Howie Kendrick

Howard Joseph Kendrick (twitter: @HKendrick47)

Positions: Second Baseman, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 12, 1983 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: West Nassau HS (Callahan, FL)
School: Saint Johns River Community College (Palatka, 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
Team: Angels 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 4 yrs/$33.5M (12-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.091, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Larry Reynolds [*]
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Standard Batting

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
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 .778 104 166 8 4 2 0 1 4/D
2010 26 LAA AL 158 658 616 67 172 41 4 10 75 14 4 28 94 .279 .313 .407 .721 99 251 16 5 4 5 2 *43/8
2011 27 LAA AL 140 583 537 86 153 30 6 18 63 14 6 33 119 .285 .338 .464 .802 124 249 18 10 3 0 3 473 AS
2012 28 LAA AL 48 191 179 20 47 7 2 4 21 3 3 9 41 .263 .293 .391 .684 92 70 4 0 0 3 1 *4/D7
7 Yrs 703 2829 2651 357 770 170 20 54 326 64 25 120 488 .290 .327 .431 .758 104 1142 74 31 11 16 14
162 Game Avg. 162 652 611 82 177 39 5 12 75 15 6 28 112 .290 .327 .431 .758 104 263 17 7 3 4 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 LAA AL 72 283 -3 1 0 8 -2 4 0.4 10 13 1.3 .505 .502 0.5 0.6 5 $ 34/D5
2007 23 LAA AL 88 353 5 0 -1 6 2 12 1.2 12 24 2.3 .513 .507 1.7 0.8 18 $395,000 4/D
2008 24 LAA AL 92 361 -3 2 0 3 2 4 0.6 12 16 1.7 .504 .502 1.3 0.6 13 $432,500 4
2009 25 LAA AL 105 400 5 2 2 5 1 16 1.7 14 29 2.9 .515 .510 2.4 0.7 24 $465,000 4/D
2010 26 LAA AL 158 658 -2 2 1 -5 2 -2 -0.0 22 20 2.0 .498 .498 2.5 -0.2 25 $1,750,000 *43/8
2011 27 LAA AL 140 583 16 2 -2 6 0 22 2.4 20 42 4.2 .516 .514 3.6 0.7 36 $3,300,000 473 AS
2012 28 LAA AL 48 191 1 -1 -0 -1 1 -0 -0.1 6 6 0.5 .499 .500 0.7 -0.0 7 $ *4/D7
7 Seasons 703 2829 18 8 0 22 5 54 6.3 96 150 14.9 .508 .505 12.7 3.2 128 $6,342,500

Advanced Batting

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 4.9 107 .357 .306 .270 .333 .339 .421 .425 .754 .763 97 .491 -1.4 -0.1 .669 .171 .115 4.7
2009 25 LAA AL 400 279 54 5.2 107 .338 .291 .266 .334 .335 .444 .427 .778 .762 104 .509 0.9 0.1 .711 .225 .152 10.5
2010 26 LAA AL 658 473 76 4.3 96 .313 .279 .256 .313 .323 .407 .400 .721 .723 99 .461 -1.4 -0.1 .634 .190 .128 11.7
2011 27 LAA AL 583 411 79 5.2 94 .338 .285 .251 .338 .315 .464 .398 .802 .713 124 .550 16.2 1.6 .735 .255 .179 15.8
2012 28 LAA AL 191 142 19 3.6 92 .314 .263 .245 .293 .312 .391 .398 .684 .709 92 .391 -2.0 -0.2 .568 .179 .128 3.4
7 Yrs 2829 2007 355 4.7 101 .337 .290 .262 .327 .328 .431 .414 .758 .742 104 .488 10.2 1.0 .673 .200 .140 58.6
162 Game Avg. 652 462 82 4.7 101 .337 .290 .262 .327 .328 .431 .414 .758 .742 104 .488 2 0 .673 .200 .140 14

Postseason Batting

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
2007 23 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 3 11 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 .200 .182 .200 .382 2 1 0 0 1 0
2008 24 LAA AL ALDS BOS L 4 19 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .118 .118 .118 .235 2 0 0 2 0 0
2009 25 LAA AL ALDS BOS W 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 LAA AL ALCS NYY L 4 15 14 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 .286 .333 .643 .976 9 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (4 Series) 13 50 46 4 9 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 11 .196 .208 .304 .513 14 1 0 2 1 0
3 ALDS 9 35 32 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 10 .156 .152 .156 .308 5 1 0 2 1 0
1 ALCS 4 15 14 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 .286 .333 .643 .976 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 LAA AL 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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%
2010 26 LAA AL 658 1.5% 14.3% 4.3% 8.4% 32% 3.36 6.6 61.6 8.2 1.14 1.70 79% 18% 4.3% 4%
2011 27 LAA AL 583 3.1% 20.4% 5.7% 9.3% 35% 3.61 4.5 29.8 8.5 1.12 1.90 69% 19% 9.5% 2%
2012 28 LAA AL 191 2.1% 21.5% 4.7% 6.8% 28% 4.56 4.4 44.8 8.5 1.23 1.97 72% 16% 6.8% 3%
7 Yrs 2829 1.9% 17.3% 4.2% 8.6% 32% 4.07 5.4 49.1 8.1 1.14 1.76 75% 17% 5.6% 4%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 LAA AL -5.0 -0.5 293 0.2 5.2 -4.9 .99 -0.0 0.3 -2.5 -0.2 0.94 -1.7 0
2007 23 LAA AL 2.9 0.3 366 -0.1 6.8 -6.9 1.00 0.1 -0.3 1.5 0.1 0.96 0.3 4.67 1
2008 24 LAA AL -1.8 -0.2 382 0.6 6.6 -6.0 1.02 -0.4 0.9 5.2 0.5 0.97 -1.9 0
2009 25 LAA AL 0.9 0.1 424 1.0 8.1 -7.1 1.02 0.8 0.2 10.0 0.9 0.96 10.3 1.58 7
2010 26 LAA AL -1.4 -0.1 683 -0.1 11.1 -11.2 .98 -0.9 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.95 -6.2 1.84 6
2011 27 LAA AL 17.0 1.7 609 -0.0 10.8 -10.9 1.02 1.4 -1.5 8.9 0.9 0.98 12.2 1.18 3
2012 28 LAA AL -2.0 -0.2 200 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 .90 -0.1 -0.6 -1.0 -0.1 0.95 -1.3 3.15 1
7 Yrs 10.6 1.0 2957 0.9 51.1 -50.2 1.00 1.0 -0.0 22.6 2.2 0.96 11.9 1.86 18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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
2010 26 LAA AL 6 0 29% 241 14 4 78% 12 3 2 0 0 1 4 1 5 14 56% 29 15 14 6 2 4 20 7 13
2011 27 LAA AL 4 0 38% 215 14 6 70% 13 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 5 6 59% 28 15 13 15 5 9 16 3 13
2012 28 LAA AL 6 0 31% 77 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 35% 12 9 3 3 0 3 5 3 1
7 Yrs 38 0 35% 1052 64 25 72% 57 22 7 1 0 2 12 2 27 63 52% 144 82 59 45 16 28 100 33 64

