Ex- Angel, Dodger Kendrick retires
Howie Kendrick, who played the bulk of his 15- year major league career with the Angels and spent two seasons with the Dodgers before blossoming into a playoff hero for the Washington Nationals in 2019, is retiring.
Kendrick, 37, had 1,747 hits and batted .275 with a .705 on- base- plus- slugging percentage, 127 homers, 354 doubles, 724 RBIs and 126 steals for the Angels ( 20062014), Dodgers ( 2015- 2016), Philadelphia Phillies ( 2017) and Washington ( 2017- 2020).
He played on four Angels playoff teams from 2007 to 2014, two Dodgers playoff teams and in 2019 helped the Nationals win their f irst World Series championship with two huge postseason home runs — in the division series against the Dodgers and the World Series against the Houston Astros.
“To the Angels, thank you for taking a chance on me in 2002 and helping me blossom into the consistent player I became,” he wrote. “To the Dodgers, although the opportunity to wear Dodger Blue was brief, it will always be cherished. ... Last but not least, [ to] my beloved Washington Nationals ... I feel as though I’d been a National my whole career and the wild, humbling and crazy ride we had in 2019 truly culminated everything I’d learned in my career, and we all became World Champions.”
— Mike DiGiovanna
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