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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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Team Record in Appearances: 17-16 / in Starts: 14-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 6

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	102	2	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-7		99	6.2	6	4	3	5	3	0	0	4.05	4.40	31	9	9	1	4	5	46			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.67	-0.245	3.96	-0.35%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out tie
2	103	7	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.30	3.88	37						67						33	1	0			0
3	104	11	Apr 30	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	3	3	7	4	1	0	2.55	4.63	37	11	11	0	3	4	62			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.491	3.54	0.72%	2.40	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
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	105	16	May 5	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-9	W(3-0)	4	8.0	13	5	5	4	4	1	0	3.31	4.77	41	12	8	2	2	13	36			0	0	0	37	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.49	-0.058	3.28	-0.08%	-0.19	1b start tie	9b 1-3 0 out a3
5	106	19	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(4-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	4	2	0	0	2.81	4.59	36	22	1	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	3	0	1	.92	0.366	1.65	0.39%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
6	107	23	May 16	DET		WSH	W,13-7	CG	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	7	3	7	1	1	1	2.84	5.00	41	18	7	0	0	7	47			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	4	0	4	.61	0.241	1.03	0.25%	-1.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
7	108	27	May 21	DET		PHA	W,7-5	GS-8	W(6-0)	4	7.1	8	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.26	5.02	30	9	10	0	0	7	42			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	.89	0.110	1.13	0.08%	-0.49	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
8	109	32	May 27	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(7-0)	5	9.0	6	2	2	6	0	0	0	3.09	5.02	39	11	16	0	8	6	61			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.459	2.40	0.42%	3.68	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a3
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
9	110	37	Jun 1	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	W(8-0)	4	9.0	8	4	3	3	1	3	0	3.08	5.39	39	14	16	1	4	5	55			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	2	.50	0.270	1.20	0.39%	1.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
10	111	42	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4	CG	W(9-0)	3	9.0	9	4	3	2	0	0	0	3.07	5.22	38	10	17	2	3	9	53			0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	2	.25	0.114	.36	0.10%	1.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
11	112	46	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	L,5-8	GS-6	L(9-1)	3	6.0	6	7	7	5	1	1	0	3.56	5.36	27	7	8	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	-0.542	2.14	-0.55%	-3.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
12	113	50	Jun 14	DET		PHA	L,2-8	GS-8	L(9-2)	4	7.1	10	6	4	5	1	0	0	3.66	5.32	37	7	15	1	0	9	34			1	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	.91	-0.019	2.34	-0.03%	-1.81	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d6
13	114	56	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,6-10	GS-1	L(9-3)	4	0.0	2	5	5	4	0	0	0	4.12	5.44	6	0	0	0	0	2	22			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.328	2.73	-0.40%	-4.85	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out d3
14	115	59	Jun 22	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	W(10-3)	2	9.0	8	3	3	4	7	1	0	4.02	5.34	39	19	1	0	0	8	62			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.185	1.34	0.20%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	116	63	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,3-10	GS-7	L(10-4)	3	7.0	9	6	5	6	3	0	0	4.17	5.31	36	8	10	2	0	9	34			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.18	-0.132	2.51	-0.17%	-1.41	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
16	117	66	Jun 30	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	GS-2		3	1.2	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.50	5.34	14	1	3	0	0	6	21			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.341	2.54	-0.41%	-4.29	1b start a 1	2b 12- 2 out d4
Jul				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
17	118	68	Jul 3(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS-		2	9.0	5	3	2	5	2	0	0	4.32	5.26	36						64						28					0
18	119	72	Jul 8(1)	DET		CHW	W,7-5	GS-3		4	3.0	6	5	3	2	3	1	0	4.43	5.31	18	6	1	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.279	.89	-0.13%	-3.03	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
19	120	76	Jul 13(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG(8)	L(10-5)	4	8.0	12	7	6	2	1	0	0	4.57	5.21	37	12	12	1	5	10	31			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.310	.82	-0.14%	-1.85	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	121	82	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(10-6)	5	9.1	14	4	3	4	2	0	0	4.46	5.12	44	24	0	0	0	14	44			0	1	1	38	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.39	-0.146	.17	-0.01%	0.16	1b start a 1	10b -23 1 out d1
21	122	87	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-6		6	5.1	9	5	4	5	0	0	0	4.54	5.15	29	6	12	4	1	6	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.273	.12	-0.02%	-2.39	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d2
Aug				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
22	123	96	Aug 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	L(10-7)	8	4.0	5	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.71	5.13	20	5	5	1	1	5	31			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.149	.08	-0.01%	-1.22	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a2
23	124	98	Aug 6	DET		BOS	L,8-14	5-5		1	0.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.71	5.15	3	0	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.082	.01	0.00%	-2.29	5t 1-3 2 out d4	5t 123 2 out d6
24	125	101	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	L,7-8	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.68	5.15	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.042	.02	0.00%	0.63	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
25	126	104	Aug 14(1)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-7	GS-2	L(10-8)	3	1.2	3	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.92	5.16	11	3	0	0	0	3	28			0	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.287	.01	0.00%	-4.06	1b start tie	2b 1-- 2 out d5
26	127	109	Aug 19(1)	DET		SLB	W,8-7	GS-3		4	2.2	4	6	6	4	0	1	0	5.18	5.28	15	2	5	2	1	4	22			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-2.55	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d4
27	128	115	Aug 24(1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	4-GF(8)		4	4.2	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.19	5.28	23	6	6	0	0	6		3	1	0	1	0	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	.36	-0.014	.00	0.00%	0.02	4b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 6
28	129	116	Aug 24(2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-11	5-GF(8)		-1	3.2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.08	5.24	15	4	5	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.43	5b 123 1 out d8	8b end d 9
29	130	119	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,12-11	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	5.12	5.20	11	5	1	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	0.212	.00	0.00%	-0.06	7b 123 2 out a3	9b end a 1
30	131	123	Aug 31	DET	@	NYY	W,12-6	4-GF	W(11-8)	3	6.0	6	3	3	4	1	0	0	5.09	5.18	28	7	10	1	3	6		2	0	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	.43	0.081	.00	0.00%	1.70	4b 12- 0 out a7	9b end a 6
Sept				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
31	132	128	Sep 5(2)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	6-GF(6)	S(2)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.07	5.17	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.038	.00	0.00%	1.01	6b 1-- 0 out a6	6b end a 6
32	133	136	Sep 13	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(12-8)	7	9.0	8	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.97	5.18	36	16	7	3	0	7	57			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.66	0.175	.00	0.00%	2.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	134	142	Sep 19	DET		WSH	L,2-12	GS-4	L(12-9)	5	3.1	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	5.07	5.13	17	4	3	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.201	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
							17-16		W-L:12-9,Sv:2	3.8	190.0	215	123	107	114	53	12	1	5.07	5.13	876	1.31		5%	8%	189	42	14	43%	4	4	1	747	31	8	2	23	0	19	1.00	-0.830	1.34	0.25%	-14.32

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