Ian Kennedy

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	12/19/1984 (38)
Height, Weight	6'0", 210 lb
Hometown	Huntington Beach, CA

2023 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	0	10.0	7.20	1.40	28.3%	6.5%	28.9%

	115^th 1 Sv	267^th 17 IP	297^th 4.48 ERA	204^th 1.39 WHIP	90^th 23.4% K%	70^th 10.2% BB%	185^th 29.4% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	92.5	17.4%	30.4%	41.4%	5.02	4.25

	266^th 93.5 FB MPH	24^th 12.3% SwStr%	273^rd 25.1% HC%	233^rd 45.7% GB%	203^rd 5.06 PLV	195^th 4.37 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2018	KC	22	22	119.2	3	9	4.66	-	4.61	-	1.38	9.4	20.3%	7.7%	.302	-	-	1.50	-	72.5%	9.0%	27.1%	-
2019	KC	63	0	63.1	3	2	3.41	-	3.00	-	1.28	9.1	27.4%	6.4%	.349	-	-	0.85	-	78.8%	11.7%	29.0%	-
2020	KC	15	1	14.0	0	2	9.00	7.56	8.83	5.56	1.79	12.9	21.7%	7.2%	.325	31.3%	41.3%	4.50	31.8%	55.6%	11.1%	27.2%	5.04
2021	TEX/PHI	55	0	56.1	3	1	3.20	3.90	4.76	4.50	1.10	7.2	27.2%	7.5%	.246	28.5%	25.2%	1.92	16.4%	91.1%	14.7%	29.3%	5.21
2022	ARI	57	0	50.1	4	7	5.36	6.30	5.59	5.01	1.57	10.2	19.0%	9.5%	.301	31.3%	27.2%	1.97	15.9%	72.8%	9.6%	24.7%	4.98
2023	TEX	11	0	10.0	0	1	7.20	4.25	3.19	4.01	1.40	9.9	28.3%	6.5%	.357	30.4%	41.4%	0.90	8.3%	36.8%	17.4%	28.9%	5.02
RP MLB Percentile		33	0	21	0	24	14	44	69	53	40	25	73	78	18	21	32	51	66	1	93	45	40
RP MLB AVG		16	0	17.0	1	1	4.48	4.37	4.31	4.24	1.39	8.5	23.4%	10.2%	.295	25.1%	45.7%	-	13.8%	72.1%	12.3%	29.4%	5.06
6 Years		223	23	313.2	13	22	4.53	-	-	-	1.36	9.2	23.0%	7.7%	.305	21.3%	29.2%	1.64	32.4%	74.2%	11.0%	27.5%	5.09

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 66%
Splitter | 26%
Changeup | 3%
Curveball | 2%
Cutter | 2%
Sinker | 0%
Slider | 0%
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Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	91.9	23.7%	-	-	8.2%	20.5%	28.7%	67.2%	62.5%	-	-	.240	.335	.258	-	-	-	-	-
2019	94.3	34.5%	-	-	13.0%	17.2%	30.2%	70.4%	66.4%	-	-	.183	.213	.236	-	-	-	-	-
2020	93.6	50.2%	38.3%	54.2%	11.5%	18.3%	29.8%	74.8%	67.9%	40.9%	45.5%	.300	.406	.316	30.0%	.267	.360	34.4%	2,478
2021	94.1	82.5%	31.5%	53.0%	14.8%	15.8%	30.6%	70.5%	65.9%	22.4%	57.8%	.207	.279	.243	11.9%	.202	.280	29.6%	2,424
2022	93.4	81.4%	28.7%	48.6%	8.9%	16.1%	25.1%	67.3%	61.8%	26.0%	47.3%	.238	.329	.242	14.5%	.282	.388	33.9%	2,444
2023	92.5	66.2%	30.6%	53.4%	15.0%	12.8%	27.8%	69.9%	63.2%	40.0%	44.0%	.300	.329	.360	0.0%	.292	.337	38.2%	2,394
RP MLB Percentile	23	90	72	69	81	21	49	80	75	58	62	34	53	35	59	35	56	21	83
RP MLB AVG	92.8	42.2%	25.5%	48.7%	10.2%	17.5%	27.7%	63.7%	58.0%	36.5%	39.1%	.261	.355	.301	15.3%	.263	.362	29.1%	2,226

