 No one since with at least 2,000 at-bats has a lower career batting average than Kindall's .213, but he did have above-average power for a second baseman.According to the "Chicago Tribune," Kindall also made a lasting contribution to baseball phraseology when he coined the expression “the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field” to describe the Cubs' venerable stadium.Kindall began his college coaching career as an assistant at his alma mater, Minnesota, before joining the University of Arizona staff in 1972.