Bill Kennedy vs. Al Severinsen — Career Comparison

Bill Kennedy
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Severinsen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Severinsen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Severinsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.477 compared to 4.73 and 1.694 for Bill Kennedy. By the career numbers, Al Severinsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Severinsen

Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.33
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
7.14
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.87
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.29
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.54
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.88
34.88
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.16
26.16
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.21
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.73
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
4.73
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.08
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1394
27
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
27
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
464.2
9
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
9
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
497
9.63
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
8.43
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.66
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.57
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
5.6
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.81
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.05
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
4.96
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.173
1.173
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.23
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2145
41.55
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
38.51
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.18
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.32
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
5.5
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.57
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.73
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.692
1.692
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1844
35.72
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
33.32
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.55
41.55
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.51
38.51

Fielding Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Severinsen

Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
105.55
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
7.16
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
27
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110.2
9
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
10.43
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.57
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
44.18
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
2.11
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
4.91
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
59.52
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.68
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
54.61
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.68
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.75
91.75
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.517
0.517
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.45
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Kennedy and Al Severinsen

Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
758.82
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
7542.86
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
600
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
529.41
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
110.29
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
105.88
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.65
24.94
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
15.46
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
114.71
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
145.59
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.71
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.47
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
66.18
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.72
29.67
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
19.77
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.29
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
136.76
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
35.29
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.65
Al Severinsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Severinsen
Career
Per 600 PA