Jason Kendall

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 181 lb

BornJune 26, 1974 · San Diego, CA, USA

MLB debutApril 1, 1996

Final gameAugust 30, 2010

Seasons15 (1996–2010)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1996–2004; Oakland Athletics 2005–2006; Chicago Cubs 2007; Oakland Athletics 2007; Milwaukee Brewers 2008–2009; Kansas City Royals 2010

Percentile snapshot

2009 season — qualified batters

134

15.6

526

10.4

452

5.2

1.3

109

1.9

5.8

40.3

1.3

RBI

4.5

29.2

92.2

49.4

56.5

.241

2.6

OBP

.331

25.3

SLG

.305

OPS

.636

1.9

wRC+

72.3

1.9

OPS+

71.7

1.9

wOBA

.295

1.9

sWAR

1.1

10.4

of 155 qualified 2009 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

99.3

40.2

OPS+

95.9

33.2

sWAR

44.6

98.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1996	130	471	414	54	124	23	5	3	42	35	30	5	2	.300	.372	.401	.773	100.7	102.1	.344	2.6
1997	144	572	486	71	143	36	4	8	49	49	53	18	6	.294	.391	.434	.825	119.7	114.5	.375	4.5
1998	149	627	535	95	175	36	3	12	75	51	51	26	5	.327	.411	.473	.884	135.8	131.3	.395	6.1
1999	78	334	280	61	93	20	3	8	41	38	32	22	3	.332	.428	.511	.939	140.1	137.1	.414	3.4
2000	152	678	579	112	185	33	6	14	58	79	79	22	12	.320	.412	.470	.882	128.2	123.4	.394	5.8
2001	157	672	606	84	161	22	2	10	53	44	48	13	14	.266	.335	.358	.693	81.1	79.5	.312	1.6
2002	145	605	545	59	154	25	3	3	44	49	29	15	8	.283	.350	.356	.706	90.3	86.6	.327	2.5
2003	150	665	587	84	191	29	3	6	58	49	40	8	7	.325	.399	.416	.815	119.8	114.3	.369	5.1
2004	147	658	574	86	183	32	0	3	51	60	41	11	8	.319	.399	.390	.789	114.3	107.7	.361	4.6
2005	150	676	601	70	163	28	1	0	53	50	39	8	3	.271	.345	.321	.666	84.0	79.8	.307	2.2
2006	143	626	552	76	163	23	0	1	50	53	54	11	5	.295	.367	.342	.709	92.5	88.3	.325	2.7
2007	137	514	466	45	113	20	1	3	41	31	42	3	4	.242	.301	.309	.610	61.1	61.0	.279	0.3
2008	151	587	516	46	127	30	2	2	49	50	45	8	3	.246	.327	.324	.651	73.8	74.0	.298	1.2
2009	134	526	452	48	109	19	2	2	43	46	58	7	2	.241	.331	.305	.636	72.3	71.7	.295	1.1
2010	118	490	434	39	111	18	0	0	37	37	45	12	7	.256	.318	.297	.615	68.6	69.0	.284	0.9

Career totals

2,085

202nd-most career G

8,701

189th-most career PA

7,627

199th-most career AB

1,030

327th-most career R

2,195

191st-most career H

394

213th-most career 2B

RBI

744

721

351st-most career BB

686

189

403rd-most career SB

.2878

464th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3658

361st-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3781

OPS

.7439

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	TB
2000-05-19	STL @ PIT Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	5	10
1997-05-31	WSH @ PIT Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	1	1	9
1997-07-24	PIT @ SD Gameday	4	2	4	1	0	1	3	8
1999-05-03	SF @ PIT Gameday	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	7
1998-04-08	ATL @ PIT Gameday	4	2	3	1	0	1	2	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2000-05-01	CIN @ PIT Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000-09-22	PIT @ MIL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

Honors

3× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.