"Jerry Kenney spent the '68 season in the Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Fortunately, he had an opportunity to play some baseball, so he's not been away from the game entirely. A candidate for a regular position - outfield or infield - Jerry is an exciting player who figures to make the Yankees in 1969.
In '67, Kenney was considered an outstanding shortstop prospect for the Yankees. He hit .294 at Triple-A Syracuse and came up to the Yankees and in 20 games hit a rousing .310, proof that he has the punch the club needs. Jerry's lowest batting average in his minor league career was .291, quite an achievement. He's a left-hander who doesn't go for power but who makes contact, and he is a speedster. What Jerry's absence last year meant to the team will be even more apparent when his speed and his bat go to work for the Yankees.
Jerry is from Beloit, Wisconsin and lettered in baseball, basketball and football in high school and in basketball at Central State University of Iowa. Jerry is 23."
-The New York Yankees Official 1969 Yearbook
"Returning to the Yankees from the Navy, Kenney will be aiming at a regular job in 1969. A solid hitter who never had an average under .290 in his four active years of professional baseball, he is an exciting player who is exceptionally fast- he stole 27 bases with Syracuse in 1967. Jerry came up to the Yankees on September 4 of the same year.
He impressed, with a .310 batting average, and handled himself quite adequately at shortstop. Manager Houk has indicated that he might try Kenney in the outfield in order to utilize his speed and hitting ability in the lineup."
-1969 New York Yankees Press-TV-Radio Guide
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