Vern Kennedy
Chicago White Sox 1934–1937; Detroit Tigers 1938–1939; St. Louis Browns 1939–1941; Washington Senators 1941; Cleveland Indians 1942–1944; Philadelphia Blue Jays 1944; Cincinnati Reds 1945; Philadelphia Phillies 1945
Percentile snapshot
1945 season — qualified pitchers
of 85 qualified 1945 pitchers (min 154 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 39.0 | 45.4 | .266 | 0.4 |
| 1935 | 31 | 81 | 73 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .257 | .315 | .572 | 36.8 | 45.5 | .261 | 3.6 |
| 1936 | 36 | 120 | 113 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .289 | .354 | .643 | 51.2 | 56.6 | .292 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 32 | 91 | 87 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .239 | .333 | .572 | 34.3 | 43.3 | .255 | 1.2 |
| 1938 | 37 | 87 | 79 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .291 | .300 | .329 | .629 | 47.7 | 53.6 | .289 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 38 | 87 | 74 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .162 | .195 | .216 | .411 | -4.9 | 2.9 | .193 | -0.3 |
| 1940 | 35 | 90 | 84 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .322 | .429 | .750 | 85.7 | 89.6 | .335 | 0.4 |
| 1941 | 24 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .289 | .306 | .595 | 51.6 | 56.0 | .279 | 0.1 |
| 1942 | 33 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .250 | .233 | .483 | 36.2 | 40.3 | .237 | 0.4 |
| 1943 | 38 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .269 | .500 | 36.4 | 49.9 | .234 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 29 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | -10.5 | 3.8 | .170 | -0.7 |
| 1945 | 37 | 67 | 64 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .242 | .281 | .524 | 40.1 | 47.1 | .247 | 0.8 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 19.3 | 3.72 | 1.552 | 3.26 | 4.50 | 96.9 | 124.7 | 0.4 |
| 1935 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 211 | 92 | 95 | 65 | 17 | 211.7 | 3.91 | 1.446 | 2.76 | 4.92 | 108.1 | 116.4 | 3.6 |
| 1936 | 35 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 282 | 141 | 147 | 99 | 13 | 274.3 | 4.63 | 1.564 | 3.25 | 5.02 | 97.9 | 110.9 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 238 | 125 | 124 | 114 | 16 | 221.0 | 5.09 | 1.638 | 4.64 | 4.76 | 104.1 | 89.8 | 1.2 |
| 1938 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 215 | 107 | 113 | 53 | 13 | 190.3 | 5.06 | 1.723 | 2.51 | 5.24 | 104.1 | 99.5 | 2.2 |
| 1939 | 37 | 31 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 254 | 137 | 124 | 64 | 22 | 212.7 | 5.80 | 1.777 | 2.71 | 5.66 | 118.0 | 82.7 | -0.3 |
| 1940 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 263 | 138 | 122 | 70 | 18 | 222.3 | 5.59 | 1.732 | 2.83 | 5.03 | 111.3 | 80.9 | 0.4 |
| 1941 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 64 | 66 | 28 | 10 | 111.3 | 5.17 | 1.680 | 2.26 | 5.26 | 124.8 | 81.3 | 0.1 |
| 1942 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 99 | 49 | 50 | 37 | 1 | 108.0 | 4.08 | 1.380 | 3.08 | 3.40 | 98.5 | 84.6 | 0.4 |
| 1943 | 28 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 130 | 40 | 59 | 63 | 4 | 146.7 | 2.45 | 1.289 | 3.87 | 3.09 | 98.8 | 127.4 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 126 | 59 | 57 | 40 | 3 | 114.3 | 4.64 | 1.601 | 3.15 | 3.68 | 107.3 | 74.0 | -0.7 |
| 1945 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 213 | 92 | 83 | 51 | 12 | 193.7 | 4.28 | 1.528 | 2.37 | 4.25 | 115.0 | 86.4 | 0.8 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940-06-16 | NYY @ BAL Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1937-07-14 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1935-08-16 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1938-04-30 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1938-06-01 | DET @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939-05-30 | BAL @ CLE Gameday | 11.1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 1937-04-25 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 1937-05-07 | BOS @ CWS Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| 1937-09-19 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1936-06-19 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 13.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
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.