Howie Kendrick
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 225LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 10, #294, Anaheim Angels | St. John's River Community College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2018 160 152 17 46 4 1 .303 .331 .474 .805
2019 370 334 61 115 17 2 .344 .395 .572 .967
2020 100 91 11 25 2 0 .275 .320 .385 .705
15 Seasons 6,421 5,950 792 1,747 127 126 .294 .337 .430 .767
AVG HR SB OPS
2018 .303 4 1 .805
2019 .344 17 2 .967
2020 .275 2 0 .705
15 Seasons .294 127 126 .767
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 31 1863 384 15 3.9 3.0 90.3 111.6 1.2 31.3 .285 .411 .325 .325 .368 41.4 16.6 5.5
2016 32 2069 394 23 5.8 4.2 90.5 111.0 1.7 26.9 .268 .416 .303 .332 .367 42.1 17.7 9.2
2017 33 1310 239 19 7.9 5.7 87.5 113.3 1.2 33.9 .272 .454 .361 .337 .393 34.0 20.4 6.6
2018 34 557 124 6 4.8 3.8 90.2 109.6 7.9 36.3 .271 .423 .342 .312 .367 44.4 18.1 3.1
2019 35 1397 290 33 11.4 8.9 91.7 112.4 10.8 36.9 .332 .614 .400 .418 .461 48.3 13.2 7.3
2020 36 384 76 5 6.6 5.0 88.8 109.6 7.3 39.5 .282 .450 .298 .332 .382 39.5 17.0 7.0
Player 7580 1507 101 6.7 5.0 90.1 113.3 4.0 32.4 .286 .460 .339 .346 .390 41.9 17.0 6.9
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 60.4 10.7 28.6 0.3 24.5 43.5 32.0 2.1 48.7 10.4 29.9 4.2 3.9 3.0
2016 61.2 12.4 24.9 1.5 22.3 43.9 33.8 3.0 45.9 11.4 26.1 5.6 5.8 4.2
2017 58.6 13.0 27.2 1.3 25.9 44.4 29.7 4.2 46.4 10.9 25.9 3.3 7.9 5.7
2018 46.8 21.0 28.2 4.0 27.4 45.2 25.8 2.4 37.9 18.5 26.6 9.7 4.8 3.8
2019 48.3 23.1 24.1 4.5 28.3 45.9 25.9 3.4 31.0 18.3 27.2 8.6 11.4 8.9
2020 46.1 15.8 34.2 3.9 30.3 46.1 23.7 5.3 35.5 15.8 30.3 6.6 6.6 5.0
Player 56.1 15.0 26.8 2.1 25.4 44.5 30.0 3.1 42.7 13.2 27.5 5.8 6.7 5.0
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.5 -3 123 32.0 30 .296 .370 .340 11.3 6.7 6.7 .334 .558 .393 30.8
2020 Sinker 0.9 1 71 18.5 21 .389 .389 .367 9.1 0.0 0.0 .292 .364 .338 42.1
2020 Slider -3.1 -2 67 17.4 15 .143 .214 .190 41.4 33.3 19.2 .195 .255 .228 22.2
2020 Curveball 0.3 0 40 10.4 9 .222 .333 .239 14.3 22.2 14.3 .341 .488 .354 57.1
2020 Changeup 2.6 1 38 9.9 14 .286 .714 .414 30.0 35.7 29.4 .270 .666 .383 66.7
2020 Cutter -6.1 -2 30 7.8 5 .000 .000 .000 40.0 60.0 37.5 .059 .061 .055 50.0
2020 Sweeper 11.1 1 8 2.1 2 .500 .500 .450 25.0 0.0 0.0 .353 .359 .320 0.0
2020 Split-Finger -0.9 0 4 1.0 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .408 .537 .406 50.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 1.1 5 452 32.4 126 .324 .613 .448 8.8 11.1 11.5 .367 .791 .495 54.1
