| Fred Kendall | ||
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Full Name: Fred Lyn Kendall Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 lbs. Born: Jan 31, 1949 in Torrance, CA Major League Debut: Sep 08, 1969 |
| Fred Kendall | ||
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Full Name: Fred Lyn Kendall Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 lbs. Born: Jan 31, 1949 in Torrance, CA Major League Debut: Sep 08, 1969 |
CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING
TOTALS
| BATTING | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 |
TM SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD Cle Bos SD SD |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL AL NL NL |
POS C C C C C C C C C 1B C C |
G 10 4 49 91 145 141 103 146 103 20 46 19 |
AB 26 9 111 273 507 424 286 456 317 41 102 24 |
R 2 0 2 18 39 32 16 30 18 3 8 2 |
H 4 0 19 59 143 98 57 112 79 8 17 7 |
2B 0 0 1 3 22 15 12 17 13 1 2 0 |
3B 0 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 |
HR 0 0 1 6 10 8 0 2 3 0 1 0 |
RBI 0 1 7 18 59 45 24 39 39 4 6 2 |
TB 4 0 23 88 201 141 71 135 103 9 22 7 |
BB 2 0 7 11 30 49 26 36 16 1 11 0 |
IBB 0 0 3 3 4 7 5 4 1 0 2 0 |
| Totals | G 877 |
AB 2576 |
R 170 |
H 603 |
2B 86 |
3B 11 |
HR 31 |
RBI 244 |
TB 804 |
BB 189 |
IBB 29 |
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| BATTING | BASERUNNING | PERCENTAGES | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YR 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 |
TM SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD Cle Bos SD SD |
LG NL NL NL NL NL NL NL NL AL AL NL NL |
K 5 0 16 42 35 33 28 42 27 2 7 3 |
HBP 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 |
SH 0 0 2 1 8 2 1 5 7 0 1 0 |
SF 0 0 0 3 5 4 1 5 5 2 0 0 |
GDP 2 0 4 5 17 13 10 20 8 0 4 0 |
SB 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 |
CS 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 |
SB% -.--- -.--- 1.000 -.--- .750 .000 .000 .500 .000 -.--- -.--- -.--- |
AVG .154 .000 .171 .216 .282 .231 .199 .246 .249 .195 .167 .292 |
OBP .214 .000 .220 .247 .320 .308 .265 .302 .283 .205 .248 .292 |
SLG .154 .000 .207 .322 .396 .333 .248 .296 .325 .220 .216 .292 |
AB/HR --.- --.- 111.0 45.5 50.7 53.0 --.- 228.0 105.7 --.- 102.0 --.- |
AB/K 5.2 --.- 6.9 6.5 14.5 12.8 10.2 10.9 11.7 20.5 14.6 8.0 |
| Totals | K 240 |
HBP 6 |
SH 27 |
SF 25 |
GDP 83 |
SB 5 |
CS 5 |
SB% .500 |
BAVG .234 |
OBP .285 |
SLG .312 |
AB/HR 83.1 |
AB/K 10.7 |
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| TEAM ABBREVIATION KEY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEARS 1969-1980 1977 1978 |
TM SD Cle Bos |
LG NL AL AL |
TEAM NAME San Diego Padres Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox |
LEAGUE NAME National League American League American League |
Fred Kendall, father of Jason Kendall, was an original member of the 1969 expansion Padres. He was the team's MVP in 1973, when he compiled career highs in hitting at .288, home runs at 10 and RBIs at 59. He was the team's regular catcher from 1973-1976, the last two seasons handling almost all of Randy Jones' 42 victories. He was the National League's second-best defensive catcher in 1976, when his .994 fielding percentage trailed only Johnny Bench. But mostly, Kendall was a plugger on an expansion team full of them: The Padres lost 110 games in that inaugural season, followed by 99, 100, 95, 102, 102, 91 and 89.
After Jason Daniel Kendall was born in 1974, the father played two more seasons in San Diego. Then he spent the 1977 season with the Cleveland Indians, his last as an every-day player, and part of 1978 with the Boston Red Sox, his only season on a pennant contender, which ended when Bucky Dent and the New York Yankees came along and won a one-game playoff. The blockish catcher returned to San Diego for bits and pieces of the 1979 and 1980 seasons, when the club lost 93 and 89 more games.
One of only three father-son major league baseball catchers {see Brucker & Hundley}.
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