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John Kennedy

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: May 29, 1941 in Chicago, IL us

Died: August 9, 2018 in Peabody, MA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Harper HS (Chicago, IL)

Debut: September 5, 1962 (Age 21-099d, 12,011th in major league history)
vs. MIN 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 16, 1974 (Age 33-018d)
vs. CAL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: John Edward Kennedy

Nicknames: SuperSub

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1965 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.8

2110

475

.225

237

RBI

185

OBP

.281

SLG

.323

OPS

.604

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-35 / in Starts: 32-31
Longest Hitting Streak	13 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	5

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 296 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	140 (72-47-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 296 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	180 (93-57-29)

Most Driven In
B Montgomery	5
Self	5
D Josephson	3
D Griffin	2
J Lahoud	2
R Petrocelli	1
G Scott	1
B Oglivie	1

Most Driven In By
R Smith	14
R Petrocelli	6
C Yastrzemski	6
Self	5
B Montgomery	2
J Lahoud	1
G Peters	1
P Gagliano	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	635	1	Apr 6	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						2B
2	636	7 (5)	Apr 14	BOS	@	WSA	L,5-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						2B
3	637	12 (4)	Apr 20	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	.64	-0.035	.95	-0.03%	-0.17	SS
4	638	13	Apr 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	1	1.35	-0.015	2.06	-0.01%	-0.64	SS
5	639	14	Apr 23	BOS		CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.600	1.017	1	.53	0.103	.75	0.09%	1.33	SS
6	640	15	Apr 24	BOS		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.438	.538	.976	1	.89	-0.001	1.38	0.00%	-0.07	SS
7	641	17 (1)	Apr 27	BOS		MIL	L,2-4	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.471	.538	1.009	8	.52	0.028	.91	0.03%	0.12	2B
8	642	19 (1)	Apr 30	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.471	.538	1.009	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	643	22 (2)	May 2 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,9-8	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.471	.538	1.009	7	3.30	0.101	6.11	0.11%	0.30	PR
10	644	23	May 4	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.500	.944	8	.74	-0.028	1.39	-0.03%	-0.42	2B
11	645	29 (5)	May 12	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.438	.838	8	1.36	-0.064	2.99	-0.09%	-0.48	3B
12	646	35 (5)	May 20	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.478	.471	.949	8	.48	0.055	1.23	0.09%	1.00	2B
13	647	38 (2)	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-12	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.480	.474	.954	9	.11	0.008	.36	0.02%	0.46	PH SS
14	648	43 (4)	May 27	BOS		WSA	W,6-2	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.483	.500	.983	7	.75	0.026	1.78	0.04%	0.22	SS
15	649	47 (3)	May 31 (2)	BOS		KCR	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.485	.500	.985	7	.71	0.011	1.63	0.01%	-0.34	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	650	50 (2)	Jun 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.500	.556	1.056	1	.21	0.009	.49	0.01%	0.35	2B
17	651	51	Jun 4	BOS		CAL	W,10-1	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.472	.517	.989	7	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.37	SS
18	652	57 (5)	Jun 12	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.475	.515	.990	2	.27	0.014	.43	0.01%	0.31	SS
19	653	58	Jun 13	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.467	.500	.967	2	1.19	-0.039	2.04	-0.04%	-0.61	SS
20	654	59	Jun 14	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG(15)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.423	.444	.868	1	2.28	-0.195	3.20	-0.16%	0.03	SS
21	655	60	Jun 15	BOS	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.347	.439	.449	.888	1	.71	0.085	1.14	0.08%	1.18	SS
22	656	61	Jun 16	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.426	.434	.860	2	.70	-0.034	1.11	-0.03%	-0.15	SS
23	657	62	Jun 18	BOS	@	WSA	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.424	.431	.855	1	.56	-0.049	.85	-0.05%	0.41	SS
24	658	63	Jun 19	BOS	@	WSA	L,0-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.339	.423	.419	.842	1	1.31	-0.032	1.79	-0.03%	-0.44	SS
25	659	64	Jun 20	BOS	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.408	.403	.811	1	1.92	0.224	2.61	0.18%	-0.05	SS
26	660	67 (2)	Jun 23	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.405	.400	.805	8	.84	-0.038	1.16	-0.03%	-0.32	3B
27	661	72 (4)	Jun 28	BOS		WSA	W,10-4	5-GF	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.407	.444	.852	1	1.47	0.243	2.37	0.24%	1.50	2B
28	662	73	Jun 29	BOS		WSA	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.407	.506	.913	1	.40	0.066	.70	0.07%	0.70	2B
29	663	74	Jun 30	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.396	.488	.883	1	.54	-0.053	1.14	-0.07%	-0.94	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	664	75	Jul 1	BOS	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.396	.483	.879	1	1.69	0.007	3.93	0.01%	0.29	2B SS
31	665	76	Jul 2	BOS		NYY	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.380	.462	.842	1	1.14	-0.114	2.53	-0.15%	-0.96	2B SS
32	666	77	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.365	.442	.807	1	1.37	-0.147	3.04	-0.20%	-1.09	2B
33	667	78	Jul 4	BOS		NYY	W,7-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.376	.490	.866	1	.29	0.112	.58	0.14%	1.40	2B
