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: 12-16 / in Starts: 9-8

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

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	257	3	Apr 24	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	6	2	1	2	4	0	0	1.00	2.43	35						71						32	1	0			0
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
2	258	8	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-		6	2.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.45	2.74	13						35						11					0
3	259	16	May 9(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7			7	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.00	2.40	5												5					0
4	260	22	May 16(2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	GS-		6	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	4.05	2.88	9						37						7					0
5	261	24	May 20(2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	1-4		3	3.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.78	2.71	15	9	0	0	0	5		1	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.007	1.15	0.01%	0.47	1t -2- 2 out d3	4t 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
6	262	36	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-		11	6.2	5	2	2	6	2	0	0	3.47	3.30	29						52						22					0
7	263	43	Jun 9	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	3-GF		7	6.2	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	2.70	3.42	23	10	5	0	1	2		3	2	0	1	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.12	-0.015	.24	-0.02%	1.82	3t 123 1 out d4	9t end d 6
8	264	46	Jun 13(1)	CLE		SLB	L,1-3	8-GF		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.53	3.37	6	3	3	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.030	.24	0.02%	0.79	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
9	265	50	Jun 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	7-GF(14)	W(2-0)	4	8.0	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.03	3.28	29	11	8	1	0	6		0	0	0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	0.811	3.62	0.89%	3.38	7b --- 0 out d1	14b end a 2
10	266	56	Jun 23(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-6	GS-		4	6.2	11	4	4	0	4	2	0	2.51	3.58	30						40						30					0
11	267	61	Jun 27(2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG(5)	L(2-1)	3	5.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.61	3.41	21	11	2	0	1	6	49			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.063	2.83	-0.10%	-0.02	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
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	268	67	Jul 5(2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-7	GS-6	L(2-2)	7	5.1	2	2	1	3	4	0	0	2.53	3.36	22	5	8	0	0	2	59			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.098	2.04	-0.12%	-1.06	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d2
13	269	71	Jul 10	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	10	4	1	5	3	0	0	2.32	3.40	38	16	5	0	1	9	55			0	4	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.67	-0.038	1.17	-0.04%	-0.43	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
14	270	75	Jul 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4			5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.25	3.35	7												7					0
15	271	77	Jul 18(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3		W(3-3)	1	4.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.11	3.31	16												15					0
16	272	83	Jul 25(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.09	3.21	35	9	15	2	5	7	67			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.088	1.36	0.09%	1.69	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
17	273	88	Jul 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-3	L(4-4)	3	2.2	6	5	4	1	1	0	0	2.45	3.20	16	6	2	0	0	6	28			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.28	-0.332	3.35	-0.52%	-3.11	1b start a 1	3b 12- 2 out d3
18	274	90	Jul 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF(12)	L(4-5)	1	3.1	4	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.46	3.11	15	2	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	-0.004	2.35	0.00%	0.27	9b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 1
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
19	275	95	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	8-GF		6	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.41	3.11	9	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.030	.38	0.02%	0.79	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	276	103	Aug 15(1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(5-5)	7	9.0	6	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.37	3.11	37	23	0	0	0	6	67			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.163	.66	0.15%	1.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	277	109	Aug 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-10	GS-4	L(5-6)	4	3.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	2.66	3.17	16	5	2	0	1	5	31			0	0	0	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.286	.92	-0.19%	-3.28	1t start tie	4t -23 0 out d3
22	278	112	Aug 22(2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	8-GF(13)	BW(6-6)	1	5.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	2.61	3.17	18	6	9	0	5	2		1	1	1	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.14	0.256	.43	0.03%	0.30	8t --3 2 out a2	13t end tie
23	279	116	Aug 25(1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(7-6)	2	9.0	7	3	2	3	5	1	0	2.56	3.23	37						65						34	2	0			0
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
24	280	127	Sep 6(2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	SHO(6)	W(8-6)	11	6.0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.43	3.20	21	12	1	1	0	3	65			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.305	.05	0.01%	2.38	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
25	281	132	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.40	3.20	37	21	0	0	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	3	0	1	.73	0.148	.02	0.00%	2.11	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
26	282	135	Sep 14(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-7			2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.37	3.19	6												6					0
27	283	138	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(10-6)	3	8.1	5	2	2	6	5	1	0	2.36	3.30	34	18	0	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.139	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a2
28	284	149	Sep 29(1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-6	GS-6	L(10-7)	10	5.1	4	3	3	7	2	0	0	2.45	3.40	24	11	0	0	0	4	43			0	1	1	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.010	.00	0.00%	0.00	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d1
							12-16		W-L:10-7,BSv:1	4.1	146.2	130	47	40	59	63	4	2	2.45	3.40	603	2.87		2%	7%	82	52	5	60%	3	8	1	538	21	0	0	10	0	4	.97	1.131	1.12	0.23%	7.95

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