Personal
- B.S. in computer science from BYU
Career Highlights
- Second Team All-American (Baseball News and Baseball Bulletin) 1981
- Third Team All-American (American Association of College Baseball Coaches) 1981
- First Team All-District 1981
- Winner of BYU's Cameron Tuckett Award 1981
- Threw no-hitters against Chapman College (9 innings) and the Air Force Academy (7 innings), striking out 12 Falcons 1981
- Set BYU record for most games won in a season (16), innings pitched (146) and lowest ERA (1.28) 1981
- Won the first nine games of his junior year and defeated both Tulane and Maine to win Most Valuable Pitcher honors at the Riverside Baseball Invitational 1982
Before BYU
- Prepped at Radford High where he was an OIA All-Star as a junior and senior
- Pitched and played outfield and first base on the first undefeated prep team in Hawaiian history (20-0)
- Led the state in strikeouts as a junior with 108 in 72 innings
After BYU
- Went on to play professional baseball for the minor league teams of the Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Participated on two AA championship teams during this time
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 1996
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 1980 9.45 2-2 22 3 0 39.2 61 49 42 34 32 1981 1.28 16-3 19 19 14 2 146.0 94 35 21 72 115 1982 3.18 11-3 15 15 9 102.0 98 47 36 44 83
1996 BYU Hall of Fame
No BYU baseball player has pitched more innings (148), won more games (16), or thrown as many no-hitters (2) in a season as Peter Kendrick.
Indicative of Kendrick's contributions to BYU baseball was the Cougars' doubleheader on May 18, 1981, when the 5-foot-8 sophomore pitched back-to-back victories against his native Hawaii to win the WAC Championship in Provo. His 257 pitches in 16-consecutive innings led to a two-game defeat over No. 6 Hawai'i to win the league title.
While the little lefty's statistics for the day were impressive, the legendary quality of his performance came in his durability - he pitched seven complete innings in the Cougars' 11-4 victory, followed by nine complete innings in the second game, to clinch the conference title with a 3-1 win.
"P.K.", as he was affectionately called, surrendered only one extra-base hit among the 12 hits he allowed the Rainbows that day. He defeated future major league pitcher Chuch Crim in the opener and came back in the nightcap to hand Hawaii's Scott Roberts his first loss in 11 decisions.
Not surprisingly, a few days later at the NCAA Regionals in Austin, Texas, the Cougars put Kendrick on the mound again. Peter pitched the complete nine innings and gave up only one extra base hit - a double to Stanford's John Elway. Following the 2-1 loss to Stanford, Coach Gary Pullins said, "Peter's got to have had the greatest season I've ever seen by a collegiate pitcher, and I've seen Floyd Bannister (Arizona State) and Jack Morris (BYU)."
Peter's statistics for that 1981 season were a 16-3 record with an earned run average of 1.28. He had 115 strikeouts in 148 innings, earned two saves, and posted five shutouts while throwing two no-hitters and 14 complete games in 19 appearances. Both no-hitters came in Provo: a complete nine inning game against Chapman College and a seven inning contest with Air Force in which Peter "K" had 12 strikeouts. During that super season he set seven BYU records and two WAC records.
As an encore in 1982, he won the first nine games of his junior year and defeated both Tulane and Maine to win Most Valuable Pitcher honors at the Riverside Baseball Invitational. Over the course of his BYU career Peter was 29-8, while compiling an earned run average of 3.08.
He went on to play professional baseball for the minor league teams of the Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers, participating on two AA championship teams during this time.
- Second Team All-American (Baseball News and Baseball Bulletin)
- Third Team All-American (American Association of College Baseball Coaches)
- First Team All-District
- Winner of BYU's Cameron Tuckett Award
- Threw no-hitters against Chapman College (9 innings) and the Air Force Academy (7 innings), striking out 12 Falcons
- Set BYU record for most games won in a season (16), innings pitched (146) and lowest ERA (1.28)
- He had five shutouts
- Pitched back-to-back victories against his native Hawaii on May 18 to win the WAC Baseball Championships in Provoj
- In that doubleheader he threw 257 pitches in seven complete innings in the Cougars' 11-4 victory, followed by nine complete innings in the second game, to clinch the conference title with a 3-1 win
- Five days later in the NCAA Regionals, he pitched the complete nine innings and gave up only one extra base hit - a double to Stanford's John Elway (retired Denver Broncos' quarterback)
- Also threw five shutouts
- Set seven BYU records and two WAC records
- His saves came against Utah and Wyoming
- Won the first nine games of his junior year and defeated both Tulane and Maine to win Most Valuable Pitcher honors at the Riverside Baseball Invitational
- Western Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week.