Midwest League Managers

Fred Kendall

One Midwest League season:

Manager, South Bend [White Sox] (1995)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Cincinnati, 4th round (June regular phase), 1967 (Catcher, Torrance [CA] HS) [to San Diego in the 1968 expansion draft]
Professional Career: Twelve major league seasons, mostly with San Diego.
- Kendall's major league career.
Midwest League: Never played in the Midwest League.

Management style

Kendall was a fairly conventional minor league manager. His pitchers were a bit more likely to throw complete games than his contemporaries.

Father of major league catcher Jason Kendall.

New
28dec98
Changed
1jan10
Major Change
13jul07

Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Fred Lyn Kendall
DOB: January 31, 1949			Torrance, California

2007	Kansas City	American (ML)	Royals	Bullpen Coach
2006	Kansas City	American (ML)	Royals	Bullpen Coach
2005	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Minor League Catching Coordinator
2004	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Minor League Catching Coordinator
2003	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Minor League Catching Coordinator
2002	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Bullpen Coach
2001	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Bullpen Coach
2000	Colorado	National (ML)	Rockies	Bullpen Coach
1999
1998	Detroit	American (ML)	Tigers	Bullpen Coach
1997	Detroit	American (ML)	Tigers	Bullpen Coach
1996	Detroit	American (ML)	Tigers	Bullpen Coach
1995	South Bend	Midwest (A)	White Sox	135	13	6	215	.67	41	66	69	.489
1994-95	Oriente	Venezuelan (--)	Winter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1994	Hickory	South Atlantic (A)	White Sox	140	9	3	158	.63	47	86	54	.614
			Playoff Qualifier, Manager of the Year
1993-94	Oriente	Venezuelan (--)	Winter	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1993	Hickory	South Atlantic (A)	White Sox	140	11	8	233	.66	42	52	88	.371
1992	Utica	New York-Pennsylvania (A-)	White Sox	74	5	6	151	.70	12	42	32	.568
			Playoff Qualifier
1981-91
1967-80				Playing Career

Coach	7 Seasons
Minors	4 Seasons			489	38	23	757	.66	142	246	243	.503
Coach	3 Seasons
Winter	2 Seasons			---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---

Total	4 (14) Seasons			489	38	23	757	.66	142	246	243	.503
Some statistics are not currently available.

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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1995 Midwest League Managers
Colborn	Goff	Hale	Hart	Jones
Kendall	Kilgo	Lawless	Pankovits	Poldberg
Roadcap	Rohn	Romero	Silver

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Midwest League Managers

Fred Kendall

Playing Career

Management style

Fred Lyn Kendall

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources