Spike Kennedy

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Spike Kennedy

| image =

| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|4|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bellevue, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|5|12|1892|4|22|mf=y}}

| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1916

| debutteam = All Nations

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1916

| finalteam = All Nations

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• All Nations (1916)

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Elwin Hugh Kennedy (April 22, 1892 – May 12, 1961), nicknamed "Spike" and "Spec", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1910s.

A native of Bellevue, Kentucky, Kennedy played for the All Nations club in 1916. He also played minor league baseball through 1920 for such clubs as the Moline Plowboys and the San Francisco Seals. Kennedy died in Portland, Oregon in 1961 at age 69.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=kenne01spi |title=Spike Kennedy |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kenned001e-- |title=Spec Kennedy |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=June 16, 2021}}