| Jerry Kindall | |
|---|---|
 Kindall in 1961 | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: May 27, 1935 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | |
| Died: December 24, 2017 (aged 82) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 1, 1956, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 2, 1965, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .213 |
| Home runs | 44 |
| Runs batted in | 198 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the College | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2007 |
Gerald Donald Kindall (May 27, 1935 – December 24, 2017) was an American professional baseball player and college baseball player and coach. He was primarily a second baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who appeared in 742 games played over nine seasons for the Chicago Cubs (1956–58, 1960–61), Cleveland Indians (1962–64), and Minnesota Twins (1964–65). After his playing career, he became the head baseball coach of the University of Arizona Wildcats, winning 860 games and three College World Series (CWS) championships over 24 seasons (1973–1996). Kindall batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 175 pounds (79 kg).[1]
Kindall was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from Washington High School before attending the University of Minnesota. In 1956, as a student-athlete at Minnesota, his Golden Gophers won the NCAA Division I baseball championship. Twenty years later, Kindall coached the Arizona Wildcats to a CWS victory, becoming the first person to win CWS titles both as a player and as a head coach. He is also the first batter to hit for the cycle in the history of the CWS, along with being the only person to do so until Christian Moore did so in 2024. Kindall was elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.