Bob Kennedy stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Bio
- Debut
- 1939
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,483
- AB
- 4,624
- R
- 514
- H
- 1,176
- HR
- 63
- RBI
- 514
- SB
- 45
- AVG
- .254
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CHW | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| 1940 | CHW | 154 | 606 | 74 | 153 | 3 | 52 | 3 | .252 |
| 1941 | CHW | 76 | 257 | 16 | 53 | 1 | 29 | 5 | .206 |
| 1942 | CHW | 113 | 412 | 37 | 95 | 0 | 38 | 11 | .231 |
| 1946 | CHW | 113 | 411 | 43 | 106 | 5 | 34 | 6 | .258 |
| 1947 | CHW | 115 | 428 | 47 | 112 | 6 | 48 | 3 | .262 |
| 1948 |  CHW/CLE | 96 | 186 | 14 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 0 | .269 |
| 1949 | CLE | 121 | 424 | 49 | 117 | 9 | 57 | 5 | .276 |
| 1950 | CLE | 146 | 540 | 79 | 157 | 9 | 54 | 3 | .291 |
| 1951 | CLE | 108 | 321 | 30 | 79 | 7 | 29 | 4 | .246 |
| 1952 | CLE | 22 | 40 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .300 |
| 1953 | CLE | 100 | 161 | 22 | 38 | 3 | 22 | 0 | .236 |
| 1954 | BAL | 106 | 323 | 37 | 81 | 6 | 45 | 2 | .251 |
| 1955 |  BAL/CHW | 109 | 284 | 38 | 75 | 9 | 48 | 0 | .264 |
| 1956 | DET/CHW | 77 | 190 | 17 | 42 | 4 | 22 | 2 | .221 |
| 1957 |  CHW/LAD | 23 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .121 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .500
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,065
- TB
- 1,643
- XBH
- 300
- HBP
- 6
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CHW | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHW | 655 | 191 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW | 282 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CHW | 442 | 123 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | CHW | 436 | 144 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHW | 448 | 155 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CHW/CLE | 198 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | 469 | 177 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CLE | 609 | 221 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE | 359 | 123 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CLE | 49 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | 181 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | 359 | 116 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | BAL/CHW | 312 | 117 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | DET/CHW | 222 | 59 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW/LAD | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -4.4
- RC
- 528.9
- RC/27
- 4.00
- ISOP
- .101
- SECA
- .179
- BB/K
- 0.82
- AB/HR
- 73.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | CHW | -0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | CHW | -1.4 | 58.6 | 3.4 | .063 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 202 | 0 |
| 1941 | CHW | -1.4 | 18.2 | 2.3 | .070 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 257 | 0 |
| 1942 | CHW | -0.7 | 33.3 | 2.7 | .068 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | CHW | -0.1 | 43 | 3.7 | .092 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 82.2 | 0 |
| 1947 | CHW | -0.8 | 45.3 | 3.8 | .100 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 71.3 | 0 |
| 1948 | CHW/CLE | -1.0 | 19.9 | 3.8 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CLE | 1.3 | 61 | 5.1 | .142 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 47.1 | 0 |
| 1950 | CLE | 1.6 | 82.4 | 5.5 | .119 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 60 | 0 |
| 1951 | CLE | 0.3 | 42.2 | 4.6 | .137 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 45.9 | 0 |
| 1952 | CLE | 0.6 | 8.3 | 8 | .125 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CLE | -0.8 | 17.7 | 3.8 | .087 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 53.7 | 0 |
| 1954 | BAL | -0.5 | 38.4 | 4.1 | .108 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 53.8 | 0 |
| 1955 | BAL/CHW | 0.2 | 38.9 | 4.9 | .148 | 0.2 | 1 | 31.6 | 0 |
| 1956 | DET/CHW | -0.9 | 21.2 | 3.7 | .089 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 47.5 | 0 |
| 1957 | CHW/LAD | -0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | .121 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 33 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bob Kennedy's career stats?
ESPN's season-by-season log for Bob Kennedy covers 16 seasons with the White Sox, the Guardians and the Orioles; its career totals count every season. He was a career .254 hitter with 1,176 hits, 63 home runs and 514 RBI. His best season was 1952: a .300 batting average, 0 home runs and 12 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1939 to 1957
Championships
- 1948 World Series with the Cleveland Guardians