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Adam Kennedy

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 192 lb.
School California State University, Northridge

Debut August 21, 1999

Born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, CA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1997. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 23 STL NL  33  102   12   26  10  1   1   16   0  1   3   8  .255  .284  .402   71   41   1   2   0   2   1
 2000 24 ANA AL 156  598   82  159  33 11   9   72  22  8  28  73  .266  .300  .403   75  241   8   4   5   3  10 RoY-6
 2001 25 ANA AL 137  478   48  129  25  3   6   40  12  7  27  71  .270  .318  .372   81  178   7   9   3  11   7
 2002 26 ANA AL 144  474   65  148  32  6   7   52  17  4  19  80  .312  .345  .449  110  213   5   4   1   7   5
 2003 27 ANA AL 143  449   71  121  17  1  13   49  22  9  45  73  .269  .344  .399   98  179   2   5   4   9   7
 2004 28 ANA AL 144  468   70  130  20  5  10   48  15  5  41  92  .278  .351  .406  100  190   9   2   7  13  10
 2005 29 LAA AL 129  416   49  125  23  0   2   37  19  4  29  64  .300  .354  .370   96  154   5   3   1   7   5
 2006 30 LAA AL 139  451   50  123  26  6   4   55  16 10  39  72  .273  .334  .384   86  173   3   5   5   5  15
 2007 31 STL NL  87  279   27   61   9  1   3   18   6  2  22  33  .219  .282  .290   50   81   1   1   6   3   9
 2008 32 STL NL 115  339   42   95  17  4   2   36   7  1  21  43  .280  .321  .372   82  126   0   4   4   1  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1227 4054  516 1117 212 38  57  423 136 51 274 609  .276  .328  .389   87 1576  41  39  36  61  82
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        535   68  147  28  5   8   56  18  7  36  80  .276  .328  .389   87  208   5   5   5   8  11
 Career High    156  598   82  159  33 11  13   72  22 10  45  92  .312  .354  .449  110  241   9   9   7  13  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 23 STL NL  110   81   12   4.0   117| .255  .277| .284  .352| .402  .446| .686  .798|  71  .370  -4.6  -0.4   0%
 2000 24 ANA AL  641  469   71   4.0   117| .266  .279| .300  .352| .403  .448| .703  .800|  75  .361 -25.7  -2.3  73%
 2001 25 ANA AL  532  379   58   4.1   108| .270  .268| .318  .336| .372  .431| .690  .766|  81  .405 -12.6  -1.2  63%
 2002 26 ANA AL  509  344   76   5.9   105| .312  .264| .345  .332| .449  .425| .794  .757| 110  .581   6.1   0.6  80%
 2003 27 ANA AL  510  351   65   5.0   105| .269  .265| .344  .331| .399  .425| .743  .756|  98  .493  -0.4   0.0  70%
 2004 28 ANA AL  533  364   68   5.0   107| .278  .267| .351  .334| .406  .429| .757  .763| 100  .484   0.4   0.0  75%
 2005 29 LAA AL  460  308   59   5.1   103| .300  .266| .354  .328| .370  .422| .724  .750|  96  .519  -1.2  -0.1  82%
 2006 30 LAA AL  503  361   55   4.1   111| .273  .275| .334  .340| .384  .438| .718  .778|  86  .387  -9.0  -0.8  61%
 2007 31 STL NL  306  231   22   2.6   110| .219  .271| .282  .341| .290  .434| .572  .775|  50  .222 -21.5  -2.0  75%
 2008 32 STL NL  365  262   38   3.9   107| .280  .266| .321  .338| .372  .425| .693  .762|  82  .396  -8.9  -0.9  87%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4469 3150  524   4.4   109| .276  .270| .328  .338| .389  .432| .717  .769|  87  .436 -77.4  -7.1  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 23 STL NL 2B 29 68 64 4 14 .971 .981 4.55 4.19 5.24 5.05 26 226.7 2000 24 ANA AL 2B 155 336 424 19 106 .976 .980 4.90 4.32 5.16 5.03 147 1324.3 2001 25 ANA AL 2B 131 236 376 10 64 .984 .981 4.67 4.44 5.00 4.87 123 1102.7 DH 5 2002 26 ANA AL 2B 139 273 367 11 90 .983 .979 4.60 4.36 5.18 4.90 123 1112.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 DH 1 2003 27 ANA AL 2B 140 235 371 6 78 .990 .982 4.33 4.37 4.87 4.94 125 1119.7 2004 28 ANA AL 2B 144 255 388 12 71 .982 .982 4.47 4.35 4.72 4.95 138 1225.0 2005 29 LAA AL 2B 127 212 352 5 71 .991 .983 4.44 4.48 4.58 4.96 123 1107.7 2006 30 LAA AL 2B 133 205 361 9 76 .984 .986 4.26 4.47 4.47 4.92 127 1140.7 DH 1 2007 31 STL NL 2B 79 156 211 7 46 .981 .984 4.65 4.23 5.24 4.86 74 630.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 13.50 4.50 0 2.0 2008 32 STL NL 2B 84 144 224 7 56 .981 .982 4.38 4.04 5.21 4.83 74 635.7 RF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.83 2.45 2.13 6 55.0 1B 3 23 3 1 4 .963 .992 8.67 8.23 13.00 9.35 2 18.