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: 3-20 / in Starts: 2-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 18, Entered with runners on base: 3

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	206	2	Apr 18	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.50	2.95	24	9	9	1	1	4	48			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.024	2.81	-0.04%	0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
2	207	5	Apr 24	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-7	L(0-2)	5	7.0	5	4	3	8	1	1	0	4.15	5.55	33	12	7	0	0	5	46			1	0	0	24	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.51	-0.122	3.65	-0.18%	0.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
3	208	9	Apr 28	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GS-8	L(0-3)	3	8.0	7	2	1	6	0	0	0	3.00	5.35	36	16	7	0	0	7	56			0	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.209	2.25	0.22%	2.39	1t start tie	8t 3 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
4	209	14	May 3	SLB		WSH	W,9-7	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	9	7	7	3	1	3	0	4.20	6.12	37	15	10	1	2	8	39			0	0	1	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.72	0.035	.67	0.02%	-2.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	210	18	May 9	SLB		CLE	W,9-6	CG	W(2-3)	5	9.0	8	6	3	5	2	0	0	3.92	5.63	38	10	13	2	2	8	50			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.076	1.31	-0.05%	-1.07	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	211	22	May 13	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	6.0	9	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.40	5.76	30	4	12	2	3	9	31			1	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.279	.81	-0.14%	-1.90	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Washington Nationals
7	212	32	May 19	WSH		CHW	L,2-8	GS-7	L(2-5)	5	6.0	5	7	7	7	0	0	1	5.12	5.88	31	10	8	1	1	5	27			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.227	1.30	-0.21%	-3.89	1t start tie	7t --3 0 out d5
8	213	37	May 24(2)	WSH	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG(8)	L(2-6)	4	8.0	11	6	6	4	1	0	0	5.34	5.63	38	9	13	0	0	11	33			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.443	.58	-0.16%	-1.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
9	214	43	May 30(2)	WSH		PHA	L,4-14	GS-	L(2-7)	5	5.1	8	7	5	3	0	1	0	5.60	5.74	25						25						22					0
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
10	215	47	Jun 3	WSH	@	SLB	L,12-14			3	2.0	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	5.70	5.77	12												7					0
11	216	51	Jun 7	WSH	@	DET	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.93	5.68	11	5	1	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.025	.01	0.00%	-1.83	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
12	217	56	Jun 15(2)	WSH		DET	L,2-4			7	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.84	5.61	3												3					0
13	218	62	Jun 22	WSH		CLE	L,0-6	GS-5	L(2-8)	6	5.0	8	6	5	2	2	1	0	6.05	5.62	25	6	8	1	2	7	29			0	0	1	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.255	.07	-0.01%	-3.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
14	219	69	Jun 29(2)	WSH		NYY	L,5-7	9-GF		6	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5.97	5.70	5	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.008	.02	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
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
15	220	71	Jul 2	WSH	@	PHA	L,6-7	9-GF(10)	BL(2-9)	2	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.99	5.80	6	2	2	0	2	1		2	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	-0.396	.08	-0.01%	-0.39	9b 1-3 1 out a1	10b end d 1
16	221	73	Jul 6(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,2-6	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	5.80	5.65	18	5	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.007	.00	0.00%	1.18	5b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
17	222	80	Jul 14	WSH	@	SLB	L,4-6	3-GF(8)		7	5.1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	5.55	5.67	18	8	6	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.32	0.056	.00	0.00%	2.13	3b --3 2 out d4	8b end d 2
18	223	81	Jul 17	WSH	@	DET	L,1-7	6-GF(8)		2	3.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.46	5.55	12	5	3	0	1	3		1	1	0	1	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.005	.00	0.00%	0.39	6b -2- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
19	224	85	Jul 20(2)	WSH	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(2-10)	2	8.0	7	5	1	3	4	1	0	5.10	5.46	34	13	7	2	1	7	57			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	3	.90	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
20	225	89	Jul 25	WSH		SLB	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-11)	4	6.1	12	5	5	2	0	0	1	5.23	5.39	31	8	9	1	3	11	27			1	1	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.202	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d2
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
21	226	115	Aug 19	WSH	@	CLE	W,8-6	9-GF(12)	W(3-11)	24	4.0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	5.03	5.24	14	4	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	0.507	.00	0.00%	2.02	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 2
22	227	120	Aug 23	WSH	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-4		3	4.0	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	5.17	5.24	22	5	5	1	3	7	29			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	.92	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.66	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
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
23	228	129	Sep 1(1)	WSH	@	BOS	L,9-13			8	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.17	5.30	2												0					0
							3-20		W-L:3-11,BSv:1	4.3	111.1	121	76	64	66	27	10	2	5.17	5.30	505	1.14		4%	8%	104	38	4	50%	6	5	5	429	15	6	0	10	0	7	.99	-1.520	.93	-0.56%	-12.09

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