34	668	79	Jul 5	BOS		NYY	W,12-7	CG	5	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.337	.395	.500	.895	1	.67	0.131	1.34	0.16%	0.97	2B SS
35	669	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.343	.403	.519	.922	1	1.18	0.290	2.44	0.36%	1.64	SS
36	670	81	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.390	.500	.890	1	.54	-0.056	1.29	-0.08%	-0.91	SS
37	671	82	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.386	.491	.877	1	.74	-0.017	1.79	-0.03%	-0.10	SS
38	672	83	Jul 8	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.325	.382	.500	.882	1	1.53	-0.222	3.30	-0.29%	-1.19	SS
39	673	84	Jul 9	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.370	.484	.854	1	1.23	-0.120	2.75	-0.16%	-0.78	2B
40	674	85	Jul 10	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.374	.492	.866	1	.89	0.068	1.78	0.08%	0.58	2B
41	675	86	Jul 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.373	.489	.862	1	1.51	0.210	2.79	0.23%	0.97	2B
42	676	87	Jul 15	BOS		MIN	W,3-0	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.365	.471	.835	1	1.60	-0.212	2.53	-0.20%	-1.11	2B
43	677	88	Jul 16	BOS		MIN	W,9-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.366	.468	.834	1	.59	0.103	.93	0.10%	0.67	2B
44	678	89	Jul 17 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,13-11	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.365	.463	.827	1	.50	-0.004	.99	-0.01%	-0.43	2B SS
45	679	90	Jul 17 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG(6)	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.315	.364	.470	.834	1	1.45	0.143	2.91	0.17%	0.83	2B
46	680	91	Jul 18	BOS		MIL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.307	.355	.458	.813	1	1.48	-0.199	3.38	-0.27%	-1.18	2B
47	681	94 (2)	Jul 22	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.304	.351	.449	.800	1	2.01	-0.024	4.71	-0.03%	0.05	2B
48	682	95	Jul 23	BOS	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.309	.354	.451	.805	1	.75	0.079	1.60	0.10%	0.38	2B
49	683	96	Jul 24	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.358	.470	.827	1	.98	0.288	2.12	0.37%	1.39	2B
50	684	97	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.312	.355	.471	.826	1	.68	0.065	1.58	0.09%	2.21	SS
51	685	98	Jul 26	BOS	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.351	.463	.814	1	1.21	-0.090	3.00	-0.13%	-0.52	2B
52	686	99	Jul 27 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.347	.456	.803	1	1.09	-0.001	2.70	0.00%	-0.16	2B
53	687	100	Jul 27 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.345	.451	.796	1	.69	-0.007	1.69	-0.01%	-0.18	2B
54	688	103 (2)	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.298	.338	.441	.780	1	.70	-0.101	1.16	-0.10%	-1.29	2B
55	689	104	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.340	.440	.780	1	.47	0.011	.64	0.01%	0.65	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	690	105	Aug 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.336	.439	.776	1	.37	0.038	.58	0.04%	-0.29	SS
57	691	106	Aug 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.338	.438	.776	1	.46	0.015	.73	0.01%	-0.47	SS
58	692	107	Aug 2	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.330	.428	.758	1	1.10	-0.141	3.69	-0.28%	-1.25	SS
59	693	112 (4)	Aug 8	BOS		DET	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.329	.422	.751	2	.64	0.022	1.14	0.02%	-0.44	SS
60	694	113	Aug 9	BOS		DET	W,12-11	CG	5	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.339	.433	.772	7	1.07	0.009	1.90	0.01%	0.30	3B
61	695	114	Aug 10 (1)	BOS		OAK	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.335	.427	.761	7	1.49	-0.100	2.93	-0.12%	-0.80	3B
62	696	115	Aug 10 (2)	BOS		OAK	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.332	.422	.753	2	.80	-0.059	1.26	-0.06%	-0.42	SS
63	697	119 (3)	Aug 14	BOS		KCR	L,1-6	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.337	.423	.760	2	.47	0.022	.18	0.01%	-0.03	SS
64	698	123 (3)	Aug 18	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.336	.424	.760	2	.73	-0.023	.13	0.00%	0.10	SS
65	699	125 (1)	Aug 21	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.335	.426	.760	1	.88	-0.009	.24	0.00%	0.07	2B
66	700	126	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.332	.418	.750	1	1.13	-0.038	.22	0.00%	-0.85	2B
67	701	127	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.327	.412	.738	1	1.61	-0.161	.17	-0.01%	-1.13	2B
68	702	128	Aug 24	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG(13)	7	7	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.284	.326	.420	.746	1	1.63	0.193	.13	0.01%	1.34	2B
69	703	129	Aug 25	BOS	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.327	.417	.745	1	1.12	0.092	.03	0.00%	0.54	2B
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
70	704	135 (5)	Sep 1	BOS		BAL	L,2-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.326	.416	.742	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
71	705	136	Sep 2	BOS		BAL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.325	.411	.736	2	.39	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-0.36	SS
72	706	138 (1)	Sep 4	BOS		CLE	L,9-11	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.319	.403	.722	7	1.10	-0.125	.01	0.00%	-1.22	3B
73	707	140 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.322	.416	.737	1	.72	0.118	.00	0.00%	1.04	2B
74	708	161 (20)	Sep 28 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.320	.412	.731	1	1.70	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.16	2B
							39-35		296	272	41	75	12	5	5	22	14	0	42	4	5	1	3	4	1	1	.276	.320	.412	.731		.99	0.366	1.56	0.19%	0.82

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