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Brett Butler League
4-1-2030
Bill Kennedy Center Field
Retired (1989, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .235 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .615 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 189 Age at Death 70 Date of Birth 05-19-1953
HR 7 Drafted Round 3, Pick 33
(1975)
Majors Svc Time 4 years
(160 games)
RBI 84
SB 10
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B D- (5.0%) LF A+ (98.4%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1976 CLE
39
138
13
27
3
1
2
13
11
32 0 0
1
0 1
.530
.255
.275
.080
.196
1977 CLE
12
40
8
11
1
1
1
1
9
4 0 0
1
0 0
.833
.408
.425
.150
.275
1978 CLE
13
32
3
12
3
2
0
7
2
5 1 1
0
0 1
1.010
.417
.594
.219
.375
1979 CLE
32
92
5
26
5
0
0
10
14
18 0 1
1
0 0
.711
.374
.337
.054
.283
1980 CLE-DET
44
159
14
31
5
2
1
17
14
30 0 0
2
3 1
.531
.260
.270
.075
.195
1980 CLE
3
10
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2 0 0
0
0 0
.350
.250
.100
.000
.100
1980 DET
41
149
13
30
5
2
1
17
12
28 0 0
2
3 1
.543
.261
.282
.081
.201
1981 DET
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0 0 0
0
0 0
.333
.333
.000
.000
.000
1985 DET
6
18
0
6
1
0
0
2
5
3 1 0
0
0 0
.889
.500
.389
.056
.333
1987 NYA
87
277
22
58
8
1
1
23
18
45 1 3
5
0 5
.514
.258
.256
.047
.209
1988 NYA
12
31
3
13
0
0
1
7
2
2 0 0
0
0 0
.971
.455
.516
.097
.419
1989 NYA
6
14
2
5
1
0
1
4
0
2 0 0
0
0 0
1.000
.357
.643
.286
.357
Total
253
803
71
189
27
7
7
84
76
141 3 5
10
3 8
.615
.302
.313
.077
.235
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Bill Kennedy has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1989-08-24The New York Navigators have waived Bill Kennedy.
1989-07-21The New York Navigators have designated Bill Kennedy for assignment.
1989-07-05The New York Navigators have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team.
1989-06-29The New York Navigators have designated Bill Kennedy for assignment.
1989-04-09The New York Navigators have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team. The New York Navigators have designated Tom Conlan for assignment.
1989-04-05The New York Navigators have designated Bill Kennedy for assignment.
1987-04-01The New York Navigators have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team. The New York Navigators have designated Tommy Morlan for assignment.
1987-03-01The New York Navigators have acquired Bill Kennedy from the waiver wire.
1986-08-17The Detroit Yellow Canaries have waived Bill Kennedy.
1986-03-05The Detroit Yellow Canaries have designated Bill Kennedy for assignment. The Detroit Yellow Canaries have designated Aaron Baron for assignment.
1985-09-20The Detroit Yellow Canaries have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team.
1981-04-05The Detroit Yellow Canaries have promoted Ron Hasty to the major league team. The Detroit Yellow Canaries have designated Bill Kennedy for assignment.
1980-08-08The Detroit Yellow Canaries have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team.
1980-08-08The Detroit Yellow Canaries have acquired Bill Kennedy from the waiver wire.
1980-05-27The Cleveland Clovers have waived Bill Kennedy.
1980-05-05The Cleveland Clovers have promoted Adrian Neritani to the major league team. The Cleveland Clovers have sent Bill Kennedy to the minors.
1978-07-27The Cleveland Clovers have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team. The Cleveland Clovers have designated Tony Nelson for assignment.
1978-04-01The Cleveland Clovers have promoted Jack Tingley to the major league team. The Cleveland Clovers have sent Bill Kennedy to the minors.
1977-09-02The Cleveland Braves have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team.
1976-06-18The Cleveland Braves have promoted Ed Neel to the major league team. The Cleveland Braves have sent Bill Kennedy to the minors.
1976-04-26The Cleveland Braves have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team.
1976-04-01The Cleveland BRAVES have promoted Willy Thompson to the major league team. The Cleveland BRAVES have sent Bill Kennedy to the minors.
1976-03-01A trade has been completed between the Cleveland BRAVES and the New York Nightmares. The New York Nightmares receive Kirk Tackis, Regulus Black from the Cleveland BRAVES in exchange for Carl Lary, Bill Kennedy, Steve Houser.
1975-10-26The New York Nightmares have promoted Bill Kennedy to the major league team. The New York Nightmares have promoted Pete Buker to the major league team. The New York Nightmares have sent Joe Collins to the minors. The New York Nightmares have sent Max McClain to the minors.
1975-04-08The New York Nightmares have acquired Bill Kennedy from the waiver wire. The New York Nightmares have waived Frank Freeman.
1975-04-01The Baltimore Skipjacks have waived Bill Kennedy.