Situational Hitting*

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% 7 2 29% 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% 14 7 50% 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% 15 12 80% 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% 15 9 60% 0
2010 26 LAA AL 658 30% 172 29 5 6 2 0 0 1.84 10 0 16 8 2 4 6 0 9 4 44% 120 16 13% 71 26 37% 380 68 18% 40 24 60% 19 8 42% 0
2011 27 LAA AL 583 34% 153 28 6 3 0 0 0 1.18 18 0 7 11 7 5 13 0 6 3 50% 94 18 19% 53 18 34% 317 47 15% 26 14 54% 33 18 55% 0
2012 28 LAA AL 191 32% 47 5 2 1 1 0 1 3.15 4 0 7 3 1 3 1 0 2 0 0% 32 4 13% 17 5 29% 112 18 16% 10 7 70% 6 4 67% 0
7 Yrs 2829 31% 770 115 17 18 5 0 2 1.86 54 0 66 34 20 23 31 0 24 11 46% 529 74 14% 266 90 34% 1722 283 16% 158 94 59% 109 60 55% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 284 932 3.28 644 69% 25% 17% 23% 35% 75% 3% 52% 78% 23% 5% 13 2 12% 33 9 5% 15 10 11% -1 0 0
2007 23 LAA AL 355 1145 3.23 791 69% 25% 19% 21% 35% 75% 2% 52% 75% 26% 3% 12 3 10% 34 11 5% 18 12 11% -2 0 0
2008 24 LAA AL 363 1247 3.44 849 68% 23% 19% 24% 34% 77% 3% 52% 75% 24% 3% 10 1 10% 36 20 5% 18 11 7% -2 0 0
2009 25 LAA AL 402 1530 3.81 992 65% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 1% 47% 79% 22% 5% 22 1 15% 59 22 8% 34 21 13% -2 0 0
2010 26 LAA AL 658 2424 3.68 1597 66% 30% 12% 25% 33% 70% 1% 46% 83% 20% 4% 28 1 13% 86 36 7% 47 36 18% 0 0 0
2011 27 LAA AL 583 2313 3.97 1515 65% 29% 15% 28% 28% 71% 1% 46% 78% 19% 5% 28 1 13% 76 30 9% 54 28 16% 0 0 0
2012 28 LAA AL 192 689 3.59 462 67% 28% 17% 25% 31% 72% 1% 48% 77% 24% 3% 6 1 12% 23 9 6% 11 6 20% -1 0 0
7 Yrs 2837 10280 3.62 6850 67% 27% 16% 25% 32% 73% 2% 48% 78% 22% 4% 119 10 12% 347 137 7% 197 124 14% -8 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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 .767 100 572 36 16 4 8 8
2010 26 515 2055 1935 251 570 133 12 32 242 47 16 78 328 .295 .327 .425 .752 99 823 52 21 8 13 10
2011 27 655 2638 2472 337 723 163 18 50 305 61 22 111 447 .292 .329 .434 .763 105 1072 70 31 11 13 13
2012 28 703 2829 2651 357 770 170 20 54 326 64 25 120 488 .290 .327 .431 .758 104 1142 74 31 11 16 14

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 72 280 264 23 73 20 1 4 28 6 9 44 .277 .307 .405 .712 32 72
2007 23 88 350 335 52 106 23 2 5 37 5 9 61 .316 .341 .442 .783 49 88
2008 24 92 360 339 42 103 26 2 3 36 11 12 58 .304 .331 .419 .750 46 92
2009 25 105 400 374 61 109 21 3 10 61 11 20 71 .291 .334 .444 .778 54 105
2010 26 158 670 626 74 182 43 4 11 83 15 30 94 .291 .326 .425 .751 86 158
2011 27 140 597 548 96 164 32 6 19 71 15 35 119 .299 .354 .484 .837 91 140
2012 28 48 195 182 22 50 7 2 4 23 3 10 41 .275 .308 .401 .709 23 48
7 Yrs 703 2852 2668 370 787 172 20 56 339 66 125 488 .295 .332 .437 .770 381 703
162 Game Avg. 162 657 615 85 181 40 5 13 78 15 29 112 .295 .332 .437 .770 88 703

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL  158 (8th)

At Bats s c a p y
2010 AL  616 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
2010 AL  41 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
2012 AL  2 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2012 AL  3 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
2010 AL  473 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 7 (1350), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1504), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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