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Bob Kennedy Stats

Bob Kennedy was born on Wednesday, August 18, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois. Kennedy was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1939, with the Chicago White Sox. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Kennedy baseball stats page.

"Blessed with a strong, accurate throwing arm, Bob Kennedy was one of the first rookie prospects to come out of the newly developed White Sox farm system. The night before he signed in 1937, he was working as a popcorn vendor at Comiskey Park for the Louis-Braddock boxing match." - White Sox Historical Consultant Richard C. Lindberg (BaseballLibrary.com)

Bob Kennedy

Bob Kennedy Autograph on a 1993 Topps Archive (#33)

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Birth Name:	Robert Daniel Kennedy
Nickname:	Bob
Born On:	08-18-1920
Born In:	Chicago, Illinois
Zodiac:	Leo
Died On:	04-07-2005
Died In:	Mesa, Arizona
Cemetery:	Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Mesa, Arizona

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02
Weight:	193
First Game:	09-14-1939 (Age 19)
Last Game:	09-29-1957
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	White Sox	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	0	1	-	0	1	.250	.250	.250
1940	White Sox	154	606	74	153	23	3	3	0	52	42	-	58	7	-	0	17	.252	.301	.315
1941	White Sox	76	257	16	53	9	3	1	0	29	17	-	23	8	-	0	4	.206	.255	.276
1942	White Sox	113	412	37	95	18	5	0	0	38	22	-	41	8	-	0	13	.231	.270	.299
1946	White Sox	113	411	43	106	13	5	5	0	34	24	-	42	0	-	1	11	.258	.300	.350
1947	White Sox	115	428	47	112	19	3	6	0	48	18	-	38	2	-	0	12	.262	.291	.362
1948	White Sox	30	113	4	28	8	1	0	0	14	4	-	17	1	-	0	5	.248	.274	.336
1948	Indians	66	73	10	22	3	2	0	0	5	4	-	6	3	-	0	1	.301	.338	.397
1949	Indians	121	424	49	117	23	5	9	0	57	37	-	40	8	-	0	14	.276	.334	.417
1950	Indians	146	540	79	157	27	5	9	0	54	53	-	31	15	-	1	15	.291	.355	.409
1951	Indians	108	321	30	79	15	4	7	0	29	34	-	33	3	-	1	13	.246	.320	.383
1952	Indians	22	40	6	12	3	1	0	0	12	9	-	5	0	-	0	0	.300	.429	.425
1953	Indians	100	161	22	38	5	0	3	0	22	19	-	11	0	-	1	7	.236	.320	.323
1954	Indians	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1954	Orioles	106	323	37	81	13	2	6	1	45	28	-	43	3	5	0	16	.251	.306	.359
1955	Orioles	26	70	10	10	1	0	0	0	5	10	0	10	0	0	0	3	.143	.250	.157
1955	White Sox	83	214	28	65	10	2	9	1	43	16	0	16	2	0	0	7	.304	.352	.495
1956	White Sox	8	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077
1956	Tigers	69	177	17	41	5	0	4	1	22	24	2	19	3	1	2	10	.232	.328	.328
1957	White Sox	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1957	Dodgers	19	31	5	4	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	.129	.156	.258
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
16 Years		1,483	4,624	514	1,176	196	41	63	3	514	364	2	443	65	6	6	151	.254	.309	.355

Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1939 White Sox	3B	2	-	-	4	2.0	3	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.750	0.00	-
1940 White Sox	3B	154	-	-	533	3.5	500	178	322	33	25	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00	-
1941 White Sox	3B	71	-	-	258	3.6	241	88	153	17	12	n/a	n/a	n/a	.934	0.00	-
1942 White Sox	3B	96	-	-	320	3.3	306	99	207	14	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	0.00	-
1942 White Sox	OF	16	-	-	34	2.1	33	31	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	0.00	-
1946 White Sox	3B	29	-	-	106	3.7	96	19	77	10	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.906	0.00	-
1946 White Sox	OF	75	-	-	173	2.3	167	157	10	6	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.965	0.00	-
1947 White Sox	3B	1	-	-	3	3.0	3	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1947 White Sox	OF	106	-	-	219	2.1	212	204	8	7	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	0.00	-
1948 White Sox	OF	30	-	-	66	2.2	64	61	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.970	0.00	-
1948 Indians	1B	1	-	-	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1948 Indians	2B	2	-	-	9	4.5	9	4	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1948 Indians	OF	50	-	-	37	0.7	37	35	2	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1949 Indians	3B	21	-	-	58	2.8	57	13	44	1	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.983	0.00	-
1949 Indians	OF	98	-	-	204	2.1	202	190	12	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	0.00	-
1950 Indians	OF	144	-	-	311	2.2	307	294	13	4	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.987	0.00	-
1951 Indians	OF	106	-	-	189	1.8	183	174	9	6	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	0.00	-
1952 Indians	3B	3	-	-	13	4.3	13	1	12	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1952 Indians	OF	13	-	-	24	1.8	24	24	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1953 Indians	OF	89	-	-	93	1.0	93	91	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1954 Indians	LF	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1954 Orioles	3B	71	-	-	226	3.2	212	81	131	14	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00	-
1954 Orioles	OF	21	-	-	41	2.0	40	40	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.976	0.00	-
1955 Orioles	1B	6	-	-	51	8.5	51	47	4	0	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1955 Orioles	3B	1	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	-
1955 Orioles	RF	14	-	-	27	1.9	27	27	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1955 White Sox	1B	3	-	-	7	2.3	7	7	0	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1955 White Sox	3B	55	-	-	112	2.0	105	32	73	7	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	.938	0.00	-
1955 White Sox	OF	20	-	-	16	0.8	16	16	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1956 White Sox	3B	6	-	-	7	1.2	7	4	3	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1956 Tigers	3B	27	-	-	81	3.0	73	35	38	8	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.901	0.00	-
1956 Tigers	OF	29	-	-	58	2.0	54	52	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.931	0.00	-
1957 Dodgers	3B	3	-	-	6	2.0	6	4	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
1957 Dodgers	OF	9	-	-	4	0.4	4	4	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
OF Totals		806	0	0	1,469	1.8	1,436	1,373	63	33	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	.978	0.00	--
3B Totals		540	0	0	1,727	3.2	1,622	555	1,067	105	90	n/a	n/a	n/a	.939	0.00	--
RF Totals		14	0	0	27	1.9	27	27	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
1B Totals		10	0	0	61	6.1	61	57	4	0	8	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
2B Totals		2	0	0	9	4.5	9	4	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00	--
LF Totals		1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00	--
16 Years		1,373	-	-	3,293	2.4	3,155	2,016	1,139	138	113	n/a	n/a	n/a	.958	0.00	--

Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1939 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.0	-	-	-
1940 White Sox	3	7	.300	-	-	n/a	202.0	10.4	11.7	-	-	-
1941 White Sox	5	3	.625	-	-	n/a	257.0	11.2	8.9	-	-	-
1942 White Sox	11	7	.611	-	-	n/a	0.0	10.0	10.8	-	-	-
1946 White Sox	6	8	.429	-	-	n/a	82.2	9.8	12.1	-	-	-
1947 White Sox	3	4	.429	-	-	n/a	71.3	11.3	8.9	-	-	-
1948 White Sox	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	6.6	8.1	-	-	-
1948 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	12.2	14.6	-	-	-
1949 Indians	5	5	.500	-	-	n/a	47.1	10.6	7.4	-	-	-
1950 Indians	3	4	.429	-	-	n/a	60.0	17.4	10.0	-	-	-
1951 Indians	4	2	.667	-	-	n/a	45.9	9.7	11.1	-	-	-
1952 Indians	1	0	1.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	8.0	3.3	-	-	-
1953 Indians	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	53.7	14.6	7.3	-	-	-
1954 Indians	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-
1954 Orioles	2	1	.667	-	-	n/a	53.8	7.5	7.2	-	-	-
1955 Orioles	0	1	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	7.0	14.0	-	-	-
1955 White Sox	0	2	.000	-	-	n/a	23.8	13.4	5.0	-	-	-
1956 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.3	0.0	-	-	-
1956 Tigers	2	2	.500	-	-	n/a	44.3	9.3	8.0	-	-	-
1957 White Sox	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.0	0.0	-	-	-
1957 Dodgers	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	31.0	6.2	7.8	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
16 Years	45	50	.474	-	-	n/a	73.4	10.4	9.0	-	-	-

Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1939 Chicago White Sox	2	Undetermined	-	-
1940 Chicago White Sox	36	Undetermined	-	-
1941 Chicago White Sox	36	Undetermined	-	-
1942 Chicago White Sox	25	Undetermined	-	-
1946 Chicago White Sox	36	Undetermined	-	-
1947 Chicago White Sox	5, 36	Undetermined	-	-
1948 Chicago White Sox	5	Undetermined	-	Stats
1948 Cleveland Indians	24	Undetermined	-	Stats
1949 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1950 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1951 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1952 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1953 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Cleveland Indians	33	Undetermined	-	-
1954 Baltimore Orioles	40	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Baltimore Orioles	33	Undetermined	-	-
1955 Chicago White Sox	30	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Chicago White Sox	30	Undetermined	-	-
1956 Detroit Tigers	3	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Chicago White Sox	16	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers	49	Undetermined	-	-
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