George Hendrick
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Hendrick as a coach for the Tampa Bay Rays
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: October 18, 1949 Los Angeles, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 4, 1971, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
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| October 2, 1988, for the California Angels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .278 | ||
| Home runs | 267 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,111 | ||
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George Andrew Hendrick, Jr. (born October 18, 1949) is a former major league outfielder for the Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and California Angels. Hendrick is arguably best remembered as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he played from 1978 to 1984 and was a key player in the team's 1982 World Series win. He led the Cardinals in home runs every year from 1980 through 1983. Hendrick is currently the special advisor to baseball operations for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Over eighteen seasons, Hendrick posted a .278 batting average with 267 home runs and 1111 RBI. His career stats included 941 runs, 1980 hits, 343 doubles, 59 stolen bases, and a .329 on-base percentage in 7129 at-bats.
Hendrick began his baseball career in the minor leagues with Burlington in 1968, leading the league with a .327 batting average and 25 doubles. He was an all-star four times, twice with Cleveland in 1974 and 1975 and twice with St. Louis in 1980 and 1983, and finished in the top 15 in league MVP voting four consecutive years between 1980 and 1983. Hendrick was one of the first players to hit 100 home runs in each league, 150 for the National League and 117 for the American League. He was the first MLB player to wear his pant legs down to his ankles, was nicknamed "Jogging George" and "Captain Easy" because of his reputation for not running plays out or giving 100% effort and "Silent George" due to his longstanding policy of not talking to the media.
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