Nickname:
Bats: L
Throws: R
Born: 03-20-1907
Birthplace: Kansas City, MO, USA
Career Positions Played: P
All-Star: 1936,1938
Height: 6 ft., 0 in. Weight: 175 lbs.
(Vern Kennedy at www.retrosheet.org)
NSB Total Pitching Rank: 1941 / 4825
BATTING STATS
YEAR CITY POS AGE G PA AB H 1B 2B 3B HR RBI R AVG LAV OBA SLA BB IBB SO SH SF HP YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A P 27 3 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .279 .286 .286 0 - 1 0 - 0 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A P 28 31 81 73 18 14 3 1 0 10 5 .247 .280 .257 .315 1 - 18 7 - 0 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A P 29 36 120 113 32 24 8 0 0 11 12 .283 .289 .289 .354 1 - 13 6 - 0 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A P 30 32 91 87 20 16 1 1 2 9 12 .230 .281 .239 .333 0 - 17 3 - 1 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A P 31 37 87 79 23 20 3 0 0 8 10 .291 .281 .300 .329 1 - 11 7 - 0 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A P 32 34 80 67 10 6 4 0 0 6 9 .149 .279 .186 .209 3 - 10 10 - 0 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A P 32 4 7 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .279 .286 .286 0 - 1 0 - 0 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A P 33 35 90 84 25 19 3 1 2 12 12 .298 .271 .322 .429 3 - 13 3 - 0 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A P 34 6 17 15 6 5 0 1 0 2 2 .400 .266 .438 .533 1 - 1 1 - 0 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A P 34 18 22 21 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .266 .182 .143 1 - 4 0 - 0 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A P 35 33 34 30 6 5 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .257 .250 .233 2 - 9 2 - 0 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A P 36 38 60 52 12 11 0 1 0 0 8 .231 .249 .231 .269 0 - 4 8 - 0 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N P 37 14 23 21 6 6 0 0 0 1 3 .286 .261 .286 .286 0 - 3 2 - 0 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A P 37 15 23 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .087 .260 .087 .087 0 - 2 0 - 0 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N P 38 24 56 53 12 8 4 0 0 1 1 .226 .265 .241 .302 1 0 13 2 0 0 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N P 38 13 12 11 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .265 .250 .182 1 - 3 0 - 0 1945 PHI:N
BATTING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 SB4 CS4 AT2 AT3 1>3 2>H GWBI IPHR LOHR GSHR TB OM GB FB LD G/F GDP GDPO YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 23 - - - - - - - 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 40 - - - - - - - 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 29 - - - - - - - 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 26 - - - - - - - 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 14 - - - - - - - 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - - - - 36 - - - - - - - 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 8 - - - - - - - 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 3 - - - - - - - 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A 35 1 0 - 0 - 0 - - - - 0 0 0 0 7 - - - - - - - 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 14 - - - - - - - 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N 37 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - - 0 0 0 6 - - - - - - - 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 0 0 0 0 16 44 18 10 1 1.80 1 9 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N 38 0 - 0 - 0 - .00 .00 - - 0 0 0 0 2 - - - - - - - 1945 PHI:N
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA
1934 CHI:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1935 CHI:A 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1936 CHI:A 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1937 CHI:A 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1938 DET:A 31 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250
1939 STL:A 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1939 DET:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1940 STL:A 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1941 STL:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1941 WAS:A 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1942 CLE:A 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1943 CLE:A 36 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400
1944 PHI:N 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
1944 CLE:A 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1945 CIN:N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