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2008 32 STL NL 1B 3 23 3 1 4 .963 .992 8.67 8.23 13.00 9.35 2 18.0 1999 23 STL NL 2B 29 68 64 4 14 .971 .981 4.55 4.19 5.24 5.05 26 226.7 2000 24 ANA AL 2B 155 336 424 19 106 .976 .980 4.90 4.32 5.16 5.03 147 1324.3 2001 25 ANA AL 2B 131 236 376 10 64 .984 .981 4.67 4.44 5.00 4.87 123 1102.7 2002 26 ANA AL 2B 139 273 367 11 90 .983 .979 4.60 4.36 5.18 4.90 123 1112.0 2003 27 ANA AL 2B 140 235 371 6 78 .990 .982 4.33 4.37 4.87 4.94 125 1119.7 2004 28 ANA AL 2B 144 255 388 12 71 .982 .982 4.47 4.35 4.72 4.95 138 1225.0 2005 29 LAA AL 2B 127 212 352 5 71 .991 .983 4.44 4.48 4.58 4.96 123 1107.7 2006 30 LAA AL 2B 133 205 361 9 76 .984 .986 4.26 4.47 4.47 4.92 127 1140.7 2007 31 STL NL 2B 79 156 211 7 46 .981 .984 4.65 4.23 5.24 4.86 74 630.3 2008 32 STL NL 2B 84 144 224 7 56 .981 .982 4.38 4.04 5.21 4.83 74 635.7 2002 26 ANA AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 2001 25 ANA AL DH 5 2002 26 ANA AL DH 1 2006 30 LAA AL DH 1 2008 32 STL NL DH 1 2008 32 STL NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 2002 26 ANA AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 2007 31 STL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 2007 31 STL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 2.12 0 1.7 2008 32 STL NL RF 9 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.67 1.83 2.45 2.13 6 55.0 2007 31 STL NL SS 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 13.50 4.50 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1161 2120 3138 90 672 .983 .982 4.53 4.35 4.92 4.93 1080 9624.7 RF* 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 1.83 2.38 2.13 6 56.7 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 3 23 3 1 4 .963 .992 8.67 8.23 13.00 9.35 2 18.0 OF* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.95 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1 1 10# CF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.50 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 SS* 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.00 13.50 4.50 0 2.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1167 2143 3144 91 676 .983 .982 4.53 4.36 4.93 4.94 1082 9647
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   ALDS  ANA NYY     W   4   8   4   4  1  0  1   3   1   2  .500  .455 1.000   1  0   0   2   0 
        ALCS  ANA MIN     W   4  14   5   5  0  0  3   5   0   2  .357  .357 1.000   1  0   1   0   0 
        WS    ANA SFG     W   7  25   1   7  2  0  0   2   0   7  .280  .308  .360   0  0   0   0   1 
 2005   ALDS  LAA NYY     W   5  17   0   4  0  1  0   2   0   3  .235  .235  .353   0  2             
        ALCS  LAA CHW     L   5  14   3   4  0  0  0   1   0   1  .286  .286  .286   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       2-0   9  25   4   8  1  1  1   5   1   5  .320  .321  .560   1  2   0   2   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   9  28   8   9  0  0  3   6   0   3  .321  .321  .643   1  0   1   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1  25  78  13  24  3  1  4  13   1  15  .308  .317  .526   2  2   1   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Awards
2002-ALCS MVP

Batting Average
2002 AL-.312-7

Triples
2000 AL-11-2
2002 AL-6-6
2006 AL-6-10

Stolen Bases
2003 AL-22-10

Hit By Pitch
2004 AL-13-6

Sac. Flies
2001 AL-9-6

Caught Stealing
2003 AL-9-5
2006 AL-10-4

Outs
2000 AL-469-9

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 15.9 (936) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1028) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (20th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1997.

March 23, 2000: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Kent Bottenfield to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

November 28, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
2000Anaheim Angels$202,500
2001Anaheim Angels$280,000
2002Anaheim Angels$375,000
2003Anaheim Angels$2,270,000
2004Anaheim Angels$2,500,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,000,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$3,350,000
2007St. Louis Cardinals$2,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,677,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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