Jason Kendall
Jason Daniel Kendall
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 26, 1974 in San Diego, CA
High School: Torrance (Torrance, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1996
Relatives: Son of Fred Kendall
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1996 PIT NL 22 C 129 117 1060.1 886 797 71 18 10 .980 -11.0 -12.4 -11 7.37 6.73 .989 7.50 6.33 8 39 136 41 23% AS,RoY-3
1997 PIT NL 23 C 142 139 1218.0 1066 952 103 11 20 .990 4.0 3.9 4 7.80 7.43 .990 7.39 6.58 7 49 95 56 37%
1998 PIT NL 24 C 144 143 1253.2 1082 1015 58 9 10 .992 -1.0 -1.0 -1 7.70 7.45 .990 7.18 6.47 9 39 83 32 28% AS
1999 PIT NL 25 C 75 74 649.0 560 505 48 7 13 .988 5.0 9.2 5 7.67 7.37 .990 7.41 6.14 6 26 39 30 43%
2000 PIT NL 26 C 147 145 1280.2 1081 990 81 10 11 .991 -6.0 -5.6 -6 7.53 7.29 .990 7.03 6.38 11 60 87 38 30% AS
2001 PIT NL 27 C 133 127 1093.0 803 739 52 12 7 .985 -5.0 -5.5 -5 6.51 5.95 .992 7.74 6.64 7 35 73 28 28%
2001 PIT NL 27 OF 27 27 214.1 53 47 1 5 0 .906 -2.5 -14.0 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -2 2.02 1.78 .983 2.20 1.86
2001 PIT NL 27 LF 18 18 147.0 33 30 0 3 0 .909 -2.6 -21.2 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 -2 1.84 1.67 .982 1.91 1.48
2001 PIT NL 27 RF 10 9 67.1 20 17 1 2 0 .900 0.1 1.8 0.1 -0.8 0.9 0 2.41 1.80 .985 2.11 1.73
2002 PIT NL 28 C 143 140 1191.2 871 797 65 9 13 .990 3.0 3.0 3 6.51 6.03 .991 7.53 6.41 8 29 78 39 33%
2003 PIT NL 29 C 146 145 1278.1 899 841 48 10 3 .989 -2.0 -1.9 -2 6.26 6.09 .992 7.04 6.46 9 44 63 23 27%
2004 PIT NL 30 C 146 145 1259.0 1086 998 78 10 13 .991 5.0 4.8 5 7.69 7.37 .993 7.15 6.46 2 40 65 37 36%
2005 OAK AL 31 C 147 146 1286.0 1044 985 52 7 6 .993 -7.0 -6.5 -7 7.26 7.05 .992 6.80 5.96 4 39 101 22 18%
2005 OAK AL 31 DH 3
2006 OAK AL 32 C 141 141 1254.0 983 924 54 5 9 .995 3.0 2.9 3 7.02 6.94 .992 7.09 6.32 7 41 71 31 30%
2007 TOT MLB 33 C 132 130 1146.0 914 847 58 9 6 .990 -12.0 -12.6 -12 7.11 6.86 .991 7.32 6.45 12 38 111 20 15%
2007 OAK AL 33 C 80 80 714.1 523 485 34 4 4 .992 -3.0 -5.0 -3 6.54 6.49 .991 7.28 6.41 7 22 59 15 20%
2007 OAK AL 33 LF 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 0.50 1.000 1.93 1.70
2007 OAK AL 33 OF 2 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.86 0.50 1.000 2.31 2.00
2007 CHC NL 33 C 52 50 431.2 391 362 24 5 2 .987 -9.0 -25.0 -9 8.05 7.42 .991 7.39 6.51 5 16 52 5 9%
2008 MIL NL 34 C 149 149 1328.1 1125 1025 94 6 13 .995 11.0 9.9 11 7.58 7.51 .993 6.77 6.71 4 45 55 41 43%
2009 MIL NL 35 C 133 131 1162.0 951 882 61 8 2 .992 7.30 7.09 .993 7.74 6.93 4 64 16 20%
14 Seasons C 1907 1872 16460.0 13351 12297 923 131 136 .990 -13.0 -0.9 -13 7.23 6.93 .991 7.24 6.45 98 524 1121 454 29%
2 Seasons OF 29 27 216.2 54 48 1 5 0 .907 -2.5 -13.8 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -2 2.04 1.69 .983 2.20 1.87
2 Seasons LF 20 18 149.1 34 31 0 3 0 .912 -2.6 -20.9 -0.6 1.4 -2.0 -2 1.87 1.55 .982 1.91 1.50
1 Season RF 10 9 67.1 20 17 1 2 0 .900 0.1 1.8 0.1 -0.8 0.9 0 2.41 1.80 .985 2.11 1.73
1 Season DH 3
14 Seasons TOT 1937 1899 16676.2 13405 12345 924 136 136 .990 -15.5 -1.1 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -2 -13 7.16 6.85 .981 7.17 6.38 98 524 1121 454 29%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1996 PIT NL 22 130 117 130 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1997 PIT NL 23 144 139 144 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 PIT NL 24 149 143 149 144 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 PIT NL 25 78 74 78 75 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 PIT NL 26 152 145 152 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2001 PIT NL 27 157 154 157 155 0 133 0 0 0 0 18 0 10 27 0 3 0
2002 PIT NL 28 145 140 145 143 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2003 PIT NL 29 150 145 150 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2004 PIT NL 30 147 145 147 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 OAK AL 31 150 149 150 147 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
2006 OAK AL 32 143 141 143 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 OAK AL 33 80 80 80 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
