Ian Kennedy

P | Kansas City Royals Age: 36 (12/19/1984) Throws:

SP Rank #

2021 Season Stats

W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
0-0	7.0	2.57	1.14	36.7%	0.0%	35.5%

Ian Kennedy P | KC

Four-Seamer | 82%
Slider | 32%
Changeup | 12%
Curveball | 7%
All

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 All

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	91.9	61.5%	21.4%	57.2%	9.3%	19.5%	28.9%	66.4%	27.7%	51.5%	.234	.233	45.1%
2018	91.9	58.6%	21.5%	55.0%	7.0%	22.7%	29.7%	67.8%	18.1%	53.7%	.282	.290	47.1%
2019	94.4	67.2%	23.1%	57.8%	12.6%	18.5%	31.1%	68.2%	35.3%	43.1%	.205	.269	47.1%
2020	93.6	49.4%	39.6%	59.5%	11.5%	18.3%	29.8%	74.8%	31.8%	50.0%	.300	.300	46.6%
2021	93.9	81.8%	29.7%	62.6%	22.2%	16.2%	38.4%	76.8%	31.3%	37.5%	.231	.353	51.5%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	1,627	400	37	20	2	23	77	43	1,081	546	.234
2018	1,209	277	35	16	2	16	50	27	820	389	.282
2019	739	179	25	4	0	4	52	15	504	235	.205
2020	131	33	5	1	0	3	8	2	98	33	.300
2021	99	26	5	1	0	0	9	0	76	23	.231

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	27.7%	20.8%	51.5%	6.6%	9.5%	57.2%	33.3%	25.0%	19.3%	.233	.297
2018	18.1%	28.2%	53.7%	9.9%	13.3%	59.0%	27.7%	25.5%	27.7%	.290	.347
2019	35.3%	21.6%	43.1%	15.9%	14.7%	60.8%	24.5%	21.6%	28.4%	.269	.295
2020	31.8%	18.2%	50.0%	18.2%	13.6%	45.5%	40.9%	40.9%	22.7%	.300	.391
2021	31.3%	31.3%	37.5%	16.7%	6.3%	62.5%	31.3%	18.8%	31.3%	.353	.353

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	21.4%	57.2%	9.3%	19.5%	28.9%	80.1%	69.8%	82.6%	46.9%	66.4%
2018	21.5%	55.0%	7.0%	22.7%	29.7%	84.4%	80.3%	85.5%	45.2%	67.8%
2019	23.1%	57.8%	12.6%	18.5%	31.1%	74.7%	52.8%	80.0%	49.7%	68.2%
2020	39.6%	59.5%	11.5%	18.3%	29.8%	79.7%	76.2%	81.1%	56.5%	74.8%
2021	29.7%	62.6%	22.2%	16.2%	38.4%	63.3%	54.5%	65.3%	60.6%	76.8%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	27.5%	18.3%	59.0%	49.5%
2018	29.8%	15.9%	76.9%	67.9%
2019	26.3%	17.7%	68.2%	60.3%
2020	27.8%	35.6%	72.7%	60.6%
2021	20.8%	10.8%	80.8%	69.2%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	39.3%	25.9%	34.5%	41.7%	36.8%	21.6%	9.1%	53.7%	32.5%	29.5%	57.2%	12.9%
2018	34.7%	24.4%	40.7%	36.7%	33.3%	30.0%	8.1%	56.7%	29.1%	28.0%	55.0%	11.7%
2019	42.8%	25.3%	31.8%	37.3%	36.0%	26.7%	10.3%	54.1%	30.7%	32.9%	57.8%	9.0%
2020	37.4%	31.3%	31.3%	47.3%	33.6%	19.1%	11.5%	55.0%	22.9%	34.4%	59.5%	12.5%
2021	43.4%	2.0%	54.5%	55.6%	27.3%	17.2%	0.0%	53.5%	22.2%	37.4%	62.6%	11.3%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	85.8	11.9%	26.2%	47.9%	9.8%	14.0%	23.8%	59.7%	44.8%	37.3%	.217	.208	43.8%
2018	87.6	11.7%	36.8%	40.2%	12.0%	10.0%	22.0%	61.8%	40.4%	22.8%	.314	.344	46.5%
2019	91.3	15.6%	25.2%	39.8%	8.2%	14.0%	22.2%	59.1%	60.7%	17.9%	.424	.467	43.9%
2020	89.8	32.1%	15.0%	52.9%	9.4%	15.3%	24.7%	61.2%	43.8%	31.3%	.412	.400	44.7%
2021

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	315	90	11	4	0	3	10	5	188	127	.217
2018	241	74	18	3	0	1	9	3	149	92	.314
2019	171	33	13	1	0	0	3	0	101	70	.424
2020	85	18	6	0	0	1	1	1	52	33	.412
2021

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	44.8%	17.9%	37.3%	8.0%	10.4%	73.1%	16.4%	25.4%	22.4%	.208	.240
2018	40.4%	36.8%	22.8%	0.0%	15.8%	64.9%	19.3%	28.1%	22.8%	.344	.355
2019	60.7%	17.9%	17.9%	0.0%	7.1%	85.7%	7.1%	21.4%	25.0%	.467	.467
2020	43.8%	18.8%	31.3%	0.0%	6.3%	62.5%	31.3%	25.0%	18.8%	.400	.438
2021

