Joe Kennedy vs. Ray Rippelmeyer — Career Comparison

Joe Kennedy
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Rippelmeyer
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Rippelmeyer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Kennedy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.79 and WHIP 1.496 compared to 5.49 and 1.678 for Ray Rippelmeyer. By the career numbers, Joe Kennedy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Kennedy and Ray Rippelmeyer

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.12
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.6
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.35
41.35
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
4.79
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1001
9.91
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
10.75
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
1.04
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.6
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
3.32
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.23
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
5.53
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.983
0.983
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.36
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.54
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4015
39.77
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
40.96
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.14
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
536
5.31
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.24
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.94
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3558
35.24
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
37.07
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96

Fielding Stats for Joe Kennedy and Ray Rippelmeyer

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
2.2
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.08
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
1.38
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2726
27
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908.2
9
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.48
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.27
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.4
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.22
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.96
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.31
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.74
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.08
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.793
0.793
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.61
62.61
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Kennedy and Ray Rippelmeyer

Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
222
1293.2
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
1800
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
530.1
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.481
0.481
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
93.2
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.65
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.89
22.67
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
229.41
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
116.5
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
700
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
110.68
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.167
1.167
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.667
1.667
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.333
2.333
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
34.95
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
81.55
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.41
19.86
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
253.63
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.48
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
25
145.63
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
4.12
4.12
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
52.43
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Ray Rippelmeyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Rippelmeyer
Career
Per 600 PA