Kyle Kendrick
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Kendrick with the Philadelphia Phillies
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Born: August 26, 1984 Houston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 13, 2007, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 81–81 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.63 | ||
| Strikeouts | 702 | ||
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Kyle Rodney Kendrick (born August 26, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies.
Kendrick was born in Houston, Texas, but attended high school in Mount Vernon, Washington. While growing up, he was greatly influenced by his father, from whom he developed his composure when pitching. Upon graduation, he turned down a scholarship to play college football, instead signing a contract to begin his professional baseball career in the Phillies' organization. After a slow ascent through the lower levels of the Phillies' minor league system, he made his MLB debut in 2007, and was a member of the starting rotation of the 2008 World Series Champion team.
Subsequently, he was demoted to the minor leagues to develop secondary pitches. From 2010 until 2012, his role on the big-league squad frequently fluctuated, but overall, was an underrated member of the pitching staff, according to several writers. Nevertheless, he drew the ire of Phillies fans, who were tired of his inconsistency during the course of his career. After a successful 2012 campaign, however, he firmly implanted himself in the Phillies' starting rotation before the 2013 season. Again in 2013, though, he was inconsistent, and entering 2014, some suggested he should be traded to another team.
His pitching style is characterized by his poise on the mound that allows him to "go with the flow" of the game. He predominantly throws a sinker, and mixes in some secondary pitches in which he lacks confidence. He is married, has two children, and lives in Snohomish County, Washington during the offseason.
Born in Houston, Texas, Kendrick was a three-sport standout in football, basketball, and baseball at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Washington. Throughout his adolescent athletic career, it was Kendrick's father Maury from whom Kendrick drew guidance and direction, particularly on how to conduct oneself during a game. Maury advised Kendrick to show as little emotion as possible when pitching, and is the one from whom Kendrick draws his composure while pitching. Kendrick and his father discuss pitching before and after every one of Kendrick's starts, which Maury watches from Seattle, Washington, and in 2013, Maury was part of the Phillies' Fathers Day celebration, a celebration of his guidance of Kendrick.
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