Duke Kenworthy
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Duke Kenworthy (William Jennings Kenworthy) was born on July 4, 1886 in Cambridge, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on August 28, 1912 for the Washington Senators. In 1914, his rookie year, he hit .317 with 15 home runs and 91 RBI. Kenworthy played for the Washington Senators, Kansas City Packers and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 4 year career.
Most people believe that Duke Kenworthy's best season was 1914, when he slugged 15 home runs, stole 37 bases, hit for a .317 average and knocked in 91 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| 12
| 38
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .237
| .293
| .263
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| 146
| 545
| 93
| 173
| 15
| 91
| .317
| .372
| .525
| 40
| 14
| 36
| 44
| 11
| 19
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| 122
| 396
| 59
| 118
| 3
| 52
| .298
| .355
| .432
| 30
| 7
| 28
| 32
| 7
| 19
| 20
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .100
| .182
| .100
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| FL
|
| 268
| 941
| 152
| 291
| 18
| 143
| .309
| .365
| .486
| 70
| 21
| 64
| 76
| 18
| 38
| 57
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 17
| 48
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 3
| .208
| .269
| .229
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 285
| 989
| 159
| 301
| 18
| 146
| .304
| .360
| .473
| 71
| 21
| 67
| 77
| 19
| 38
| 61
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1912
| WAS
| A
| OF
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1914
| KC
| F
| 2B
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 437
| 407
| 43
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| 2B
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 230
| 283
| 35
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| 1915
| KC
| F
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1917
| STL
| A
| 2B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 10
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 257
| 0
| 0
| 673
| 700
| 80
| 117
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Kansas City (American Association) with Bert Gallia to Washington Senators in exchange for Tilly Walker and Hippo Vaughn (August 23, 1912).
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