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Jason Kendall played 15 major-league seasons (1996-2010) as a C (2,025), OF (29). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 22 | PIT | 130 | 414 | 54 | 124 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 35 | 30 | .300 | .773 | 111 |
| 1997 | 23 | PIT | 144 | 486 | 71 | 143 | 8 | 49 | 18 | 49 | 53 | .294 | .825 | 123 |
| 1998 | 24 | PIT | 149 | 535 | 95 | 175 | 12 | 75 | 26 | 51 | 51 | .327 | .884 | 140 |
| 1999 | 25 | PIT | 78 | 280 | 61 | 93 | 8 | 41 | 22 | 38 | 32 | .332 | .939 | 144 |
| 2000 | 26 | PIT | 152 | 579 | 112 | 185 | 14 | 58 | 22 | 79 | 79 | .320 | .882 | 129 |
| 2001 | 27 | PIT | 157 | 606 | 84 | 161 | 10 | 53 | 13 | 44 | 48 | .266 | .693 | 85 |
| 2002 | 28 | PIT | 145 | 545 | 59 | 154 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 29 | .283 | .706 | 93 |
| 2003 | 29 | PIT | 150 | 587 | 84 | 191 | 6 | 58 | 8 | 49 | 40 | .325 | .815 | 120 |
| 2004 | 30 | PIT | 147 | 574 | 86 | 183 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 60 | 41 | .319 | .789 | 112 |
| 2005 | 31 | OAK | 150 | 601 | 70 | 163 | 0 | 53 | 8 | 50 | 39 | .271 | .666 | 80 |
| 2006 | 32 | OAK | 143 | 552 | 76 | 163 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 53 | 54 | .295 | .709 | 86 |
| 2007 | 33 | OAK | 80 | 292 | 24 | 66 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 12 | 27 | .226 | .542 | 44 |
| 2007 | 33 | CHN | 57 | 174 | 21 | 47 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 15 | .270 | .718 | 93 |
| 2008 | 34 | MIL | 151 | 516 | 46 | 127 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 50 | 45 | .246 | .651 | 77 |
| 2009 | 35 | MIL | 134 | 452 | 48 | 109 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 46 | 58 | .241 | .636 | 75 |
| 2010 | 36 | KCA | 118 | 434 | 39 | 111 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 37 | 45 | .256 | .615 | 70 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | C | 129 | 117 | 797 | 71 | 18 | 10 |
| 1997 | C | 142 | 139 | 952 | 103 | 11 | 20 |
| 1998 | C | 144 | 143 | 1015 | 58 | 9 | 10 |
| 1999 | C | 75 | 74 | 505 | 48 | 7 | 13 |
| 2000 | C | 147 | 145 | 990 | 81 | 10 | 12 |
| 2001 | C | 133 | 127 | 739 | 52 | 12 | 7 |
| 2001 | OF | 27 | 27 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | C | 143 | 140 | 797 | 64 | 9 | 13 |
| 2003 | C | 146 | 145 | 841 | 48 | 10 | 3 |
| 2004 | C | 146 | 145 | 998 | 78 | 10 | 13 |
| 2005 | C | 147 | 146 | 986 | 51 | 7 | 6 |
| 2006 | C | 141 | 141 | 924 | 54 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | C | 132 | 130 | 847 | 58 | 9 | 6 |
| 2007 | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | C | 149 | 149 | 1025 | 94 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | C | 133 | 131 | 882 | 61 | 8 | 2 |
| 2010 | C | 118 | 118 | 721 | 68 | 13 | 11 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1996.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 30 / 140 | 1 |
Jason Kendall ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #103 | catchers | 1998 | 140 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.