Vern Kennedy stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Bio
- Debut
- 1934
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 344
- W
- 104
- L
- 132
- ERA
- 4.67
- IP
- 2025.2
- K
- 691
- BB
- 1,049
- WHIP
- 1.59
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3.72 | 19.1 | 7 | 9 | 1.55 |
| 1935 | CHW | 31 | 11 | 11 | 3.91 | 211.2 | 65 | 95 | 1.45 |
| 1936 | CHW | 35 | 21 | 9 | 4.63 | 274.1 | 99 | 147 | 1.56 |
| 1937 | CHW | 32 | 14 | 13 | 5.09 | 221.0 | 114 | 124 | 1.64 |
| 1938 | DET | 33 | 12 | 9 | 5.06 | 190.1 | 53 | 113 | 1.72 |
| 1939 |  DET/BAL | 37 | 9 | 20 | 5.80 | 212.2 | 64 | 124 | 1.78 |
| 1940 | BAL | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5.59 | 222.1 | 70 | 122 | 1.73 |
| 1941 |  BAL/MIN | 23 | 3 | 11 | 5.17 | 111.1 | 28 | 66 | 1.68 |
| 1942 | CLE | 28 | 4 | 8 | 4.08 | 108.0 | 37 | 50 | 1.38 |
| 1943 | CLE | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2.45 | 146.2 | 63 | 59 | 1.29 |
| 1944 |  CLE/PHI | 24 | 3 | 10 | 4.64 | 114.1 | 40 | 57 | 1.60 |
| 1945 |  PHI/CIN | 36 | 5 | 15 | 4.28 | 193.2 | 51 | 83 | 1.53 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 126
- SHO
- 7
- K/9
- 3.1
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | CHW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | CHW | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | CHW | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | CHW | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | DET | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | DET/BAL | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | BAL | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | BAL/MIN | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CLE | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | CLE/PHI | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | PHI/CIN | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Vern Kennedy's career stats?
Vern Kennedy played 12 seasons for the White Sox, the Tigers, the Orioles and the Guardians. He had 104 wins and 691 strikeouts with a 4.67 ERA over 2,025.2 innings. His best season was 1936: 21 wins, a 4.63 ERA and 99 strikeouts.
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