Bill Kennedy
1948–1957 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns
172G
.208AVG
.258OBP
.217SLG
More career statistics
25H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
15–28W–L
464.2IP
256K
4.73ERA
45GS
11SV
1Rare feat
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 | 31 | 30 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 136 | 137 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,145 | 2,144 |
| Pitching · p er | 244 | 246 |
| Pitching · p hr | 34 | 33 |
| Pitching · p r | 284 | 283 |
| Pitching · p w | 289 | 288 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 136 | 120 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .208 | .258 | .217 | .475 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464.7 | 172 | 45 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 497 | 284 | 244 | 34 | 289 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 1.692 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1948-04-26 to 1948-06-21
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1948-06-21 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1948-09-25 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1948-09-03 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Browns | 32 | 47 | 13 | – | 4 | – | .277 | 143 | 89 |
| 1949 |  St. Louis Browns | 48 | 40 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .150 | 153 | 69 |
| 1950 | St. Louis Browns | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| 1951 | St. Louis Browns | 19 | 16 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 56 | 29 |
| 1952 |  Chicago White Sox | 47 | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | .231 | 70 | 46 |
| 1953 |  Boston Red Sox | 16 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | 24 | 14 |
| 1956 |  Cincinnati Reds | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 1957 | Cincinnati Reds | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 8 |