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Apr 04, 1937 Barrington, New Jersey, United States Died on 07 Jan 2013 (aged 75)
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About Al Kenders
- Albert Daniel George Kenders (April 4, 1937 – January 7, 2013) was an American professional baseball player.
- A catcher, he played for eight seasons (1956–1963) in the Philadelphia Phillies' farm system, with a ten-game, 23-at bat Major League trial for the 1961 Phillies.
- He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg) as an active player. In 1961, Kenders started four games at catcher for the Phillies after a mid-season recall from the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts.
- In his second game, he recorded his first MLB hit, a single off pitcher Jack Curtis of the Chicago Cubs.
- He would notch only three more hits during his Major League service, with the only extra-base blow, a double, coming off future Baseball Hall of Fame southpaw Warren Spahn on August 20, 1961.He batted .259 with 33 home runs in 655 minor league games.
