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Anthony Michael Rendon (, ; born June 6, 1990) is an American
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for the
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of
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(MLB). He has previously played for the
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and was a member of the Nationals'
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champion team over his hometown
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. Rendon played
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for the Rice University Owls, where he won the 2010
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. Rendon was selected sixth overall in the 2011 MLB draft by the Nationals. Rendon made his MLB debut in 2013. He is an All-Star and two-time
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winner.


Early years

Rendon is the second son of Rene and Bridget Rendon. His parents say Rendon started playing baseball at a very early age, hitting pine cones with sticks as early as the age of three. Rendon grew up on the southwest side of Houston and excelled in both academics and sports. He was a star basketball player, track athlete, and baseball player at Hodges Bend Middle School. For the first two and a half years of high school, Rendon attended George Bush High School, before transferring to Lamar High School. As a senior, he was a first-team 5A all-state
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and an All-Greater Houston selection by the ''
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'' after he hit .570 with eight
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s, 17 doubles, 56
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, 56 runs, and 13
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s. Out of high school, Rendon was drafted in the 27th round of the
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by the
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. He turned down their
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to play for
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and head coach
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.


College career

As a freshman in 2009, Rendon was named ''
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's'' Freshman of the Year, All-America, Freshman All-American, NCBWA's District VII Player of the Year,
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All-Regional Team,
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Player of the Year, All-Conference USA (first team), Conference USA All-Tournament Team, and MVP of the Silver Glove Series with cross-town rival,
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. As a true freshman, he hit .388 with 20 home runs and 72 runs batted in, starting in all 61 of the Owls' games. Rendon was also nominated for both the
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and the
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in his first season at the college level. He led the conference in numerous offensive categories, including batting average, slugging percentage and home runs, setting a new Rice freshman record. He added 31 walks to his already gaudy offensive numbers, giving him a .496 on-base percentage. In addition to his batting prowess, he stole nine bases in eleven attempts, two away from leading the team, and showed defensive ability at third base as well; ending the year with a .945 fielding percentage. However, in Rice's last game, in the Baton Rouge Super Regional, Rendon suffered an ankle injury that required surgery. As a sophomore in 2010, he was the winner of the
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and was ''Baseball America's'' College Player of the Year, becoming the first underclassman in a decade to win the award. Additionally, he was named the Rawlings Sporting Goods National Player of the Year,
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Male Athlete of the Year, District VII Player of the Year, First Team All-American, All-south Region, Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Austin Regional, All-Conference USA, All-Conference USA Tournament, and Conference USA Academic Honor Roll. He is also only the second player to be named Conference USA Player of the Year twice. He finished the season hitting .394 with 26 home runs and 85 runs batted in, again starting in every one of the Owls' 63 games. Rendon's 26 home runs were the second-highest single season total in school history; the only other Owl to hit more home runs in a year was
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. In his sophomore campaign, Rendon hit more home runs (26) than he struck out (22), and his walks (65) nearly tripled his strikeout total. Again, Rendon flashed the leather, raising his fielding percentage to .978, making only four errors at third base. After his Rice season ended, Rendon was invited to represent his country playing on the international circuit for Team USA. He suffered another right ankle injury in the first game against
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declared June 29, 2010, to be "Anthony Rendon Day" in Houston. Rendon was a member of Wiess College while at Rice.


Professional career


Washington Nationals

The
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selected Rendon in the first round, with the sixth overall selection, of the
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. Following the 2012 season, many scouts rated Rendon as the best prospect in the Nationals organization and one of the top prospects in MLB.


2013

Rendon started the 2013 season with the Double-A
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. He was called up by the
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on April 20 when
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was placed on the disabled list. Rendon was optioned back to the Harrisburg Senators when Zimmerman came off the disabled list on May 3. Rendon was recalled by the Nationals on June 4, 2013, and replaced second baseman
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. Days later, on June 15, Rendon clubbed his first major league home run off
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of the
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. The ninth-inning solo shot put the Nationals on top and they won 7–6. Rendon finished the season with the Nationals, putting up a .265/.329/.396 triple slash with seven home runs across 98 games with the major league club.


