Jerry Kindall
Chicago Cubs 1956–1958; Chicago Cubs 1960–1961; Cleveland Indians 1962–1964; Minnesota Twins 1964–1965
Percentile snapshot
1962 season — qualified batters
of 104 qualified 1962 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 32 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .164 | .246 | .218 | .464 | 20.8 | 26.7 | .216 | -0.3 |
| 1957 | 72 | 192 | 181 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 0 | .160 | .196 | .276 | .472 | 17.3 | 25.3 | .212 | -1.2 |
| 1958 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 15.9 | 29.1 | .214 | 0.0 |
| 1960 | 89 | 256 | 246 | 17 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 3 | .240 | .253 | .346 | .598 | 53.3 | 62.3 | .262 | -0.5 |
| 1961 | 96 | 333 | 310 | 37 | 75 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 18 | 89 | 2 | 2 | .242 | .288 | .419 | .707 | 82.2 | 82.7 | .314 | 0.7 |
| 1962 | 154 | 588 | 530 | 51 | 123 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 55 | 45 | 107 | 4 | 3 | .232 | .290 | .349 | .639 | 67.5 | 73.5 | .284 | -0.1 |
| 1963 | 86 | 263 | 234 | 27 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 71 | 3 | 1 | .205 | .266 | .295 | .560 | 56.1 | 57.7 | .259 | -0.2 |
| 1964 | 85 | 166 | 153 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 0 | .183 | .233 | .261 | .495 | 30.2 | 38.2 | .227 | -0.9 |
| 1965 | 125 | 395 | 342 | 41 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 97 | 2 | 2 | .196 | .274 | .289 | .563 | 55.6 | 58.5 | .263 | -0.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-07-12 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1962-06-16 | NYY @ CLE Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1962-05-20 | DET @ CLE Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1960-08-13 | CHC @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1962-06-10 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-05-02 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-16 | CHC @ SF Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-17 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-19 | CHC @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-06-05 | PIT @ CHC 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.