1945 PHI:N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A 27 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A 28 41 12 2 1 0 0 8 .293 .390 32 6 1 0 0 1 10 .188 .219 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A 29 58 12 4 0 0 0 8 .207 .276 55 20 4 0 0 1 5 .364 .436 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A 30 45 10 1 1 1 0 8 .222 .356 42 10 0 0 1 0 9 .238 .310 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A 31 24 5 1 0 0 1 4 .208 .250 55 18 2 0 0 0 7 .327 .364 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A 32 27 3 1 0 0 2 8 .111 .148 40 7 3 0 0 1 2 .175 .250 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A 33 35 11 2 0 1 1 4 .314 .457 49 14 1 1 1 2 9 .286 .408 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A 34 9 4 0 0 0 1 1 .444 .444 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .667 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A 34 8 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .250 13 1 0 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A 35 16 4 1 0 0 1 4 .250 .312 14 2 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .143 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A 36 32 9 0 1 0 0 0 .281 .344 20 3 0 0 0 0 4 .150 .150 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N 37 9 3 0 0 0 0 3 .333 .333 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A 37 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N 38 20 3 1 0 0 1 5 .150 .200 33 9 3 0 0 0 8 .273 .364 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N 38 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 .143 .143 1945 PHI:N
Bats: L AGAINST LHP AGAINST RHP
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO AVG SLA YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A 28 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A 29 14 3 1 0 0 0 3 .214 .286 99 29 7 0 0 1 10 .293 .364 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A 30 10 5 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 77 15 1 1 2 0 15 .195 .312 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A 31 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A 32 - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 15 6 0 1 0 1 1 .400 .533 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A 34 - - 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0 - - - - 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A 35 13 3 0 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 17 3 1 0 0 2 5 .176 .235 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A 36 - - 0 - 0 0 - - - - - 0 - 0 0 - - - 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 20 6 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A 37 - - 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 - - - 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N 38 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 48 11 4 0 0 1 12 .229 .313 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 11 2 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .182 1945 PHI:N
PITCHING STATS
YEAR CITY AGE G ERA OAV LAV W L SV BS HD GF GS GR QS CG SH IP H HR W IW SO G/F HB WP BK PK GDP GDPO YEAR
1934 CHI:A 27 3 3.72 .300 .279 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 19.1 21 1 9 - 7 - 0 0 0 - - - 1934
1935 CHI:A 28 31 3.91 .262 .280 11 11 1 - - - 25 6 14 16 2 211.2 211 17 95 - 65 - 4 7 1 - - - 1935
1936 CHI:A 29 35 4.63 .268 .289 21 9 0 - - - 34 1 17 20 1 274.1 282 13 147 - 99 - 3 8 0 - - - 1936
1937 CHI:A 30 32 5.09 .274 .281 14 13 0 - - - 30 2 9 15 1 221.0 238 16 124 - 114 - 3 8 0 - - - 1937
1938 DET:A 31 33 5.06 .288 .281 12 9 2 - - - 26 7 11 11 0 190.1 215 13 113 - 53 - 1 7 2 - - - 1938
1939 STL:A 32 33 5.73 .297 .279 9 17 0 - - - 27 6 13 12 1 191.2 229 18 115 - 55 - 1 3 0 - - - 1939
1939 DET:A 32 4 6.43 .301 .279 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 21.0 25 4 9 - 9 - 1 0 0 - - - 1939
1940 STL:A 33 34 5.59 .298 .271 12 17 0 - - - 32 2 10 18 0 222.1 263 18 122 - 70 - 3 5 1 - - - 1940
1941 STL:A 34 6 4.40 .259 .266 2 4 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2 0 45.0 44 5 27 - 6 - 0 0 0 - - - 1941
1941 WAS:A 34 17 5.70 .298 .266 1 7 0 - - - 7 10 1 2 0 66.1 77 5 39 - 22 - 2 2 0 - - - 1941
1942 CLE:A 35 28 4.08 .244 .257 4 8 1 - - - 12 16 7 4 0 108.0 99 1 50 - 37 - 1 2 0 - - - 1942
1943 CLE:A 36 28 2.45 .242 .249 10 7 0 - - - 17 11 9 8 1 146.2 130 4 59 - 63 - 2 0 0 - - - 1943
1944 PHI:N 37 12 4.23 .274 .261 1 5 0 - - - 7 5 3 3 0 55.1 61 3 20 - 23 - 1 2 0 - - - 1944
1944 CLE:A 37 12 5.03 .295 .260 2 5 0 - - - 10 2 4 2 0 59.0 66 0 37 - 17 - 0 4 0 - - - 1944
1945 CIN:N 38 24 4.00 .279 .265 5 12 1 0 0 2 20 4 12 11 1 157.2 170 10 69 10 38 1.16 3 2 0 4 13 162 1945
1945 PHI:N 38 12 5.50 .295 .265 0 3 0 - - - 3 9 1 0 0 36.0 43 2 14 - 13 - 0 3 0 - - - 1945
PITCHING STATS CONT.
YEAR CITY AGE SB CS SB3 CS3 AT2 SERA IPS RERA IPR R ER SUP BFP SH SF IR IRS S<6 S6 S7 S8 S9 R<6 R6 R7 R8 R9 RX YEAR
1934 CHI:A 27 - - - - - 3.72 19.1 - - 8 8 - 80 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1934
1935 CHI:A 28 - - - - - 3.56 197.0 8.59 14.2 110 92 - 913 10 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1935
1936 CHI:A 29 - - - - - 4.64 273.1 .00 1.0 167 141 - 1215 13 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936
1937 CHI:A 30 - - - - - 5.13 215.2 3.38 5.1 150 125 - 1006 10 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937
1938 DET:A 31 - - - - - 5.20 171.1 3.79 19.0 123 107 - 876 14 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1938
1939 STL:A 32 - - - - - 5.47 186.0 14.29 5.2 130 122 - 906 19 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939
1939 DET:A 32 - - - - - 6.43 21.0 - - 15 15 - 95 2 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1939
1940 STL:A 33 - - - - - 5.60 217.0 5.06 5.1 149 138 - 1020 13 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940