2014

After playing mostly second base the previous year, Rendon was moved back to his "natural position" as the Nationals'
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in the 2014 season. The year would be a breakout one for Rendon, who led the
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in runs scored, with 111, while putting up a .287/.351/.473 slash line, hitting 21 home runs and stealing 17 bases over the course of the season. Rendon placed fifth in
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voting and was awarded a
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for his performance as a top-hitting third baseman. He ranked second among National League position players in
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, just behind
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of the
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. While Rendon emerged as a key cog in the Nationals' offense during the season, his prowess in the playoffs was noteworthy as well, as he hit .368 in the 2014 National League Division Series against the
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.


2015

Rendon sprained the
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in his left knee early during spring training in 2015, and then strained an oblique muscle while on a rehab assignment with the Class-AA
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, being shut down on May 4. Rendon finally returned to major league action on June 4, 2015, but found himself moved back to second base, with the job of everyday
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being held down by new acquisition
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. Rendon was part of a spectacular defensive play in an August 15, 2015, game against the
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. A sharp grounder off the bat of
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was deflected off the glove of first baseman Clint Robinson, caroming high into the air. Playing deep on the infield shift, Rendon made a barehand grab on the deflected ball and fired to pitcher Felipe Rivero, who gloved it while diving across the first base bag to retire Crawford. Giants broadcasters
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and
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described the play as one of the greatest they had ever seen. All in all, Rendon played in just 80 regular-season games in 2015 and put up a .264/.344/.363 slash line. His power was noticeably sapped following the oblique injury, as he hit just five home runs over the course of the season.


2016

Rendon returned to form with a batting line over the course of the 2016 season closely mimicking his 2014 campaign, hitting .270/.348/.450 with 20 home runs. He avoided spending any time on the disabled list, appearing in all but six regular-season games for the Nationals and exclusively playing
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, with Escobar traded to the
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during the off-season. On September 6, 2016, Rendon hit his first career grand slam off Williams Perez, which provided the Nationals with a winning margin of victory over the division rival
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in the 9–7 contest. For his improved performance during the season, Rendon was named the
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Comeback Player of the Year.


2017

On April 30,
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, Rendon went six-for-six with three home runs and 10 RBI in a 23–5 win over the division rival
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. He became the 13th major leaguer with 10 or more RBI in one game while setting a Nationals record. He became the third player in major league history to attain both six hits and ten RBI in the same game, following
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(1924) and
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(1949). Despite leading all
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position players in
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during the first half of the season, Rendon was not selected to participate in the
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. He was one of the options in the "final vote" but lost out to
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of the
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. Despite the All-Star snub, Rendon was named as Player of the Week in the
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on July 17, 2017, for the week abbreviated by the All-Star break. It was his first time so honored. Rendon hit .636 during the week with three home runs to earn the award. In 2017, he batted .301/.403/.533 with 25 home runs.


2018

In 2018, Rendon batted .308 (4th in the NL)/.374/.535 (7th in the NL) with 24 home runs, and led the National League with 44 doubles.


2019

Prior to the 2019 season, Rendon indicated a willingness to sign an extension with the Nationals. In September 2019, the Nationals reportedly offered him a seven-year extension worth $210-$215 million. Rendon was selected to the 2019 MLB All-Star Game for the first time in his career. Rendon said he was honored to be chosen, but opted not to attend the game in Cleveland in order to recover from minor injuries. In 2019, Rendon batted .319/.412/.598 with 34 home runs, led the NL with 44 doubles for the second year in a row, and led the majors in RBIs (126). He had the best walks/strikeouts ratio in the NL (0.93), and made contact with the highest percentage of pitches he swung at (88.3%) of all NL batters. He also hit for a 1.003
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in the postseason to help lead the Nationals to their first
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championship. He hit key home runs in Games 6 and 7 of the World Series and his 8 RBIs for the 2019 World Series were the most by a Nationals player. Following the 2019 World Series, Rendon and Nationals star pitcher
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both entered free agency. Owner Mark Lerner had indicated that the team would not be able to afford to sign both players.


Los Angeles Angels

On December 11, 2019, Rendon agreed to a 7-year, $245 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, two days after Nationals signed Strasburg to a similar deal. He was formally introduced as an Angel on December 14, 2019. Rendon's 6.7
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(WAR) in 2019 ranked only behind
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's 8.4 WAR and above all Angels' players except Trout from 2012 to 2019.


