Ken Penner

{{Short description|American baseball player (1896–1959)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ken Penner

|image= Ken Penner 1929.jpg

|caption=Penner, circa 1929

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|4|24}}

|birth_place=Boonville, Indiana

|death_date={{death date and age|1959|5|28|1896|4|24}}

|death_place=Sacramento, California

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 11

|debutyear=1916

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 4

|finalyear=1929

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–2

|stat2label=E.R.A.

|stat2value=3.55

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=8

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians ({{Baseball year|1916}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{Baseball year|1929}})

}}

Kenneth William Penner (April 24, 1896 – May 28, 1959) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Cleveland Indians in 1916 and the NL-Pennant winning Chicago Cubs in 1929; he did not appear in the World Series.

In between his two major league seasons, he played in the minor leagues for 28 seasons (1913 - 1943); he recorded a career record of 330-284 (.537 win pct) and a 3.67 ERA over 5,571 innings. He won league ERA titles for the 1916 Marshalltown Ansons in the Central Association with a 1.41 ERA and the 1927 Houston Buffaloes of the Texas League with a 2.52 ERA.

He managed several minor league teams between 1934 and 1944, compiling a record of 437-636 (.407) and one pennant; he notably the Louisville Colonels of the American Association and the Bellingham Chinooks where he led them to the 1938 Western International League Pennant.{{cn|date=November 2022}} He was a player/coach for the Sacramento Solons in 1941–1942. He was a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1945 through 1957.{{cn|date=November 2022}}