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	14-19 / in Starts: 13-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	17 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 90 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	56 (29-19-8) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 90 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (30-18-9)

Most Driven In
H Clift	2
J Berardino	2
D Heffner	2
Self	2
M Hoag	1
G McQuinn	1
B Swift	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
G McQuinn	2
R Radcliff	2
C Laabs	2
J Grace	1
J Lucadello	1
W Judnich	0

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	178	2 (1)	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.106	3.42	-0.17%	-0.93	P
2	179	6 (3)	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						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	180	14 (7)	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.286	.571	.857	9						P
4	181	19 (4)	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-9	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	9	1.36	-0.034	2.90	-0.04%	-0.67	P
5	182	22 (2)	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.500	.800	9						P
6	183	24 (1)	May 20	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	9	.43	-0.011	.63	-0.01%	-0.27	P
7	184	26 (1)	May 23	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.417	.667	9	2.99	-0.076	3.71	-0.06%	-0.33	P
8	185	31 (4)	May 28 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-9	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9	.27	0.055	.26	0.03%	2.09	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	186	38 (6)	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.313	.313	.500	.813	9						P
10	187	43 (4)	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.400	.650	9	2.49	-0.263	1.03	-0.07%	-1.69	P
11	188	48 (4)	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	9	1.04	-0.058	.77	-0.03%	-0.46	P
12	189	52 (3)	Jun 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,12-6	CG	4	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.519	.840	9	.40	0.049	.19	0.01%	2.05	P
13	190	58 (5)	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.267	.290	.467	.757	9	1.09	-0.038	.88	-0.02%	-0.57	P
14	191	63 (4)	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,12-10	GS-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.290	.467	.757	9						P
15	192	67 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	SLB		DET	T,9-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.273	.438	.710	9						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
16	193	71 (3)	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.500	.770	9	1.95	0.297	1.00	0.09%	0.49	P
17	194	76 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.243	.263	.486	.750	9	1.25	0.030	.34	0.01%	0.43	P
18	195	82 (5)	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.262	.463	.725	9	1.37	-0.145	.02	0.00%	-1.00	P
19	196	86 (3)	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.277	.478	.755	9	.82	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.79	P
20	197	91 (4)	Jul 24	SLB		NYY	W,14-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.277	.478	.755	9						P
21	198	94 (2)	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,13-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.275	.460	.735	9	.82	0.134	.00	0.00%	1.18	P
22	199	98 (3)	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	L,5-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.460	.735	9						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
23	200	101 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.245	.259	.434	.693	9						P
24	201	107 (5)	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.273	.444	.717	9	.76	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.28	P
25	202	113 (5)	Aug 13	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.281	.293	.474	.767	9	1.91	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.72	P
26	203	118 (4)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.283	.295	.467	.762	9	2.24	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
27	204	122 (3)	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.297	.452	.748	9	.86	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.77	P
28	205	125 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-17	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.292	.444	.737	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.71	PH
29	206	127 (1)	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.299	.446	.745	9	.77	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.03	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
30	207	131 (3)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.329	.471	.799	9	.82	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.94	P
31	208	136 (4)	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.311	.444	.755	9	.82	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.24	P
32	209	140 (3)	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.329	.459	.788	9	.38	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.42	P
33	210	145 (4)	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	W,16-4	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.321	.443	.764	9	.13	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.80	P
34	211	150 (4)	Sep 21	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.310	.427	.736	9	1.45	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.91	P
35	212	153 (2)	Sep 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.322	.429	.750	9	.91	-0.001	.00	0.00%	0.00	P
							14-19		90	84	12	25	3	1	2	12	3	0	13	0	3		4	1	0	0	.298	.322	.429	.750		1.13	-0.247	.51	-0.25%	0.43

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