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Joe Kennedy P

Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
10	222	908.7	43	61	2	4.79	-0.9

Birth Date	5-24-1979
Height	6' 4"
Weight	250 lbs

Age	44 years, 11 months, 2 days
Bats	R
Throws	L

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MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2001	TBA	MLB	20	20	117.7	7	8	0	122	34	78	16	98	9.3	2.6	1.2	6.0	0%	.289	1.33	4.48	4.44	105	5.56	115.2	0.3
2002	TBA	MLB	30	30	196.7	8	11	0	204	55	109	23	97	9.3	2.5	1.1	5.0	0%	.284	1.32	4.55	4.53	114	5.77	123.9	-0.4
2003	TBA	MLB	32	22	133.7	3	12	1	167	47	77	19	97	11.2	3.2	1.3	5.2	0%	.318	1.60	5.09	6.13	110	6.46	135.4	-1.1
2004	COL	MLB	27	27	162.3	9	7	0	163	67	117	17	117	9.0	3.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.294	1.42	4.25	3.66	99	5.38	110.9	0.8
2005	COL	0	16	16	92.0	4	8	0	128	44	52	12	112	12.5	4.3	1.2	5.1	0%	.354	1.87	5.18	7.04	109	6.64	142.8	-1.2
2005	OAK	0	19	8	60.7	4	5	0	64	20	45	8	100	9.5	3.0	1.2	6.7	0%	.298	1.38	4.31	4.45	106	5.17	111.2	0.2
2006	OAK	MLB	39	0	35.0	4	1	1	34	13	29	1	100	8.7	3.3	0.3	7.5	0%	.317	1.34	3.10	2.31	84	3.58	72.9	0.8
2007	ARI	0	3	0	2.7	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	108	13.5	6.8	0.0	3.4	0%	.333	2.25	9.17	20.25	105	3.87	80.0	0.1
2007	OAK	0	27	16	101.0	3	9	0	109	48	42	9	93	9.7	4.3	0.8	3.7	0%	.289	1.55	5.20	4.37	116	6.06	125.4	-0.4
2007	TOR	0	9	0	7.0	1	0	0	6	5	8	0	97	7.7	6.4	0.0	10.3	0%	.316	1.57	3.16	5.14	119	6.36	131.5	-0.1
2005	TOT	MLB	35	24	152.7	8	13	0	192	64	97	20	107	11.3	3.8	1.2	5.7	0%	.000	1.68	4.83	6.01	108	6.05	130.2	-0.9
2007	TOT	MLB	39	16	110.7	4	9	0	119	55	51	9	94	9.7	4.5	0.7	4.1	0%	.000	1.57	5.17	4.80	116	6.03	124.7	-0.4
Career		MLB	222	139	908.7	43	61	2	1001	335	558	105	102	9.9	3.3	1.0	5.5	46%	.302	1.47	4.63	4.79	108	5.77	121.4	-0.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1998	PRI	Rk	APL	13	13	67.3	6	4	0	66	26	44	5		8.8	3.5	0.7	5.9	0%	-.813	1.37	4.91	3.74	0	0.00	0.0
1999	HUD	A-	NYP	16	16	95.0	6	5	0	78	26	101	2		7.4	2.5	0.2	9.6	0%	-.589	1.09	2.69	2.65	0	0.00	0.0
2000	CSC	A	SAL	22	22	136.3	11	6	0	122	29	142	6		8.1	1.9	0.4	9.4	0%	-.652	1.11	2.64	3.30	0	0.00	0.0
2001	TBA	MLB	AL	20	20	117.7	7	8	0	122	34	78	16	98	9.3	2.6	1.2	6.0	0%	.289	1.33	4.48	4.44	105	5.56	115.2
2001	ORL	AA	SOU	7	7	47.0	4	0	0	29	3	52	0		5.6	0.6	0.0	10.0	0%	-.527	0.68	1.17	0.19	0	0.00	0.0
2001	DUR	AAA	INT	4	4	26.0	2	0	0	22	9	23	2		7.6	3.1	0.7	8.0	0%	-.588	1.19	3.43	2.42	0	0.00	0.0
2002	TBA	MLB	AL	30	30	196.7	8	11	0	204	55	109	23	97	9.3	2.5	1.1	5.0	0%	.284	1.32	4.55	4.53	114	5.77	123.9
2003	TBA	MLB	AL	32	22	133.7	3	12	1	167	47	77	19	97	11.2	3.2	1.3	5.2	0%	.318	1.60	5.09	6.13	110	6.46	135.4
2003	ORL	AA	SOU	1	1	3.3	0	0	0	6	1	3	0		16.4	2.7	0.0	8.2	0%	.462	2.12	2.16	8.18	0	0.00	0.0
2003	DUR	AAA	INT	1	1	6.3	1	0	0	6	0	4	0		8.6	0.0	0.0	5.7	0%	.300	0.95	2.01	1.43	0	0.00	0.0
2004	COL	MLB	NL	27	27	162.3	9	7	0	163	67	117	17	117	9.0	3.7	0.9	6.5	0%	.294	1.42	4.25	3.66	99	5.38	110.9
2004	CSP	AAA	PCL	3	2	12.7	1	1	0	17	2	12	1		12.0	1.4	0.7	8.5	0%	.390	1.50	3.11	7.09	0	0.00	0.0
2005	COL	MLB	NL	16	16	92.0	4	8	0	128	44	52	12	112	12.5	4.3	1.2	5.1	0%	.354	1.87	5.18	7.04	109	6.64	142.8
2005	OAK	MLB	AL	19	8	60.7	4	5	0	64	20	45	8	100	9.5	3.0	1.2	6.7	0%	.298	1.38	4.31	4.45	106	5.17	111.2
2006	OAK	MLB	AL	39	0	35.0	4	1	1	34	13	29	1	100	8.7	3.3	0.3	7.5	0%	.317	1.34	3.10	2.31	84	3.58	72.9
2006	SAC	AAA	PCL	3	1	4.0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	89	4.5	2.3	0.0	4.5	0%	.182	0.75	3.83	0.00	96	3.31	69.4
2007	ARI	MLB	NL	3	0	2.7	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	108	13.5	6.8	0.0	3.4	0%	.333	2.25	9.17	20.25	105	3.87	80.0
2007	OAK	MLB	AL	27	16	101.0	3	9	0	109	48	42	9	93	9.7	4.3	0.8	3.7	0%	.289	1.55	5.20	4.37	116	6.06	125.4
2007	TOR	MLB	AL	9	0	7.0	1	0	0	6	5	8	0	97	7.7	6.4	0.0	10.3	0%	.316	1.57	3.16	5.14	119	6.36	131.5
2007	SYR	AAA	INT	2	0	2.7	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	91	6.7	3.3	0.0	10.0	0%	.286	1.11	2.06	0.00	80	3.29	67.5

