Jason Kendall joins exclusive club

by plunkeveryone on Apr 28, 2009 9:38 AM CDT Comment 23 comments

With yesterday's 2 HBP performance against the Pirates, Jason Kendall became the second player to get hit by a pitch against all 30 major league teams. Rondell White somehow beat him to that record, despite only being hit 88 times compared to Kendall's 235 career plunks.

The Pirates are the only NL Central team against whom Kendall is not the active leader in HBPs. He still leads active players in getting plunked by the Brewers, and holds the HBP lead among active players against the Marlins and Dodgers, as well as a share of the lead against Padres.

Here's are Jason Kendall's plunk totals against each team (which you could also get on his splits page on baseball-reference.com, but I'll save you the trip):

Reds - 23, Cubs - 17, Astros - 17, Brewers - 16, Cardinals - 16, Marlins - 15, Nationals/Expos - 12, Dodgers - 11, Rockies - 10, Giants - 9, Mets - 9, Phillies - 9, Padres - 8, Rangers - 8, Royals - 6, Braves - 6, Twins - 5, Rays - 5, Yankees - 4, D-backs - 4, Indians - 4, White Sox - 3, Angels - 3, Red Sox - 3, A's - 3, Mariners - 3, Pirates - 2, Tigers - 2, Orioles - 1, Blue Jays - 1

Kendall's 2nd plunk last night also gave him 17 HBPs since joining the Brewers - which means he's now been hit more times playing for the Brewers than playing against them.

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I have no problem with any of this

in fact, I think we should hit him more. While he’s at whole foods, fire one in the middle of his back. Or plunk him at Starbucks. I don’t think location should matter.

"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."

by Hyatt on Apr 28, 2009 10:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm amazed that the Angels only hit him 3 times

I mean, c’mon, he charged the mound against John Lackey when Lackey didn’t even hit him! (I took my then 2-year-old son (the current Braunophile) to that game. It was his first benches-clearing brawl. Ah, the memories.)

by Brew Angel on Apr 28, 2009 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this is why Jesse Chavez wasn't ejected last night

Jason Kendall simply attracts pitches. It’s not the pitchers’ faults. Pitches—at least the ones thrown by opposing teams—can’t keep away from him.

by morineko on Apr 28, 2009 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is like the 3000 hit club for grittiness

Every team has felt the sawdust.

by Bernie's Mustache Wax on Apr 28, 2009 12:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Damn, that is one gritty motherf*&%er

Ryan Braun: He loves it.

by SRB on Apr 28, 2009 12:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

has anyone ever done it

before the leagues were expanded to 30 teams total? ie, pre expansion, did anyone ever suck up HBPs from 24 teams or whatever? How about all-teams-except-ones-played-for-in-the-league-you-play? (obviously pre-interleague play, an AL player couldn’t be plunked by an NL team)?

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 28, 2009 12:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

maybe... but not among the most likely suspects

Frank Robinson got hit by 23 of the 24 teams when he played, excluding only the Reds, who he spent the first 10 years of his career with. But other than him, I looked through everyone with over 80 HBPs and at least 10 plunks in each league and didn’t find anyone among the players where the splits would be available. So, there may be some guys from the early 20th century, but the splits aren’t available to know for sure. Don Baylor and Ron Hunt got hit by every team in their league, but never switched leagues – but probably a lot of other guys did that too. I only have full HBP stats handy back to 1986, at the moment.

Gary Sheffield and Jose Guillen have been hit by 29 of 30 teams, but I believe the team their missing is not on either of their schedules this year.

by plunkeveryone on Apr 28, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cool...thanks for looking into it even more:)

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 28, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I doubt it happened often in the pre free agency era

Because a guy would have had to play for two teams in each league to successfully get hit by everyone. I suppose it’s possible a long careered journeyman could have done it, but it’s not likely.

"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."

by KLSnow on Apr 28, 2009 3:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nostalgia

Ah, this is wonderful. It’s like I’m reading Plunk Biggio again. I miss that blog.

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on Apr 28, 2009 12:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm not doing a Kendall-specific blog until he gets to at least 265

But feel free to stop by plunkeveryone.com for plunk related news and the expanded bruise board. Because you might need to know who is the 2009 leader in HBPs at parks named after beer companies. Last year we got to enjoy Carlos Quentin’s 6 game HBP streak, and the Indians breaking the modern team record for plunks in a season. And Jason Kendall breaking the Jason Kendall era record for HBPs, for that matter.

(Sadly, Eric Plunk doesn’t come up that often)

by plunkeveryone on Apr 28, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

nice blog

you seem to have found a niche;)

by PagsBrewCrew on Apr 28, 2009 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't Biggio a little miffed about the record?

I don’t remember him being too pleased whenever anyone asked him about it.

by ecocd on Apr 28, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He might have gotten tired of answering the questions

I think maybe he ran out of things to say about it after a while, and he didn’t want to be know just for HBPs. I suspect there was some sensitivity about the elbow pad criticism too, because he stopped wearing it around late May of ‘07 a couple of months before he got to 3000 hits. But generally he seemed to be cool about doing interviews about it from what I saw, and he never sent hired goons after that jerk on the internet who wouldn’t shut up about the HBP record. (And honestly, I’d be pretty easy to bully).

by plunkeveryone on Apr 28, 2009 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amazing

I don’t know how I missed your blog. Also, “Eric Plunk Biggio” would be a good before-and-after answer for some sort of obscure baseball Jeopardy, no?

C. Magruder scored, R. Weeks to second on balk

by alkaseitzer on May 1, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

that's wheel of fortune, fool

jk:)

by PagsBrewCrew on May 1, 2009 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a very nice niche blog you've got going.

I’ve added it to my reading list.

"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."

by KLSnow on Apr 28, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

who gave up Robin Yount's 3000th hit?

Or was that Mesa, I think Plunk gave up a big hit to Robin, remember the Indians I think was his 1st, 100th, 1000th, 2000th and 3000th hits… I think, just all off memory

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Apr 28, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes it was Mesa

on September 9th, 1992, the final game of the Brewers/Indians. I remember buying tickets to all three games, and everyday he got one hit. Very special moment!

The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.

by Kyguy922 on Apr 28, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Previous Kendall Story

I dont know if anyone saw it today, relates more to the Kendall/Rivera story a couple of days ago, but Baseball Prospectus listed Jason Kendall as a “Replacement Level Killer” at catcher, with AJ Pierzynski runner up. They made comment about his ankle injury a few years ago and also that their projection 6 years ago is one example of bad projections. Thats kind of what injuries will do to a guy.

by backtocali on Apr 28, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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