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.267	.360	.289	.444	34.4%	13.6%	34.8%	24.2%	92.5	93.1	19.6	6.2	9.2	-2.1	5.2	6.6	2,478
2021	.202	.280	.243	.346	29.6%	7.8%	39.7%	25.7%	91.5	87.5	29.9	6.7	10.2	-1.4	5.3	6.5	2,424
2022	.282	.388	.296	.444	33.9%	12.2%	46.6%	33.5%	93.0	90.9	23.5	6.5	10.1	-1.2	5.3	6.6	2,444
2023	.292	.337	.332	.375	38.2%	4.0%	40.0%	29.4%	91.7	87.4	18.8	5.7	10.1	-1.2	5.2	6.6	2,394
RP MLB Percentile	35	56	35	54	21	62	59	47	46	70	46	61	67	55	10	62	83
RP MLB AVG	.263	.362	.299	.407	29.1%	10.2%	45.7%	29.3%	90.9	89.3	17.4	5.0	9.1	-0.8	5.7	6.4	2,226

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2018	488	104	11	5	1	6	24	6	1	0	328	160	.240	.500	.335
2019	378	87	12	1	0	2	25	4	0	0	266	112	.183	.268	.213
2020	131	33	5	1	0	3	8	2	0	0	98	33	.300	.633	.406
2021	742	179	23	3	0	8	49	13	1	0	523	219	.207	.372	.279
2022	706	185	23	6	1	9	33	18	0	1	475	230	.238	.451	.329
2023	133	34	6	3	0	0	6	3	0	0	93	40	.300	.400	.329
RP MLB Percentile	72	71	14	4	7	51	63	35	21	12	75	33	34	48	53
RP MLB AVG	94	23	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	61	33	.261	.457	.355

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24.9%	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	40.9%	13.6%	45.5%	13.6%	30.0%	34.8%	30.4%	34.8%	27.5%	4.5%	22.7%	36.4%	22.7%	0.0%	27.3%
2021	22.4%	19.8%	57.8%	23.3%	11.9%	29.3%	31.9%	38.8%	24.3%	2.6%	11.2%	46.6%	24.1%	7.8%	32.8%
2022	26.0%	26.7%	47.3%	16.0%	14.5%	30.8%	37.6%	31.6%	23.4%	2.3%	13.7%	36.6%	26.7%	8.4%	44.3%
2023	40.0%	16.0%	44.0%	12.0%	0.0%	40.0%	28.0%	32.0%	23.3%	0.0%	28.0%	32.0%	28.0%	8.0%	28.0%
RP MLB Percentile	58	70	62	59	59	67	31	46	71	0	67	55	37	35	75
RP MLB AVG	36.5%	24.5%	39.1%	11.2%	15.3%	33.1%	35.6%	31.3%	19.7%	4.2%	23.4%	30.3%	24.5%	7.5%	38.9%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2018	-	-	-	-	.240	.335	.258	.319	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	.183	.213	.236	.263	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	34.4%	13.6%	34.8%	24.2%	.300	.406	.316	.409	.267	.360	.289	.444	92.5	93.1	19.6
2021	29.6%	7.8%	39.7%	25.7%	.207	.279	.243	.296	.202	.280	.243	.346	91.5	87.5	29.9
2022	33.9%	12.2%	46.6%	33.5%	.238	.329	.242	.293	.282	.388	.296	.444	93.0	90.9	23.5
2023	38.2%	4.0%	40.0%	29.4%	.300	.329	.360	.360	.292	.337	.332	.375	91.7	87.4	18.8
RP MLB Percentile	21	62	59	47	34	53	35	44	35	56	35	54	46	70	46
RP MLB AVG	29.1%	10.2%	45.7%	29.3%	.261	.355	.301	.341	.263	.362	.299	.407	90.9	89.3	17.4