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Surgery Date
2006-05-11	2006-08-14	60-DL	95	84	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	-
2004-06-03	2004-08-10	15-DL	68	60	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	-
2003-06-01	2003-07-09	15-DL	38	33	Left	Shoulder	Inflammation	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2007	OAK	$2,800,000
2007	TOR	$2,800,000
2006	OAK	$2,400,000
2005	COL, OAK	$2,200,000
2004	COL	$320,000
2003	TBA	$300,000
2002	TBA	$225,000

Years	Description	Salary
6 yr	Previous	$11,045,000
6 yr	Total	$11,045,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 122 d	ABC Mgmt Leventhal & Lapa

Details

deceased 10/07 designated for assignment 9/2/07 signed as a free agent from AZ 8/28/07 (minor-league contract)
designated for assignment 8/15/07
claimed off waivers from OAK 8/4/07
avoided arbitration 1/07, 1 year/$2.8M (07)
avoided arbitration 12/05, 1 year/$2.4M (06)+$0.35M bonuses
acquired in trade from COL 7/05 re-signed 1/05, 1 year/$2.2M (05)+$0.125M bonuses (innings pitched)
1 year/$0.32M (04)
acquired in trade from TB 12/03
1 year/$0.3M (03)
1 year/$0.225M (02) 2/02

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Joe Kennedy threw 962 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph), also mixing in a Change (83mph), Curve (75mph) and Slider (83mph). He also rarely threw a Cutter (83mph).