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Ian Kennedy

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws Right / Right
Date of Birth 12/19/1984 (40)
Height, Weight 6'0", 210 lb
Hometown Huntington Beach, CA

2023 Season Stats

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MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
0 16.1 7.16 1.41 28.0% 9.3%
275th 3
Sv
- 44
IP
347th 4.16
ERA
242nd 1.32
WHIP
81st 23.7%
K%
175th 9.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
92.4 16.2% 30.3% 51.0% 3.5% 4.86 4.58
298th 94.4
FB MPH
41st 12.6%
SwStr%
128th 29.3%
CSW%
198th 51.5%
Str-ICR
42nd 5.6%
MTK%
273rd 4.98
PLV
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PLA

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Ian Kennedy Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR PLV
2007 NYY 3 3 19.0 1-0 0 - 1.89 1.16 - 3.77 - - 19.5% 11.7% 6.2 0.47 .231 - 77.7% - - - - - -
2008 NYY 10 9 39.2 0-4 0 - 8.17 1.92 - 5.48 - - 13.9% 13.4% 11.3 1.13 .336 - 57.1% - - - - - -
2009 NYY 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 - 0.00 2.00 - 10.10 - - 16.7% 33.3% 0.0 0.00 .000 - 100.0% - - - - - -
2010 ARI 32 32 194.0 9-10 0 - 3.80 1.20 - 4.33 - - 20.7% 8.6% 7.6 1.21 .261 - 75.5% - - - - - -
2011 ARI 33 33 222.0 21-4 0 - 2.88 1.09 - 3.22 - - 22.0% 6.1% 7.5 0.77 .274 - 79.2% - - - - - -
2012 ARI 33 33 208.1 15-12 0 - 4.02 1.30 - 4.04 - - 20.8% 6.1% 9.3 1.21 .312 - 74.9% - - - - - -
2013 ARI/SD 31 31 181.1 7-10 0 - 4.91 1.40 - 4.59 - - 20.5% 9.2% 8.9 1.34 .299 - 69.1% - - - - - -
2014 SD 33 33 201.0 13-13 0 - 3.63 1.29 - 3.21 - - 24.5% 8.3% 8.5 0.72 .320 - 74.0% - - - - - -
2015 SD 30 30 168.1 9-15 0 - 4.28 1.30 - 4.51 - - 24.4% 7.3% 8.9 1.66 .306 - 71.6% - - - - - -
2016 KC 33 33 195.2 11-11 0 - 3.68 1.22 - 4.67 - - 22.5% 8.1% 8.0 1.52 .269 - 83.1% - - - - - -
2017 KC 30 30 154.0 5-13 0 - 5.38 1.32 - 5.61 - - 20.0% 9.3% 8.4 1.99 .258 - 68.2% - - - - - -
2018 KC 22 22 119.2 3-9 0 0 4.66 1.38 - 4.61 - - 20.3% 7.7% 9.4 1.50 .302 - 72.5% - - 9.0% 27.1% 0.49 -
2019 KC 63 0 63.1 3-2 30 1 3.41 1.28 - 2.99 - - 27.4% 6.4% 9.1 0.85 .349 - 78.8% - - 11.7% 29.0% 0.57 -
2020 KC 15 1 14.0 0-2 0 2 9.00 1.79 7.56 8.83 6.18 1.95 21.7% 7.2% 12.9 4.50 .325 36.8% 55.6% 45.8% 41.3% 11.1% 27.2% 0.54 5.42
2021 TEX/PHI 55 0 56.1 3-1 26 0 3.20 1.10 3.90 4.76 3.99 2.76 27.2% 7.5% 7.2 1.92 .246 28.6% 91.1% 40.8% 25.2% 14.7% 29.3% 0.63 5.26
2022 ARI 57 0 50.1 4-7 10 10 5.36 1.57 6.30 5.59 4.93 3.38 19.0% 9.5% 10.2 1.97 .301 22.9% 72.8% 47.0% 27.2% 9.6% 24.7% 0.42 5.02
2023 TEX 16 0 16.1 0-1 0 0 7.16 1.41 5.13 5.55 4.87 4.58 28.0% 9.3% 8.8 2.20 .293 25.0% 51.5% 37.8% 37.8% 16.2% 30.3% 0.55 4.86
RP MLB Percentile 18 50 2 9-69 25 10 5 34 20 12 21 - 78 52 37 6 51 19 3 39 19 89 65 62 25
RP MLB AVG 40 0 44.0 3-2 3 7 4.16 1.32 4.24 4.16 4.17 3.59 23.7% 9.5% 8.2 1.08 .293 18.3% 72.3% 36.6% 45.6% 12.6% 29.3% 0.53 4.98
Career 497 290 1,904.1 104-114 66 13 4.16 1.29 - - - 0.04 21.9% 8.0% 8.5 1.32 .291 48.0% 74.1% 18.5% 29.3% 11.1% 27.7% 0.52 5.13

