Dean Deetz vs. Bill Kennedy — Career Comparison

Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Kennedy
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Dean Deetz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Kennedy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.73 and WHIP 1.694 compared to 5.4 and 1.500 for Dean Deetz. By the career numbers, Bill Kennedy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Deetz and Bill Kennedy

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.33
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.87
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.54
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.88
34.88
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.16
26.16
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
4.73
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1394
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464.2
9
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
9.63
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.63
9.63
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.66
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.7
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
5.6
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
4.96
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.173
1.173
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
40.5
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2145
41.55
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
5.4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.5
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.692
1.692
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
35.1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
35.72
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.55
41.55

Fielding Stats for Dean Deetz and Bill Kennedy

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
105.55
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
10.43
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
44.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
4.91
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
59.52
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
54.61
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.75
91.75
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.517
0.517
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.45
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Deetz and Bill Kennedy

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
758.82
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
529.41
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
110.29
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
105.88
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.65
24.94
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
114.71
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
145.59
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.71
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.47
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
66.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
29.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.29
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
31
136.76
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.29
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.65
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA