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Bill Kennedy

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: March 14, 1921 in Carnesville, GA us

Died: April 9, 1983 in Seattle, WA

Buried: Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, WA

Debut: April 26, 1948 (Age 27-043d, 10,501st in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1957 (Age 36-199d)
vs. MLN 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: William Aulton Kennedy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

ERA

4.73

172

464.2

256

WHIP

1.692

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-12	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	11 (5)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,4-5		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (1)	May 1 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,11-14	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	15 (1)	May 4	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	18 (2)	May 7	SLB		WSH	L,4-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	24 (5)	May 13	SLB		DET	L,2-7	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	26 (1)	May 15 (1)	SLB		DET	L,3-9	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
8	28 (1)	May 17	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-9		13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
9	30 (1)	May 20	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5		12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
10	32 (1)	May 23	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10		27	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
11	38 (5)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41 (2)	Jun 1	SLB		WSH	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	42	Jun 2	SLB		WSH	L,1-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (2)	Jun 5 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	GS	28	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	51 (5)	Jun 12 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,10-13		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	53 (1)	Jun 15	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	58 (4)	Jun 20	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS	32	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	63 (4)	Jun 25	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-13	GS	21	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	65 (1)	Jun 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-6	GF	0	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	69 (3)	Jul 3 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	32	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
21	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-12	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	73 (1)	Jul 5	SLB		CHW	W,9-5	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	76 (2)	Jul 8	SLB		CLE	L,5-6		15	4.1	0	0	1	1	0
24	78 (1)	Jul 14	SLB		NYY	L,0-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
25	81 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,15-8	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
26	83 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,9-4		0	4.2	0	1	0	1	0
27	86 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,2-3		0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
28	90 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	GS	0	6.1	0	1	0	1	0
29	91	Jul 26	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	0	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
30	95 (3)	Jul 30	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-9	GS	14	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	99 (3)	Aug 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-9		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
32	100	Aug 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-12		16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	102 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	104 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-20		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	106 (1)	Aug 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-9		15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
36	109 (2)	Aug 13	SLB	@	DET	L,9-12		0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	115 (5)	Aug 17 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	121 (5)	Aug 21 (2)	SLB		DET	L,7-8	GS	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	123 (1)	Aug 25	SLB		PHA	L,5-9		0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	127 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	131 (3)	Sep 1	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	135 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	139 (3)	Sep 10	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
44	142 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,7-13		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	146 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	149 (2)	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-7		15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
47	151 (1)	Sep 25 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	154 (2)	Oct 2 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-4		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							48gm		153.2	4	23	3	30	0