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{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Terry Kennedy
|image=1983 San Diego Padres Postcards Terry Kennedy.jpg
|position=[[Catcher]]
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|6|4}}
|birth_place=[[Euclid, Ohio]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 4
|debutyear=1978
|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 6
|finalyear=1991
|finalteam=San Francisco Giants
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.264
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=113
|stat3label=[[Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=628
|teams=
* [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1980}})
* [[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|1981}}–{{mlby|1986}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1988}})
* [[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1989}}–{{mlby|1991}})
|highlights=
* 4× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1981]], [[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983]], [[1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1985]], [[1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1987]])
* [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1983)
}}
'''Terrence Edward Kennedy''' (born June 4, 1956) is an American former [[Major League Baseball]] [[catcher]] who played for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (1978–1980), [[San Diego Padres]] (1981–1986), [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1987–1988) and [[San Francisco Giants]] (1989–1991). He was a four-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]], three times with the Padres and once with the Orioles. Kennedy batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He is the son of former major league player and [[manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Bob Kennedy]].

==Early life==
Born in [[Euclid, Ohio]], Kennedy attended [[St. Mary's High School (Phoenix, Arizona)|St. Mary's High School]] in [[Phoenix, Arizona]] before playing college baseball at [[Florida State University]]. He was a two-time All-American and [[The Sporting News College Baseball Player of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' College Baseball Player of the Year]] in 1977. Kennedy was inducted into the FSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982 and The National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2021.

==Career==
In a 14-year major league career, Kennedy hit .264 with 113 [[home run]]s and 628 RBI in 1491 games. Kennedy tied Johnny Bench's [[National League (baseball)|National League]] mark of 40 doubles in a season in 1982. That same year, Kennedy won the Silver Slugger Award. He appeared in four All-Star Games (1981, 1983, 1985, and 1987). He also played in two World Series, with the Padres in [[1984 World Series|1984]] and with the Giants in [[1989 World Series|1989]].  Terry and his father, Bob, became the first father and son duo to drive in runs in a World Series when Terry drove in two against the [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] in 1984 in his first at bat.

Throughout most of his career, Kennedy wore #16, which he was assigned on his first day in major league camp with the Cardinals. When he came to the Orioles, he could not get #16 because veteran pitcher [[Scott McGregor (left-handed pitcher)|Scott McGregor]] already had the number, so he wore #15 during his time with them. He reverted to #16 during his time with the Giants, during which he took part in the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series.

After his playing days, Kennedy managed, coached, and instructed in the minor leagues for the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, as well as the Independent Leagues. Kennedy was voted Manager of the Year twice, including [[Baseball America]] Manager of the Year in 1998, when he led the Iowa Cubs to a first-place finish.

In his last job, before retirement, Kennedy was a Major League scout with the [[Chicago Cubs]].

==See also==
* [[List of second-generation Major League Baseball players]]

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|mlb=116989|espn=140|br=k/kennete02|fangraphs=1006850|brm=kenned001ter}}, or [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/K/Pkennt001.htm Retrosheet], or [http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/kennedyt.htm Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers], or [http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c75c9bc4 SABR Biography Project]

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{{succession box | before = [[Claudell Washington]] | title = [[National League Player of the Month]]| years = April, 1983| after = [[Darrell Evans]]}}
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{{The Sporting News College Baseball POY}}
{{1977 MLB Draft}}
{{St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft picks}}
{{NL C Silver Slugger Award}}
{{Iowa Cubs managers|state=collapsed}}

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