Vern Kennedy career saves
5Career Regular Season
Vern Kennedy has recorded 5 saves over 12 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2 in 1938.
- Most recent: 1 in 1945.
Sum of 12 regular seasons, 1934 through 1945. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  CHW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3.72 | 19.1 | 7 | 9 | 1.55 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHW | 31 | 11 | 11 | 3.91 | 211.2 | 65 | 95 | 1.45 | 1 |
| 1936 | CHW | 35 | 21 | 9 | 4.63 | 274.1 | 99 | 147 | 1.56 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHW | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5.09 | 221.0 | 114 | 124 | 1.64 | 0 |
| 1938 |  DET | 33 | 12 | 9 | 5.06 | 190.1 | 53 | 113 | 1.72 | 2 |
| 1939 |  DET/BAL | 37 | 9 | 20 | 5.80 | 212.2 | 64 | 124 | 1.78 | 0 |
| 1940 | BAL | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5.59 | 222.1 | 70 | 122 | 1.73 | 0 |
| 1941 |  BAL/MIN | 23 | 3 | 11 | 5.17 | 111.1 | 28 | 66 | 1.68 | 0 |
| 1942 |  CLE | 28 | 4 | 8 | 4.08 | 108.0 | 37 | 50 | 1.38 | 1 |
| 1943 | CLE | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2.45 | 146.2 | 63 | 59 | 1.29 | 0 |
| 1944 |  CLE/PHI | 24 | 3 | 10 | 4.64 | 114.1 | 40 | 57 | 1.60 | 0 |
| 1945 |  PHI/CIN | 36 | 5 | 15 | 4.28 | 193.2 | 51 | 83 | 1.53 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV