Jon Kennedy (baseball)

Jon Robert Dale Kennedy (born 20 September 1994) is an Australian professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.

Atlanta Braves
Kennedy began his professional career with the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League and signed with the Atlanta Braves on 4 October 2015. He made his debut with Atlanta's organization in 2016 and split time between the Single–A Rome Braves, rookie–level Danville Braves, and High–A Carolina Mudcats where he posted a combined 2.92 ERA and 1.27 WHIP in 19 total relief appearances between the three teams. He spent 2017 with Rome where he was 5–2 with a 2.87 ERA in 39 games.

In 2018, Kennedy split the season between the High–A Florida Fire Frogs and Triple–A Gwinnett Stripers. In 29 total contests, he accumulated a 5–7 record and 3.26 ERA with 59 strikeouts and 1 save in $66 1⁄3$ innings pitched. He returned to Florida in 2019, and made 7 appearances, where he logged a 4.09 ERA with 12 strikeouts in 11.0 innings of work. On 24 April 2019, Kennedy was released by the Braves organization.

Tochigi Golden Braves
On 1 June 2019 he signed with Tochigi Golden Braves of the Baseball Challenge League.

Hroši Brno
Kennedy played for Hroši Brno of the Extraliga in 2022.

International career
He was selected for the Australian national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

Personal life
Kennedy's uncle is Philip Dale.