Bill Kenworthy
Bill Kenworthy | |
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Second baseman | |
Born: Cambridge, Ohio | July 4, 1886|
Died: September 21, 1950 Eureka, California | (aged 64)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 28, 1912, for the Washington Senators | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 8, 1917, for the St. Louis Browns | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .304 |
Home runs | 18 |
Runs batted in | 146 |
Teams | |
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William Jennings "Duke" Kenworthy (July 4, 1886 — September 21, 1950) was a Major League Baseball second baseman. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, two of which — 1914 and 1915 — were spent as the starting second baseman for the Kansas City Packers of the short-lived Federal League. Bracketed around that were short stints for the Washington Senators in 1912 (where he played in the outfield) and for the St. Louis Browns in 1917.
In 285 games over four seasons, Kenworthy posted a .304 batting average (301-for-989) with 159 runs, 71 doubles, 21 triples, 18 home runs, 146 RBI, 61 stolen bases, 67 bases on balls, .360 on-base percentage and .473 slugging percentage. He finished his career with a .946 fielding percentage playing primarily at second base and several games at left and right field.
Kenworthy drowned while fishing off the California coast on September 21, 1950.
Sources[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Bill Kenworthy at Find a Grave
- Major League Baseball second basemen
- Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
- Kansas City Packers players
- St. Louis Browns players
- Zanesville Infants players
- Denver Grizzlies (baseball) players
- Sacramento Sacts players
- Oakland Oaks (baseball) players
- Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players
- Seattle Rainiers players
- Portland Beavers players
- Columbus Senators players
- Baseball players from Ohio
- People from Cambridge, Ohio
- Portland Beavers managers
- Accidental deaths in California
- Deaths by drowning in California
- 1886 births
- 1950 deaths