Ian Kennedy Repertoire

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2007 NYY 3 3 19.0 1-0 2 0 - 280 181 99 77 13 9 3 0 1 15 9 0 0
2008 NYY 10 9 39.2 0-4 2 0 - 789 461 328 194 50 28 15 2 5 27 26 1 3
2009 NYY 1 0 1.0 0-0 0 0 - 28 15 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0
2010 ARI 32 32 194.0 9-10 15 0 - 3,170 1,990 1,180 810 163 100 35 2 26 168 70 10 16
2011 ARI 33 33 222.0 21-4 24 0 - 3,424 2,279 1,145 900 186 119 44 4 19 198 55 9 11
2012 ARI 33 33 208.1 15-12 20 0 - 3,380 2,221 1,159 899 216 129 50 9 28 187 55 14 5
2013 ARI/SD 31 31 181.1 7-10 14 0 - 3,089 1,960 1,129 794 180 107 44 2 27 163 73 12 10
2014 SD 33 33 201.0 13-13 19 0 - 3,402 2,198 1,204 846 189 125 43 5 16 207 70 4 11
2015 SD 30 30 168.1 9-15 17 0 - 2,911 1,877 1,034 713 166 85 39 11 31 174 52 7 5
2016 KC 33 33 195.2 11-11 15 0 - 3,372 2,177 1,195 818 173 110 29 1 33 184 66 13 4
2017 KC 30 30 154.0 5-13 10 0 - 2,647 1,658 989 655 143 75 31 3 34 131 61 5 4
2018 KC 22 22 119.2 3-9 9 0 0 2,060 1,343 717 518 125 77 26 2 20 105 40 1 4
2019 KC 63 0 63.1 3-2 0 30 1 1,096 719 377 266 64 51 7 0 6 73 17 1 3
2020 KC 15 1 14.0 0-2 0 0 2 261 178 83 69 20 11 2 0 7 15 5 1 0
2021 TEX/PHI 55 0 56.1 3-1 0 26 0 899 616 283 228 45 27 6 0 12 62 17 2 0
2022 ARI 57 0 50.1 4-7 0 10 10 867 564 302 232 57 34 11 1 11 44 22 1 3
2023 TEX 16 0 16.1 0-1 0 0 0 314 194 120 75 16 9 3 0 4 21 7 2 1
RP MLB Percentile 18 50 2 9-69 50 25 10 4 4 94 2 95 96 88 74 56 17 92 50 63
RP MLB AVG 40 0 44.0 3-2 0 3 7 743 475 268 190 39 26 8 1 5 46 18 2 2
Career 497 290 1,904.1 104-114 147 66 13 31,989 20,631 11,357 8,100 1,806 1,096 388 42 280 1,775 647 84 80

Ian Kennedy Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2007 NYY 19.5% 11.7% .191 .279 .565 .263 .231 .245 - - - - - - - -
2008 NYY 13.9% 13.4% .309 .519 .918 .396 .336 .360 - - - - - - - -
2009 NYY 16.7% 33.3% .000 .000 .500 .359 .000 .000 - - - - - - - -
2010 ARI 20.7% 8.6% .228 .392 .696 .309 .261 .296 - - - - - - - -
2011 ARI 22.0% 6.1% .227 .361 .642 .283 .274 .296 - - - - - - - -
2012 ARI 20.8% 6.1% .266 .453 .775 .334 .312 .343 - - - - - - - -
2013 ARI/SD 20.5% 9.2% .259 .444 .781 .343 .299 .335 - - - - - - - -
2014 SD 24.5% 8.3% .250 .384 .698 .309 .320 .340 - - - - - - - -
2015 SD 24.4% 7.3% .258 .497 .816 .347 .306 .352 - - - - - - - -
2016 KC 22.5% 8.1% .236 .413 .721 .312 .269 .312 - - - - - - - -
2017 KC 20.0% 9.3% .246 .485 .805 .338 .258 .313 - - - - - - - -
2018 KC 20.3% 7.7% .265 .456 .779 .334 .302 .340 - - - - - - - -
2019 KC 27.4% 6.4% .261 .363 .675 .291 .349 .372 - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 21.7% 7.2% .323 .694 1.076 .441 .325 .426 .310 .420 .332 .517 91.0 91.6 17.7 7.56
2021 TEX/PHI 27.2% 7.5% .216 .418 .700 .296 .246 .308 .216 .297 .256 .376 90.4 90.4 26.8 3.90
2022 ARI 19.0% 9.5% .278 .502 .848 .360 .301 .348 .293 .392 .314 .462 92.1 91.8 21.5 6.30
2023 TEX 28.0% 9.3% .246 .477 .810 .347 .293 .356 .245 .345 .298 .434 90.9 86.4 18.9 5.13
RP MLB Percentile 78 52 42 16 18 18 51 24 34 20 28 6 9 - 13 20
RP MLB AVG 23.7% 9.5% .239 .388 .707 .308 .293 .323 .232 .307 .280 .356 88.0 89.3 12.0 4.24
Career 21.9% 8.0% .249 .430 .746 .331 .291 .327 .195 .308 .291 .448 91.2 90.6 22.8 -

Ian Kennedy Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2018 KC 23.7% (91.9) 0.4% (92.2) 3.1% (87.8) 0.3% (87.0) - 7.5% (78.5) 3.9% (85.1) - - 24.1% 14.8%
2019 KC 31.6% (94.3) - 6.7% (91.0) - - 7.9% (80.4) 1.0% (87.9) - - 31.6% 15.6%
2020 KC 50.2% (93.6) - 31.8% (89.8) - - 10.7% (80.5) 7.3% (86.7) - - 50.2% 49.8%
2021 TEX/PHI 82.5% (94.1) - 3.0% (84.8) - - 6.0% (80.5) 8.5% (87.2) - - 82.5% 17.5%
2022 ARI 81.4% (93.4) - 4.2% (83.7) - - 3.9% (78.9) 10.5% (85.7) - - 81.4% 18.6%
2023 TEX 60.8% (92.4) - 4.5% (84.3) - - 1.3% (79.5) - 33.4% (84.7) - 60.8% 39.2%
RP MLB Percentile 89 (16) - 9 (4) - - - - 78 (22) - 18.7% 81.5%
RP MLB AVG 42.3% (94.4) 30.0% (93.5) 23.8% (89.1) 31.5% (84.9) 22.1% (81.7) 17.7% (79.6) 17.3% (85.8) 21.3% (86.8) 24.1% (65.0) 48.5% 51.4%
Career 47.4% (93.4) 0.2% (92.2) 5.4% (88.2) 0.1% (87.0) - 6.6% (79.5) 5.0% (86.1) 1.9% (84.7) - 47.5% 19.0%

