Bob Kennedy
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Bob Kennedy in 1947
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| Outfielder / Third baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: August 18, 1920 Chicago |
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Died: April 7, 2005 (aged 84) Mesa, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 14, 1939, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 29, 1957, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .254 | ||
| Home runs | 63 | ||
| Runs batted in | 514 | ||
| Games managed | 545 | ||
| Win–loss record | 264–278 | ||
| Winning % | .487 | ||
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Robert Daniel Kennedy (August 18, 1920 – April 7, 2005) was a right fielder/third baseman, manager and executive in Major League Baseball.
From 1939 to 1957, Kennedy played for the Chicago White Sox (1939–42, 1946–48, 1955–56, 1957), Cleveland Indians (1948–54), Baltimore Orioles (1954–55), Detroit Tigers (1956) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1957). He batted and threw right-handed. After his playing career, Kennedy managed the Chicago Cubs (1963–65) and Oakland Athletics (1968). His son, former major league catcher Terry Kennedy, was a four-time All-Star and minor league manager.
Kennedy was born in Chicago. A line-drive hitter, he was blessed with a strong and accurate throwing arm. On June 22, 1937, the night before the White Sox signed him, Kennedy was working as a 16-year-old popcorn vendor at Comiskey Park during the World Heavyweight Boxing Title between Joe Louis and James J. Braddock. Kennedy debuted a year later, and became the starting third baseman in 1940. In 1940, he became the first teenaged major leaguer since 1900 to play 150 games in a season. After a break of three years to serve in the military during World War II, he returned, to play mostly in right field.
In the 1948 midseason Kennedy was sent to Cleveland in the same trade that brought Pat Seerey to Chicago. Kennedy hit .301 the rest of the year and became a member of the last World Championship Indians team. His most productive season came in 1950, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.291), runs (79), hits (157) and doubles (27). The same season, he started two triple plays from the right field, matching Indians left fielder Charlie Jamieson's two triple plays of 1928.
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