Fred Kendall

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: January 31, 1949 in Torrance, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 4th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Torrance HS (Torrance, CA).

High School: Torrance HS (Torrance, CA)

Debut: September 8, 1969 (Age 20-220d, 12,908th in major league history)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 10, 1980 (Age 31-192d)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Fred Lyn Kendall

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Relatives: Father of Jason Kendall

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

2576

603

.234

170

RBI

244

OBP

.285

SLG

.312

OPS

.598

OPS+

Summary of 31 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 10 go ahead

2 Tms
SDP	28
CLE	3

Platoon
vs RHP	18
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Away	18
Home	13

Outs
2	12
1	11
0	8

12 Opps
PHI	7
LAD	4
SFG	3
MON	3
HOU	3
PIT	2
STL	2
CIN	2
CHW	2
NYM	1
ATL	1
BOS	1

28 Pitchers
Doug Rau	2
Balor Moore	2
Steve Carlton	2
Max León	1
Santo Alcalá	1
Don Wilson	1
Ed Farmer	1
Frank Reberger	1
Tom Murphy	1
Dave Wallace	1
Andy Messersmith	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Tom Griffin	1
John Candelaria	1
Tom Bradley	1
Wayne Twitchell	1
Bob Gibson	1
Claude Osteen	1
Tom Walker	1
Jim Nash	1
Dave Roberts	1
Ron Bryant	1
George Stone	1
Dock Ellis	1
Jim McGlothlin	1
Ken Brett	1
Lerrin LaGrow	1
Reggie Cleveland	1

11 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	11
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
3Com Park (SFO)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	21
78	2
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	18
1--	8
12-	2
--3	2
-2-	1

46 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	18
1 on	11
2 on	2
Any on	13

Inning
2	8
3	3
4	6
5	3
6	4
7	2
8	1
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	11
4-6	13
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	1
-3	6
-4..	5

Ahead	10
Tied	9
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	31

OrderPos
6th	12
7th	8
8th	8
9th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	16

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-07-07	SDP		STL	Bob Gibson	tied 1-1	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.183	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1972-05-10	SDP	@	PHI	Woodie Fryman	ahead 3-1	t 4	1	1--	2	7	2	0.137	89%		Home Run; O. Brown Scores
3	3	2	1	1972-07-07 (2)	SDP	@	PHI	Jim Nash	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.064	86%		Home Run
4	4	3	2	1972-07-07 (2)	SDP	@	PHI	Wayne Twitchell	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.019	98%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1972-08-08 (1)	SDP	@	SFG	Frank Reberger	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	5	1	1972-08-15	SDP		STL	Reggie Cleveland	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.180	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Gaston Scores
7	7	6	1	1972-08-20 (1)	SDP		PIT	Dock Ellis	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.095	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1973-04-15 (1)	SDP		HOU	Dave Roberts	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.165	83%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Hilton Scores
9	9	2	1	1973-05-19	SDP	@	CIN	Jim McGlothlin	behind 0-4	t 4	2	--3	2	6	2	0.114	21%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Colbert Scores
10	10	3	1	1973-06-13	SDP	@	MON	Balor Moore	behind 0-3	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.079	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	4	1	1973-07-01	SDP	@	HOU	Don Wilson	behind 2-6	t 9	1	1--	2	6	2	0.019	3%		Home Run; N. Colbert Scores
12	12	5	1	1973-07-05	SDP	@	LAD	Claude Osteen	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.091	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	6	1	1973-08-08	SDP		PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	b 4	1	12-	3	6	2	0.270	87%		Home Run; N. Colbert Scores; I. Murrell Scores/unER
14	14	7	1	1973-08-10	SDP		MON	Balor Moore	behind 2-3	b 3	2	1--	2	5	2	0.265	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Roberts Scores
15	15	8	1	1973-08-27	SDP	@	NYM	George Stone	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.117	58%		Home Run
16	16	9	1	1973-09-03	SDP		ATL	Max León	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	6	2	0.092	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	10	1	1973-09-23	SDP	@	SFG	Tom Bradley	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0.060	91%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1974-04-07	SDP	@	LAD	Andy Messersmith	behind 1-9	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	1974-05-06	SDP	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.187	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Colbert Scores
20	20	3	1	1974-05-07	SDP	@	PHI	Dave Wallace	ahead 4-3	t 13	0	---	1	6	2	0.087	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	4	1	1974-06-16	SDP	@	MON	Tom Walker	behind 4-7	t 8	0	--3	2	7	2	0.114	25%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Thomas Scores
22	22	5	1	1974-07-03	SDP	@	SFG	Ron Bryant	tied 1-1	t 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.214	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1974-07-17	SDP		PHI	Ed Farmer	ahead 12-1	b 6	1	12-	3	6	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Winfield Scores; J. Grubb Scores
24	24	7	1	1974-07-31	SDP		LAD	Doug Rau	behind 0-6	b 4	2	1--	2	7	2	0.057	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); N. Colbert Scores
25	25	8	1	1974-09-12	SDP		HOU	Tom Griffin	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.123	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1976-07-01	SDP		LAD	Doug Rau	ahead 4-3	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	0.122	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1976-08-01	SDP	@	CIN	Santo Alcalá	behind 2-5	t 9	1	1--	2	8	2	0.050	8%		Home Run (LF-CF); D. Rader Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1977-04-17 (2)	CLE		BOS	Tom Murphy	tied 5-5	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.136	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1977-05-06	CLE		CHW	Lerrin LaGrow	behind 4-7	b 9	1	---	1	9	2	0.026	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	1977-05-14	CLE	@	CHW	Ken Brett	behind 0-11	t 5	2	1--	2	9	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Melton Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1979-06-02	SDP	@	PIT	John Candelaria	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.115	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)