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Bill
Kennedy		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 13, 1944 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1973   
All-Star Selections 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 29 HON JL $ 3,190,000 4 6 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 4 5
1974 30 HON JL $ 3,190,000 4 6 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 5
1975 31 HON JL $ 5,000,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4
1976 32 HON JL $ 5,000,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4
1977 33 HON JL $ 5,000,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4
1978 34 HON JL $ 5,000,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4
1979 35 PHX JL $ 800,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4
1980 36 PHX JL $ 300,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 4 6 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 5
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 37 BRK FL $ 650,000   11 11 10 11 12 12 7 8 8 5 6 6 11 9 9
1982 38 HON JL $ 300,000   10 10 9 8 11 10 5 6 6 4 5 5 11 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 9 8 11 10 5 6 6 4 5 5 11 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   11 11 10 11 12 12 7 8 8 5 6 6 11 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 29 HON JL 158 612 90 187 17 0 34 111 0 1 55 122 .306 .363 .500 .863 103.4 20.2
1974 30 HON JL 155 576 80 159 21 4 24 80 0 0 45 121 .276 .331 .451 .782 82.9 14.2
1975 31 HON JL 41 158 23 55 7 1 12 36 0 0 11 31 .348 .392 .633 1.025 36.5 8.6
1976 32 HON JL 147 507 61 154 28 3 11 62 1 1 29 128 .304 .343 .436 .779 68.3 13.7
1977 33 HON JL 113 288 36 75 12 2 15 41 0 0 23 68 .260 .318 .472 .791 41.5 7.0
1978 34 HON JL 112 295 27 70 10 0 9 36 0 2 14 86 .237 .282 .363 .644 29.1 2.3
1979 35 PHX JL 9 13 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .692 .923 2.4 0.4
    AAA   117 400 70 127 23 0 27 87 2 7 25 72 .318 .358 .578 .935 74.4  
1980 36 PHX JL 86 135 14 37 9 1 2 22 1 0 8 48 .274 .317 .400 .717 15.8 2.3
1981 37 BRK FL 115 305 35 70 9 1 17 39 1 2 18 89 .230 .273 .433 .706 38.7 5.2
1982 38 HON JL 12 34 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .147 .171 .147 .318 -0.2 0.0
    AAA   105 360 53 116 12 0 24 78 9 5 31 62 .322 .376 .556 .932 70.3  
10 Years Sim 948 2923 371 815 113 12 126 432 3 6 204 706 .279 .328 .455 .783 418.4 74.0
2 Years AAA 222 760 123 243 35 0 51 165 11 12 56 134 .320 .364 .567 .931 144.7  
162 Game Average 499 63 139 19 2 21 73 0 1 34 120 .279 .328 .455 .783 71.5  
Career Highs 158 612 90 187 28 4 34 111 1 2 55 128 .348 .392 .692 1.025 103.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2216 285 633 92 12 96 344 3 4 165 537 .286 .337 .468 .805 336.9
vs LH   707 86 182 21 0 30 88 0 2 39 169 .257 .299 .414 .714 86.0
Home 480 1462 188 417 65 7 63 231 3 3 99 375 .285 .334 .469 .802 218.7
Away 468 1461 183 398 48 5 63 201 0 3 105 331 .272 .323 .441 .764 204.2
RISP   741 0 217 33 2 41 310 0 0 58 183 .293 .342 .509 .851 124.8
Pinch Hitting   129 19 33 5 1 7 23 1 2 16 38 .256 .342 .473 .815 20.5
Close/Late   383 46 95 13 1 15 56 0 0 36 93 .248 .317 .405 .722 49.6
Mar/Apr 179 591 75 162 23 3 21 67 0 1 45 136 .274 .329 .430 .758 81.2
May 186 598 87 174 26 2 30 114 1 1 37 153 .291 .332 .492 .824 93.7
June 134 405 57 104 10 2 21 66 0 2 33 94 .257 .321 .447 .768 56.7
July 140 402 42 109 17 3 13 52 0 0 21 104 .271 .308 .425 .734 51.1
August 156 477 54 128 22 2 16 54 0 2 35 112 .268 .319 .423 .742 62.7
Sep/Oct 153 450 56 138 15 0 25 79 2 0 33 107 .307 .357 .507 .864 77.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 29 HON JL 3B 156 152 1382.3 100 326 23 30 .949 2.77   3.5
    CF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
1974 30 HON JL 3B 149 143 1290.3 81 273 20 30 .947 2.47   2.6
1975 31 HON JL 3B 41 41 367.3 17 87 7 1 .937 2.55   1.0
1976 32 HON JL 1B 135 133 1139.7 1056 71 9 99 .992 8.90   2.7
    3B 5 5 46.0 2 12 1 0 .933 2.74   0.2
1977 33 HON JL 1B 45 37 335.3 279 23 4 21 .987 8.11   0.9
    3B 46 35 312.7 22 87 3 10 .973 3.14   1.8
1978 34 HON JL 3B 92 71 646.7 49 132 9 19 .953 2.52   1.9
    1B 5 0 14.7 16 1 0 3 1.000 10.44   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 35 PHX JL 1B 7 2 25.0 27 1 0 0 1.000 10.08   0.1
    2B 2 1 9.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.0
1980 36 PHX JL 1B 27 16 150.0 137 9 5 13 .967 8.76   0.1
    3B 25 9 109.3 6 27 2 3 .943 2.72   0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 BRK FL 3B 81 70 611.3 53 113 8 8 .954 2.44   1.8
    1B 13 9 82.3 74 6 0 4 1.000 8.75   0.2
1982 38 HON JL 3B 11 10 73.0 4 16 2 1 .909 2.47   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  3B 606 536 4839.0 334 1073 75 102 .949 2.62   13.3
  1B 233 197 1749.0 1591 111 18 140 .990 8.76   4.1
  CF 2 1 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
  2B 2 1 9.0 5 2 0 1 1.000 7.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   844 735 6608.0 1934 1186 93 243 .971 4.25   17.5
Career Highs   157 153 1391.3 1058 326 23 99 1.000 9.26    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 29 HON JL 11 40 9 15 2 0 4 8 0 0 5 5 .375 .435 .725 1.160
1974 30 HON JL 4 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .176 .222 .176 .399
1979 35 PHX JL 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1980 36 PHX JL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 15 59 9 19 2 0 4 9 0 0 6 9 .322 .379 .559 .938
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1976-8-.304
 RBIs
1973-7-111
 Strikeouts
1976-10-128
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 7th round, 151st overall pick, by Honolulu in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Ricky Vaughn (VAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1973, off Burt Grossman (VAL)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Marquette on 5/31/1973
Won Landis Memorial Series with Honolulu in 1973
Drove in 6 runs against Phoenix on 6/15/1974
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/9/1975, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Injured on 5/19/1975 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for full season
Won Player of the Week award on 6/18/1976, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against California on 4/9/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1977, hitting .429 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on 2/24/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $800,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/22/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Honolulu on 3/2/1982 to a minor league deal
 
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