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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
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 Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1996 22 PIT NL 130 471 414 54 124 23 5 3 42 5 2 35 30 .300 .372 .401 .773 101 166 7 15 3 4 11 *2 AS,RoY-3
1997 23 PIT NL 144 572 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 18 6 49 53 .294 .391 .434 .825 114 211 11 31 1 5 2 *2
1998 24 PIT NL 149 627 535 95 175 36 3 12 75 26 5 51 51 .327 .411 .473 .884 131 253 6 31 2 8 3 *2 AS
1999 25 PIT NL 78 334 280 61 93 20 3 8 41 22 3 38 32 .332 .428 .511 .939 136 143 8 12 0 4 3 2
2000 26 PIT NL 152 678 579 112 185 33 6 14 58 22 12 79 79 .320 .412 .470 .882 124 272 13 15 1 4 3 *2 AS
2001 27 PIT NL 157 672 606 84 161 22 2 10 53 13 14 44 48 .266 .335 .358 .693 78 217 18 20 0 2 4 *279
2002 28 PIT NL 145 605 545 59 154 25 3 3 44 15 8 49 29 .283 .350 .356 .706 86 194 11 9 0 2 1 *2
2003 29 PIT NL 150 665 587 84 191 29 3 6 58 8 7 49 40 .325 .399 .416 .815 112 244 9 25 1 3 3 *2
2004 30 PIT NL 147 658 574 86 183 32 0 3 51 11 8 60 41 .319 .399 .390 .789 107 224 12 19 1 4 2 *2
2005 31 OAK AL 150 676 601 70 163 28 1 0 53 8 3 50 39 .271 .345 .321 .666 79 193 27 20 0 5 0 *2/D
2006 32 OAK AL 143 626 552 76 163 23 0 1 50 11 5 53 54 .295 .367 .342 .709 88 189 19 12 4 5 2 *2
2007 33 TOT 137 514 466 45 113 20 1 3 41 3 4 31 42 .242 .301 .309 .610 63 144 8 9 5 3 2 *2/7
2007 33 OAK AL 80 312 292 24 66 10 0 2 22 3 1 12 27 .226 .261 .281 .542 48 82 7 3 2 3 0 2/7
2007 33 CHC NL 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2 2
2008 34 MIL NL 151 587 516 46 127 30 2 2 49 8 3 50 45 .246 .327 .324 .651 72 167 5 13 6 2 7 *2
2009 35 MIL NL 70 262 224 24 53 7 1 0 22 1 1 27 30 .237 .330 .277 .606 64 62 9 6 1 4 5 *2
14 Seasons 1903 7947 6965 967 2028 364 34 73 686 171 81 665 613 .291 .370 .385 .754 97 2679 163 237 25 55 48
162 Game Avg. 162 677 593 82 173 31 3 6 58 15 7 57 52 .291 .370 .385 .754 97 228 14 20 2 5 4
PIT (9 yrs) 1252 5282 4606 706 1409 256 29 67 471 140 65 454 403 .306 .387 .418 .805 108 1924 95 177 9 36 32
OAK (3 yrs) 373 1614 1445 170 392 61 1 3 125 22 9 115 120 .271 .337 .321 .658 77 464 53 35 6 13 2
MIL (2 yrs) 221 849 740 70 180 37 3 2 71 9 4 77 75 .243 .328 .309 .637 70 229 14 19 7 6 12
CHC (1 yr) 57 202 174 21 47 10 1 1 19 0 3 19 15 .270 .362 .356 .718 84 62 1 6 3 0 2
NL (12 yrs) 1530 6333 5520 797 1636 303 33 70 561 149 72 550 493 .296 .378 .401 .779 102 2215 110 202 19 42 46
AL (3 yrs) 373 1614 1445 170 392 61 1 3 125 22 9 115 120 .271 .337 .321 .658 77 464 53 35 6 13 2

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 32 OAK AL ALDS MIN W 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4
2006 32 OAK AL ALCS DET L 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5
2007 33 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0
2008 34 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 4 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 12 51 49 1 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .224 .255 .245 .500 12 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 14 14 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .286 .500 4
2 NLDS 5 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 19 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .294 .663 5

