John Kennedy
Washington Senators 1962–1964; Los Angeles Dodgers 1965–1966; New York Yankees 1967; Seattle Pilots 1969; Boston Red Sox 1970; Milwaukee Brewers 1970; Boston Red Sox 1971–1974
Percentile snapshot
1964 season — qualified batters
of 95 qualified 1964 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 14 | 44 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | .262 | .295 | .381 | .676 | 79.8 | 81.7 | .305 | 0.1 |
| 1963 | 36 | 69 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .177 | .261 | .226 | .487 | 37.9 | 37.6 | .236 | -0.2 |
| 1964 | 148 | 521 | 482 | 55 | 111 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 119 | 3 | 3 | .230 | .280 | .324 | .604 | 63.8 | 66.9 | .275 | -0.1 |
| 1965 | 104 | 120 | 105 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .243 | .229 | .472 | 38.8 | 39.6 | .224 | -0.3 |
| 1966 | 125 | 294 | 274 | 15 | 55 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 64 | 1 | 2 | .201 | .241 | .281 | .522 | 49.0 | 51.6 | .239 | -0.5 |
| 1967 | 78 | 208 | 179 | 22 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .196 | .265 | .235 | .500 | 51.9 | 51.7 | .243 | -0.2 |
| 1969 | 61 | 145 | 128 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .234 | .315 | .367 | .682 | 91.3 | 90.8 | .319 | 0.5 |
| 1970 | 68 | 200 | 184 | 23 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 1 | .255 | .299 | .413 | .713 | 87.8 | 90.8 | .321 | 0.5 |
| 1971 | 74 | 296 | 272 | 41 | 75 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 42 | 1 | 1 | .276 | .320 | .412 | .731 | 102.0 | 100.9 | .338 | 1.3 |
| 1972 | 71 | 237 | 212 | 22 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 0 | 1 | .245 | .311 | .335 | .646 | 84.5 | 88.3 | .301 | 0.6 |
| 1973 | 67 | 174 | 155 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 0 | .181 | .246 | .271 | .517 | 38.0 | 42.5 | .246 | -0.7 |
| 1974 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .188 | .333 | .521 | 35.3 | 44.0 | .239 | 0.0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-05-20 | DET @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1971-07-04 | NYY @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1971-06-29 | TEX @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1972-05-13 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1969-05-16 | MIL @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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.