# Doc Kennedy

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1853–1920)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Doc Kennedy
|image=Doc Kennedy.jpg
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|birth_date=August 11, 1853
|birth_place=[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1920|5|23|1853|8|11}}
|death_place=[Grove, New York](/source/Grove%2C_New_York), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 1
|debutyear=1879
|debutteam=Cleveland Blues
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=July 6
|finalyear=1883
|finalteam=Buffalo Bisons
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=160
|stat2label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat2value=.260
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=53
|teams=
*[Cleveland Blues](/source/Cleveland_Blues_(NL)) ({{Baseball year|1879}}–{{Baseball year|1882}})
*[Buffalo Bisons](/source/Buffalo_Bisons_(NL)) ({{Baseball year|1883}})
}}

'''Michael Joseph "Doc" Kennedy''' (August 11, 1853 – May 23, 1920) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player. He played [catcher](/source/catcher) in the major leagues from 1879 to 1883.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|br=k/kennedo01|brm=kenned001doc}}

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Category:1853 births
Category:1920 deaths
Category:19th-century baseball players
Category:19th-century American sportsmen
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Cleveland Blues (NL) players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (NL) players
Category:Memphis Reds (League Alliance) players
Category:Rochester (minor league baseball) players
Category:Cleveland Forest Cities players
Category:Hamilton Clippers players
Category:Elmira Colonels players
Category:Rochester Flour Cities players
Category:Rochester Maroons players
Category:Rochester Jingoes players
Category:Canandaigua (minor league baseball) players
Category:Albany Senators players
Category:Elmira Gladiators players
Category:Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Category:Worcester (minor league baseball) players
Category:Fall River Indians players
Category:Johnstown Mormans players
Category:Palmyra Mormans players
Category:Baseball players from Brooklyn

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