Brickyard Kennedy
1897–1903 · bats R / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
413G
.261AVG
.286OBP
.336SLG
More career statistics
333H
1HR
148RBI
13SB
187–159W–L
3,021.0IP
797K
3.96ERA
353GS
9SV
6Rare 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 · Games | 413 | 211 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,275 | 623 |
| Batting · Doubles | 50 | 29 |
| Batting · Hits | 333 | 169 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 38 | 51 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,338 | 656 |
| Batting · Runs | 150 | 61 |
| Batting · RBI | 148 | 65 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 13 | 3 |
| Batting · Triples | 21 | 13 |
| Batting · Walks | 43 | 24 |
| Pitching · Games | 405 | 204 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13,251 | 6,376 |
| Pitching · p cg | 293 | 147 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,329 | 557 |
| Pitching · p gs | 353 | 176 |
| Pitching · p h | 3,276 | 1,597 |
| Pitching · p hr | 93 | 35 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 9,063 | 4,506 |
| Pitching · p k | 797 | 364 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,859 | 809 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,201 | 564 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413 | 1,338 | 1,275 | 150 | 333 | 50 | 21 | 1 | 148 | 43 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 428 | .261 | .286 | .336 | .622 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,021.0 | 405 | 353 | 293 | 187 | 159 | 9 | 3,276 | 1,859 | 1,329 | 93 | 1,201 | 797 | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 1.482 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1897-06-26 to 1897-07-31
10longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-04-28 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1898-08-29 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1903-07-17 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 110 | 328 | 83 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 29 | .272 | .302 | .387 |
| Away | 101 | 328 | 86 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 22 | .270 | .287 | .343 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .254 | .275 | .313 |
| May | 46 | 153 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 12 | .295 | .307 | .390 |
| June | 36 | 114 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | .245 | .289 | .340 |
| July | 34 | 102 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .309 | .333 | .392 |
| August | 36 | 107 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | .230 | .262 | .310 |
| September | 35 | 100 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | .268 | .270 | .381 |
| October | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .455 | .700 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-giants | 26 | 80 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | .303 | .338 | .434 |
| cincinnati-reds | 26 | 81 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .338 | .346 | .438 |
| chicago-cubs | 23 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .164 | .183 | .239 |
| boston-braves | 23 | 75 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 8 | .261 | .307 | .377 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 22 | 62 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .323 | .323 | .452 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 22 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .263 | .267 | .281 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 20 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .262 | .270 | .344 |
| washington-senators-1897-99 | 11 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .294 | .314 | .441 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 45 | 145 | 40 | 1 | 18 | – | .276 | 343 | 81 |
| 1898 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 136 | 34 | – | 13 | 2 | .250 | 339 | 73 |
| 1899 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 40 | 110 | 27 | – | 8 | 1 | .245 | 277 | 55 |
| 1900 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 123 | 37 | – | 15 | – | .301 | 292 | 75 |
| 1901 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14 | 36 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 85 | 30 |
| 1902 |  New York Giants | 6 | 15 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .267 | 38 | 11 |
| 1903 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 23 | 58 | 21 | – | 8 | – | .362 | 126 | 39 |