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Vern
Kennedy		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 20, 1907 in Usa, MO, KANSAS CITY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 27 BOS AL   10 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 7
1935 28 BOS AL   10 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 6
1936 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 6
1937 30 BOS AL   9 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 7
1938 31 BOS AL   9 3 3 3 4 5 5 7 7 7
1939 32 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7
1940 33 BOS AL $ 300,000 9 2 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6
1941 34 BOS AL   9 2 2 2 5 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   9 2 2 2 4 5 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 10 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1934 27 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1935 28 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 30 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 31 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 33 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 34 BOS AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1934 27 AAA   13 7 .650 28 28 4 1 0 194.0 201 73 14 84 110 3.39 .269 .343 .385 .728  
1935 28 AAA   10 13 .435 30 30 2 2 0 185.7 222 105 12 74 108 5.09 .295 .358 .415 .773  
1936 29 BOS AL 1 2 .333 7 0 0 0 0 9.7 18 12 2 5 1 11.18 .391 .451 .609 1.060 0.0
    AAA   5 7 .417 17 17 0 0 0 105.7 133 63 5 52 59 5.37 .310 .385 .429 .814  
1937 30 AAA   10 16 .385 30 30 4 1 0 206.3 216 75 9 98 113 3.27 .269 .349 .357 .705  
1938 31 AAA   14 5 .737 29 29 3 2 0 191.7 202 77 6 99 78 3.62 .278 .365 .387 .752  
1939 32 BOS AL 4 0 1.000 45 0 0 0 1 56.0 68 31 5 26 10 4.98 .308 .379 .466 .845 2.9
1940 33 BOS AL 13 17 .433 43 36 13 1 0 282.7 314 159 21 131 60 5.06 .286 .359 .408 .767 8.4
1941 34 AAA   12 11 .522 30 30 3 2 0 208.7 233 88 9 81 93 3.80 .287 .351 .379 .730  
3 Years Sim 18 19 .486 95 36 13 1 1 348.3 400 202 28 162 71 5.22 .293 .366 .424 .790 11.3
6 Years AAA 64 59 .520 164 164 16 8 0 1092.0 1207 481 55 488 561 3.96 .283 .356 .388 .745  
Season Average 6 6 .500 31 12 4 0 0 116.1 133 67 9 54 23 5.22 .293 .366 .424 .790  
Career Highs 13 17 1.000 45 36 13 1 1 282.7 314 159 21 131 60 11.18 .391 .451 .609 1.060  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   209 99 12 77 48   .286 .354 .391 .745
vs LH   191 103 16 85 23   .301 .383 .461 .845
Home 8 11 .421 49 16 7 1 0 171.3 189 88 12 90 35 4.62 .287 .373 .406 .779
Away 10 8 .556 46 20 6 0 1 177.0 211 114 16 72 36 5.80 .298 .363 .441 .803
Mar/Apr 3 1 .750 16 2 1 0 0 32.3 33 20 3 14 7 5.57 .262 .336 .389 .725
May 3 5 .375 17 7 4 1 0 59.7 61 31 4 29 10 4.68 .276 .360 .398 .758
June 6 2 .750 16 7 2 0 0 68.0 68 41 6 30 11 5.43 .259 .334 .403 .738
July 2 3 .400 14 6 1 0 0 58.7 69 28 3 30 14 4.30 .296 .376 .386 .763
August 2 5 .286 17 7 2 0 1 68.0 92 40 8 28 16 5.29 .329 .390 .514 .904
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 15 7 3 0 0 61.7 77 42 4 31 13 6.13 .317 .394 .420 .814
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
1934 27 AAA   4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1  
1935 28 AAA   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1936 29 BOS AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
    AAA   3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1939 32 BOS AL 45 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.2 0.2
1940 33 BOS AL 43 95 11 23 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 .242 .242 .253 .495 5.3 0.0
1941 34 AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
3 Years Sim 95 102 13 27 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 20 .265 .265 .275 .539 7.0 0.5
4 Years AAA 14 8 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.1  
162 Game Average 173 22 46 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 34 .265 .265 .275 .539 11.9  
Career Highs 45 95 11 23 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 5.3  
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   80 13 25 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 .313 .313 .325 .638 7.4
vs LH   22 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.9
Home 49 48 7 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .271 .271 .271 .542 3.1
Away 44 54 6 14 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 .259 .259 .278 .537 3.4
RISP   29 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 .207 .207 .207 .414 0.8
Close/Late   9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .444 .444 .444 .889 1.5
Mar/Apr 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
May 8 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.8
June 16 23 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .261 .261 .261 .522 1.4
July 14 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.3
August 17 20 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .400 .400 .400 .800 2.8
Sep/Oct 9 20 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .300 .300 .350 .650 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1936 29 BOS AL P 7 0 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
1939 32 BOS AL P 45 0 56.0 2 7 1 1 .900 1.45    
1940 33 BOS AL P 43 36 282.7 18 73 5 5 .948 2.90    
Career Totals   95 36 348.3 20 82 6 6 .944 2.64    
Career Highs   45 36 282.7 18 73 5 5 1.000 2.90    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1940-6-17
 Homeruns Allowed
1940-10-21
 Walks Allowed
1940-7-131
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Barry Latman (980)
  5. Carl Erskine (980)
  6. Ed Walsh (979)
  7. Ruben Gomez (977)
  8. Rick Langford (976)
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  10. Ben Cantwell (973)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1934
Earned first career win on 4/23/1936
Injured on 8/4/1936 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 9/23/1936, off Monty Stratton (OAK)
Injured on 6/24/1938 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
 
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