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	26.2%	47.9%	9.8%	14.0%	23.8%	78.5%	62.8%	85.1%	45.7%	59.7%
2018	36.8%	40.2%	12.0%	10.0%	22.0%	76.8%	66.0%	84.7%	51.9%	61.8%
2019	25.2%	39.8%	8.2%	14.0%	22.2%	81.8%	57.7%	94.1%	45.0%	59.1%
2020	15.0%	52.9%	9.4%	15.3%	24.7%	79.5%	50.0%	84.8%	45.9%	61.2%
2021

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	17.9%	26.2%	63.3%	40.0%
2018	11.6%	32.6%	66.2%	45.9%
2019	16.4%	22.7%	78.8%	63.6%
2020	15.2%	16.7%	100.0%	72.2%
2021

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	8.3%	21.0%	70.8%	12.1%	26.0%	61.9%	7.9%	70.8%	26.7%	19.4%	47.9%	18.8%
2018	3.7%	11.2%	85.1%	10.4%	22.4%	67.2%	3.7%	71.8%	29.5%	19.1%	40.2%	21.4%
2019	4.1%	18.1%	77.8%	9.4%	31.6%	59.1%	4.7%	78.4%	21.1%	12.9%	39.8%	14.2%
2020	9.4%	16.5%	74.1%	21.2%	23.5%	55.3%	4.7%	77.6%	27.1%	14.1%	52.9%	21.2%
2021

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	84.8	10.7%	33.7%	36.0%	17.7%	4.6%	22.3%	56.5%	40.0%	40.0%	.197	.208	37.5%
2018	85.0	10.2%	35.2%	40.5%	16.2%	8.1%	24.3%	64.3%	41.9%	34.9%	.127	.146	44.3%
2019	88.0	1.7%	41.2%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	21.1%	52.6%	66.7%	0.0%	.143	.333	42.1%
2020	86.9	6.4%	41.7%	29.4%	17.6%	0.0%	17.6%	58.8%	0.0%	100.0%	.167	.000	29.4%
2021	87.2	11.6%	25.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%	14.3%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	.667	1.000	35.7%

Year	# Thrown	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	Strikes	Balls	AVG
2017	283	87	9	2	0	4	20	10	160	123	.197
2018	210	77	5	2	0	2	22	5	135	75	.127
2019	19	8	1	0	0	0	4	0	10	9	.143
2020	17	7	0	0	0	1	3	1	10	7	.167
2021	14	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	8	6	.667

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	Weak%	Medium%	Hard%	Pull%	Oppo%	BABIP	BACON
2017	40.0%	20.0%	40.0%	13.6%	16.4%	65.5%	18.2%	47.3%	10.9%	.208	.263
2018	41.9%	23.3%	34.9%	6.7%	9.3%	74.4%	16.3%	44.2%	7.0%	.146	.180
2019	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%		33.3%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	.333	.333
2020	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%	.000	.333
2021	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%	1.000	1.000

Year	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Contact%	O-Contact%	Z-Contact%	Swing%	Strike%
2017	33.7%	36.0%	17.7%	4.6%	22.3%	66.0%	62.3%	68.6%	51.9%	56.5%
2018	35.2%	40.5%	16.2%	8.1%	24.3%	71.2%	65.9%	74.3%	56.2%	64.3%
2019	41.2%	10.5%	10.5%	10.5%	21.1%	75.0%	85.7%	0.0%	42.1%	52.6%
2020	41.7%	29.4%	17.6%	0.0%	17.6%	70.0%	100.0%	40.0%	58.8%	58.8%
2021	25.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%	14.3%	75.0%	0.0%	100.0%	57.1%	57.1%

Year	Early CS%	2-Str O-Swing%	F-Strike%	TF-Strike%
2017	8.7%	24.0%	24.1%	19.5%
2018	9.4%	32.5%	14.3%	11.7%
2019	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	0.0%	20.0%	33.3%	33.3%

Year	aLoc%	h-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	v-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%
2017	68.2%	23.7%	8.1%	8.5%	20.8%	70.7%	3.5%	52.7%	36.4%	35.3%	36.0%	14.8%
2018	77.6%	14.8%	7.6%	14.3%	21.0%	64.8%	2.9%	50.5%	41.0%	38.1%	40.5%	18.9%
2019	36.8%	31.6%	31.6%	0.0%	5.3%	94.7%	0.0%	15.8%	15.8%	73.7%	10.5%	33.3%
2020	70.6%	5.9%	23.5%	0.0%	23.5%	76.5%	0.0%	11.8%	17.6%	82.4%	29.4%	0.0%
2021	21.4%	0.0%	78.6%	14.3%	28.6%	57.1%	0.0%	50.0%	14.3%	35.7%	42.9%	14.3%

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Swing%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Strike%	GB%	FB%	AVG	BABIP	PLUS%
2017	77.8	15.7%	22.4%	39.9%	9.6%	17.8%	27.4%	54.8%	56.5%	24.6%	.280	.329	40.9%
2018	78.3	19.4%	33.6%	41.3%	9.5%	14.5%	24.0%	60.0%