Jeff Kent

Full Name: Jeffrey Franklin Kent	Primary Position: 2B,3B
Height/Weight: 6'2"/210	First Game: April 12, 1992
Birthdate: March 7, 1968	MLB Experience: 16 years
Birthplace: Bellflower, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Jeff Kent (Jeffrey Franklin Kent) was born on March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, California. He made his Major League debut on April 12, 1992 for the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1992, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI. Kent played for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Jeff Kent's best season was 2000, when he slugged 33 home runs, hit for a .334 average and knocked in 125 runs.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1992	TOR	A	65	192	36	46	8	35	.240	.324	.443	13	1	20	47	6	0	2	0	3
1992	NYM	N	37	113	16	27	3	15	.239	.289	.407	8	1	7	29	1	0	0	0	2
1992	Total		102	305	52	73	11	50	.239	.312	.430	21	2	27	76	7	0	2	0	5
1993	NYM	N	140	496	65	134	21	80	.270	.320	.446	24	0	30	88	8	6	4	2	11
1994	NYM	N	107	415	53	121	14	68	.292	.341	.475	24	5	23	84	10	1	1	3	7
1995	NYM	N	125	472	65	131	20	65	.278	.327	.464	22	3	29	89	8	1	3	3	9
1996	NYM	N	89	335	45	97	9	39	.290	.331	.436	20	1	21	56	1	1	4	1	7
1996	CLE	A	39	102	16	27	3	16	.265	.328	.422	7	0	10	22	1	0	2	0	1
1996	Total		128	437	61	124	12	55	.284	.330	.432	27	1	31	78	2	1	6	1	8
1997	SFG	N	155	580	90	145	29	121	.250	.316	.472	38	2	48	133	13	0	11	6	14
1998	SFG	N	137	526	94	156	31	128	.297	.359	.555	37	3	48	110	9	1	9	4	16
1999	SFG	N	138	511	86	148	23	101	.290	.366	.511	40	2	61	112	5	0	13	3	12
2000	SFG	N	159	587	114	196	33	125	.334	.424	.596	41	7	90	107	9	0	12	6	17
2001	SFG	N	159	607	84	181	22	106	.298	.369	.507	49	6	65	96	11	0	7	4	11
2002	SFG	N	152	623	102	195	37	108	.313	.368	.565	42	2	52	101	4	0	5	3	20
2003	HOU	N	130	505	77	150	22	93	.297	.351	.509	39	1	39	85	5	0	6	2	13
2004	HOU	N	145	540	96	156	27	107	.289	.348	.531	34	8	49	96	6	0	7	3	23
2005	LAD	N	149	553	100	160	29	105	.289	.377	.512	36	0	72	85	8	0	6	8	19
2006	LAD	N	115	407	61	119	14	68	.292	.385	.477	27	3	55	69	8	0	1	8	9
2007	LAD	N	136	494	78	149	20	79	.302	.375	.500	36	1	57	61	5	0	1	4	17
Total	NL		2073	7764	1226	2265	354	1408	.292	?	?	507	45	746	1408	111	10	90	60	207
Total	AL		104	294	52	73	11	51	.248	.325	.435	20	1	30	69	7	0	4	0	4
Total			2177	8058	1278	2338	365	1459	.290	.357	.504	537	46	776	1470	118	10	94	60	211

