Bob Kennedy
1939–1957 · bats R / throws R · Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers
1,485G
.254AVG
.309OBP
.355SLG
More career statistics
1,176H
63HR
514RBI
45SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 50 | 54 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 443 | 444 |
| Batting · RBI | 514 | 515 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 6 | 7 |
| Batting · Walks | 364 | 363 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,485 | 5,065 | 4,624 | 514 | 1,176 | 196 | 41 | 63 | 514 | 364 | 443 | 45 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 1,643 | .254 | .309 | .355 | .664 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1946-07-04 to 1946-07-14
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1947-06-08 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1940-06-18 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1951-05-24 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 723 | 2382 | 549 | 31 | 248 | 193 | 198 | .255 | .312 | .356 |
| Away | 762 | 2683 | 627 | 32 | 267 | 170 | 246 | .253 | .297 | .355 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 92 | 286 | 64 | 3 | 23 | 22 | 27 | .245 | .301 | .352 |
| May | 269 | 936 | 224 | 8 | 94 | 72 | 89 | .262 | .316 | .359 |
| June | 268 | 966 | 214 | 11 | 87 | 70 | 85 | .243 | .294 | .345 |
| July | 310 | 1005 | 233 | 15 | 114 | 71 | 95 | .255 | .302 | .361 |
| August | 312 | 1075 | 237 | 14 | 105 | 77 | 81 | .242 | .292 | .334 |
| September | 230 | 782 | 203 | 12 | 91 | 51 | 65 | .281 | .325 | .391 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .083 | .067 | .083 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 229 | 740 | 165 | 9 | 77 | 65 | 70 | .248 | .311 | .346 |
| boston-red-sox | 213 | 762 | 179 | 10 | 77 | 57 | 63 | .258 | .310 | .368 |
| detroit-tigers | 200 | 683 | 153 | 7 | 62 | 40 | 66 | .246 | .283 | .326 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 200 | 722 | 171 | 10 | 89 | 46 | 48 | .258 | .301 | .352 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 184 | 657 | 151 | 11 | 55 | 50 | 51 | .252 | .306 | .370 |
| st-louis-browns | 167 | 584 | 146 | 3 | 64 | 34 | 55 | .267 | .308 | .356 |
| cleveland-guardians | 114 | 398 | 87 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 40 | .240 | .296 | .326 |
| chicago-white-sox | 102 | 308 | 76 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 29 | .270 | .315 | .413 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 |  Chicago White Sox | 3 | 8 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago White Sox | 154 | 605 | 153 | 3 | 52 | 3 | .253 | – | – |
| 1941 | Chicago White Sox | 76 | 257 | 53 | 1 | 29 | 5 | .206 | – | – |
| 1942 | Chicago White Sox | 113 | 412 | 95 | – | 38 | 11 | .231 | – | – |
| 1946 | Chicago White Sox | 113 | 411 | 106 | 5 | 34 | 6 | .258 | – | – |
| 1947 | Chicago White Sox | 115 | 428 | 112 | 6 | 48 | 3 | .262 | – | – |
| 1948 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 96 | 186 | 50 | – | 19 | – | .269 | – | – |
| 1949 |  Cleveland Guardians | 121 | 425 | 117 | 9 | 57 | 5 | .275 | – | – |
| 1950 | Cleveland Guardians | 146 | 540 | 157 | 9 | 54 | 3 | .291 | – | – |
| 1951 | Cleveland Guardians | 108 | 321 | 79 | 7 | 29 | 4 | .246 | – | – |
| 1952 | Cleveland Guardians | 22 | 40 | 12 | – | 12 | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1953 | Cleveland Guardians | 101 | 161 | 38 | 3 | 22 | – | .236 | – | – |
| 1954 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 107 | 323 | 81 | 6 | 45 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1955 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 109 | 284 | 75 | 9 | 48 | – | .264 | – | – |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers | 78 | 190 | 42 | 4 | 22 | 2 | .221 | – | – |
| 1957 | Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox | 23 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | .121 | – | – |