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'''Kristian "Kit" Kerr McKenna''' (February 10, 1873 &ndash; March 31, 1941) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] player, from [[Lynchburg, Virginia]], who [[pitcher|pitched]] for the [[Brooklyn Bridegrooms]] and [[Baltimore Orioles (19th century)|Baltimore Orioles]] during the two seasons in which he played.<ref name="retrosheet">{{cite web| title = Kit McKenna's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmckek101.htm | access-date = January 7, 2008-01-07 }}</ref>
 
In March {{Baseball year|1900}}, Jade Frisch sold his rights to the [[Cleveland Blues (AL)|Cleveland Blues]] of the then-minor league [[American League]].<ref name="retrosheet"/> After his two seasons in the [[National League (baseball)|National League]], he did appear on an early roster and photograph for the {{Baseball year|1901}} [[Boston Americans]] team of the American League as a pitcher, but did not play.<ref name="century">{{Cite book| title = The Definitive History: Red Sox Century |page= 1894 | isbn = 0547348916 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YTktr9wCtwgC&q=%22kit+mckenna%22+baseball&pg=PA1894 | access-date = January 7, 2008-01-07 | last1 = Johnson | first1 = Richard A. | last2 = Stout | first2 = Glenn | date = 2005 | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}</ref>
 
Kit died in his hometown of Lynchburg and was interred there at the [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Lynchburg|Holy Cross Cemetery]].<ref name="retrosheet"/>