Adam
Kennedy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 197
 
Born: January 10, 1976 in Usa, CA, RIVERSIDE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2004   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 25 NYY AL 131 434 65 122 32 6 6 55 0 1 43 88 .281 .358 .424 .782 63.6 7.4
2002 26 NYY AL 152 589 85 178 32 5 15 84 4 1 53 107 .302 .371 .450 .821 95.1 14.0
2003 27 NYY AL 148 581 114 154 41 5 21 76 1 1 60 131 .265 .354 .461 .816 94.4 14.3
2004 28 NYY AL 160 655 128 207 55 11 25 101 0 2 53 117 .316 .388 .548 .936 125.3 22.9
2005 29 NYY AL 149 588 96 161 29 4 25 77 1 0 43 113 .274 .347 .464 .812 94.0 15.9
5 Years Sim 740 2847 488 822 189 31 92 393 6 5 252 556 .289 .365 .474 .839 472.4 74.5
162 Game Average 623 106 179 41 6 20 86 1 1 55 121 .289 .365 .474 .839 103.4  
Career Highs 160 655 128 207 55 11 25 101 4 2 60 131 .316 .388 .548 .936 125.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2001 25 NYY AL 2B 10 6 57.0 10 26 0 3 1.000 5.68   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
2002 26 NYY AL 2B 2 2 21.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
    1B 2 2 17.0 17 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
2003 27 NYY AL LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
2004 28 NYY AL 2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2005 29 NYY AL 2B 8 0 19.0 2 10 0 0 1.000 5.68   0.1
  2B 21 8 98.0 15 43 0 5 1.000 5.33   0.4
  1B 3 2 19.0 20 0 0 1 1.000 9.47   0.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   26 11 130.0 36 44 0 6 1.000 5.54   0.4
Career Highs   11 6 59.0 20 26 0 3 1.000 9.00    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 27 NYY AL 4 17 3 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .353 .476 .647 1.123
2004 28 NYY AL 5 24 6 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .292 .346 .375 .721
2005 29 NYY AL 3 14 2 5 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 4 .357 .357 .786 1.143
Career Post-Season Batting 12 55 11 18 5 1 2 9 0 0 4 12 .327 .393 .564 .957
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
At-Bats
2004-3-655
Hits
2004-4-207
Total Bases
2004-9-359
Triples
2004-7-11
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Tomas Perez (954)
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  3. Alex Gonzalez (912)
  4. Pat Kelly (905)
  5. Carlos Guillen (902)
  6. Rafael Furcal (899)
  7. Jeff Branson (899)
  8. Johnny Ray (897)
  9. Marcus Giles (892)
  10. Julio Lugo (887)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1999
Injured on 9/4/1999 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Injured on 6/1/2000 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/21/2000 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/16/2001, off Denny Neagle (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/2001, off Dave Mlicki (MIN)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston on 6/11/2002
Won Player of the Week award on 4/22/2003, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
1/31/2004: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/2004, hitting .591 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game
1/31/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,514,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/18/2005 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 9/11/2005