William Aulton Kennedy

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Full Name: William Aulton Kennedy	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/195	First Game: April 26, 1948
Birthdate: March 14, 1921	Final Game: September 29, 1957
Birthplace: Carnesville, Georgia	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 9, 1983
Deathplace: Seattle, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 14, 1921 in Carnesville, Georgia, Bill Kennedy (William Aulton Kennedy) played for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 8 year career. Kennedy broke into the bigs on April 26, 1948 with the St. Louis Browns, and put up a 5.21 ERA in 143.1 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Kennedy's best season was 1952, when he posted a 2.80 ERA.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1948	STL	A	26	20	7	8	4.70	77	82	69	3	0	0	132	132	10	104	0	5	5
1948	CLE	A	6	3	1	0	11.12	12	14	14	0	0	0	11.1	16	0	13	0	0	0
1948	TOT	A	32	23	8	8	5.21	89	96	83	3	0	0	143.1	148	10	117	0	5	5
1949	STL	A	48	16	4	11	4.69	69	97	80	2	0	1	153.2	172	12	73	0	5	3
1950	STL	A	1	0	0	0	.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
1951	STL	A	19	5	1	5	5.79	29	37	36	1	0	0	56	76	4	37	0	1	1
1952	CHI	A	47	1	2	2	2.80	46	27	22	0	0	5	70.2	54	4	38	0	1	1
1953	BOS	A	16	0	0	0	3.70	14	13	10	0	0	2	24.1	24	2	17	0	0	1
1956	CIN	N	1	0	0	0	18.00	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	0
1957	CIN	N	8	0	0	2	6.39	8	9	9	0	0	3	12.2	16	1	5	1	0	1
Total	NL		9	0	0	2	7.98	8	13	13	0	0	3	14.2	22	2	5	1	0	1
Total	AL		163	45	15	26	4.62	248	271	231	6	0	8	450	475	32	284	0	13	11
Total			172	45	15	28	4.73	256	284	244	6	0	11	464.2	497	34	289	1	13	12

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	STL	A	P	26	0	0	3	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	CLE	A	P	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1948	TOT	A	P	32	0	0	3	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	STL	A	P	48	0	0	4	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1950	STL	A	P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1951	STL	A	P	19	0	0	3	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.944
1952	CHI	A	P	47	0	0	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1953	BOS	A	P	16	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714
1956	CIN	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	CIN	N	P	8	0	12.2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	172	0	12.2	17	72	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	.918

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	STL	A	26	44	5	11	0	4	.250	.298	.273	1	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	1
1948	CLE	A	6	3	1	2	0	0	.667	.750	.667	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
1948	TOT	A	32	47	6	13	0	4	.277	.333	.298	1	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	1
1949	STL	A	48	40	3	6	0	1	.150	.209	.150	0	0	3	12	0	2	0	0	3
1950	STL	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	STL	A	19	16	0	2	0	1	.125	.125	.125	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
1952	CHI	A	47	13	0	3	0	0	.231	.231	.231	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1953	BOS	A	16	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1956	CIN	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	CIN	N	8	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		9	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AL		163	118	9	25	0	6	.212	.256	.220	1	0	7	30	0	8	0	0	4
Total			172	120	9	25	0	6	.208	.258	.217	1	0	8	31	0	8	0	0	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1939).
Selected by Cleveland Indians from Boston Red Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 10, 1947).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with $100000 to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Sam Zoldak (June 15, 1948).
Sold by St. Louis Browns to Chicago White Sox (March 13, 1952).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Hal Brown and Marv Grissom to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Vern Stephens (February 9, 1953).

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