2020

On July 28, 2020, Rendon made his Angels debut in the shortened 60 game season. In Rendon's first 12 games with the Angels, he went 28 plate appearances without getting a hit. He ended the hitless streak on August 10, 2020, hitting a home run off of
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of the Oakland Athletics. That same night, he recorded his 1000th MLB career hit. In 52 games in 2020, Rendon batted .286/.418/.497 with 9 home runs and 31 RBIs, and tied for the AL lead by grounding into 10 double plays.


2021

On April 12, Rendon was placed on the 10-day injured list after suffering a groin strain. On May 5, Rendon was placed on the 10-day injured list for the second time after suffering a left knee contusion. On June 7, Rendon notched his 600th career RBI with an RBI single off of
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starter Jackson Kowar. On July 6, Rendon was placed on the injured list for the third time after suffering a left hamstring strain. The Angels would later announce on August 4 that Rendon would have season ending surgery to repair a right hip impingement. He finished the season batting .240/.329/.382 in 58 games.


2022

On May 10, 2022, during
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' no-hitter, Rendon hit his first left-handed home run, against
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pitcher
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. This was also the first time Rendon batted left-handed in a major league game. For the next game, Angels manager
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listed Rendon as a switch hitter. On June 17, the Angels stated that Rendon would undergo surgery on his right wrist, for which he was expected to miss the remainder of the season. On June 26, Rendon was part of a
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between the Angels and
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. After Mariners outfielder
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was hit by a pitch thrown by
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, Winker charged the Angels' dugout. During the ensuing brawl, Rendon struck Winker in the face with his non-injured left hand while wearing a cast on his right hand. He received a five-game suspension for his involvement in the brawl. Despite the original expectation that Rendon would be out for the remainder of the 2022 season, the Angels activated him from the injured list on September 28 and he began serving his suspension. He returned to the Angels lineup on October 3 to play the final three games of the season against the
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. He finished the season batting .229 with five home runs and 24 RBIs in 47 games.


Personal life

Rendon is frequently described by sports media as quiet and modest, qualities that when combined with his strong all-around offensive and defensive performance as an infielder for the
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have led some, including 2016–17 Nationals manager
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, to dub him one of the most "underrated" players in
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. Explaining his philosophy on
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to ''
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'' during spring training in 2017, Rendon said, "Obviously, I want to win, but at the same time, at the end of the day, it’s a game and that’s what I’m going to treat it as." He claimed in a 2014 interview with the ''Post'' that he prefers watching the
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channel to baseball, calling the sport "too long and boring". On July 26, 2018, Rendon and wife Amanda welcomed their first child, a daughter. Rendon took leave from the Nationals for several days to attend to the birth. They reside in
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during the offseason, and in
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during the season. An avid
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fan, Rendon follows the
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, his hometown
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team. He has maintained close ties to the
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. In the aftermath of
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in August 2017, Rendon and then-Nationals teammate
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, a fellow
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ian, set up a ''
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'' fundraiser page to raise money for donations to the
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. Rendon is a practicing
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. He stated in a 2018 interview, "at the end, I want to be more ‘Christian’ than ‘baseball player.’"Nationals’ Rendon more ‘Christian’ than ‘baseball player’
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See also

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List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders Major League Baseball recognizes runs scored leaders in the American League and National League each season. In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first, second and third base and returns safely to home plate, touching ...
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List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders In baseball, a hit is credited to a batter when he reaches first base – or any subsequent base – safely after hitting a fair ball, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice. One hundred seventeen different players have record ...
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List of Major League Baseball single-game runs batted in leaders In baseball, a run batted in (RBI) is awarded to a batter for each runner who scores as a result of the batter's action, including a hit, fielder's choice, sacrifice fly, sacrifice bunt, catcher's interference, or a walk or hit by pitch ...


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Rice Owls bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rendon, Anthony 1990 births Living people All-American college baseball players American baseball players of Mexican descent Auburn Doubledays players Baseball players from Texas Gulf Coast Nationals players Harrisburg Senators players Lamar High School (Houston, Texas) alumni Los Angeles Angels players Major League Baseball third basemen National League All-Stars National League RBI champions People from Richmond, Texas Potomac Nationals players Rice Owls baseball players Salt River Rafters players Silver Slugger Award winners Syracuse Chiefs players Washington Nationals players Christians from Texas