Vern Kennedy vs. Hunter Strickland — Career Comparison

Vern Kennedy
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Hunter Strickland
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Vern Kennedy built a career as a starting pitcher and Hunter Strickland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hunter Strickland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.253 compared to 4.67 and 1.591 for Vern Kennedy. By the career numbers, Hunter Strickland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Vern Kennedy and Hunter Strickland

Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
1.53
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
9.56
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
1.17
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.46
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.5
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.59
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.07
44.07
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.98
50.98
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.45
76.45
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.56
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.03
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.57
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1052
4.67
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.39
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
27
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
9
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2173
9.65
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
7.62
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.58
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.98
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1049
4.66
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.39
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
691
3.07
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
8.08
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.24
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9055
40.23
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1967
37.67
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.25
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.01
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1202
5.34
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
3.77
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.61
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.591
1.591
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.223
1.223
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7982
35.46
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1748
33.47
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.67
37.67

Fielding Stats for Vern Kennedy and Hunter Strickland

Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
344
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
9.56
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
27
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
9
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.86
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.34
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.34
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.06
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.561
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Kennedy and Hunter Strickland

Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
373
276.64
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
499
99800
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
809
600
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
551.05
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.601
0.601
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
134.24
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
107.54
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
20.02
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.71
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.97
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
26.7
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.35
42.53
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
230
170.58
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
197
146.11
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.569
0.569
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
59.33
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
45.24
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
101.61
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.91
48.14
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
123
91.22
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.58
6.58
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
37.08
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.19
Hunter Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.74
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Kennedy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Hunter Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA