Vern Kennedy | Major Leaguer 1934-1945

Full Name: Lloyd Vernon Kennedy
Born: March 20,1907 in Kansas City, Missouri
Death: January 28,1993
Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Dec 2,1937] - Traded by White Sox with Dixie Walker and Tony Piet to Tigers for Gee Walker, Mike Tresh and Marv Owen. [May 13,1939] - Traded by Tigers with Mark Christman, Chet Laabs, Roxie Lawson, George Gill and Bob Harris to Browns for Jim Walkup, Red Kress, Bobo Newsom and Beau Bell. [May 15,1941] - Traded by Browns to Senators for Rick Ferrell. [Dec 11,1941] - Purchased by Indians from Senators. [Jul 28,1944] - Purchased by Phillies from Indians. [Mar 20,1946] - Released by Reds.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1934	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	0	2	3.72	3	3	1	0	0	0	19.1	21	8	8	1	9	7	0	0	9.78	0.47	4.19	3.26	1.55	--
1935	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	11	11	3.91	31	25	16	2	5	1	211.2	211	110	92	17	95	65	7	1	8.97	0.72	4.04	2.76	1.45	--
1936	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	21	9	4.63	35	34	20	1	1	0	274.1	282	167	141	13	147	99	8	0	9.25	0.43	4.82	3.25	1.56	--
1937	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	14	13	5.09	32	30	15	1	2	0	221.0	238	150	125	16	124	114	8	0	9.69	0.65	5.05	4.64	1.64	--
1938	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	12	9	5.06	33	26	11	0	6	2	190.1	215	123	107	13	113	53	7	2	10.17	0.61	5.34	2.51	1.72	--
1939	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	0	3	6.43	4	4	1	0	0	0	21.0	25	15	15	4	9	9	0	0	10.71	1.71	3.86	3.86	1.62	--
	St. Louis	AL	32	Stb	MLB	9	17	5.73	33	27	12	1	5	0	191.2	229	130	122	18	115	55	3	0	10.75	0.85	5.40	2.58	1.79	--
1940	St. Louis	AL	33	Stb	MLB	12	17	5.59	34	32	18	0	1	0	222.1	263	149	138	18	122	70	5	1	10.65	0.73	4.94	2.83	1.73	--
1941	St. Louis	AL	34	Stb	MLB	2	4	4.40	6	6	2	0	0	0	45.0	44	27	22	5	27	6	0	0	8.80	1.00	5.40	1.20	1.58	--
	Washington	AL	34	Wa1	MLB	1	7	5.70	17	7	2	0	9	0	66.1	77	49	42	5	39	22	2	0	10.45	0.68	5.29	2.99	1.75	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	4	8	4.08	28	12	4	0	9	1	108.0	99	57	49	1	50	37	2	0	8.25	0.08	4.17	3.08	1.38	--
1943	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	10	7	2.45	28	17	8	1	9	0	146.2	130	47	40	4	59	63	0	0	7.98	0.25	3.62	3.87	1.29	--
1944	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	2	5	5.03	12	10	2	0	2	0	59.0	66	36	33	0	37	17	4	0	10.07	0.00	5.64	2.59	1.75	--
	Philadelph	MLB	37	Phi	MLB	1	5	4.23	12	7	3	0	2	0	55.1	60	31	26	3	20	23	2	0	9.76	0.49	3.25	3.74	1.45	--
1945	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	5	12	4.00	24	20	11	1	2	1	157.2	170	74	70	10	69	38	3	0	9.70	0.57	3.94	2.17	1.52	--
	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	0	3	5.50	12	3	0	0	3	0	36.0	43	29	22	2	14	13	3	0	10.75	0.50	3.50	3.25	1.58	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						104	132	4.67	344	263	126	7	56	5	2,025.2	2173	1202	1052	130	1049	691	54	4	9.65	0.58	4.66	3.07	1.59	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1934	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	p		3	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0			.286	*.292	.286	*578	--
1935	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	p		31	73	5	18	3	1	0	10	0	0	1	18	0		7			.247	*.263	.315	*578	--
1936	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	p		36	113	12	32	8	0	0	11	0	0	1	13	0		6			.283	*.295	.354	*649	--
1937	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	p		32	87	12	20	1	1	2	9	0	0	0	17	1		3			.230	*.237	.333	*570	--
1938	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	p		37	79	10	23	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	11	0		7			.291	*.305	.329	*634	--
1939	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	p		4	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	.286	*.292	.286	*578	--
	St. Louis	AL	32	Stb	MLB			34	67	9	10	4	0	0	6	0	0	3	10	0		10		1	.149	*.193	.209	*402	--
1940	St. Louis	AL	33	Stb	MLB			35	84	12	25	3	1	2	12	0	0	3	13	0		3		0	.298	*.327	.429	*756	--
1941	St. Louis	AL	34	Stb	MLB			6	15	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0		1		0	.400	*.440	.533	*973	--
	Washington	AL	34	Wa1	MLB	p		18	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0		0		0	.143	*.190	.143	*333	--
1942	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p		33	30	3	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	9	0		2		1	.200	*.256	.233	*489	--
1943	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p		38	52	8	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		8		2	.231	*.238	.269	*507	--
1944	Philadelph	MLB	37	Phi	MLB	p		14	21	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	0		2		0	.286	*.292	.286	*578	--
	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	p		15	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		0		1	.087	*.097	.087	*184	--
1945	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	p		24	53	1	12	4	0	0	1	0		1	13	0		1		1	.226	*.247	.302	*549	--
	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	p		13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	0		0		0	.182	*.256	.182	*438	--

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								373	743	80	181	27	5	4	61	1		15	123	1		50			.244		.310	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1934	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	27	Chw	MLB	P	3		19.1	1	6	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.26

1935	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	28	Chw	MLB	P	31		211.2	8	54	2	64	3	-	-	-	.969	2.64

1936	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	29	Chw	MLB	P	35		274.1	13	50	2	65	5	-	-	-	.969	2.07

1937	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	30	Chw	MLB	P	32		221	9	40	3	52	1	-	-	-	.942	2.00

1938	Detroit	AL	31	Det	MLB	P	33		190.1	6	46	3	55	4	-	-	-	.945	2.46

1939	Detroit	AL	32	Det	MLB	P	4		21	1	6	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.00
1939	St. Louis	AL	32	Stb	MLB	P	33		191.2	7	31	1	39	1	-	-	-	.974	1.78

1940	St. Louis	AL	33	Stb	MLB	P	34		222.1	13	50	0	63	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.55

1941	St. Louis	AL	34	Stb	MLB	P	6		45	2	10	1	13	1	-	-	-	.923	2.40
1941	Washington	AL	34	Wa1	MLB	P	17		66.1	2	14	1	17	0	-	-	-	.941	2.17

1942	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	28		108	4	24	3	31	3	-	-	-	.903	2.33

1943	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	28		146.2	8	36	1	45	2	-	-	-	.978	2.70

1944	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	P	12		59	6	14	2	22	1	-	-	-	.909	3.05
1944	Philadelph	MLB	37	Phi	MLB	P	12		55.1	2	11	1	14	0	-	-	-	.929	2.11

1945	Cincinnati	NL	38	Cin	MLB	P	24		157.2	12	36	1	49	1	-	-	-	.980	2.74
1945	Philadelph	NL	38	Phi	MLB	P	12		36	4	11	1	16	1	-	-	-	.938	3.75

Awards

[1936] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1938] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (1936, 1938)

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