2007 CHC NL 33 57 50 57 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2008 MIL NL 34 151 149 151 149 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2009 MIL NL 35 134 131 134 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
14 Seasons 1967 1902 1967 1929 0 1907 0 0 0 0 20 0 10 29 3 41 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1996 PIT NL 22 4841 4.69 5.23 38 92% 0 0 797 16 2 13 766 72 13 3 3 15 18 0 2 16 0 10 1 0 2 16 81%
1997 PIT NL 23 5549 4.34 4.83 54 94% 2 1 953 16 4 19 913 102 31 3 0 13 11 0 2 9 1 21 1 1 4 30 93%
1998 PIT NL 24 5524 3.86 4.43 51 84% 0 3 1016 21 5 23 967 57 15 2 3 5 9 1 2 6 1 10 1 2 3 23 74%
1999 PIT NL 25 2990 4.63 5.28 22 100% 0 0 505 10 3 8 483 48 12 1 1 5 7 1 2 4 0 13 1 3 5 11 100%
2000 PIT NL 26 5963 5.03 5.60 51 96% 0 1 989 18 3 21 947 78 28 3 2 5 10 0 1 9 1 12 1 2 4 15 93%
2001 PIT NL 27 4959 5.16 5.55 53 96% 0 1 739 23 5 18 692 52 25 0 3 4 12 1 0 11 2 7 0 2 2 14 100%
2002 PIT NL 28 5335 4.12 4.59 47 94% 0 0 802 16 2 23 761 59 24 5 0 0 9 1 2 6 2 13 1 1 2 17 100%
2003 PIT NL 29 5687 4.46 4.84 39 95% 0 0 841 16 0 15 810 48 18 1 0 12 10 1 1 8 0 3 1 0 2 23 91%
2004 PIT NL 30 5629 4.45 4.84 57 89% 0 0 998 24 10 21 942 78 26 3 2 11 10 0 2 8 0 13 0 5 5 23 87%
2005 OAK AL 31 5596 3.78 4.21 44 93% 0 0 986 29 2 12 941 51 10 0 0 18 7 0 2 5 0 6 0 0 0 9 89%
2006 OAK AL 32 5560 4.09 4.38 52 92% 0 2 924 34 6 18 864 54 9 2 0 13 5 0 1 4 0 9 1 1 3 12 83%
2007 OAK AL 33 3085 3.38 3.72 20 85% 0 1 485 7 5 10 463 34 9 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 10 100%
2007 CHC NL 33 1959 4.27 4.52 17 88% 0 0 362 6 0 6 349 24 8 1 0 10 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 8 88%
2008 MIL NL 34 5817 3.83 4.23 74 92% 0 1 1025 27 5 16 977 94 27 7 3 16 6 0 0 6 3 13 1 1 5 26 81%
2009 MIL NL 35 5296 4.94 5.24 45 87% 0 0 882 21 5 8 848 61 12 3 2 22 8 0 0 8 2 2 0 1 1 17 76%
14 Seasons 73790 4.34 4.78 664 92% 2 10 12304 284 57 231 11723 912 267 34 19 156 131 5 18 108 12 138 9 21 40 254 88%
MLB Averages 4.45 4.85 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1996 PIT NL 22 8 39 1722 136 41 30 23% 116 32 20 8 0 1 1 0 228 52 1.23 1.37
1997 PIT NL 23 7 49 2089 95 56 50 37% 81 45 13 8 1 3 3 0 199 63 1.29 1.23
1998 PIT NL 24 9 39 1977 83 32 28 28% 68 26 15 4 0 2 1 1 156 39 1.32 1.17
1999 PIT NL 25 6 26 1111 39 30 25 43% 33 24 5 5 1 1 0 0 103 35 1.23 1.33
2000 PIT NL 26 11 60 2320 87 38 34 30% 79 33 7 4 1 1 1 0 214 48 1.31 1.10
2001 PIT NL 27 7 35 1811 73 28 15 28% 60 25 13 2 0 1 0 0 149 35 1.31 1.19
2002 PIT NL 28 8 29 1936 78 39 27 33% 67 35 11 3 0 1 1 0 156 50 1.25 1.29
2003 PIT NL 29 9 44 2096 63 23 14 27% 54 21 9 0 0 2 1 0 159 30 1.39 1.15
2004 PIT NL 30 2 40 2099 65 37 30 36% 56 30 9 2 0 5 1 1 139 42 1.32 1.44
2005 OAK AL 31 4 39 1916 101 22 18 18% 86 20 14 1 1 1 0 0 182 31 1.47 1.36
2006 OAK AL 32 7 41 2013 71 31 23 30% 65 28 6 2 0 1 1 0 164 37 1.35 1.40
2007 OAK AL 33 7 22 1081 59 15 11 20% 53 14 6 0 0 1 0 0 111 17 1.35 1.41
2007 CHC NL 33 5 16 665 52 5 2 9% 44 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 85 10 1.36 0.87
2008 MIL NL 34 4 45 2091 55 41 35 43% 46 35 9 5 0 1 0 0 136 47 1.26 1.00
2009 MIL NL 35 4 53 1995 64 16 13 20% 55 15 9 1 0 0 1 0 154 26 1.08 1.26
14 Seasons 98 577 26922 1121 454 355 29% 963 388 154 45 4 21 11 2 2335 562 1.30 1.25
MLB Averages 30% 1.28 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 PIT NL 27 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 9 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 688 58% 78% 39% 75 40%
2007 OAK AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 12 75% 75% 50% 3 33%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 10 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 0 25 13 52.0% 12 0 0.0% 0 700 58% 78% 39% 78 40%
MLB Averages 61.8% 2.3% 56% 74% 38% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2001 PIT NL 27 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 302 58% 77% 40% 25 72%
1 Season 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 302 58% 77% 40% 25 72%
MLB Averages 47.6% 2.3% 56% 74% 38% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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