1941 STL:A 34 - - - - - 4.40 45.0 - - 27 22 - 198 1 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1941
1941 WAS:A 34 - - - - - 6.96 42.2 3.42 23.2 49 42 - 306 7 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941
1942 CLE:A 35 - - - - - 4.48 70.1 3.35 37.2 57 49 - 462 5 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1942
1943 CLE:A 36 - - - - - 3.05 106.1 .89 40.1 47 40 - 603 4 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1943
1944 PHI:N 37 - - - - - 4.15 47.2 4.70 7.2 31 26 - 245 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944
1944 CLE:A 37 - - - - - 4.82 56.0 9.00 3.0 36 33 - 269 8 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944
1945 CIN:N 38 10 5 1 0 .08 4.08 150.0 2.35 7.2 74 70 1.9 694 13 0 1 1 3 0 3 8 6 0 2 1 1 0 0 1945
1945 PHI:N 38 - - - - - 4.12 19.2 7.16 16.1 29 22 - 163 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945
HOME ROAD
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A 27 60 18 - - 1 6 6 .300 .091 10 3 - - 0 3 1 .300 .231 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A 28 471 124 - - 14 49 38 .263 .094 333 87 - - 3 46 27 .261 .121 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A 29 561 140 - - 4 75 58 .250 .118 490 142 - - 9 73 41 .290 .130 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A 30 459 112 - - 6 73 69 .244 .137 410 126 - - 10 51 45 .307 .111 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A 31 274 87 - - 7 47 22 .318 .146 473 128 - - 6 67 31 .271 .124 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A 32 344 108 - - 10 57 23 .314 .142 427 121 - - 8 58 32 .283 .120 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A 32 28 11 - - 3 3 1 .393 .097 55 14 - - 1 6 8 .255 .098 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A 33 410 127 - - 10 65 33 .310 .137 472 136 - - 8 57 37 .288 .108 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A 34 97 24 - - 3 14 3 .247 .126 73 20 - - 2 13 3 .274 .151 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A 34 100 33 - - 2 17 4 .330 .145 158 44 - - 3 22 18 .278 .122 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A 35 212 42 - - 0 30 21 .198 .124 194 57 - - 1 20 16 .294 .093 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A 36 304 67 - - 2 34 35 .220 .101 234 63 - - 2 25 28 .269 .097 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N 37 109 32 - - 1 9 18 .294 .076 114 29 - - 2 11 6 .254 .088 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A 37 110 32 - - 0 20 5 .291 .154 114 34 - - 0 17 12 .298 .130 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N 38 285 80 13 1 2 34 13 .281 .107 324 90 7 1 8 35 25 .278 .097 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N 38 62 18 - - 0 5 5 .290 .075 84 25 - - 2 9 8 .298 .097 1945 PHI:N
Throws: R AGAINST LHB AGAINST RHB
YEAR CITY AGE AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO OAV OBB YEAR CITY
1934 CHI:A 27 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1934 CHI:A
1935 CHI:A 28 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1935 CHI:A
1936 CHI:A 29 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1936 CHI:A
1937 CHI:A 30 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 CHI:A
1938 DET:A 31 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1938 DET:A
1939 STL:A 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 STL:A
1939 DET:A 32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1939 DET:A
1940 STL:A 33 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1940 STL:A
1941 STL:A 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941 STL:A
1941 WAS:A 34 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1941 WAS:A
1942 CLE:A 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1942 CLE:A
1943 CLE:A 36 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1943 CLE:A
1944 PHI:N 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944 PHI:N
1944 CLE:A 37 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1944 CLE:A
1945 CIN:N 38 261 78 9 2 8 35 10 .299 .118 348 92 11 0 2 34 28 .264 .089 1945 CIN:N
1945 PHI:N 38 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945 PHI:N
FIELDING STATS - PITCHER
YEAR CITY AGE FA LFA G GS INN PO A E TE DP
1934 CHI:A 27 1.000 .956 3 3 19.1 1 6 0 0 0
1935 CHI:A 28 .969 .949 31 25 211.2 8 54 2 - 3
1936 CHI:A 29 .969 .956 35 34 274.1 13 50 2 - 5
1937 CHI:A 30 .942 .954 32 30 221.0 9 40 3 - 1
1938 DET:A 31 .945 .952 33 26 190.1 6 46 3 - 4
1939 STL:A 32 .974 .950 33 27 191.2 7 31 1 - 1
1939 DET:A 32 1.000 .950 4 4 21.0 1 6 0 0 1
1940 STL:A 33 1.000 .956 34 32 222.1 13 50 0 0 4
1941 STL:A 34 .923 .960 6 6 45.0 2 10 1 - 1
1941 WAS:A 34 .941 .960 17 7 66.1 2 14 1 - 0
1942 CLE:A 35 .903 .957 28 12 108.0 4 24 3 - 3
1943 CLE:A 36 .978 .963 28 17 146.2 8 36 1 - 2
1944 PHI:N 37 .929 .961 12 7 55.1 2 11 1 - 0
1944 CLE:A 37 .909 .960 12 10 59.0 6 14 2 - 1
1945 CIN:N 38 .979 .963 24 20 157.2 12 34 1 0 1
1945 PHI:N 38 .938 .963 12 3 36.0 4 11 1 - 1
AVG OBA SLA DB TP HR BB SO SB
RANK: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERA OAV WPct SO BB HRA GF SVP WHIP
RANK: 3,135 3,200 3,588 4,087 3,289 1,299 3,430 2,446 3,628
Vern Kennedy - Historical Batting Stastistics
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Vern Kennedy - Pitching - Home / Road Splits
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