Ian Kennedy Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2018 KC 28.7% (40) 0.0% (0) 21.9% (5) 14.3% (1) - 22.1% (13) 21.3% (12) - - 28.2% 137.4%
2019 KC 30.1% (42) - 27.4% (6) - - 25.3% (9) 36.4% (2) - - 30.1% 125.1%
2020 KC 29.8% (15) - 25.3% (8) - - 28.6% (3) 15.8% (3) - - 29.8% 24.6%
2021 TEX/PHI 30.6% (110) - 22.2% (3) - - 25.9% (5) 21.1% (14) - - 30.6% 22.9%
2022 ARI 25.1% (63) - 22.2% (2) - - 26.5% (1) 22.0% (17) - - 25.1% 23.0%
2023 TEX 28.8% (26) - 57.1% (2) - - 25.0% (0) - 29.5% (23) - 28.8% 32.5%
RP MLB Percentile 61 (37) - 99 (78) - - 65 (-) - 69 (33) - 45.3% 26.9%
RP MLB AVG 28.0% (28) 27.9% (11) 27.6% (14) 30.4% (29) 27.9% (19) 28.0% (11) 22.6% (12) 24.4% (28) 15.8% (4) 28.4% 29.7%
Career 28.5% (296) 0.0% (0) 25.9% (26) 14.3% (1) - 24.4% (31) 21.7% (48) 29.5% (23) - 28.4% 74.3%

Ian Kennedy Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR
2018 KC - - - - - - - - 20.0% - - - - -
2019 KC - - - - - - - - 20.6% - - - - -
2020 KC 41.3% 10.9% 41.3% 6.5% 30.4% 37.5% 35.4% 27.1% 22.6% 52.2% 28.3% 6.5% 13.0% 45.8%
2021 TEX/PHI 25.2% 25.2% 28.6% 21.1% 37.4% 32.7% 33.3% 34.0% 22.9% 59.2% 24.5% 7.5% 8.8% 40.8%
2022 ARI 27.2% 30.2% 29.6% 13.0% 45.7% 32.9% 38.4% 28.7% 21.5% 52.5% 28.4% 7.4% 11.7% 47.0%
2023 TEX 37.8% 17.8% 35.6% 8.9% 33.3% 44.4% 26.7% 28.9% 17.2% 62.2% 24.4% 4.4% 8.9% 37.8%
RP MLB Percentile 19 81 97 46 57 75 10 71 46 59 45 72 21 39
RP MLB AVG 45.6% 21.2% 23.6% 9.5% 34.0% 40.3% 33.2% 26.5% 17.7% 63.2% 24.1% 5.8% 6.9% 36.6%
Career 29.3% 24.8% 31.3% 14.8% 39.5% 34.7% 34.9% 30.4% 20.8% 56.0% 26.5% 7.0% 10.5% 18.5%

Ian Kennedy Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR IPA%
2018 KC .265 .334 .302 .340 - - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC .261 .291 .349 .372 - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC .323 .441 .325 .426 .310 .420 .332 .517 91.0 91.6 17.7 36.8% 45.8% 31.9%
2021 TEX/PHI .216 .296 .246 .308 .216 .297 .256 .376 90.4 90.4 26.8 28.6% 40.8% 26.3%
2022 ARI .278 .360 .301 .348 .293 .392 .314 .462 92.1 91.8 21.5 22.9% 47.0% 33.2%
2023 TEX .246 .347 .293 .356 .245 .345 .298 .434 90.9 86.4 18.9 25.0% 37.8% 22.7%
RP MLB Percentile 42 18 51 24 34 20 28 6 9 - 13 19 39 62
RP MLB AVG .239 .308 .293 .323 .232 .307 .280 .356 88.0 89.3 12.0 18.3% 36.6% 24.0%
Career .249 .331 .291 .327 .195 .308 .291 .448 91.2 90.6 22.8 48.0% 18.5% 12.7%

