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Bob
Kennedy		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 208
 
Born: August 18, 1920 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 18 PIT NL     4 4 5 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1940 19 PIT NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1941 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1942 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1943 22 PIT NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
1944 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9
1945 24 STL NL     6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1946 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1947 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9
1948 27 PIT NL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1949 28 PIT NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1950 29 PIT NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1951 30 PIT NL $ 1,880,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1952 31 PIT NL $ 1,880,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 9 9
1953 32 PIT NL $ 1,880,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1954 33 PIT NL $ 1,880,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 4 9 9 9
1955 34 MON NL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 35 MON NL $ 4,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1957 36 BOS AL $ 4,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 18 AA   101 419 41 99 21 2 11 50 7 3 32 31 .236 .290 .375 .665 46.0  
    A   26 99 16 32 9 0 4 16 3 3 13 7 .323 .402 .535 .937 19.3  
1940 19 AAA   2 8 1 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 1.6  
    AA   135 506 53 140 25 3 21 77 4 4 61 39 .277 .354 .462 .817 81.9  
1941 20 AAA   111 445 54 127 23 2 12 58 3 1 34 39 .285 .336 .427 .763 62.2  
    AA   26 100 11 25 5 0 4 12 0 0 8 4 .250 .306 .420 .726 12.9  
1942 21 AAA   101 375 48 102 21 2 11 60 3 4 39 22 .272 .341 .427 .767 53.4  
1943 22 AAA   136 502 70 149 23 4 22 76 7 4 49 42 .297 .359 .490 .849 85.2  
1944 23 PIT NL 141 459 61 137 33 6 12 54 3 4 34 29 .298 .345 .475 .820 65.3 11.6
1945 24 AAA   136 526 104 176 36 2 41 119 4 4 73 39 .335 .416 .644 1.060 126.2  
1946 25 PIT NL 155 574 63 156 28 4 16 78 0 0 44 36 .272 .323 .418 .741 71.1 11.9
1947 26 PIT NL 134 432 55 107 23 6 9 52 0 0 39 30 .248 .305 .391 .697 51.5 6.2
1948 27 PIT NL 156 566 71 152 24 5 22 74 0 0 42 39 .269 .317 .445 .762 75.3 11.2
1949 28 PIT NL 153 502 65 123 24 4 22 73 0 0 54 30 .245 .319 .440 .759 71.0 12.1
1950 29 PIT NL 151 547 65 143 35 3 9 54 1 0 45 31 .261 .318 .386 .703 62.7 6.3
1951 30 PIT NL 117 360 53 93 18 1 9 52 0 0 36 14 .258 .323 .389 .712 43.9 4.8
1952 31 PIT NL 91 134 17 33 5 0 4 21 0 0 12 10 .246 .304 .373 .677 15.3 1.5
1953 32 PIT NL 95 213 27 55 9 2 4 30 1 1 15 12 .258 .307 .376 .683 22.1 2.3
1954 33 PIT NL 54 100 16 24 1 2 3 16 0 0 11 8 .240 .315 .380 .695 11.8 1.4
1955 34 MON NL 151 557 56 119 16 4 14 53 0 0 46 54 .214 .272 .332 .604 50.7 2.9
1956 35 MON NL 94 268 23 60 16 2 2 23 0 0 26 34 .224 .295 .321 .616 23.1 1.1
1957 36 A   137 516 53 121 18 1 9 40 1 1 70 89 .234 .326 .326 .652 59.2  
12 Years Sim 1492 4712 572 1202 232 39 126 580 5 5 404 327 .255 .313 .401 .714 563.9 73.4
5 Years AAA 486 1856 277 556 104 10 87 319 17 13 195 142 .300 .364 .507 .871 328.5  
3 Years AA 262 1025 105 264 51 5 36 139 11 7 101 74 .258 .322 .422 .745 140.8  
2 Years A 163 615 69 153 27 1 13 56 4 4 83 96 .249 .337 .359 .696 78.5  
10 Years Minors 911 3496 451 973 182 16 136 514 32 24 379 312 .278 .347 .456 .803 547.8  
162 Game Average 511 62 130 25 4 13 62 0 0 43 35 .255 .313 .401 .714 61.2  
Career Highs 156 574 71 156 35 6 22 78 3 4 54 54 .298 .345 .475 .820 75.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2573 325 651 133 27 82 325 2 4 216 178 .253 .310 .421 .731 334.4
vs LH   2139 247 551 99 12 44 255 3 1 188 149 .258 .316 .377 .693 256.8
Home 744 2303 275 589 103 20 60 281 3 2 202 169 .256 .315 .396 .711 288.4
Away 748 2409 297 613 129 19 66 299 2 3 202 158 .254 .311 .406 .717 302.8
RISP   1025 0 272 62 11 29 418 0 0 110 75 .265 .328 .432 .761 148.0
Pinch Hitting   164 17 41 7 1 0 23 1 0 18 12 .250 .322 .305 .627 17.1
Close/Late   526 40 128 18 4 8 54 0 0 46 41 .243 .303 .338 .642 55.1
Mar/Apr 249 787 94 189 32 4 26 92 0 0 61 65 .240 .293 .390 .683 91.5
May 249 787 86 202 46 4 19 94 0 1 57 37 .257 .306 .398 .703 94.0
June 249 798 91 216 41 15 13 98 1 0 64 51 .271 .324 .409 .732 103.4
July 245 761 113 199 37 4 24 103 1 0 83 52 .261 .331 .415 .746 106.8
August 257 807 100 206 36 8 24 102 1 3 74 62 .255 .317 .409 .726 104.5
