Bill Kennedy vs. Al Sima — Career Comparison

Bill Kennedy
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Sima
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Al Sima built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Kennedy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Sima posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.61 and WHIP 1.539 compared to 6.79 and 1.806 for Bill Kennedy. By the career numbers, Al Sima had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Sima

Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
4.38
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
2.92
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.87
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.32
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.61
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.38
34.38
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.9
12.9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.71
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
6.79
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
4.61
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
926
27
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308.2
9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
10.04
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
10
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
6.22
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
3.85
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.25
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
3.24
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.052
1.052
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.787
0.787
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
42.27
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1376
40.12
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.4
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.87
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
7.77
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
5.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.77
7.77
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.45
5.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.806
1.806
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.539
1.539
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
36.05
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1240
36.16
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Sima

Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.42
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.83
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
27
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.1
9
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
5.42
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.57
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
6.15
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.581
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Sima

Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
1240
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
645.16
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
560
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
529.03
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
58.06
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
2.54
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.06
13.32
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
83.87
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
77.42
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
32.26
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
19.35
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-28.88
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.52
-9.83
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.35
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
44
283.87
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.61
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.9
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Sima
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.45
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Sima
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0