Ian Kennedy

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Ian Kennedy (born December 19, 1984, in Huntington Beach, CA) is a senior at the University of Southern California (USC). He is a right-handed pitcher, and he wears the number 31 for the Trojans. Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2006 MLB Draft. He is 6' 1" tall, and he weighs 195 pounds.

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[edit] Freshman Year Stats (2004)

In Kennedy's first year at USC, he went 7-2 in 16 games, with a 2.91 ERA and one save. He pitched 92 ⅔ innings, struck out 120, and walked 31. He also gave up 86 hits and allowed 34 runs, 30 of which were earned runs.

[edit] Sophomore Year Stats (2005)

In his sophomore year, he went 12-3 in 18 games, with a 2.54 ERA and one complete game. He pitched 117 innings, struck out 158 (fourth best in team history), and walked 38. He also gave up 171 hits, and had 33 earned runs out of 40 runs allowed.

[edit] Junior Year Stats (2006)

Ian Kennedy is currently a junior at USC. He pitched in 16 games this season, 15 of them being starts. He went 5-7 with 102 strikeouts and posted a 3.90 ERA. He pitched 101 ⅔ innings, walked 38, and gave up 44 earned runs. Entering his senior year, Kennedy is 24-12 in 50 games, pitching 311 ⅓ innings. He has a strikeout total of 380, an ERA of 3.12, and has walked a total of 107 batters.

[edit] Awards, Honors & Records

In 2005 Kennedy joined Mark Prior, Seth Etherton, and Walt Peterson on the single-season list. That year he struck out 158 batters, which is fourth on the list, right behind Prior's 202, Etherson's 182, and Peterson's 172. Kennedy has a 12.15 strikeouts per nine innings ratio, which is fifth best in his school's history. He has also been selected for the U.S. National Team twice. Kennedy was named a first-team All-American after both his freshman and sophomore years, and he was also named to the Preseason All-American first team in 2006 and the USA's Junior National Team in 2003. In 2005, he became only the eighth pitcher in USC history to be named the Pac-10 Conference "Pitcher of the Year."

[edit] 2006 MLB Draft

Ian Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2006 MLB Draft. Many people thought he was sure to be a first round pick. He was their pick in the first round (21st overall), chosen before second pick Joba Chamberlain. Kennedy would like to sign a contract as soon as possible. He says, "I would like to go out and play, start my professional career. The earlier the better. I imagine it's not going to be very long before I start. At least that's what I'm hoping. If it does take a while, I'm ready for that -- but I want to go out and play."


Kennedy was previously drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2003 MLB Draft , but he didn't sign. He joins Randy Johnson, Mark Prior, Tom Seaver, and Barry Zito on the list of excellent pitchers drafted out of USC.

[edit] Trivia

  • Here is a quote from Ian Kennedy: "I'm very excited. I'm going from, in my eyes, the Yankees of college baseball to the actual, professional Yankees."

[edit] External links

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