Sep/Oct 243 772 88 190 40 4 20 91 2 1 65 60 .246 .305 .386 .691 91.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1944 23 PIT NL RF 95 91 759.7 165 2 6 1 .965 1.98   2.0
    SS 20 10 103.0 22 58 0 13 1.000 6.99   1.0
    LF 13 9 71.0 21 1 1 1 .957 2.79    
    3B 9 4 41.3 5 12 2 2 .895 3.70   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1946 25 PIT NL 3B 149 146 1262.7 105 322 35 38 .924 3.04   3.4
    SS 3 2 19.7 4 11 0 2 1.000 6.87   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1947 26 PIT NL 3B 72 65 579.0 36 144 17 16 .914 2.80   0.7
    SS 35 27 241.7 48 121 2 20 .988 6.29   1.2
    RF 12 10 89.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.2
    LF 7 7 58.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.40    
1948 27 PIT NL SS 149 145 1255.0 189 559 21 97 .973 5.36   4.2
    RF 2 2 20.0 4 1 1 0 .833 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 28 PIT NL SS 149 146 1238.0 219 519 11 107 .985 5.37   6.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1950 29 PIT NL SS 148 146 1284.3 238 568 13 115 .984 5.65   6.6
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1951 30 PIT NL SS 109 102 836.0 124 328 13 74 .972 4.87   3.9
    3B 3 2 18.0 0 7 0 2 1.000 3.50   0.2
    LF 3 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1952 31 PIT NL SS 27 11 128.7 17 61 1 12 .987 5.46   1.0
    3B 10 6 55.0 4 22 2 5 .929 4.25   0.4
    RF 4 2 22.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1953 32 PIT NL 3B 25 17 152.7 17 51 2 4 .971 4.01   1.0
    SS 14 12 108.0 17 40 2 10 .966 4.75   0.3
    RF 13 10 86.0 23 1 1 0 .960 2.51   0.4
    LF 7 7 59.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.05    
1954 33 PIT NL SS 19 12 113.3 19 38 3 9 .950 4.53   0.4
    3B 13 8 71.0 2 13 3 2 .833 1.90   0.1
    RF 2 2 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1955 34 MON NL 3B 88 87 752.7 47 206 20 16 .927 3.03   1.7
    LF 59 58 453.7 95 6 4 0 .962 2.00   0.9
    RF 6 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    SS 6 0 11.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.45   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 35 MON NL LF 60 60 464.7 91 5 5 0 .950 1.86   1.3
    SS 23 18 158.3 20 61 3 7 .964 4.60   0.9
    3B 8 4 38.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.1
  SS 702 631 5497.0 917 2367 69 467 .979 5.38   25.6
  3B 378 339 2973.3 218 787 81 85 .925 3.04   7.8
  LF 153 141 1117.6 237 13 10 1 .962 2.01   2.2
  RF 138 117 1008.3 223 5 8 1 .966 2.04   2.7
  2B 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20   0.0
  CF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
Career Totals   1375 1228 10604.2 1599 3174 168 555 .966 4.05   38.4
Career Highs   161 148 1287.3 238 569 35 115 .985 5.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 31 PIT NL 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1954 33 PIT NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1946-6-155
1948-4-156
 At-Bats
1946-8-574
 Doubles
1944-7-33
1950-4-35
 Triples
1944-9-6
1947-4-6
1948-9-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Gene Freese (959)
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  3. Alan Trammell (948)
  4. Jack Lohrke (932)
  5. Danny O'Connell (929)
  6. Red Kress (924)
  7. Hubie Brooks (924)
  8. Mike Andrews (923)
  9. Dave Rosello (917)
  10. Brian Giles (910)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 49th overall pick, by Detroit in 1939
Injured on 5/3/1939 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1939 (Going to PIT: LF Al Simmons, C Ben Huffman, 3B Bob Kennedy. Going to DET: P Dutch Leonard, P Stu Flythe)
Injured on 7/27/1940 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/2/1942 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/7/1944, off Ralph Birkofer (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/30/1944, off Ernie White (BRK)
Traded from Pittsburgh to St. Louis on 3/3/1945 (Going to PIT: LF Stan Musial. Going to STL: RF Bob Kennedy)
Traded from St. Louis to Pittsburgh on 2/3/1946 (Going to PIT: RF Bob Kennedy. Going to STL: LF Whitey Platt)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1946, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1949, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $1,880,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Pittsburgh in 1952
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 2/14/1955 to a 4-year deal worth $4,100,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Boston (N) on 5/11/1955
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 2/3/1957 (Going to MON: SS Luis Aparicio. Going to BOS: 1B Joe Cunningham, CF Clyde Vollmer, SS Bob Kennedy)
 
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