Editing Terry Pendleton (section)

==Pre-MLB career==
Pendleton started his baseball career as an Eastside Little League player, and then he moved on to play second base at [[Channel Islands High School]].<ref name=cheer>{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Saladino|title=ATLANTA CAN CHEER PENDLETON AGAIN.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ATLANTA+CAN+CHEER+PENDLETON+AGAIN-a083963853|work=SPORTS|publisher=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]|date=1996-08-25|access-date=2007-11-18}}</ref> He played at [[Oxnard College]] from 1979 to 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=“HOLD ON AND FIGHT” {{!}} Terry Pendleton, MLB player from Oxnard, offers his story and gives thanks |url=https://www.vcreporter.com/news/hold-on-and-fight-terry-pendleton-mlb-player-from-oxnard-offers-his-story-and-gives/article_ca855b27-32b8-5bb3-af8e-988294e20fae.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=VC Reporter {{!}} Times Media Group - News, Culture, Arts and Opinion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oxnard College Graduate and World Series Baseball Player Presented with Statewide Distinguished Alumni Award {{!}} Oxnard College |url=https://www.oxnardcollege.edu/news/oxnard-college-graduate-and-world-series-baseball-player-presented-statewide-distinguished |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.oxnardcollege.edu |language=en}}</ref> The 1979 Oxnard team was the school's first team, and he helped lead the Condors to a state championship berth while earning a scholarship. He transferred to Fresno State for the 1981 and 1982 seasons, and he was a key contributor to the team's fourth consecutive conference title in the 1982 season, setting a school record with 98 hits on the season.<ref name=fresno/> He was recognized as an [[All-America]]n.<ref name=fresno>{{cite web |url=http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/011007aad.html |title=Fresno State Baseball Begins Season with Busy Weekend |date=2007-01-10 |publisher=Fresno State Athletics |access-date=2007-10-20 |archive-date=November 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106101616/http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/011007aad.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pendleton had his jersey retired in 2007, alongside the jerseys of [[Tex Clevenger]] and [[Jimy Williams]].<ref name=fresno/> He was drafted by the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the seventh round of the 1982 amateur draft and subsequently signed with the team on June 12, 1982.<ref name="br">{{Cite web |title=Terry Pendleton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pendlte01.shtml |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |language=en}}</ref>

Pendleton's minor league campaign began with the [[Johnson City Cardinals]] and the [[St. Petersburg Cardinals]] during the 1982 season.<ref name=tbc>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/P/Terry-Pendleton.shtml |title=Terry Pendleton Statistics - The Baseball Cube |access-date=2007-10-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018165024/http://thebaseballcube.com/players/P/terry-pendleton.shtml |archive-date=2007-10-18 }}</ref> Pendleton was moved up to [[class AA]] baseball with the [[Arkansas Travelers]] for the 1983 season.<ref name=tbc/> He was selected to the league's all-star team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Class AA Notes|publisher=[[The Sporting News]]|page=42|date=1983-08-01}}</ref> Making steady progress, Pendleton was promoted to [[class AAA]] in 1984 and played for the [[Louisville Redbirds]]. After four games at second base, Pendleton became a [[third baseman]], the position he would play the rest of his career.<ref name=tbc/> The Cardinals were so impressed with Pendleton's development as a third baseman in Louisville that they traded their starting third baseman, [[Ken Oberkfell]], to the [[Atlanta Braves]] and temporarily placed [[Andy Van Slyke]] at third base while Pendleton continued to gain experience.<ref name=bl>{{cite web |url=https://baseballbiography.com/terry-pendleton-1960 |title=The Ballplayers - Terry Pendleton - baseballbiography.com |access-date=2007-10-21 }}</ref> However, when Van Slyke committed 7 errors in 30 games, the Cardinals promoted Pendleton to the majors, and he began his major league career as the Cards' starting third baseman.<ref name=bl/>