George Hendrick

George Andrew Hendrick Jr. (born October 18, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a former outfielder for six major league teams, most notably, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1979–84. He is currently the first base and outfield coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Hendrick began his career on June 4, 1971 with the Oakland Athletics (where he was part of the 1972 World Series championship team), and ended it on October 2 1988 with the California Angels. He batted and threw right-handed. He also played with the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Hendrick notably was a key player on the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals World Series team.

In an 18-season career, Hendrick posted a .278 batting average with 267 home runs and 1111 RBI. His career stats include 941 runs, 1980 hits, 343 doubles, 59 stolen bases, and a .329 on base percentage in 7129 at-bats.

On March 24, 1973, the Oakland A's traded him with catcher Dave Duncan for catcher Ray Fosse and shortstop Jack Heidemann to the Cleveland Indians.
On December 8, 1976, the Cleveland Indians traded him to the San Diego Padres for outfielder John Grubb, catcher Fred Kendall, and infielder Hector Torres.
On May 26, 1978, the San Diego Padres traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitcher Eric Rasmussen.
On December 12, 1984, the St. Louis Cardinals traded him with catcher Steve Barnard for pitcher John Tudor and outfielder (later catcher) Brian Harper to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
On August 2, 1985, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded him along with pitchers John Candelaria and Al Holland for infielder Mike Brown, pitcher Pat Clements, and a player to be named later.

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First pick of the 1969 amateur draft
Twice Silver Slugger Award winner (1980, 1983)
4-time All-Star (1974-75, 1980, 1983)
Finished 2nd in RBI in the National League (109, in 1980, behind only Mike Schmidt)
Broke up Mario Soto's no-hitter with 2 outs in the 9th inning, with a home run to tie the score