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 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 69 67 593.0 513 472 37 4 2 .992 7.73 7.38 .993 7.65 6.95 3 35 9 20%
14 Seasons C 1843 1808 15891.0 12913 11887 899 127 136 .990 -13.0 -1.0 -13 7.24 6.94 .991 7.22 6.44 97 524 1092 447 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 1873 1835 16107.2 12967 11935 900 132 136 .990 -15.5 -1.2 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 -2 -13 7.17 6.85 .981 7.15 6.36 97 524 1092 447 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1996 *
1998 *
2000 (C)

Batting Average s c a p y
1998 NL--.327--5th
2003 NL--.325--6th
2004 NL--.319--8th
Active--.291--35th

On-Base% s c a p y
1998 NL--.411--7th
2004 NL--.399--9th
Active--.370--31st

Games Played s c a p y
Active--1903--20th

At Bats s c a p y
Active--6965--18th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
Active--7947--18th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2000 NL--112--9th
Active--967--29th

Hits s c a p y
2000 NL--185--10th
2003 NL--191--6th
2004 NL--183--10th
Active--2028--19th
Career--2028--240th

Total Bases s c a p y
Active--2679--39th

Doubles s c a p y
Active--364--29th
Career--364--215th

Triples s c a p y
Active--34--50th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active--665--35th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1998 NL--26--8th
Active--171--32nd

Singles s c a p y
2000 NL--132--4th
2001 NL--127--4th
2002 NL--123--9th
2003 NL--153--3rd
2004 NL--148--2nd
2005 AL--134--6th
2006 AL--139--7th
Active--1557--10th
Career--1557--162nd

Runs Created s c a p y
Active--1041--31st

Times On Base s c a p y
2000 NL--279--8th
2003 NL--265--10th
Active--2930--19th
Career--2930--208th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL--15--4th
1997 NL--31--2nd
1998 NL--31--1st
1999 NL--12--4th
2000 NL--15--5th
2001 NL--20--3rd
2003 NL--25--2nd
2004 NL--19--3rd
2005 AL--20--3rd
2006 AL--12--6th
2008 NL--13--8th
2009 NL--6--6th
Active--237--1st
Career--237--6th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1998 NL--8--7th
Active--55--35th
Career--55--240th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2005 AL--27--1st
2006 AL--19--10th
Active--163--22nd
Career--163--196th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2000 NL--12--7th
2001 NL--14--4th
2004 NL--8--9th
Active--81--13th
Career--81--197th

AB per SO s c a p y
1997 NL--9.170--7th
1998 NL--10.490--6th
2001 NL--12.625--7th
2002 NL--18.793--1st
2003 NL--14.675--2nd
2004 NL--14.000--4th
2005 AL--15.410--1st
2006 AL--10.222--7th
2008 NL--11.467--3rd
Active--11.362--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
2001 NL--479--6th
Active--5261--18th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 26 (865), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 107 (135), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Mark Grudzielanek (949)
  2. Larry Doyle (916)
  3. Harvey Kuenn (911)
  4. Steve Sax (904)
  5. Lou Boudreau (901) *
  6. Edgar Renteria (901)
  7. Eric Young (900)
  8. Dick Groat (899)
  9. Alvin Dark (898)
  10. Del Pratt (896)
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  2. Tony Fernandez (920)
  3. Red Schoendienst (917) *
  4. Dick Groat (916)
  5. Harvey Kuenn (910)
  6. Steve Sax (904)
  7. Lou Boudreau (901) *
  8. Garry Templeton (894)
  9. Julio Franco (890)
  10. Omar Vizquel (889)
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  2. Rod Carew (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mickey Cochrane (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mickey Cochrane (967) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Barry Larkin (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Barry Larkin (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Craig Biggio (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Craig Biggio (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tony Fernandez (930)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tony Fernandez (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Tony Fernandez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dick Bartell (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1992.

November 27, 2004: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Mark Redman, Arthur Rhodes and cash.

July 16, 2007: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Jerry Blevins and Rob Bowen.

October 30, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 21, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

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1996Pittsburgh Pirates$109,000
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$235,000
1998Pittsburgh Pirates$600,000
1999Pittsburgh Pirates$1,250,000
2000Pittsburgh Pirates$2,250,000
2001Pittsburgh Pirates$5,100,000
2002Pittsburgh Pirates$6,571,429
2003Pittsburgh Pirates$8,571,429
2004Pittsburgh Pirates$8,571,429
2005Oakland Athletics$10,571,429
2006Oakland Athletics$11,492,454
2007Oakland Athletics$12,858,194
2008Milwaukee Brewers$4,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$72,430,364
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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