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Howie Kendrick
Howard Joseph (III) Kendrick

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 12, 1983 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: West Nassau (Callahan, FL)
Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2006
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Howie Kendrick
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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
2006	22	LAA	AL	72	283	267	25	76	21	1	4	30	6	0	9	44	.285	.314	.416	.730	87	111	5	4	0	3	2	34/D5
2007	23	LAA	AL	88	353	338	55	109	24	2	5	39	5	4	9	61	.322	.347	.450	.796	108	152	15	4	1	1	2	4/D
2008	24	LAA	AL	92	361	340	43	104	26	2	3	37	11	4	12	58	.306	.333	.421	.754	97	143	8	4	1	4	3	4
2009	25	LAA	AL	105	400	374	61	109	21	3	10	61	11	4	20	71	.291	.334	.444	.778	102	166	8	4	2	0	1	4/D
4 Seasons				357	1397	1319	184	398	92	8	22	167	33	12	50	234	.302	.333	.434	.767	99	572	36	16	4	8	8
162 Game Avg.				162	634	599	83	181	42	4	10	76	15	5	23	106	.302	.333	.434	.767	99	260	16	7	2	4	4

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2006	22	LAA	AL	283	199	35	4.7	111	.324	.285	.275	.314	.340	.416	.438	.730	.778	87	.451	-5.0	-0.5	.663	.187	.131	4.8
2007	23	LAA	AL	353	250	46	4.9	108	.381	.322	.272	.347	.340	.450	.426	.796	.765	108	.487	2.9	0.3	.669	.157	.127	5.0
2008	24	LAA	AL	361	253	46	4.9	108	.357	.306	.272	.333	.340	.421	.426	.754	.767	97	.491	-1.8	-0.2	.669	.171	.115	4.7
2009	25	LAA	AL	400	279	54	5.2	109	.338	.291	.268	.334	.338	.444	.431	.778	.769	102	.509	-0.1	-0.0	.711	.225	.152	10.5
4 Seasons				1397	981	181	4.9	109	.351	.302	.272	.333	.339	.434	.430	.767	.769	99	.487	-4.0	-0.4	.680	.186	.132	26.4
162 Game Avg.				634	445	82	4.9	109	.351	.302	.272	.333	.339	.434	.430	.767	.769	99	.487	-4.0	-0.4	.680	.186	.132	12

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	SF
2007	23	LAA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	3	11	10	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	.200	.182	.200	.382	2	1	0	1
2008	24	LAA	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	4	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	2	0
2009	25	LAA	AL	ALDS	BOS	W	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0
2009	25	LAA	AL	ALCS	NYY	L	4	15	14	3	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	9	0	0	0
3 Seasons (4 Series)							13	50	46	4	9	1	1	2	3	1	11	.196	.208	.304	.513	14	1	2	1
3 ALDS							9	35	32	1	5	0	0	1	3	0	10	.156	.152	.156	.308	5	1	2	1
1 ALCS							4	15	14	3	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.286	.333	.643	.976	9	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2006	22	LAA	AL	283	1.4%	15.6%	3.2%	9.2%	34%	4.89	6.1	66.8	8.9	1.06	1.42	78%	13%	3.8%	5%
2007	23	LAA	AL	353	1.4%	17.3%	2.6%	8.8%	28%	6.78	5.5	67.6	8.7	1.17	1.86	77%	19%	4.2%	6%
2008	24	LAA	AL	361	0.8%	16.1%	3.3%	8.6%	30%	4.83	5.9	113.3	9.2	1.17	1.76	78%	17%	2.4%	5%
2009	25	LAA	AL	400	2.5%	17.8%	5.0%	8.5%	31%	3.55	5.3	37.4	6.1	1.17	1.83	73%	18%	7.4%	1%
4 Seasons				1397	1.6%	16.8%	3.6%	8.7%	31%	4.68	5.6	60.0	7.9	1.15	1.72	77%	17%	4.6%	4%
MLB Averages					2.7%	18.0%	8.9%	7.9%	34%	2.02	4.9	32.9	7.8	0.78	1.06	69%	19%	7.8%	13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2006	22	LAA	AL	6	0	25%	105	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	50%	16	7	8	2	1	1	8	4	4
2007	23	LAA	AL	6	0	43%	131	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	53%	19	12	6	10	4	6	18	5	13
2008	24	LAA	AL	2	0	34%	129	11	4	73%	10	2	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	8	55%	18	10	8	3	2	1	12	2	9
2009	25	LAA	AL	8	0	42%	154	11	4	73%	10	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	45%	22	14	7	6	2	4	21	9	11
4 Seasons				22	0	37%	519	33	12	73%	29	10	4	1	0	1	3	1	15	39	50%	75	43	29	21	9	12	59	20	37
MLB Averages						31%				72%											39%

