| Terry Kennedy |
Full Name: Terrance Edward Kennedy
School: Saint Mary's High School in Pheonix, Arizona
Awards: 1977 The Sporting News Player of the Year
2021 College Baseball Hall of Fame
Legacy Bricks: Legacy Walk Map Link
1982 Baseball HOF - Loc 48
1976, 77 Baseball AA - Loc 67
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1975 25 C 6-3 200 L R Fr * Mesa, AZ 1976 25 C-OF 6-3 208 L R So * Mesa, AZ 1977 25 C 6-3 210 L R Jr * Mesa, AZ |
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| Conference Awards |
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Year Award
1977 Metro Conference - Spring Sports Outstanding Athlete
Metro Conference - Tournament MVP
Metro Conference - All-Tournament Team
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| All-American Awards |
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Year Award 1976 The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American 1977 The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American |
| Member of the FSU Hall of Fame |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1982 |
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Swinging his big bat or crouched behind the plate, number 25, Terry Kennedy, gave Florida State his best - and his best was awesome. Playing from 1975 to 1977, he drove in 122 runs and clouted 32
homers. His 64 RBI's and 21 home runs in 1976 were school records. His incredible slugging average of .810 in '76 is still a school mark. Many honors came to Kennedy. In '76 he was All-Region and in
'77 All-Metro. In 1976 and 1977 Terry was 1st team Sporting News All-American and in the latter year he was named college baseball's MVP. Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals he played for the Redbirds
for four years until traded to San Diego. In 1981 he was named to the National League All-Star Team. Since graduation, Kennedy has remained strongly supportive of Seminole baseball, his generous gift
aiding in the improvement of Seminole Field. Amateur and pro, Terry Kennedy represents the best in Florida State athletics. Kennedy and Litwhiler named to the 2021 Induction Class for National College Baseball Hall of Fame. May 13th, 2021 LUBBOCK, Texas - The latest class will be inducted as part of the virtual College Baseball Night of Champions ceremony scheduled for June 26 and hosted by Dani Wexelman, currently a host for MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM and the host of the 2020 event. "This is another outstanding class," said Mike Gustafson, president and CEO of the College Baseball Foundation and the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. "With players from coast to coast and across so many levels of college baseball, this group has a little bit of everything." Kennedy was a two-time Sporting News first-team All-American (1976-77) and was named Most Valuable Player in 1977. He earned all-region honors in 1976 and all-Metro Conference honors in 1977 and was the MVP of the 1977 Metro Conference Tournament. Drafted sixth overall in the 1977 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals, he finished with a career .352 average, 30 home runs and 118 RBI in 130 games. Terry Kennedy, Florida State, 1975-77 (Catcher)
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| FSU Statistics |
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Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 .343 38 108 16 37 10 1 3 17 58 .537 20 1 21 .450 0 0 0 2 1976 .364 55 195 64 71 18 3 21 64 158 .810 34 5 39 .462 4 0 1 1 1977 .333 40 165 33 55 16 0 8 41 95 .576 15 1 33 .386 3 0 2 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .348 133 0 468 113 163 44 4 32 122 311 .665 69 7 93 0 .434 7 0 3 5 |
Fielding Statistics Year PO AST E FLD% DP ---------------------------- 1975 23 1 1 .960 1976 193 20 1 .995 1977 189 15 6 .971 ---------------------------- Tot 405 36 8 .982 0 |
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1975
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Feb 26 Saint Leo College 4 .000 1 DH 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 1 Florida 6a1.000 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
Mar 2 Florida 4 .667 1 DH 2 0 1 0 1 0
Mar 6 Jacksonville 4 .286 1 DH 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 Jacksonville 4 .375 1 DH 1 2 1 1 2 4 0
Mar 7 Jacksonville 7a .375 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 9 Valdosta State Coll 4 .455 1 DH 3 0 2 1 2 0
Mar 12 Mercer 4 .429 1 DH 3 0 1 0 1 0
Mar 13 Mercer 4 .471 1 DH 3 2 2 1 1 5 0
Mar 15 FL International 4 .476 1 DH 4 1 2 2 2 0
Mar 20 Saint Leo College 4 .480 1 DH 4 0 2 0 2 0
Mar 20 Saint Leo College 4 .464 1 C 3 0 1 1 0 2 0
Mar 22 FL International 4 .382 1 DH 6 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 23 Michigan State 4 .351 1 DH 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 24 Michigan State 4a .342 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 28 Niagara 4 .350 1 DH 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
Mar 29 Tampa 4 .318 1 C 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 31 Niagara 7a .318 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 2 Columbus College 6 .319 1 DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 0
Apr 4 Miami 6 .294 1 DH 4 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 8 South Alabama 5 .302 1 DH 2 1 1 1 1 2 0
Apr 9 South Alabama 6a .315 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 12 Georgia Tech 6 .310 1 DH 4 1 1 1 1 0
Apr 13 Georgia Tech 6b .305 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 17 Stetson 6 .333 1 DH 4 0 3 2 1 5 0
Apr 22 Jacksonville 5 .324 1 DH 5 0 1 1 1 2 0
Apr 23 Jacksonville 7a .324 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 25 Mercer 6 .315 1 DH 5 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 26 Mercer 5 .329 1 DH 3 1 2 0 2 0
Apr 29 Florida 5 .333 1 DH 5 1 2 2 1 4 0
Apr 29 Florida 6a .341 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Apr 30 Florida 5 .337 1 DH 4 1 1 1 1 4 0
May 2 Georgia Southern 5 .344 1 DH 4 2 2 1 2 0
May 4 Georgia Southern 5 .362 1 DH 4 0 3 1 0 4 1 0
May 5 Georgia Southern 5 .357 1 C 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 1
May 7 South Alabama 5 .353 1 DH 4 1 1 1 0 2 0
May 23 Miami 5 .343 1 DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 24 Louisiana State 6 .343 1 DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
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.343 38 30 108 16 37 11 1 3 17 59 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Feb 22 Biscayne 4 .750 1 RF 4 3 3 1 2 2 10 0
Feb 22 Biscayne 4 .714 1 C 3 2 2 1 1 1 5 0
Feb 23 Miami 4 .500 1 C 5 0 1 0 1 0
Feb 28 Southwestern La. 4 .467 1 C 3 0 1 0 1 0
Feb 29 Southwestern La. 4 .500 1 RF 5 2 3 2 2 5 0
Mar 3 Columbus College 4 .458 1 RF 4 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 4 GA Southwestern St 4 .462 1 C 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
Mar 4 GA Southwestern St 4 .483 1 RF 3 1 2 1 1 3 6 0
Mar 6 GA Southwestern St 4 .438 1 C 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 6 GA Southwestern St 4 .400 1 DH 3 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 9 Biscayne 4 .368 1 C 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
Mar 10 Biscayne 4 .381 1 DH 4 2 2 1 4 5 1 0
Mar 18 Howard 4 .372 1 C 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Mar 18 Howard 4 .370 1 RF 3 2 1 0 1 1 0
Mar 20 Valdosta State Coll 4 .380 1 C 4 1 2 1 2 5 0
Mar 20 Saint Leo College 4 .382 1 RF 5 2 2 1 2 4 0
Mar 21 Saint Leo College 4 .367 1 RF 5 0 1 1 1 0
Mar 23 Stetson 4 .344 1 RF 4 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 23 Stetson 4 .324 1 C 4 1 0 0 0 0 1
Mar 24 Jacksonville 4 .347 1 C 4 3 3 2 4 9 0
Mar 24 Jacksonville 4 .342 1 RF 4 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 26 Otterbein College 4 .350 1 RF 4 1 2 1 2 5 0
Mar 26 Otterbein College 4 .361 1 C 3 1 2 1 3 5 1 1
Mar 28 Valdosta State Coll 4 .352 1 C 5 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 29 Stetson 4 .366 1 C 5 2 3 1 1 6 0
Mar 30 Stetson 4 .357 1 RF 5 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 3 Georgia Southern 4 .373 1 RF 4 3 3 1 3 0
Apr 4 Georgia Southern 4 .371 1 C 3 2 1 1 1 4 0
Apr 8 Jacksonville 4 .370 1 RF 3 2 1 0 1 0
Apr 9 Jacksonville 4 .366 1 RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
Apr 10 Mercer 4 .374 1 DH 3 3 2 1 0 3 0
Apr 10 Mercer 4 .381 1 RF 3 2 2 1 0 3 1 0
Apr 11 South Florida 4 .392 1 RF 2 1 2 1 2 0
Apr 11 South Florida 4 .388 1 C 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 12 Florida 4 .376 1 RF 4 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 13 Florida 4 .375 1 C 3 1 1 1 1 4 0
Apr 13 Niagara 4 .379 1 RF 4 2 2 1 1 3 0
Apr 14 Niagara 4 .370 1 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 14 Niagara 4 .381 1 C 4 2 3 2 2 5 0
Apr 17 South Alabama 4 .385 1 C 4 2 2 1 1 3 6 0
Apr 17 South Alabama 4 .379 1 RF 2 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 18 South Alabama 4 .376 1 RF 4 1 1 1 1 4 0
Apr 20 Florida 4 .371 1 C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Apr 21 Florida 4 .378 1 C 5 2 3 1 1 2 6 0
Apr 24 South Alabama 4 .381 1 C 4 4 2 1 2 3 0
May 2 Georgia Tech 4 .388 1 C 5 2 3 1 1 3 7 0
May 2 Georgia Tech 4 .381 1 C 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
May 5 Miami 4 .378 1 C 4 0 1 0 1 0
May 6 Miami 4 .369 1 C 4 0 0 0 0 0
May 6 Miami 4 .372 1 RF 4 1 2 2 4 4 0
May 8 Georgia Southern 4 .375 1 C 4 1 2 1 3 5 1 0
May 9 Georgia Southern 4 .375 1 DH 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 21 Jacksonville 4 .380 1 RF 3 2 2 2 4 8 0 1 0
May 24 Auburn 4 .372 1 RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 24 Jacksonville 4 .364 1 RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
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.364 55 55 195 64 71 18 3 21 63 158 0 5 0 4 0 1 1 4 1 1
1977
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
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Feb 26 Saint Leo College 4 .000 1 C 4 1 0 0 0 0
Mar 1 Jacksonville 4 .375 1 C 4 1 3 1 4 6 0
Mar 2 Jacksonville 4 .400 1 C 2 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 7 Florida 4 .357 1 C 4 1 1 1 1 4 0
Mar 7 Florida 4 .278 1 DH 4 0 0 0 0 0
Mar 13 Valdosta State Coll 4 .286 1 C 3 2 1 1 3 4 1 0
Mar 26 Georgia Southern 5 .320 1 DH 4 1 2 0 2 0
Mar 26 Georgia Southern 5 .357 1 DH 3 1 2 1 2 0
Mar 27 Georgia Southern 5 .375 1 DH 4 1 2 1 1 3 0
Mar 30 Troy State 4 .343 1 C 3 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 3 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 .359 1 C 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
Apr 3 Southern California 4 .326 1 DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Apr 4 Hawaii 4 .300 1 C 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 0
Apr 5 Kearney State 4 .286 1 DH 6 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
Apr 6 Southern California 4 .267 1 C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1
Apr 7 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 .262 1 C 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 1
Apr 8 Kearney State 4 .271 1 DH 5 2 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 8 Hawaii 4 .274 1 C 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
Apr 12 Valdosta State Coll 4 .276 1 DH 3 2 1 1 1 2 0
Apr 15 Saint Leo College 4 .288 1 C 4 0 2 2 4 4 0 1
Apr 15 Saint Leo College 4 .298 1 DH 4 1 2 1 2 1 1
Apr 17 Florida 4 .307 1 RF 4 0 2 1 1 3 1 0
Apr 19 Miami 4 .312 1 RF 5 1 2 1 1 5 0
Apr 20 Miami 4 .302 1 C 3 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 24 South Florida 4 .317 1 C 5 3 3 2 0 5 1 0
Apr 25 Miami 4 .308 1 RF 6 1 1 1 3 2 0 1
Apr 26 Miami 4 .306 1 C 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 1
Apr 26 Miami 4 .293 1 RF 5 0 0 0 0 0
May 4 Mercer 4 .292 1 RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
May 4 Mercer 4 .301 1 C 3 2 2 1 2 0
May 7 Georgia Southern 4 .307 1 RF 4 1 2 0 2 0
May 8 Georgia Southern 4 .313 1 C 4 1 2 1 2 5 0
May 13 Tulane 4 .301 1 RF 5 0 0 0 0 0
May 13 Louisville 4 .321 1 C 4 1 4 2 4 2 2
May 14 Memphis State 4 .331 1 C 5 2 3 2 3 9 0
May 15 Tulane 4 .329 1 RF 4 0 1 1 1 0
May 15 Tulane 4 .331 1 C 5 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 0 6 1
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.331 37 37 154 31 51 14 0 8 37 89 0 1 9 3 0 3 3 42 3 4
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| Pro Career |
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Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Throws: Right Bats: Left Drafted: 1977, June Regular Draft, 1st Round #6, St. Louis Cardinals, OF Debut: September 4, 1978 Year Abbr Team No Pos 1978 StL St. Louis Cardinals 16 C 1979 StL St. Louis Cardinals 16 C 1980 StL St. Louis Cardinals 16 C-OF 1981 SD San Diego Padres 16 C 1982 SD San Diego Padres 16 C-1B 1983 SD San Diego Padres 16 C-1B 1984 SD San Diego Padres 16 C 1985 SD San Diego Padres 16 C-1B 1986 SD San Diego Padres 16 C 1987 Bal Baltimore Orioles 15 C 1988 Bal Baltimore Orioles 15 C 1989 SF San Francisco Giants 16 C-1B 1990 SF San Francisco Giants 16 C 1991 SF San Francisco Giants 16 C-1B |
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| Pro Statistics |
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Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1978 StL .172 10 9 29 0 5 0 0 0 2 5 .172 4 0 3 2 .273 0 0 0 0 1979 StL .284 33 26 109 11 31 7 0 2 17 44 .404 6 0 20 2 .319 1 0 0 0 1980 StL .254 84 64 248 28 63 12 3 4 34 93 .375 28 0 34 9 .325 4 1 0 0 1981 SD .301 101 98 382 32 115 24 1 2 41 147 .385 22 2 53 7 .341 2 4 0 2 1982 SD .295 153 145 562 75 166 42 1 21 97 273 .486 26 5 91 7 .328 8 3 1 1 1983 SD .284 149 145 549 47 156 27 2 17 98 238 .434 51 2 89 10 .342 9 1 1 4 1984 SD .240 148 141 530 54 127 16 1 14 57 187 .353 33 2 99 16 .284 5 0 1 3 1985 SD .261 143 134 532 54 139 27 1 10 74 198 .372 31 0 102 19 .301 2 0 0 0 1986 SD .264 141 114 432 46 114 22 1 12 57 174 .403 37 2 74 10 .324 1 4 0 3 1987 Bal .250 143 135 512 51 128 13 1 18 62 197 .385 35 1 112 13 .299 0 1 1 1 1988 Bal .226 85 75 265 20 60 10 0 3 16 79 .298 15 1 53 13 .269 2 2 0 0 1989 SF .239 125 102 355 19 85 15 0 5 34 115 .324 35 0 56 6 .306 2 3 1 4 1990 SF .277 107 84 303 25 84 22 0 2 26 112 .370 31 0 38 7 .342 2 3 1 3 1991 SF .234 69 40 171 12 40 7 1 3 13 58 .339 11 1 31 4 .283 1 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Years .264 1491 1312 4979 474 1313 244 12 113 628 1920 .386 365 16 855 125 .314 39 22 6 21 |
All-Star Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 SD .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1983 SD .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1985 SD .500 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 1987 Bal .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Years .200 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .200 0 0 1 0 .200 0 0 0 0 |
Playoff Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 SD .222 5 18 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 .222 1 0 3 1 .250 1 0 0 0 1989 SF .188 5 16 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .250 1 0 4 0 .235 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Years .206 10 0 34 2 7 1 0 0 1 8 .235 2 0 7 1 .243 1 0 0 0 |
World Series Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 SD .211 5 19 2 4 1 0 1 3 8 .421 1 0 1 0 .250 0 0 0 0 1989 SF .167 4 12 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 .167 1 0 3 0 .231 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Years .194 9 0 31 3 6 1 0 1 5 10 .323 2 0 4 0 .242 0 0 0 0 |
Fielding Statistics Year Team Pos GP PO Ast E DP Fld% ------------------------------------------ 1978 StL C 10 46 4 1 1 .980 1979 StL C 32 135 7 1 1 .993 1980 StL C 41 182 21 7 3 .967 " " OF 28 49 1 0 0 1.000 1981 SD C 100 465 63 20 12 .964 1982 SD C 139 666 56 7 11 .990 " " 1B 12 111 10 2 7 .984 1983 SD C 143 782 79 12 8 .986 " " 1B 4 25 3 0 4 1.000 1984 SD C 147 708 54 14 6 .982 1985 StL C 140 654 67 10 12 .986 1985 SD 1B 5 8 1 0 0 1.000 1986 SD C 123 692 70 8 13 .990 1987 Bal C 142 750 58 6 11 .993 1988 Bal C 79 332 23 2 3 .994 1989 SF C 121 516 47 8 6 .986 " " 1B 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1990 SF C 103 390 38 4 3 .991 1991 SF C 58 237 36 6 2 .978 " " 1B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 ------------------------------------------ 14 Years 1432 6754 638 108 103 .986 |