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

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

ERA

4.73

172

464.2

256

WHIP

1.692

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Team Record in Appearances: 4-12

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 6, Entered with runners on base: 12

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	148	4	Apr 20(1)	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	0.116	9.01	0.16%	0.62	9t -23 2 out a2	9t end a 2
2	149	7	Apr 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.59	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.004	.37	-0.01%	0.16	8b 1-3 1 out d3	8b end d 4
3	150	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	9-GF		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.50	2.59	4	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.003	.05	0.00%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
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	151	16	May 3(2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	8	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.38	3.72	4	0	2	0	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.51	-0.429	10.97	-0.80%	-1.08	8b 12- 1 out a1	8b end d 1
5	152	18	May 6	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.08	4.67	9	3	3	1	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.39	-0.013	1.23	-0.03%	0.10	7b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 4
6	153	20	May 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	7-8		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	3.48	5	1	1	0	0	1		3	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.047	2.45	0.10%	1.30	7t 123 2 out d4	8t 3 out d2
7	154	21	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	8-8		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	3.04	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.014	.62	0.03%	0.91	8t 1-- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
8	155	22	May 12	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	10-10		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	3.45	2	0	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.32	-0.209	6.43	-0.35%	-0.92	10t 123 1 out tie	10t 1-3 2 out d2
9	156	26	May 18(1)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	3.04	7	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	0.025	.60	0.04%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	157	32	May 22(2)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	3.02	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.93	-0.074	11.97	-0.14%	-0.03	8t 1-3 1 out tie	8t 1-- 2 out d1
11	158	34	May 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	2-6		1	4.2	6	4	2	3	2	0	1	1.93	3.45	25	6	7	0	0	6		1	0	2	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	-0.170	2.48	-0.39%	-1.58	2b 1-- 1 out d1	6b 3 out d5
12	159	35	May 25	BOS	@	NYY	W,14-10	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	3.43	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.045	6.13	0.10%	0.76	9b 123 2 out a4	9b end a 4
13	160	37	May 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1.65	3.63	9	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.002	.08	0.00%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
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
14	161	43	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.56	3.63	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.042	1.29	0.04%	0.48	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
15	162	45	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-8	2-GF(8)		1	7.0	8	5	5	4	5	1	0	2.96	3.95	33	7	9	0	0	8		3	0	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.58	0.041	.91	0.04%	0.22	2b 123 0 out d2	8b end d 7
16	163	50	Jun 9	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	8-8		4	0.0	3	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.70	4.73	5	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.337	2.01	-0.19%	-3.54	8b 1-- 2 out a4	8b 123 2 out a1
							4-12		W-L:0-0,Sv:2,BSv:1	2.3	24.1	24	13	10	17	14	2	1	3.70	4.73	116	0.82		2%	3%	24		26	31%	5	1	0	94	5	1	0	1	0	4	.75	-0.907	1.93	-1.40%	-1.01

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