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2006	22	LAA	AL	283	34%	76	9	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	7	3	1	2	2	0	0	0		48	5	10%	23	8	35%	178	28	16%	15	10	67%	17	6	35%	0
2007	23	LAA	AL	353	24%	109	17	1	1	0	0	0	4.67	5	0	6	3	2	3	2	0	3	1	33%	77	15	19%	33	9	27%	238	36	15%	25	13	52%	22	10	45%	0
2008	24	LAA	AL	361	29%	104	11	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	9	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	79	8	10%	34	11	32%	239	34	14%	20	13	65%	26	15	58%	0
2009	25	LAA	AL	400	37%	109	16	2	7	2	0	1	1.58	10	0	14	4	6	5	5	0	3	2	67%	79	8	10%	35	13	37%	258	52	20%	22	13	59%	28	16	57%	0
4 Seasons				1397	31%	398	53	4	8	2	0	1	1.97	22	0	36	12	10	11	11	0	7	4	57%	283	36	13%	125	41	33%	913	150	16%	82	49	60%	93	47	51%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			11%			32%			14%			51%			43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2006	22	LAA	AL	283	926	3.27	639	69%	25%	17%	23%	35%	75%	3%	52%	78%	23%	5%	13	2	12%	33	9	5%	15	10	11%	0	0	0
2007	23	LAA	AL	353	1140	3.23	789	69%	25%	19%	21%	35%	75%	2%	52%	75%	26%	3%	12	3	10%	34	11	5%	18	12	11%	0	0	0
2008	24	LAA	AL	361	1242	3.44	848	68%	23%	19%	24%	34%	77%	3%	52%	75%	24%	3%	10	1	10%	36	20	5%	18	11	7%	0	0	0
2009	25	LAA	AL	400	1522	3.81	988	65%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	1%	47%	79%	22%	6%	22	1	15%	59	22	9%	34	21	13%	0	0	0
4 Seasons				1397	4830	3.46	3264	68%	25%	17%	24%	34%	75%	2%	51%	77%	24%	4%	57	7	12%	162	62	6%	85	54	11%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.83		62%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	80%	26%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2006	22	72	283	267	25	76	21	1	4	30	6	0	9	44	.285	.314	.416	.730	87	111	5	4	0	3	2
2007	23	160	636	605	80	185	45	3	9	69	11	4	18	105	.306	.332	.435	.767	99	263	20	8	1	4	4
2008	24	252	997	945	123	289	71	5	12	106	22	8	30	163	.306	.333	.430	.762	98	406	28	12	2	8	7
2009	25	357	1397	1319	184	398	92	8	22	167	33	12	50	234	.302	.333	.434	.767	99	572	36	16	4	8	8

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2006	22	72	281	265	23	74	20	1	4	28	6	9	44	.279	.310	.408	.717	33	72
2007	23	88	341	328	52	99	22	2	5	37	5	8	61	.302	.326	.427	.752	44	88
2008	24	92	356	336	41	100	25	2	3	35	11	12	58	.298	.326	.411	.737	44	92
2009	25	105	394	371	59	106	20	3	10	59	11	19	71	.286	.327	.437	.764	52	105
4 Seasons		357	1372	1300	175	379	87	8	22	159	33	48	234	.292	.323	.422	.744	173	357
162 Game Avg.		162	623	590	79	172	39	4	10	72	15	22	106	.292	.323	.422	.744	79	357

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 14 (1210), Average HOFer ≈ 50