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Jason Kendall
Jason Daniel Kendall

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 1, 1996

Born June 26, 1974 in San Diego, CA

Son of Fred Kendall

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

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1996 22 PIT NL 130  414   54  124  23  5   3   42   5  2  35  30  .300  .372  .401  101  166   3   4  11  15   7 RoY-3,AS
 1997 23 PIT NL 144  486   71  143  36  4   8   49  18  6  49  53  .294  .391  .434  114  211   1   5   2  31  11
 1998 24 PIT NL 149  535   95  175  36  3  12   75  26  5  51  51  .327  .411  .473  131  253   2   8   3  31   6 AS
 1999 25 PIT NL  78  280   61   93  20  3   8   41  22  3  38  32  .332  .428  .511  136  143   0   4   3  12   8
 2000 26 PIT NL 152  579  112  185  33  6  14   58  22 12  79  79  .320  .412  .470  124  272   1   4   3  15  13 AS
 2001 27 PIT NL 157  606   84  161  22  2  10   53  13 14  44  48  .266  .335  .358   78  217   0   2   4  20  18
 2002 28 PIT NL 145  545   59  154  25  3   3   44  15  8  49  29  .283  .350  .356   86  194   0   2   1   9  11
 2003 29 PIT NL 150  587   84  191  29  3   6   58   8  7  49  40  .325  .399  .416  112  244   1   3   3  25   9
 2004 30 PIT NL 147  574   86  183  32  0   3   51  11  8  60  41  .319  .399  .390  107  224   1   4   2  19  12
 2005 31 OAK AL 150  601   70  163  28  1   0   53   8  3  50  39  .271  .345  .321   79  193   0   5   0  20  27
 2006 32 OAK AL 143  552   76  163  23  0   1   50  11  5  53  54  .295  .367  .342   88  189   4   5   2  12  19
 2007 33 TOT    137  466   45  113  20  1   3   41   3  4  31  42  .242  .301  .309   63  144   5   3   2   9   8
         OAK AL  80  292   24   66  10  0   2   22   3  1  12  27  .226  .261  .281   48   82   2   3   0   3   7
         CHC NL  57  174   21   47  10  1   1   19   0  3  19  15  .270  .362  .356   84   62   3   0   2   6   1
 2008 34 MIL NL 151  516   46  127  30  2   2   49   8  3  50  45  .246  .327  .324   72  167   6   2   7  13   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1833 6741  943 1975 357 33  73  664 170 80 638 583  .293  .371  .388   98 2617  24  51  43 231 154
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        596   83  175  32  3   6   59  15  7  56  52  .293  .371  .388   98  231   2   5   4  20  14
 Career High    157  606  112  191  36  6  14   75  26 14  79  79  .332  .428  .511  136  272   6   8  11  31  27
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1996 22 PIT NL  471  306   64   5.6   110| .300  .274| .372  .344| .401  .429| .773  .774| 101  .567   2.1   0.2  71%
 1997 23 PIT NL  572  366   88   6.4   111| .294  .274| .391  .346| .434  .430| .825  .777| 114  .625  13.3   1.3  75%
 1998 24 PIT NL  627  381  115   8.1   109| .327  .271| .411  .342| .473  .428| .884  .770| 131  .719  28.6   2.7  83%
 1999 25 PIT NL  334  202   67   8.9   117| .332  .277| .428  .352| .511  .446| .939  .798| 136  .719  18.4   1.7  88%
 2000 26 PIT NL  678  424  116   7.3   115| .320  .272| .412  .349| .470  .445| .882  .794| 124  .641  25.0   2.3  64%
 2001 27 PIT NL  672  479   69   3.8   114| .266  .272| .335  .344| .358  .446| .693  .789|  78  .381 -20.8  -2.0  48%
 2002 28 PIT NL  605  412   69   4.5   109| .283  .268| .350  .342| .356  .427| .706  .769|  86  .469 -10.7  -1.0  65%
 2003 29 PIT NL  665  416  101   6.5   111| .325  .271| .399  .343| .416  .435| .815  .778| 112  .624  13.1   1.2  53%
 2004 30 PIT NL  658  416   93   6.0   110| .319  .268| .399  .340| .390  .435| .789  .775| 107  .579  10.5   1.0  57%
 2005 31 OAK AL  676  473   65   3.7   106| .271  .269| .345  .332| .321  .427| .666  .759|  79  .371 -15.8  -1.5  72%
 2006 32 OAK AL  626  422   70   4.4   108| .295  .272| .367  .336| .342  .432| .709  .768|  88  .424  -6.2  -0.6  68%
 2007 33 TOT     514  373   44   3.2   106| .242  .268| .301  .336| .309  .423| .610  .759|  63  .297 -25.0  -2.3  42%
         OAK AL  312  239   21   2.4   101| .226  .262| .261  .329| .281  .410| .542  .739|  48  .198 -21.4  -2.0  75%
         CHC NL  202  134   23   4.6   115| .270  .277| .362  .347| .356  .444| .718  .791|  84  .456  -3.6  -0.3   0%
