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INFIELDER
ANTHONY RENDON

2024 SEASON
◆ Batted .218 (45/206) with 21 runs scored, 10 doubles, 14 RBI, and six stolen bases in 57 games for the Angels this year.
◆ Batted .288 (36/125) from April 5 - Aug. 10, with hits in 23 of 32 games played with a AB, including 10 multi-hit games.
◆ Had 16-game on-base streak from April 5 - July 9 during which he batted .356 (21/59) with nine runs scored...Reached
base in 44 of 57 games played on the season.
◆ Missed 68 games on the injured list with a left hamstring strain from April 21 to July 8...Placed on injured list with low
back inflammation on July 30 (retro to July 27) and missed eight games...Returned to injured list with a left oblique
strain on Sept. 10 (retro to Sept. 8) and missed final 20 games of the campaign.
CAREER SUMMARY
◆ Veteran of 12 big league seasons (not including 2025) begins sixth season with the Angels...Signed seven-year
contract Dec. 13, 2019.
◆ Finished in Top 11 of MVP race five times (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020) and three-time Top 5 finisher (2014, 2017, &
2019)...Tabbed as a Louisville Silver Slugger twice (2014 & 2019) and was named to first All-Star Game in 2019.
◆ From 2013-2020, boasted the fourth-highest career on-base percentage (.368) by an active third baseman and third-
best average (.285)...From 2016-2020, ranked fifth in the Majors by a third baseman in doubles (201), third in OPS (.884) RENDON
and fifth in RBI (492).
◆ Earned MLB’s Comeback Player of the Year Award for the National League in 2016 following an injury plagued 2015
season...Named N.L. Player of the Week twice in career.
◆ On April 30, 2017, went 6-for-6 with three home runs and 10 RBI.
◆ Drafted by the Nationals in the first round (6th overall pick) out of Rice University (Houston, TX).
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2023
◆ Fourth season with Angels...Missed 100 games across three IL stints in 2023.
◆ Recorded at least a hit in 23 of 43 games played...Had 10 multi-hit games.
◆ Had season-high six-game hit streak May 2-8...Hit .474 (9/19) with five runs, one home run, and seven RBI in those games.
◆ Served a four-game suspension from April 3-7.
2022
◆ Limited to 47 games during third season with Angels due to wrist inflammation.
◆ Homered batting left-handed May 10 off Tampa Bay’s Brett Phillips...Marked first career plate appearance batting
left-handed.
◆ Recorded fourth career walk-off May 8 vs. Nationals, his first since joining the Angels in 2019.
2021
◆ In second season with the Angels, was limited to 58 games due to various injuries.
◆ Hit 150th career home run June 25 and drove in 600th career RBI June 7...Since start of 2013, is one of 28 players to
drive in 650 runs and tally 250 doubles.
◆ Posted an .805 OPS on the road compared to a .622 OPS at Angel Stadium.
2020
◆ In first campaign with the Angels, posted a career-best .418 OBP...
Ranked second in the A.L. in OBP and fWAR (2.7), fourth in walks DISCIPLINE REPORT
and ninth in OPS (.915)...Finished 10th in the A.L. MVP vote.
◆ Led the team in OBP, fWAR (2.7) and walks and ranked second in Hardest American Leaguers to
home runs, RBI and doubles. strikeout in 2020...
◆ After opening the season going 4-for-39 (.103), went on to post a
.333 (50/150) average and 1.008 OPS over his final 40 games of Player P A / K
the season...The .333 average ranked third in the American League Team 1. Tommy La Stella 19.00
during that span (from Aug. 10) while the 1.008 OPS ranked fourth. LAA-OAK
◆ Recorded 1000th career hit with a 6th inning single on Aug. 10. 2. DJ LeMahieu 10.29 NYY
◆ Missed first four games of regular season and Angels three Summer 3. David Fletcher 9.20 LAA
Camp exhibitions due to an oblique injury but was not placed on the I.L. 4. Yuli Gurriel 8.52 HOU
2019 5. Whit Merrifield 8.03 KC
◆ In seventh season with Nationals, finished third in N.L. MVP race 6. Hanser Alberto 7.70 BAL
(won by Cody Bellinger) after batting .319 (174/545) with 117 runs 7. Kyle Seager 7.52 SEA
scored, 34 home runs, 126 RBI and a 1.10 OPS (.412 OBP/.598 SLG)... 8. Anthony Rendon 7.48 LAA
Led Majors in RBI and paced (T-1st) the Senior Circuit for the second
straight season in doubles...Also finished in the Top 5 in the N.L. in
average (3rd), runs (3rd), OBP (2nd), slugging (3rd) and OPS (1.010).
◆ Tabbed as a Louisville Silver Slugger for the second time in his career (also, 2014).
◆ Named an All-Star for the first time in career...Was just the second Nats third baseman ever named to the Midsummer
Classic, joining Ryan Zimmerman in 2009...Did not attend game due to injury rehab.

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