The Phillies Honor John Irvin Kennedy
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Sixty-five years after he made history as the Phillies’ first African American player, the team honored the life of John Irvin Kennedy on Wednesday night at Citizens Bank Park. It was the Phillies’ first public celebration of Kennedy, who played in only five games with two at-bats in 1957 before the team sent him down to the minors and released him in 1960.