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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-16 / in Starts: 15-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 91 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	68 (31-24-13)
Avg. MLBer w/ 91 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	61 (31-19-10)

Most Driven In
L Sewell	3
J Hayes	2
Self	2
T Piet	1
J Dykes	1
B Berger	0
L Appling	0

Most Driven In By
M Kreevich	3
J Hayes	3
R Radcliff	2
D Walker	2
Self	2

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 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	71	1	Apr 21	CHW	@	SLB	L,10-15	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.49	0.064	4.07	0.11%	0.66	P
2	72	4 (2)	Apr 25	CHW		DET	W,11-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.24	-0.027	.62	-0.04%	-1.30	P
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
3	73	8 (3)	May 2	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.73	-0.042	1.83	-0.06%	-0.47	P
4	74	12 (3)	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	2.12	-0.008	3.43	-0.01%	0.19	P
5	75	17 (4)	May 12	CHW		WSH	W,13-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	9	.47	-0.037	.73	-0.04%	-0.63	P
6	76	20 (2)	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	9	.85	-0.006	1.56	-0.01%	-0.73	P
7	77	24 (3)	May 22	CHW	@	PHA	L,9-10	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.095	.136	.095	.232	9	.57	-0.032	1.09	-0.04%	-0.48	P
8	78	30 (5)	May 28	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	9	2.04	-0.216	3.76	-0.24%	-1.13	P
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
9	79	37 (6)	Jun 3	CHW		BOS	W,11-4	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.143	.172	.179	.351	9	1.06	0.103	2.89	0.17%	1.10	P
10	80	43 (5)	Jun 10	CHW		NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.129	.156	.161	.318	9	.64	-0.052	3.35	-0.16%	-0.59	P
11	81	48 (4)	Jun 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.152	.156	.308	9	2.78	-0.076	12.05	-0.20%	-0.86	P
12	82	59 (10)	Jun 26	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.194	.200	.394	9	1.52	-0.048	5.40	-0.10%	-0.25	P
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
13	83	63 (3)	Jul 1	CHW		DET	W,15-8	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.184	.205	.263	.468	9	.58	-0.040	2.53	-0.11%	1.98	P
14	84	68 (4)	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.200	.256	.456	9	1.43	-0.039	6.66	-0.11%	-0.49	P
15	85	75 (6)	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,6-4	CG(5)	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.238	.366	.604	9	.78	0.131	1.95	0.20%	1.40	P
16	86	81 (5)	Jul 19	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.214	.233	.357	.590	9	.74	0.027	2.29	0.05%	0.28	P
17	87	89 (7)	Jul 28	CHW	@	WSH	L,8-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.217	.333	.551	9	1.30	-0.089	3.35	-0.14%	-0.72	P
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
18	88	93 (3)	Aug 1 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.217	.333	.551	9						P
19	89	96 (2)	Aug 4	CHW	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.204	.313	.517	9	1.03	-0.083	4.45	-0.21%	-0.68	P
20	90	100 (3)	Aug 8 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.226	.327	.553	9	1.21	-0.038	1.13	-0.02%	-0.30	P
21	91	105 (4)	Aug 13	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.214	.309	.523	9	1.01	-0.082	.48	-0.02%	-0.73	P
22	92	110 (4)	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.207	.220	.310	.531	9	.45	0.062	.21	0.02%	1.96	P
23	93	114 (3)	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.213	.300	.513	9	1.25	-0.079	.24	-0.01%	-0.71	P
24	94	117 (2)	Aug 26	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.203	.286	.489	9	1.10	-0.088	.06	0.00%	-0.66	P
25	95	122 (4)	Aug 31	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.235	.313	.549	9	1.06	0.139	.04	0.00%	1.47	P
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
26	96	126 (3)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.236	.352	.588	9	2.23	-0.205	.12	-0.01%	-0.57	P
27	97	131 (4)	Sep 8	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.237	.247	.355	.602	9	.44	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
28	98	135 (3)	Sep 12	CHW		DET	L,0-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.244	.351	.594	9	.45	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.13	P
29	99	140 (4)	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG(8)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.244	.346	.590	9	.31	-0.017	.00	0.00%	-0.86	P
30	100	141	Sep 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-5	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.241	.341	.582	9	3.40	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
31	101	146 (4)	Sep 26 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.241	.337	.579	9	.61	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.98	P
32	102	151 (4)	Sep 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.239	.333	.572	9	1.05	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.39	P
							16-16		91	87	12	20	1	1	2	9	0	0	17	1	3		5		0	0	.230	.239	.333	.572		1.03	-0.995	1.71	-0.98%	-4.28

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