#16 Bill Kennedy, Closer, 35 yrs, Baltimore Orioles Thursday, 10/5/1956 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Bill Kennedy
3/14/1921 35 USA,GA,CARNESVILLE 6"2 200
Closer L L
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 2 / 6 (Fair) 5 / 6 (Very Popular) Good Normal Normal 3.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,720,000 1956 9 Year(s), 19 Days (1567 total Days) 172 Day(s) 9 Year(s), 32 Days (1580 total Days) 10 Year(s) 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 5 | 4 | 7 | 89-92 Mph |
Versus LHB | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
Versus RHB | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
Talent | 6 | 4 | 8 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 49 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Versus RHP | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 5 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 4 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 3
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3.32 | 19.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3.32 | 19.0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 9 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 16 | 3 | 81.3 | 24 | 23 | 14.2 | 7.6 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 4.36 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .407 | .435 | .842 |
vs. RHB | 47 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .191 | .328 | .277 | .604 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1.69 | 10.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Road | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5.40 | 8.1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
June | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.38 | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9.00 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.51 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sept./Oct. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1948 | 92 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5.69 | 250.0 | 300 | 158 | 158 | 29 | 132 | 195 | 4 | 0 | 1.73 | .000 | CLE |
1949 | 92 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 4.93 | 250.0 | 261 | 137 | 137 | 25 | 115 | 230 | 4 | 0 | 1.50 | .000 | SLA |
1950 | 50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 3.35 | 51.0 | 49 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .274 | SLA,AL |
1951 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3.71 | 34.0 | 38 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | .305 | SLA |
1952 | 54 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 5.72 | 50.1 | 71 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2.01 | .362 | SLA |
1953 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 3.68 | 58.2 | 56 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1.55 | .274 | SLA,AL |
1954 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4.70 | 38.1 | 33 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.57 | .254 | SLA |
1955 | 45 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3.74 | 53.0 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1.60 | .289 | BAL,AL |
1956 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3.32 | 19.0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.58 | .237 | BAL |
Total | 485 | 50 | 42 | 54 | 126 | 4.85 | 804.1 | 875 | 456 | 433 | 79 | 431 | 582 | 8 | 0 | 1.62 | 1.561 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1948 | 32 | 250 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .252 | .212 | .464 | CLE |
1949 | 48 | 250 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 0 | .204 | .252 | .212 | .464 | SLA |
1950 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA,AL |
1951 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA |
1952 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA |
1953 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA,AL |
1954 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | SLA |
1955 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | BAL,AL |
1956 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | BAL |
Total | 381 | 508 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 36 | 32 | 131 | 0 | 0 | .203 | .250 | .211 | .461 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.0 | 1.89 | | | | |
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All Star Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game... 9/25/1953: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis (A), $4,720,000 per year, for 3 years. Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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Saves 1950 - 26 - 2nd 1952 - 30 - 2nd 1953 - 33 - 1st
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