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


See also[]

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