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| Name | Team | Age |
| John Kennedy | Retired (1986, Age 34) | Died (2025, Age 73) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 23 (1970) |
1B | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| George Van Haltren League | 0 | 3 years (121 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
|
Mentor vs LHP
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 1/10/1952 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.4 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1970 | Minors | 25.00 | 2 / 2 | 6 / 6 | 4 / 5 | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 | 5 / 5 | 1 / 1 | 24 / 25 | |||
| 1971 | Minors | 19.00 | 6 / 6 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 3 | 16 / 19 | |||
| 1972 | Minors | 24.00 | 5 / 6 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 4 | 5 / 5 | 20 / 24 | |||
| 1973 | Minors | 22.00 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 5 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 6 / 6 | 15 / 22 | |||
| 1974 | Minors | 29.00 | 2 / 4 | 3 / 3 | 6 / 7 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 5 / 5 | 4 / 4 | 24 / 29 | |||
| 1975 | Minors | 27.00 | 3 / 5 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 4 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 15 / 27 | |||
| 1976 | Minors | 26.00 | 4 / 5 | 5 / 8 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 3 | 15 / 26 | |||
| 1977 | Minors | 21.00 | 1 / 2 | 3 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 7 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 11 / 21 | |||
| 1978 | Minors | 28.00 | 2 / 6 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 6 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 3 | 3 / 7 | 14 / 28 | |||
| 1979 | Minors | 18.00 | 1 / 6 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 5 / 18 | |||
| 1979 | Majors | 11.44 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 3 / 11 |
| 1980 | Majors | 18.24 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 18 |
| 1981 | Majors | 17.21 | 162 | 2 | 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 17 |
| 1982 | Minors | 8.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 8 | |||
| 1982 | Majors | 12.23 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 12 |
| 1983 | Minors | 20.00 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 20 | |||
| 1984 | Minors | 28.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 28 | |||
| 1985 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 2 / 17 | |||
| 1985 | Majors | 7.40 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 7 |
| 1986 | Minors | 22.00 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 3 / 22 | |||
| 1986 | Majors | 2.20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | -5 / 0 | -5 / 0 | -4 / 0 | -7 / 0 | -5 / 0 | -3 / 1 | -4 / 1 | -33 / 2 |
| Total | 588 | 13 | 0 | 23 / 61 | 26 / 61 | 15 / 70 | 12 / 57 | 13 / 45 | 23 / 47 | 29 / 60 | 141 / 401 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1986-11-01 | John Kennedy has retired from the Detroit Thunderbirds |
| 1986-08-31 | The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted John Kennedy to the major league team. |
| 1985-07-18 | The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated John Kennedy for assignment. |
| 1985-05-19 | The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted John Kennedy to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated Jeff Clement for assignment. |
| 1982-08-20 | The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated John Kennedy for assignment. |
| 1979-07-28 | The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted John Kennedy to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated Mark Mellor for assignment. |