 2008 34 MIL NL  587  405   59   3.9   109| .246  .268| .327  .340| .324  .428| .651  .769|  72  .398 -20.4  -2.0  72%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     7685 5075 1020   5.4   110| .293  .271| .371  .342| .388  .433| .759  .775|  98  .533  12.1   1.0  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 22 PIT NL C 129 797 71 18 10 .980 .989 6.73 6.33 7.37 7.50 117 1060.3 8 39 136 41 AS 1997 23 PIT NL C 142 952 103 11 20 .990 .990 7.43 6.58 7.80 7.39 139 1218.0 7 49 95 56 1998 24 PIT NL C 144 1015 58 9 10 .992 .990 7.45 6.47 7.70 7.18 143 1253.7 9 39 83 32 AS 1999 25 PIT NL C 75 505 48 7 13 .988 .990 7.37 6.14 7.67 7.41 74 649.0 6 26 39 30 2000 26 PIT NL C 147 990 81 10 11 .991 .990 7.29 6.38 7.53 7.03 145 1280.7 11 60 87 38 AS 2001 27 PIT NL C 133 739 52 12 7 .985 .992 5.95 6.64 6.51 7.74 127 1093.0 7 35 73 28 OF 27 47 1 5 0 .906 .982 1.78 1.86 2.02 2.20 27 214.3 LF 18 30 0 3 0 .909 .980 1.67 1.48 1.84 1.91 18 147.0 RF 10 17 1 2 0 .900 .984 1.80 1.73 2.41 2.11 9 67.3 2002 28 PIT NL C 143 797 65 9 13 .990 .991 6.03 6.41 6.51 7.53 140 1191.7 8 29 78 39 2003 29 PIT NL C 146 841 48 10 3 .989 .992 6.09 6.46 6.26 7.04 145 1278.3 9 44 63 23 2004 30 PIT NL C 146 998 78 10 13 .991 .993 7.37 6.46 7.69 7.15 145 1259.0 2 40 65 37 2005 31 OAK AL C 147 985 52 7 6 .993 .992 7.05 5.96 7.26 6.80 146 1286.0 4 39 101 22 DH 3 2006 32 OAK AL C 141 924 54 5 9 .995 .992 6.94 6.32 7.02 7.09 141 1254.0 7 41 71 31 2007 33 TOT C 132 847 58 9 6 .990 .991 6.86 6.45 7.11 7.32 130 1146.0 12 38 111 20 OAK AL C 80 485 34 4 4 .992 .991 6.49 6.41 6.54 7.28 80 714.3 7 22 59 15 LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 3.91 1.96 0 2.3 CHC NL C 52 362 24 5 2 .987 .991 7.42 6.51 8.05 7.39 50 431.7 5 16 52 5 2008 34 MIL NL C 149 1025 94 6 13 .995 .993 7.51 6.71 7.58 6.77 149 1328.3 4 45 55 41
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 22 PIT NL C 129 797 71 18 10 .980 .989 6.73 6.33 7.37 7.50 117 1060.3 8 39 136 41 1997 23 PIT NL C 142 952 103 11 20 .990 .990 7.43 6.58 7.80 7.39 139 1218.0 7 49 95 56 1998 24 PIT NL C 144 1015 58 9 10 .992 .990 7.45 6.47 7.70 7.18 143 1253.7 9 39 83 32 1999 25 PIT NL C 75 505 48 7 13 .988 .990 7.37 6.14 7.67 7.41 74 649.0 6 26 39 30 2000 26 PIT NL C 147 990 81 10 11 .991 .990 7.29 6.38 7.53 7.03 145 1280.7 11 60 87 38 2001 27 PIT NL C 133 739 52 12 7 .985 .992 5.95 6.64 6.51 7.74 127 1093.0 7 35 73 28 2002 28 PIT NL C 143 797 65 9 13 .990 .991 6.03 6.41 6.51 7.53 140 1191.7 8 29 78 39 2003 29 PIT NL C 146 841 48 10 3 .989 .992 6.09 6.46 6.26 7.04 145 1278.3 9 44 63 23 2004 30 PIT NL C 146 998 78 10 13 .991 .993 7.37 6.46 7.69 7.15 145 1259.0 2 40 65 37 2005 31 OAK AL C 147 985 52 7 6 .993 .992 7.05 5.96 7.26 6.80 146 1286.0 4 39 101 22 2006 32 OAK AL C 141 924 54 5 9 .995 .992 6.94 6.32 7.02 7.09 141 1254.0 7 41 71 31 2007 33 TOT C 132 847 58 9 6 .990 .991 6.86 6.45 7.11 7.32 130 1146.0 12 38 111 20 OAK AL C 80 485 34 4 4 .992 .991 6.49 6.41 6.54 7.28 80 714.3 7 22 59 15 CHC NL C 52 362 24 5 2 .987 .991 7.42 6.51 8.05 7.39 50 431.7 5 16 52 5 2008 34 MIL NL C 149 1025 94 6 13 .995 .993 7.51 6.71 7.58 6.77 149 1328.3 4 45 55 41 2005 31 OAK AL DH 3 2001 27 PIT NL LF 18 30 0 3 0 .909 .980 1.67 1.48 1.84 1.91 18 147.0 2007 33 OAK AL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 3.91 1.96 0 2.3 2001 27 PIT NL OF 27 47 1 5 0 .906 .982 1.78 1.86 2.02 2.20 27 214.3 2007 33 OAK AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.00 3.91 2.35 0 2.3 2001 27 PIT NL RF 10 17 1 2 0 .900 .984 1.80 1.73 2.41 2.11 9 67.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C*1774 11415 862 123 134 .990 .991 6.92 6.42 7.22 7.20 1741 15298.0 94 524 1057 438 OF* 29 48 1 5 0 .907 .982 1.69 1.87 2.04 2.20 27 216.7 20 0 10# LF* 20 31 0 3 0 .912 .981 1.55 1.50 1.87 1.91 18 149.3 RF* 10 17 1 2 0 .900 .984 1.80 1.73 2.41 2.11 9 67.3 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1803 11463 863 128 134 .990 .991 6.84 6.34 7.15 7.13 1768 15515
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   ALDS  OAK MIN     W   3  14   1   3  1  0  0   1   0   4  .214  .214  .286   0  0             
        ALCS  OAK DET     L   4  17   0   5  0  0  0   0   2   2  .294  .368  .294   0  0             
 2007   NLDS  CHC ARI     L   1   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   NLDS  MIL PHI     L   4  14   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   2  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   8  32   1   6  1  0  0   3   0   7  .188  .188  .219   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  12  49   1  11  1  0  0   3   2   9  .224  .255  .245   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1996   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1998   PIT NL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2000   PIT NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      1   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1996 *
1998 *
2000 (C)

