A look back at the strange 2016 season of Howie Kendrick, who contributed to the Dodgers in ways not many would have guessed this season.
What went right
Kendrick gets full credit or his willingness to play pretty much anywhere, including several positions he barely played before. A 10-year veteran who entered 2016 with 1,061 career starts at second base, Kendrick played three other positions this season:
- 94 games, 79 starts in left field, a position he last played in 2013 and last started in 2011
- 17 games, 14 starts at third base, a position he last played in 2006
- 11 games, 7 starts at first base, a position he last played in 2012 and last started in 2011
He was the first Dodger dating back to at least 1913 to play second, third and left field in the same game on May 4, then did it again on Sept.