Jeff Kindel
35
2002-2006
LHP/OF
6-3, 206
Marietta, Ga.
(Sprayberry)

Class of 2005, B.S. Management.

2008: Promoted to Class AA Tulsa Drillers (Texas League).

2007: Promoted to Class A Modesto Nuts (California League)....hit .310 during May....posted 26-game hitting streak July 1-31....overall, hit a California League best .417 (45-for-108) during the month-long streak including 12 doubles, five homers, and 25 RBI....following two hitless games to begin August, went 4-for-5 with a triple and four RBI on 8/4 to begin a new 13-game hitting streak....hit .400 (22-for-55) with two home runs and 14 RBI during streak including 8-for-17 stretch with a home run and seven in final four games of streak 8/14-17....overall, hit .370 during August....reached base in 50 consecutive games 7/1 to 8/29, best in all of Minor League Baseball in 2007....for the season, hit .349 at home and .285 on the road....also hit .337 against left-handed pitching and .311 vs. RHP....ranked among the California League leaders in batting average (6th overall, 1st among non-Lancaster players), doubles (7th), triples (3rd), RBI (12th), slugging (8th), OPS (11th), at-bats (14th) and games played (14th)....also led California League first basemen with 18 errors....following regular season, played for the Waikiki Beachboys of Hawaii Winter Baseball.

2006: Second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection....played during NCAA Tournament and College World Series despite suffering torn PCL during ACC Tournament....14th round selection (408th overall) by Colorado Rockies in June draft....made professional debut with the Pasco, Washington-based Tri-City Dust Devils of the Northwest League 7/17....snapped career opening 0-for-12 with 3-for-3 effort vs. Eugene 7/20....outing marked start of five-game hitting streak in which he went 12-for-19 (.632)....for the season, hit .304 vs. RHP and .338 during road games.

  • "Tech's Jeff Kindel back in the swing". See story from local "newspaper".

2005: Second-team All-ACC selection in first season as a full-time position player....collected career-high four RBI in back-to-back games 4/9 and 4/10 vs. Winthrop....hit .500 (13-for-26) during seven-game hitting streak 4/27 to 5/10....named to ACC All-Tournament team....drove in game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in NCAA Atlanta regional opener vs. Furman 6/3....spending summer with Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of Cape Cod League....posted 13-game hitting streak to raise season average to a league-leading .395 for a time in July....selected to start in right field for the East in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game 7/30 at Hyannis, Mass.

2004: Saw limited duty off the bench as a hitter while making transition to playing the outfield....Collected two hits during Tech's rout of Georgia State 4/6....Overall, went 2-for-5 on the season.

2003: Red-shirted during the season....pitched for Delaware Cows of Great Lakes League during the summer going 2-0 with a 2.70 ERA in eight appearances.

2002: Turned in scoreless relief stints in first three appearances out of Tech bullpen....notched four strikeouts in 2.2 innings of relief vs. South Carolina 2/23....did not pitch again until 3/15 due to mononucleosis....earned first career victory with four inning relief stint in opening game of doubleheader at N.C. State 3/30....delivered pinch-hit single in first collegiate at-bat 5/8 at Mercer....joined Covington Lumberjacks of Valley League 6/12.

High School: A four-year letterwinner as a pitcher and an outfielder for coach Terry Cadenhead at Sprayberry High School in Marietta....Earned all-region and all-county honors in centerfield as a junior in 2000 and a senior in 2001....Also lettered two years as a guard and forward on the Sprayberry basketball team....Member of the prestigious East Cobb Yankees summer baseball program that won the AAU National Championship as well as the Connie Mack World Series.

Personal: Jeffrey Roy Kindel....Born Jan. 9, 1983....Son of Roy and Kathy Kindel....Cousin Mike Davis played in the Kansas City Royals organization....Enjoys playing golf, pool and table tennis.

 At Georgia Tech
 Pitching
 Year     W-L   ERA   GS-G   CG  SV    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO   Avg  
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 2002     1-0  3.52   15-0    0   0   15.1   13   7   6  10  13  .241 
 2003                 --- Redshirted ---


 Batting
 Year      AVG  GP-GS    AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB  SO  SB-ATT 
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 2002    1.000   1-0      1   0   1   0   0   0    0    0   0   0-0
 2003                 --- Redshirted ---
 2004     .400   5-0      5   0   2   0   0   0    1    0   0   0-0
 2005     .359  62-58   220  50  79  23   1   6   65   36  34   2-4
 2006     .337  68-68   273  77  92  18   1  14   55   37  48   0-4    


 Professional Career
 Year  Team       AVG   G   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB  SO  SB-ATT 
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 2006  Tri-City  .287  47  174  26  50	12   2   1   30   23  29   4-5
 2007  Modesto   .317 126  477  79 151  34   7  14   83   41  81   3-7
       Waikiki   .272  27  103  16  28   8   1   3   17   16  24   0-0
 2008  Tulsa