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1992	TOR	A	3B	49	43	373	33	74	10	3	0	.915
1992	TOR	A	2B	17	9	96	24	37	1	1	0	.984
1992	TOR	A	1B	3	0	8	5	1	0	0	0	1.000
1992	NYM	N	2B	34	30	265	60	84	3	18	0	.980
1992	NYM	N	SS	1	1	9	1	3	0	0	0	1.000
1992	NYM	N	3B	1	0	6	1	6	0	1	0	1.000
1992	Total		3B	50	43	379	34	80	10	4	0	.919
1992	Total		2B	51	39	361	84	121	4	19	0	.981
1993	NYM	N	2B	127	124	1070.2	250	311	18	68	0	.969
1993	NYM	N	3B	12	12	101.1	9	28	3	5	0	.925
1993	NYM	N	SS	2	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	.800
1994	NYM	N	2B	107	107	937.2	222	337	14	76	0	.976
1995	NYM	N	2B	122	122	1045.2	245	353	10	69	0	.984
1996	NYM	N	3B	89	89	746.2	75	184	21	19	0	.925
1996	CLE	A	3B	7	5	43	2	7	0	1	0	1.000
1996	CLE	A	1B	19	12	119	112	9	1	13	0	.992
1996	CLE	A	DH	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CLE	A	2B	9	7	65	11	30	0	2	0	1.000
1996	Total		3B	96	94	789.2	77	191	21	20	0	.927
1997	SFG	N	1B	13	8	81.2	80	4	0	6	0	1.000
1997	SFG	N	2B	148	143	1227.1	325	425	16	104	0	.979
1998	SFG	N	2B	134	134	1166	278	404	20	87	0	.972
1998	SFG	N	1B	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1999	SFG	N	2B	133	132	1125	279	326	10	90	1	.984
1999	SFG	N	1B	1	1	7	7	2	0	2	0	1.000
2000	SFG	N	1B	16	11	92.1	73	0	2	10	0	.973
2000	SFG	N	2B	150	146	1258	301	394	10	96	0	.986
2001	SFG	N	2B	140	134	1171	269	390	9	91	0	.987
2001	SFG	N	1B	30	22	213.1	192	14	2	19	0	.990
2002	SFG	N	2B	149	142	1259.1	293	412	16	113	0	.978
2002	SFG	N	1B	9	9	66.2	55	2	0	7	0	1.000
2003	HOU	N	2B	128	127	1113	278	354	11	83	0	.983
2004	HOU	N	2B	139	138	1189.1	276	374	7	74	1	.989
2004	HOU	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	LAD	N	1B	14	10	81.1	92	6	2	9	0	.980
2005	LAD	N	2B	140	138	1209.2	284	424	16	87	0	.978
2006	LAD	N	2B	108	107	887.2	217	314	8	73	0	.985
2006	LAD	N	1B	9	5	46.1	52	0	0	6	0	1.000
2007	LAD	N	2B	133	132	1084.1	235	328	14	76	0	.976
Total			1B	115	78	716	669	38	7	72	0	.990
Total			DH	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	1918	1872	16170.2	3847	5297	183	1208	2	.980
Total			SS	3	1	14	3	5	1	0	0	.889
Total			3B	158	149	1270	120	299	34	29	0	.925

Transactions[]

Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 9, 1989).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with a player to be named later to New York Mets in exchange for David Cone (August 27, 1992); New York Mets received Ryan Thompson (September 1, 1992).
Traded by New York Mets with Jose Vizcaino to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza (July 29, 1996).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Julian Tavarez, Jose Vizcaino, and a player to be named later to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Matt Williams and a player to be named later (November 13, 1996); San Francisco Giants received Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) and Cleveland Indians received Trent Hubbard (December 16, 1996).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2002).
Signed by Houston Astros (December 18, 2002).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 15, 2004).

Trivia[]

Kent is the all-time leader in home runs as a second baseman (365 as of the end of the 2007 season).
He hit his 288th home run as a second baseman on October 2, 2004, surpassing Ryne Sandberg as the all-time home run leader at that position
He is also the only second baseman to have 100 or more RBIs in 6 consecutive seasons (1997–2002).
The Giants' front office had lost confidence in Kent after an incident during spring training that left him with a broken wrist. Kent had initially claimed that the wrist was broken while washing his truck; ensuing media reports indicated that Kent had crashed his motorcycle while doing wheelies, in violation of his contract.
He is often mistaken for Jeff Foxworthy.