Vern Kennedy
1934–1945 · bats L / throws R · ALM, ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns
373G
.244AVG
.260OBP
.310SLG
More career statistics
181H
4HR
61RBI
1SB
104–132W–L
2,025.2IP
691K
4.67ERA
263GS
5SV
11Rare 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Batting · Runs | 80 | 79 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 1 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,055 | 9,054 |
| Pitching · p cg | 126 | 127 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,052 | 1,054 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,173 | 2,175 |
| Pitching · p hr | 130 | 128 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,077 | 6,076 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,049 | 1,052 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 809 | 743 | 80 | 181 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 15 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 230 | .244 | .260 | .310 | .570 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,025.7 | 344 | 263 | 126 | 104 | 132 | 5 | 2,173 | 1,202 | 1,052 | 130 | 1,049 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 4.67 | 1.591 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1936-06-23 to 1936-07-23
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | No-Hitter | 1935-08-31 | 1 in 881 games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1935-09-15 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1936-05-05 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 191 | 381 | 83 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 57 | .241 | .239 | .313 |
| Away | 182 | 428 | 98 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 66 | .246 | .245 | .307 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 59 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .255 | .254 | .309 |
| May | 68 | 140 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 13 | .246 | .250 | .306 |
| June | 68 | 151 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 22 | .172 | .199 | .231 |
| July | 71 | 152 | 38 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 24 | .266 | .257 | .378 |
| August | 79 | 178 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 34 | .262 | .247 | .317 |
| September | 62 | 129 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .265 | .256 | .310 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 52 | 138 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 15 | .236 | .239 | .309 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 48 | 118 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 | .227 | .237 | .309 |
| detroit-tigers | 46 | 92 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | .190 | .174 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 44 | 102 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 13 | .301 | .284 | .355 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 106 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 19 | .263 | .264 | .323 |
| st-louis-browns | 39 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | .238 | .217 | .270 |
| new-york-yankees | 34 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .265 | .283 | .347 |
| chicago-white-sox | 20 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .243 | .244 | .297 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |  Chicago White Sox | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 19 | 7 |
| 1935 | Chicago White Sox | 31 | 73 | 18 | – | 10 | – | .247 | 211 | 65 |
| 1936 | Chicago White Sox | 36 | 113 | 32 | – | 11 | 1 | .283 | 274 | 99 |
| 1937 | Chicago White Sox | 32 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 9 | – | .230 | 221 | 114 |
| 1938 |  Detroit Tigers | 37 | 79 | 23 | – | 8 | – | .291 | 190 | 53 |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Browns | 38 | 74 | 12 | – | 6 | – | .162 | 212 | 64 |
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 35 | 84 | 25 | 2 | 12 | – | .298 | 222 | 70 |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 24 | 36 | 9 | – | 3 | – | .250 | 111 | 27 |
| 1942 |  Cleveland Guardians | 33 | 30 | 6 | – | – | 1 | .200 | 108 | 38 |
| 1943 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | 52 | 12 | – | – | – | .231 | 146 | 62 |
| 1944 | Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Phillies | 29 | 44 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .182 | 114 | 41 |
| 1945 | Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies | 37 | 64 | 14 | – | 1 | – | .219 | 193 | 51 |