Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Bio
- Debut
- 1948
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 172
- W
- 15
- L
- 28
- ERA
- 4.73
- IP
- 464.2
- K
- 256
- BB
- 289
- WHIP
- 1.69
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  CLE/BAL | 32 | 8 | 8 | 5.21 | 143.1 | 89 | 117 | 1.85 |
| 1949 | BAL | 48 | 4 | 11 | 4.69 | 153.2 | 69 | 73 | 1.59 |
| 1950 | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 1951 | BAL | 19 | 1 | 5 | 5.79 | 56.0 | 29 | 37 | 2.02 |
| 1952 | CHW | 47 | 2 | 2 | 2.80 | 70.2 | 46 | 38 | 1.30 |
| 1953 | BOS | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 24.1 | 14 | 17 | 1.68 |
| 1956 | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| 1957 | CIN | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6.39 | 12.2 | 8 | 5 | 1.66 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 6
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 5.0
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | CLE/BAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | BAL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | BAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bill Kennedy's career stats?
Bill Kennedy played 8 seasons for the Orioles, the White Sox, the Red Sox and the Reds. He had 15 wins and 256 strikeouts with a 4.73 ERA over 464.2 innings. His best season was 1948: 8 wins, a 5.21 ERA and 89 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1948 to 1957
Championships
- 1948 World Series with the Cleveland Guardians
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