2019 Sinker 1.8 5 276 19.8 85 .456 .620 .488 8.8 7.1 9.0 .372 .556 .419 50.0
2019 Slider 0.0 0 243 17.4 56 .302 .472 .353 29.8 25.0 17.1 .194 .359 .260 37.5
2019 Curveball 3.9 7 185 13.2 34 .387 .774 .488 25.9 14.7 7.2 .461 .873 .543 48.1
2019 Cutter 1.8 2 120 8.6 33 .250 .429 .377 21.2 12.1 12.5 .252 .407 .342 45.8
2019 Changeup 2.0 2 99 7.1 30 .276 .448 .330 26.2 16.7 14.3 .300 .537 .376 40.0
2019 Split-Finger -2.9 0 14 1.0 5 .000 .000 .280 30.0 20.0 20.0 .088 .093 .328 50.0
2019 Slurve -0.4 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 Sweeper -0.3 0 4 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 356 1,246 2 -4 2 3 3
2009 416 1,577 5 -9 6 5 7
2010 649 2,381 -14 1 7 6 0
2011 578 2,291 1 -12 8 10 8
2012 592 2,146 -1 -10 5 5 -1
2013 508 1,904 -12 2 6 6 2
2014 677 2,526 15 -17 14 7 19
2015 516 1,927 0 0 6 5 11
2016 563 2,154 -19 -8 12 8 -7
2017 336 1,317 -6 1 7 6 8
2018 159 555 1 -3 1 2 0
2019 434 1,666 6 -1 9 8 23
2020 98 383 -3 -4 0 3 -5
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,863 51.4 68.9 86.4 32.4 65.9 44.1 29.5 51.2 19.7 8.3 74.0
2016 2,069 50.4 67.2 86.6 28.4 61.5 42.4 29.7 47.9 20.8 9.1 77.2
2017 1,310 50.3 64.4 83.0 31.5 67.6 41.8 21.9 48.0 21.8 8.2 79.4
2018 557 53.3 70.9 86.2 35.5 60.9 44.3 29.6 54.2 21.2 6.8 81.6
2019 1,397 49.3 64.0 91.4 31.4 66.2 43.4 21.7 47.5 17.0 8.2 72.2
2020 384 48.2 65.9 87.7 35.7 64.8 41.7 21.4 50.3 20.7 6.8 53.8
Player 7,580 50.5 66.8 86.8 31.3 64.7 43.0 26.4 49.2 20.0 8.3 75.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 59 90 57 37 60 40 37 80 86 80 63 23 60 29 47
2016 60 70 46 37 72 47 42 76 80 79 62 65 60 53 48 72
2017 92 44 24
2018 71 36
2019 99 100 98 94 96 62 80 90 86 92 91 33 89 32 20 14
2020 67 10
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 20.7 8 9.4 -1 8 12 1 12.5
2017 21.1 9 8.6 0 6 4 5 55.6
2018 21.2 4 3.5 1 1 1 3 75.0
2019 22.1 19 19.8 -1 7 17 8 42.1
2020 23.4 2 2.1 0 2 1 1 50.0
Player 21.6 42 43.4 -1 24 35 18 42.9
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 8 9 3 14 9 7 10 10 9 4 8 11 11 6 8 15 4 7 9 13 6 5 15 18 10 8 10 16 13 10 5
2017 9 10 9 9 7 7 8 9 6 7 7 8 12 8 8 9 8 7 11 7 11 9 9 11 10 7 7 13 12 7 6
2018 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3
2019 19 24 15 20 22 20 21 18 16 16 18 22 23 17 19 22 16 17 18 21 21 21 25 23 17 17 17 24 26 21 16
2020 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 42 49 32 50 43 39 45 42 36 32 38 47 52 37 40 52 34 36 44 46 44 41 56 58 42 37 39 59 57 44 32
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-  
Exit Velocity 90.3 90.5 0.2 ↑ 87.5 -3.0 ↓ 90.2 2.7 ↑ 91.7 1.5 ↑ 88.8 -2.9 ↓
Launch Angle 1.2 1.7 0.5 ↑ 1.2 -0.5 ↓ 7.9 6.7 ↑ 10.8 2.9 ↑ 7.3 -3.5 ↓
Barrel % 3.9 5.8 1.9 ↑ 7.9 2.1 ↑ 4.8 -3.1 ↓ 11.4 6.6 ↑ 6.6 -4.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 41.4 42.1 0.7 ↑ 34.0 -8.1 ↓ 44.4 10.4 ↑ 48.3 3.9 ↑ 39.5 -8.8 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.3 26.9 -4.4 ↓ 33.9 7.0 ↑ 36.3 2.4 ↑ 36.9 0.6 ↑ 39.5 2.6 ↑
xBA .285 .268 -0.017 ↓ .272 0.004 ↑ .271 -0.001 ↓ .332 0.061 ↑ .282 -0.050 ↓
BA .295 .255 -0.040 ↓ .315 0.060 ↑ .303 -0.012 ↓ .344 0.041 ↑ .275 -0.069 ↓
xwOBA .325 .332 0.007 ↑ .337 0.005 ↑ .312 -0.025 ↓ .418 0.106 ↑ .332 -0.086 ↓
wOBA .325 .303 -0.022 ↓ .361 0.058 ↑ .342 -0.019 ↓ .400 0.058 ↑ .298 -0.102 ↓
xSLG .411 .416 0.005 ↑ .454 0.038 ↑ .423 -0.031 ↓ .614 0.191 ↑ .450 -0.164 ↓
SLG .409 .366 -0.043 ↓ .475 0.109 ↑ .474 -0.001 ↓ .572 0.098 ↑ .385 -0.187 ↓
K% 16.6 17.7 1.1 ↑ 20.4 2.7 ↑ 18.1 -2.3 ↓ 13.2 -4.9 ↓ 17.0 3.8 ↑
BB% 5.5 9.2 3.7 ↑ 6.6 -2.6 ↓ 3.1 -3.5 ↓ 7.3 4.2 ↑ 7.0 -0.3 ↓
Swing % 51.2 47.9 -3.3 ↓ 48.0 0.1 ↑ 54.2 6.2 ↑ 47.5 -6.7 ↓ 50.3 2.8 ↑
Whiff% 19.7 20.8 1.1 ↑ 21.8 1.0 ↑ 21.2 -0.6 ↓ 17.0 -4.2 ↓ 20.7 3.7 ↑
In Zone % 51.4 50.4 -1.0 ↓ 50.3 -0.1 ↓ 53.3 3.0 ↑ 49.3 -4.0 ↓ 48.2 -1.1 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 49.6 1.0 ↑ 49.7 0.1 ↑ 46.7 -3.0 ↓ 50.7 4.0 ↑ 51.8 1.1 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 32.4 28.4 -4.0 ↓ 31.5 3.1 ↑ 35.5 4.0 ↑ 31.4 -4.1 ↓ 35.7 4.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 29.5 29.7 0.2 ↑ 21.9 -7.8 ↓ 29.6 7.7 ↑ 21.7 -7.9 ↓ 21.4 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 62.6 63.7 1.1 ↑ 62.6 -1.1 ↓ 68.6 6.0 ↑ 66.4 -2.2 ↓ 63.3 -3.1 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 527 1 0.2 .303 .000
2017 Shifts R 333 0 0.0 .360
2018 Shifts R 159 0 0.0 .342
2019 Shifts R 369 3 0.8 .398 .647
2020 Shifts R 98 5 5.1 .292 .396
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 728 15.0 50.7% 1.1% 390 23.0 0.8% 10.3%
2011 662 14.9 51.2% 1.2% 381 22.0 2.4% 7.9%
2012 588 15.9 37.2% 1.4% 333 22.6 1.2% 9.3%
2013 495 16.4 28.1% 2.0% 264 23.6 0.0% 12.5%
2014 704 16.9 23.6% 1.3% 427 23.4 1.2% 7.5%
2015 540 17.2 32.4% 2.8% 258 22.4 3.9% 17.8%
2016 622 16.8 35.7% 1.4% 313 23.3 5.4% 14.7%
2017 419 15.4 45.6% 0.5% 181 21.8 3.3% 6.1%
2018 155 16.1 37.4% 0.0% 72 20.7 1.4% 5.6%
2019 391 16.8 31.2% 0.5% 245 22.5 1.2% 8.6%
2020 91 16.4 34.1% 0.0% 70 22.1 0.0% 1.4%
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