Batting Average
1998 NL-.327-5
2003 NL-.325-6
2004 NL-.319-8

On-base %
1998 NL-.411-7
2004 NL-.399-9

Games
Act-1833-29

At Bats
Act-6741-26

Plate Appearances (approx.)
Act-7685-28

Runs
2000 NL-112-9

Hits
2000 NL-185-10
2003 NL-191-6
2004 NL-183-10
Act-1975-26

Stolen Bases
1998 NL-26-8

Singles
2000 NL-132-4
2001 NL-127-4
2002 NL-123-9
2003 NL-153-3
2004 NL-148-2
2005 AL-134-6
2006 AL-139-7
Act-1512-11

Times on Base
2000 NL-279-8
2003 NL-265-10
Act-2844-27

Hit By Pitch
1996 NL-15-4
1997 NL-31-2
1998 NL-31-1
1999 NL-12-4
2000 NL-15-5
2001 NL-20-3
2003 NL-25-2
2004 NL-19-3
2005 AL-20-3
2006 AL-12-6
2008 NL-13-8
Act-231-1
Car-231-6

Sac. Flies
1998 NL-8-7

Grounded into Double Plays
2005 AL-27-1
2006 AL-19-10
Act-154-30

Caught Stealing
2000 NL-12-7
2001 NL-14-4
2004 NL-8-9
Act-80-17

At Bats per Strikeout
1997 NL-9.2-7
1998 NL-10.5-6
2001 NL-12.6-7
2002 NL-18.8-1
2003 NL-14.7-2
2004 NL-14.0-4
2005 AL-15.4-1
2006 AL-10.2-7
2008 NL-11.5-3
Act-11.6-5

Outs
2001 NL-479-6
Act-5075-28

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 26 (853) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.9 (352) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 88.5 (181) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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
Career (may be incomplete)$68,180,364

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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