Monty Kennedy
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[edit] Biography
Born on May 11, 1922 in Amelia, Virginia, Monty Kennedy (Montia Calvin Kennedy) played for the New York Giants for his entire 8 year career. Kennedy broke into the bigs on April 18, 1946 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.42 ERA in 186.2 innings pitched in 1946, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Monty Kennedy's best season was 1949, when he posted a 3.43 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 95 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NY | N | 38 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 3.42 | 71 | 80 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 186.2 | 153 | 14 | 116 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 1947 | NY | N | 34 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 4.85 | 60 | 90 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 148.1 | 158 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1948 | NY | N | 25 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4.01 | 63 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.1 | 118 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1949 | NY | N | 38 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 3.43 | 95 | 105 | 85 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 223.1 | 208 | 13 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1950 | NY | N | 36 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4.72 | 41 | 65 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 114.1 | 120 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1951 | NY | N | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2.25 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1952 | NY | N | 31 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3.02 | 48 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83.1 | 73 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | NY | N | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 | 30 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 249 | 127 | 42 | 55 | 3.84 | 411 | 484 | 410 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 961 | 928 | 67 | 495 | 0 | 23 | 20 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NY | N | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .957 |
| 1947 | NY | N | P | 34 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .971 |
| 1948 | NY | N | P | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
| 1949 | NY | N | P | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .941 |
| 1950 | NY | N | P | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .962 |
| 1951 | NY | N | P | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .895 |
| 1952 | NY | N | P | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .955 |
| 1953 | NY | N | P | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 249 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 160 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .952 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | NY | N | 38 | 64 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | .234 | .258 | .297 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NY | N | 34 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .216 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | NY | N | 26 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .129 | .206 | .129 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1949 | NY | N | 39 | 83 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .145 | .184 | .193 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NY | N | 36 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .056 | .081 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | NY | N | 29 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .267 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NY | N | 34 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | NY | N | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 255 | 301 | 25 | 46 | 1 | 26 | .153 | .188 | .183 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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