Fred Kendall
San Diego Padres 1969–1976; Cleveland Indians 1977; Boston Red Sox 1978; San Diego Padres 1979–1980
Percentile snapshot
1976 season — qualified batters
of 119 qualified 1976 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 10 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 3.3 | 6.1 | .187 | -0.2 |
| 1970 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -119.5 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
| 1971 | 49 | 120 | 111 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .171 | .220 | .207 | .428 | 10.6 | 25.2 | .194 | -0.5 |
| 1972 | 91 | 289 | 273 | 18 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 0 | .216 | .247 | .322 | .569 | 56.6 | 65.2 | .257 | 0.2 |
| 1973 | 145 | 551 | 507 | 39 | 143 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 30 | 35 | 3 | 1 | .282 | .320 | .396 | .717 | 102.2 | 103.5 | .327 | 3.2 |
| 1974 | 141 | 479 | 424 | 32 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 49 | 33 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 80.5 | 82.1 | .302 | 1.7 |
| 1975 | 103 | 314 | 286 | 16 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 0 | 1 | .199 | .265 | .248 | .513 | 41.0 | 46.5 | .245 | -0.4 |
| 1976 | 146 | 505 | 456 | 30 | 112 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 1 | 1 | .246 | .302 | .296 | .598 | 75.1 | 76.1 | .285 | 1.5 |
| 1977 | 103 | 346 | 317 | 18 | 79 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .283 | .325 | .608 | 65.1 | 68.2 | .275 | 0.6 |
| 1978 | 20 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .195 | .205 | .220 | .424 | -0.9 | 15.3 | .194 | -0.5 |
| 1979 | 46 | 114 | 102 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .248 | .216 | .463 | 27.5 | 31.5 | .220 | -0.3 |
| 1980 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .292 | .292 | .292 | .583 | 64.2 | 67.5 | .272 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-08-22 | SD @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1972-07-07 | SD @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1976-08-01 | SD @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1973-07-01 | SD @ HOU Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1974-05-06 | SD @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.