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2018	-	-	8.2%	20.5%	28.7%	67.2%	62.5%	17.5%	46.7%	82.5%	-	-	26.1%	-	61.6%	56.5%
2019	-	-	13.0%	17.2%	30.2%	70.4%	66.4%	24.4%	53.2%	75.6%	-	-	25.2%	-	63.4%	54.5%
2020	38.3%	54.2%	11.5%	18.3%	29.8%	74.8%	67.9%	20.3%	56.5%	79.7%	78.3%	80.4%	27.8%	37.8%	72.7%	60.6%
2021	31.5%	53.0%	14.8%	15.8%	30.6%	70.5%	65.9%	27.1%	54.7%	72.9%	59.1%	78.0%	20.6%	29.9%	69.2%	56.4%
2022	28.7%	48.6%	8.9%	16.1%	25.1%	67.3%	61.8%	17.5%	51.1%	82.5%	82.7%	82.5%	19.8%	25.1%	68.2%	53.1%
2023	30.6%	53.4%	15.0%	12.8%	27.8%	69.9%	63.2%	26.3%	57.1%	73.7%	57.9%	78.9%	16.3%	24.4%	54.3%	37.1%
RP MLB Percentile	72	69	81	21	49	80	75	66	90	66	74	60	25	53	30	19
RP MLB AVG	25.5%	48.7%	10.2%	17.5%	27.7%	63.7%	58.0%	21.9%	46.2%	78.2%	68.9%	81.4%	21.8%	23.8%	60.1%	49.6%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58.8%	13.3%	27.9%	-	11.8%	17.6%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54.5%	11.1%	34.4%	-	11.7%	19.2%
2020	37.4%	31.3%	31.3%	48.9%	32.1%	19.1%	10.7%	19.8%	48.9%	55.0%	10.7%	34.4%	54.2%	13.9%	17.8%
2021	36.4%	29.8%	33.8%	53.1%	27.4%	19.5%	8.1%	17.8%	52.4%	59.4%	9.4%	31.1%	53.0%	14.1%	20.8%
2022	23.8%	25.6%	50.6%	44.9%	29.0%	26.1%	6.1%	15.0%	59.3%	62.9%	11.2%	25.9%	48.6%	17.1%	18.0%
2023	30.1%	29.3%	40.6%	59.4%	27.8%	12.8%	9.0%	13.5%	57.1%	60.2%	9.0%	30.8%	53.4%	17.5%	14.6%
RP MLB Percentile	35	58	64	74	67	16	67	4	91	71	84	60	69	78	37
RP MLB AVG	34.3%	28.3%	37.4%	50.0%	25.9%	24.1%	7.8%	29.6%	42.2%	55.0%	16.0%	29.0%	48.7%	13.2%	18.2%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2018	488	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	378	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	131	5.26	689	50.4%	19.8%	29.8%	20.6%	2.3	4.28	+3
2021	742	5.34	3,891	56.2%	14.8%	28.9%	27.3%	-5.2	3.19	-1
2022	706	5.07	3,217	46.0%	19.2%	34.8%	11.2%	1.4	3.58	+9
2023	133	5.21	693	52.6%	16.5%	30.8%	21.8%	1.7	3.74	+4
RP MLB Percentile	72	79	74	83	40	82	82	27	-	7
RP MLB AVG	94	4.83	464	42.9%	17.9%	39.2%	3.6%	-	-	+1

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	85.4	26.4%	18.4%	28.3%	17.0%	9.4%	26.4%	45.3%	45.3%