Ian Kennedy Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR Str-ICR
2018 KC - 65.2% 47.1% - 19.2% 20.0% 80.8% - - 18.1% 9.0% 27.1% 18.1% 59.1% 0.49 -
2019 KC - 65.6% 48.3% - 24.2% 20.6% 75.8% - - 17.3% 11.7% 29.0% 16.0% 59.8% 0.57 -
2020 KC 49.4% 68.2% 52.1% 31.1% 21.3% 22.6% 78.7% 80.0% 75.6% 16.1% 11.1% 27.2% 18.4% 60.5% 0.54 51.3%
2021 TEX/PHI 50.6% 68.5% 53.9% 31.8% 27.2% 22.9% 72.8% 79.1% 57.4% 14.6% 14.7% 29.3% 16.4% 63.5% 0.63 55.2%
2022 ARI 47.2% 65.1% 49.9% 27.7% 19.2% 21.5% 80.8% 82.0% 78.0% 15.1% 9.6% 24.7% 18.9% 58.5% 0.42 47.3%
2023 TEX 41.7% 61.8% 47.8% 29.0% 34.0% 17.2% 66.0% 79.4% 41.5% 14.0% 16.2% 30.3% 14.3% 56.7% 0.55 51.0%
RP MLB Percentile 15 23 58 37 90 46 90 74 95 12 89 65 84 27 62 46
RP MLB AVG 45.3% 63.8% 47.1% 30.3% 26.7% 17.7% 73.3% 82.1% 57.3% 16.7% 12.6% 29.3% 16.8% 58.4% 0.53 51.5%
Career 20.4% 64.5% 49.2% 29.7% 22.5% 20.8% 77.5% 80.3% 64.4% 16.6% 11.1% 27.7% 17.3% 59.8% 0.52 59.3%

Ian Kennedy Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2018 KC - - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC - - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 49.4% 29.1% 24.5% 46.4% 31.4% 26.8% 41.8% 24.1% 51.3% 7.3%
2021 TEX/PHI 50.6% 35.3% 29.0% 35.7% 47.1% 25.8% 27.1% 19.4% 51.6% 7.6%
2022 ARI 47.2% 26.8% 25.8% 47.4% 40.4% 27.9% 31.7% 18.5% 55.7% 6.2%
2023 TEX 41.7% 31.5% 25.5% 43.0% 35.4% 24.2% 40.4% 22.3% 52.2% 6.1%
RP MLB Percentile 15 36 51 69 74 50 29 9 91 32
RP MLB AVG 45.3% 34.4% 25.8% 39.8% 30.1% 24.5% 45.4% 29.9% 44.4% 6.8%
Career 20.4% 30.9% 26.9% 42.2% 41.3% 26.5% 32.3% 19.9% 53.2% 6.8%

Ian Kennedy Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2018 KC 57.8% 11.9% 30.4% 14.9% 62.9% 53.2% 24.2% - 16.8%
2019 KC 55.8% 10.8% 33.5% 12.1% 61.0% 53.2% 24.7% - 19.9%
2020 KC 58.6% 9.2% 32.6% 16.3% 66.2% 52.9% 20.9% 32.9% 17.6%
2021 TEX/PHI 57.5% 9.2% 34.6% 14.3% 67.5% 54.8% 19.7% 28.6% 19.6%
2022 ARI 61.5% 10.1% 29.5% 16.1% 66.1% 51.5% 18.9% 24.2% 17.2%
2023 TEX 55.7% 10.8% 33.4% 13.1% 53.3% 41.3% 19.4% 25.7% 20.0%
RP MLB Percentile 12 72 87 39 10 7 24 52 50
RP MLB AVG 58.6% 12.2% 29.9% 13.9% 60.8% 50.6% 21.7% 25.3% 20.1%
Career 57.9% 10.8% 31.8% 14.4% 63.5% 52.5% 22.3% 11.8% 18.2%

Ian Kennedy PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2018 KC 2,060 - - - - - - - - -
2019 KC 1,096 - - - - - - - - -
2020 KC 261 5.42 57.7% 12.3% 30.0% 27.8% 2.6% 13.0 +11 1.95
2021 TEX/PHI 899 5.26 54.8% 15.0% 30.1% 24.7% 3.3% 5.0 +8 2.76
2022 ARI 867 5.02 50.3% 13.5% 36.1% 14.2% 3.8% 16.3 +24 3.38
2023 TEX 314 4.86 45.2% 12.4% 42.4% 2.9% 3.5% 3.3 +3 4.58
RP MLB Percentile 4 25 45 3 6 6 89 - 50 -
RP MLB AVG 743 4.98 45.8% 17.8% 36.4% 9.4% 5.6% - +3 3.59
Career 31,989 5.13 52.1% 13.8% 34.0% 18.1% 3.5% 37.7 +47 0.04
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