			0	2	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	2	.83	0.392	.00	0.00%	3.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
30	164	114	Aug 25(1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-11	GS-1	L(8-16)	4	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.54	4.97	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.348	.00	0.00%	-4.72	1t start tie	1t --- 1 out d5
31	165	117	Aug 27(1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	GS-	L(8-17)	1	7.0	14	6	6	5	2	0	0	5.62	4.94	38						22						33					0
32	166	122	Aug 31	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	GS-6	L(8-18)	3	6.0	5	4	3	5	2	1	0	5.59	4.99	29	5	12	3	0	5	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
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
33	167	124	Sep 3	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.72	5.04	13	4	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.110	.00	0.00%	-2.86	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
34	168	129	Sep 7(1)	SLB		CHW	L,4-8	CG	L(8-19)	3	9.0	14	8	8	10	4	1	1	5.82	5.12	49	12	9	1	1	13	21			1	0	0	37	3	0	0	2	0	0	1.43	-0.379	.00	0.00%	-2.59	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
35	169	132	Sep 9	SLB		CLE	L,8-9	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.79	5.12	6	3	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.60	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
36	170	135	Sep 12	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-9	GS-1	L(8-20)	2	1.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.89	5.13	9	0	1	0	0	5	30			1	0	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.214	.00	0.00%	-2.43	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
37	171	138	Sep 15	SLB	@	WSH	W,9-5	GS-	W(9-20)	2	8.0	7	4	4	7	2	0	0	5.84	5.11	38						47						30					0
							11-26		W-L:9-20,BSv:1	2.9	212.2	254	145	138	124	64	22	2	5.84	5.11	1001	1.12		5%	6%	211	42	3	100%	8	6	3	854	45	12	8	10	10	11	1.09	-0.192	.29	-0.58%	-7.16

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