John Kennedy
1962–1974 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, SE1, Washington Senators (1961-71)
856G
.225AVG
.281OBP
.323SLG
More career statistics
475H
32HR
185RBI
14SB
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 · Strikeouts | 461 | 460 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 856 | 2,324 | 2,110 | 237 | 475 | 77 | 17 | 32 | 185 | 142 | 461 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 682 | .225 | .281 | .323 | .604 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1971-06-12 to 1971-07-01
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1966-08-07 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1972-05-13 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1964-05-20 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 422 | 1100 | 229 | 19 | 93 | 74 | 221 | .230 | .275 | .341 |
| Away | 434 | 1224 | 246 | 13 | 92 | 68 | 239 | .220 | .257 | .307 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 85 | 180 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 32 | .222 | .283 | .320 |
| May | 146 | 415 | 96 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 75 | .263 | .311 | .397 |
| June | 157 | 447 | 97 | 8 | 40 | 22 | 97 | .235 | .266 | .342 |
| July | 165 | 539 | 109 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 114 | .220 | .256 | .310 |
| August | 155 | 416 | 77 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 80 | .202 | .243 | .281 |
| September | 139 | 301 | 59 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 55 | .211 | .246 | .297 |
| October | 9 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .125 | .192 | .125 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 76 | 245 | 49 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 50 | .221 | .273 | .257 |
| minnesota-twins | 59 | 171 | 46 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 27 | .299 | .339 | .442 |
| cleveland-guardians | 58 | 177 | 37 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 37 | .227 | .260 | .350 |
| baltimore-orioles | 57 | 172 | 32 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 43 | .203 | .244 | .253 |
| new-york-yankees | 57 | 158 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | .234 | .278 | .338 |
| california-angels | 54 | 160 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | .175 | .219 | .241 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 155 | 40 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 31 | .276 | .310 | .462 |
| boston-red-sox | 40 | 138 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 8 | 28 | .205 | .246 | .362 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 14 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | – | .262 | – | – |
| 1963 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 36 | 62 | 11 | – | 4 | 2 | .177 | – | – |
| 1964 | Washington Senators (1961-71) | 148 | 482 | 111 | 7 | 35 | 3 | .230 | – | – |
| 1965 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 104 | 105 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .171 | – | – |
| 1966 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 125 | 274 | 55 | 3 | 24 | 1 | .201 | – | – |
| 1967 |  New York Yankees | 78 | 179 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 2 | .196 | – | – |
| 1969 | SE1 | 61 | 128 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 4 | .234 | – | – |
| 1970 | Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers | 68 | 184 | 47 | 6 | 23 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Boston Red Sox | 74 | 272 | 75 | 5 | 22 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1972 | Boston Red Sox | 71 | 212 | 52 | 2 | 22 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 1973 | Boston Red Sox | 67 | 155 | 28 | 1 | 16 | – | .181 | – | – |
| 1974 | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | .133 | – | – |