Jason Kendall stats

Last played for the Kansas City Royals, 2010

Catcher · #18

Age 52 · 6' 0"

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Jason Kendall played 15 MLB seasons, 1996 to 2010.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
2,085
AB
7,627
R
1,030
H
2,195
HR
75
RBI
744
SB
189
AVG
.288

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1996PIT130414541243425.300
1997PIT1444867114384918.294
1998PIT14953595175127526.327
1999PIT78280619384122.332
2000PIT152579112185145822.320
2001PIT15760684161105313.266
2002PIT1455455915434415.283
2003PIT150587841916588.325
2004PIT1475748618335111.319
2005ATH150601701630538.271
2006ATH1435527616315011.295
2007ATH/CHC137466451133413.242
2008MIL151516461272498.246
2009MIL134452481092437.241
2010KC1184343911103712.256

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
12
AB
49
R
1
H
11
HR
0
RBI
3
SB
0
AVG
.224

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
8,702
TB
2,884
XBH
504
HBP
254
IBB
51
GIDP
176
P/PA
2.40

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1996PIT47116631151170
1997PIT57221148312110
1998PIT6272535131360
1999PIT3341433112380
2000PIT67827253153130
2001PIT67221734204180
2002PIT6051943191113.7
2003PIT6662443825393.9
2004PIT65822435192124.2
2005ATH67619329200263.9
2006ATH62618924122194.1
2007ATH/CHC514144249284.0
2008MIL5871673413753.6
2009MIL52613823176113.8
2010KC4901291862123.8

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
38.3
RC
1,097.7
RC/27
5.10
ISOP
.090
SECA
.198
BB/K
1.05
AB/HR
101.7
GO/FO
1.00

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1996PIT1.464.45.7.1010.21.21380
1997PIT3.986.66.4.1400.30.960.80
1998PIT5.4110.77.8.1460.3144.60
1999PIT4.063.88.5.1790.41.2350
2000PIT4.3112.77.2.1500.3141.40
2001PIT-0.169.33.9.0920.20.960.60
2002PIT2.0704.6.0730.21.7181.70
2003PIT4.399.56.5.0900.21.297.80
2004PIT3.792.76.0710.21.5191.31.1
2005ATH2.265.83.8.0500.11.301.1
2006ATH3.470.84.5.0470.21.05521.1
2007ATH/CHC1.042.93.1.0670.10.7155.30.8
2008MIL2.759.64.0780.21.12580.9
2009MIL-0.149.33.6.0640.20.82260.9
2010KC0.241.63.2.0410.10.800.9

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
52 yearsJun 26, 1974
Height
6' 0"
Debut
1996
Birthplace
San Diego, CA
Draft
1992Rd 1, Pk 23

Latest performance

Jason Kendall

Aug 30 · vs TEX · L 3-0

AB
3
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
0
AVG
.256

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Mon, Aug 30vsTEXL 3-030000
Sat, Aug 28atCLEL 4-3 F/1032100
Fri, Aug 27atCLEL 15-440100
Tue, Aug 24atDETL 9-140000
Mon, Aug 23atDETL 12-320000
Sun, Aug 22vsCHWW 3-2 F/1050202

What were Jason Kendall's career stats?

Jason Kendall played 15 seasons for the Pirates, the Athletics, the Brewers and the Royals. He was a career .288 hitter with 2,195 hits, 75 home runs and 744 RBI. His best season was 1999: a .332 batting average, 8 home runs and 41 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1996 to 2010

Jason Kendall finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 191st in hits (2,195)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Jason Kendall

Playoff series

Jason Kendall played 12 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 1 won, 3 lost.

Jason Kendall's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2008PHILost 1-3414201
2007ARILost 0-114101
2006MINWon 3-0314301
2006DETLost 0-4417500

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Jason Kendall’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.