John Edward Kennedy
[edit] Biography
John Kennedy (John Edward Kennedy) was born on May 29, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 5, 1962 for the Washington Senators. In 1964, his rookie year, he hit .230 with 7 home runs and 35 RBI. Kennedy played for the Washington Senators, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 12 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1962
| WAS
| A
| 14
| 42
| 6
| 11
| 1
| 2
| .262
| .295
| .381
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 36
| 62
| 3
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .177
| .261
| .226
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| 148
| 482
| 55
| 111
| 7
| 35
| .230
| .280
| .324
| 16
| 4
| 29
| 119
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 15
|
| 1965
| LA
| N
| 104
| 105
| 12
| 18
| 1
| 5
| .171
| .243
| .229
| 3
| 0
| 8
| 33
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 3
|
| 1966
| LA
| N
| 125
| 274
| 15
| 55
| 3
| 24
| .201
| .241
| .281
| 9
| 2
| 10
| 64
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 5
|
| 1967
| NY
| A
| 78
| 179
| 22
| 35
| 1
| 17
| .196
| .265
| .235
| 4
| 0
| 17
| 35
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| 61
| 128
| 18
| 30
| 4
| 14
| .234
| .315
| .367
| 3
| 1
| 14
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 3
|
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 25
| 55
| 8
| 14
| 2
| 6
| .255
| .317
| .400
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1970
| BOS
| A
| 43
| 129
| 15
| 33
| 4
| 17
| .256
| .292
| .419
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| 68
| 184
| 23
| 47
| 6
| 23
| .255
| .299
| .413
| 9
| 1
| 11
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| 74
| 272
| 41
| 75
| 5
| 22
| .276
| .320
| .412
| 12
| 5
| 14
| 42
| 4
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| 71
| 212
| 22
| 52
| 2
| 22
| .245
| .311
| .335
| 11
| 1
| 18
| 40
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| 67
| 155
| 17
| 28
| 1
| 16
| .181
| .246
| .271
| 9
| 1
| 12
| 45
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| 10
| 15
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1
| .133
| .188
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 229
| 379
| 27
| 73
| 4
| 29
| .193
| .242
| .266
| 12
| 2
| 18
| 97
| 7
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 8
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 627
| 1731
| 210
| 402
| 28
| 156
| .232
| .289
| .336
| 65
| 15
| 124
| 364
| 18
| 27
| 12
| 8
| 40
|
| Total
|
|
| 856
| 2110
| 237
| 475
| 32
| 185
| .225
| .281
| .323
| 77
| 17
| 142
| 461
| 25
| 36
| 14
| 10
| 48
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1962
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 2
| 2
| 16.1
| 2
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| 1962
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 9
| 9
| 78
| 13
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 26
| 18
| 160.2
| 16
| 46
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1963
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| 3B
| 107
| 81
| 758.1
| 97
| 191
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| SS
| 49
| 43
| 372
| 71
| 130
| 7
| 27
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .966
|
| 1964
| WAS
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 95
| 21
| 341.2
| 35
| 64
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1965
| LA
| N
| SS
| 5
| 2
| 29
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1966
| LA
| N
| SS
| 28
| 24
| 212
| 37
| 57
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1966
| LA
| N
| 2B
| 15
| 10
| 93.2
| 26
| 26
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| LA
| N
| 3B
| 87
| 52
| 492
| 39
| 127
| 6
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1967
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 33
| 24
| 237.1
| 31
| 64
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1967
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 3
| 29
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1967
| NY
| A
| SS
| 36
| 29
| 254
| 43
| 87
| 12
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .915
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| 3B
| 23
| 18
| 163
| 21
| 37
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1969
| SEA
| A
| SS
| 33
| 14
| 153.1
| 42
| 45
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .916
|
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 2B
| 16
| 14
| 130.1
| 26
| 32
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .921
|
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 1
| 10.2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 2
| 18
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 33
| 28
| 250.1
| 31
| 65
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1970
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 4
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| 2B
| 18
| 16
| 148.1
| 29
| 37
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .930
|
| 1970
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 38
| 29
| 261
| 34
| 68
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 33
| 27
| 260.1
| 41
| 74
| 9
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 5
| 42
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1971
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 37
| 31
| 277.1
| 71
| 76
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 27
| 22
| 220
| 44
| 65
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 15
| 7
| 86.1
| 4
| 10
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .824
|
| 1972
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 27
| 24
| 210.1
| 62
| 66
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 24
| 14
| 156
| 17
| 36
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| DH
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1973
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 31
| 27
| 251.1
| 75
| 72
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 2
| 20
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 1
| 26
| 7
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .778
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 459
| 273
| 2734.2
| 299
| 665
| 48
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .953
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 139
| 113
| 1045
| 280
| 288
| 21
| 81
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 226
| 173
| 1609.2
| 304
| 503
| 46
| 106
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1961).
- Traded by Washington Senators with Claude Osteen and $100000 to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Frank Howard, Phil Ortega, Pete Richert, Ken McMullen and a player to be named later (December 4, 1964); Washington Senators received Dick Nen (December 15, 1964).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to New York Yankees in exchange for Jack Cullen, John Miller and $25000 (April 3, 1967).
- Sold by New York Yankees to Seattle Pilots (November 13, 1968).
- Sold by Milwaukee Brewers to Boston Red Sox (June 26, 1970).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (October 24, 1974).
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