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Jeff Kent played 17 seasons. Is Jeff Kent in the Hall of Fame? Jeff Kent has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. When was Jeff Kent drafted? Jeff Kent was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA). What position did Jeff Kent play?
- March 7, 1968
Dec 22, 2021 · Kent is one of just 15 second basemen to win an MVP award, which he did in 2000 by hitting .334 with 33 round-trippers, 125 RBIs and a 1.021 OPS—beating out his teammate and runner-up in Bonds ...
In 2014, Kent announced the creation of the Jeff Kent Women Driven Scholarship Endowment to provide a full scholarship each year to one female student-athlete at UC Berkeley in perpetuity. In 2008, Kent donated to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage in California. National Baseball Hall of Fame consideration
Jan 18, 2023 · Kent, a career .290 hitter, holds the all-time record for most home runs by a second baseman with 351 (out of 377). That’s more than Hall of Famers Ryne Sandberg (277), Joe Morgan (266) and ...
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- MLB Editor/NOW Producer
Dec 26, 2019 · December 26th, 2019. Bill Ladson. @ ladsonbill24. NEW YORK -- After Jeff Kent retired following the 2008 season, Dusty Baker, his former manager for six seasons (1997-2002), called Kent and said: “I expect you to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.”. Unfortunately for Kent, he hasn’t come close to being elected into Cooperstown.
Nov 29, 2022 · Kent’s about nine wins behind the average Hall of Fame second baseman and below 14 of the 20 enshrined because he had just three seasons of at least 5.0 WAR and two more seasons of at least 4.0. By comparison, Morgan had 10 seasons of at least 5.0 WAR, and Canó has seven; Alomar, Grich, Ian Kinsler, Dustin Pedroia, Sandberg, and Utley had ...
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Jan 25, 2023 · Jeff Kent was unable to make the Baseball Hall of Fame on his 10th ballot, and he criticized the voting process in wake of his exclusion.
