Adam Kennedy
St. Louis Cardinals 1999; Anaheim Angels 2000–2004; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2005–2006; St. Louis Cardinals 2007–2008; Oakland Athletics 2009; Washington Nationals 2010; Seattle Mariners 2011; Los Angeles Dodgers 2012
Percentile snapshot
2009 season — qualified batters
of 155 qualified 2009 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 33 | 110 | 102 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .284 | .402 | .686 | 66.8 | 71.3 | .300 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | 156 | 641 | 598 | 82 | 159 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 72 | 28 | 73 | 22 | 8 | .266 | .300 | .403 | .703 | 71.7 | 75.9 | .306 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | 137 | 532 | 478 | 48 | 129 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 71 | 12 | 7 | .270 | .318 | .372 | .690 | 80.2 | 82.0 | .304 | 0.7 |
| 2002 | 144 | 509 | 474 | 65 | 148 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 19 | 80 | 17 | 4 | .312 | .345 | .449 | .795 | 112.0 | 111.9 | .347 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | 143 | 510 | 449 | 71 | 121 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 45 | 73 | 22 | 9 | .269 | .344 | .399 | .743 | 96.6 | 95.9 | .329 | 1.7 |
| 2004 | 144 | 533 | 468 | 70 | 130 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 41 | 92 | 15 | 5 | .278 | .351 | .406 | .757 | 100.1 | 100.4 | .334 | 2.0 |
| 2005 | 129 | 460 | 416 | 49 | 125 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 29 | 64 | 19 | 4 | .300 | .354 | .370 | .724 | 98.7 | 96.4 | .325 | 1.7 |
| 2006 | 139 | 503 | 451 | 50 | 123 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 39 | 72 | 16 | 10 | .273 | .334 | .384 | .718 | 85.8 | 86.8 | .317 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 87 | 306 | 279 | 27 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .219 | .282 | .290 | .572 | 44.2 | 50.8 | .255 | -1.0 |
| 2008 | 115 | 365 | 339 | 42 | 95 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 43 | 7 | 1 | .280 | .321 | .372 | .692 | 80.3 | 83.9 | .307 | 0.3 |
| 2009 | 129 | 586 | 529 | 65 | 153 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 63 | 45 | 86 | 20 | 6 | .289 | .348 | .410 | .758 | 102.0 | 101.0 | .336 | 2.3 |
| 2010 | 135 | 389 | 342 | 43 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 37 | 44 | 14 | 2 | .249 | .327 | .327 | .655 | 81.1 | 78.7 | .303 | 0.1 |
| 2011 | 114 | 409 | 380 | 36 | 89 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 67 | 8 | 2 | .234 | .277 | .355 | .632 | 76.6 | 80.1 | .278 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 86 | 201 | 168 | 22 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .262 | .345 | .357 | .702 | 97.4 | 95.8 | .318 | 0.7 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-10-13 | MIN @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 2002-05-10 | CWS @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000-07-04 | SEA @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000-04-18 | LAA @ TOR Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2004-06-25 | LAA @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.