Kevin Mench

Full Name: Kevin Ford Mench	Primary Position: OF,LF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/215	First Game: April 9, 2002
Birthdate: January 7, 1978	MLB Experience: 5 years
Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Kevin Mench (Kevin Ford Mench) was born on January 7, 1978 in Wilmington, Delaware. He made his Major League debut on April 9, 2002 for the Texas Rangers. In 2002, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 15 home runs and 60 RBI. Mench played for the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Kevin Mench's best season was 2005, when he slugged 25 home runs and knocked in 73 runs.

The consensus around Major League Baseball is that he has the largest head in the game, size 8. In fact, his teammates on the Rangers went so far as to create a green Shrek helmet for him to wear, although Major League Baseball would not allow him to do so. He is one of the most popular Rangers players among fans, and especially with the sports media, and frequently gives interviews. However, he was not so popular with Blue Jays fans after hitting Roy Halladay with a line drive, which left the ace pitcher injured for the rest of the 2005 season.

In his rookie year, 2002, Mench hit 15 home runs, tied for third among rookies, and drove in 60 runs. He finished 7th in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting. After an injury-plagued 2003, Mench responded in 2004 by setting career bests in batting average (.279), home runs (26), RBI (71) and slugging average (.539). He followed that up by posting similar numbers in 2005, though in 25 more games.

On June 30th, 2005, Kevin Mench hit 3 home runs in a single game against the Los Angeles Angels.

On April 26 of 2006, Kevin Mench became the 19th player in Major League History to hit a home run in at least six straight games. The streak started, oddly, not too long after Mench discovered that a recurring toe injury was due to a shoe problem – he had been wearing size 12 shoes since his teenage years but discovered his actual shoe size was 12 1/2. The discovery of this shoe problem has allowed Kevin Mench to fulfill many baseball writers shining expectations of him, including those of former Mets GM Steve Phillips and analyst Omid Sarmad. ESPN also voted him as a candidate for "breakout player of the year."

On April 28, Kevin Mench extended his home run streak to seven straight games, shattering his own franchise record with the Texas Rangers, and setting an all-time record for right-handed batters. The current record for most consecutive games with a home run is 8, held by Dale Long, Don Mattingly, and Ken Griffey Jr.

On July 28, 2006, just three days before Major League Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline, Mench as traded from Texas (along with RP Francisco Cordero and OF Lance Nix) to the Milwaukee Brewers for OF Carlos Lee and minor league OF Nelson Cruz.

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
2002	TEX	A	110	366	52	95	15	60	.260	.327	.448	20	2	31	83	8	2	1	0	4
2003	TEX	A	38	125	15	40	2	11	.320	.381	.464	12	0	10	17	3	0	1	0	2
2004	TEX	A	125	438	69	122	26	71	.279	.335	.539	30	3	33	63	6	0	0	2	6
2005	TEX	A	150	557	71	147	25	73	.264	.328	.469	33	3	50	68	5	0	4	4	6
2006	TEX	A	87	320	36	91	12	50	.284	.338	.459	18	1	23	42	4	0	1	5	4
2006	MIL	N	40	126	9	29	1	18	.230	.248	.317	6	1	4	17	0	0	0	0	4
2006	Total		127	446	45	120	13	68	.269	.313	.419	24	2	27	59	4	0	1	5	8
2007	MIL	N	101	288	39	77	8	37	.267	.305	.441	20	3	16	21	1	0	3	2	3
Total	NL		141	414	48	106	9	55	.256	.288	.403	26	4	20	38	1	0	3	2	7
Total	AL		510	1806	243	495	80	265	.274	.335	.480	113	9	147	273	26	2	7	11	22
Total			651	2220	291	601	89	320	.271	.326	.465	139	13	167	311	27	2	10	13	29

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2002	TEX	A	OF	106	96	863.2	191	7	2	0	.990
2002	TEX	A	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	TEX	A	RF	62	47	445	106	1	1	0	.991
2002	TEX	A	CF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	TEX	A	LF	57	49	416.2	85	6	1	0	.989
2003	TEX	A	LF	34	30	267	56	1	1	0	.983
2003	TEX	A	CF	3	3	18	3	0	0	0	1.000
2003	TEX	A	OF	35	33	288	59	1	1	0	.984
2003	TEX	A	RF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TEX	A	OF	109	102	900.1	213	7	1	3	.995
2004	TEX	A	DH	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TEX	A	RF	62	60	500.2	127	5	0	2	1.000
2004	TEX	A	CF	5	5	37.1	13	0	0	0	1.000
2004	TEX	A	LF	53	37	362.1	73	1	1	1	.987
2005	TEX	A	OF	148	144	1290.2	290	8	4	3	.987
2005	TEX	A	CF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	TEX	A	LF	119	108	978.1	230	8	2	3	.992
2005	TEX	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	TEX	A	RF	41	36	311.1	60	0	2	0	.968
2006	TEX	A	RF	57	57	488.2	112	2	0	1	1.000
2006	TEX	A	LF	17	15	130.2	16	1	1	0	.944
2006	TEX	A	OF	72	72	619.1	128	3	1	1	.992
2006	TEX	A	DH	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	MIL	N	OF	38	31	277	64	1	1	0	.985
2006	MIL	N	LF	38	31	277	64	1	1	0	.985
2006	Total		LF	55	46	407.2	80	2	2	0	.976
2006	Total		OF	110	103	896.1	192	4	2	1	.990
2007	MIL	N	OF	78	65	597.1	111	6	2	2	.983
2007	MIL	N	LF	51	44	377.2	56	3	0	1	1.000
2007	MIL	N	RF	33	21	219.2	56	3	2	1	.967
Total			DH	33	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	257	221	1968.1	461	11	5	4	.990
Total			LF	369	314	2809.2	579	21	7	5	.988
Total			CF	10	8	58.1	16	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	586	543	4836.1	1056	33	12	9	.989

Transactions[]

Selected by Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed June 16, 1999).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Laynce Nix, Francisco Cordero and Julian Cordero to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Carlos Lee and Nelson Cruz (July 28, 2006).