August saw an escalation of a season-long feud between Kent and teammate Milton Bradley. “What’s Kent’s Opinion of Their Performance?” Plaschke, Bill. In the division series against the 106-win Los Angeles Dodgers, Kendrick launched a 10th-inning go-ahead grand slam. Two days after the Series ended, Kent was granted free agency, and by the end of the year he would no longer be a Giant. Jeff Kent League Championship Series Stats by Baseball Almanac The League Championship Series determines who wins the league pennant and advances to the World Series. The Giants front office had lost confidence in Kent after an incident during spring training left him with a broken wrist. "Jeff Kent is one of our leaders on our team. I’m thankful for those people even more than the fans who gave me a hug every day, because those people motivate you.”One motivation for his retirement was his desire to remain home in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Dana, and their children, Lauren, Hunter, Colton, and Kaeden, and pursue his interests in cattle ranching and motorsports. By August he was starting almost every day at third base. “Oft-Traded Jeff Kent Has Become a Big Man in the Land of the Giants,” Frey, Jennifer. In 132 games at second base, he batted .277 with 124 hits, 60 RBIs, 16 home runs, and 17 stolen bases, and led the Florida State League in assists (404) and putouts (261).Moving up to the Double-A Knoxville Blue Jays in 1991, Kent hit .256 in 139 games and led the team in runs (68), hits (114), RBIs (61), stolen bases (25), and walks (80). "Jeff Kent is one of our leaders on our team. Kent never admitted the true cause of the injury and the Giants did not enact any penalties against him, but he did start the season on the 15-day disabled list.By June Kent was back in the starting lineup, now batting ahead of Bonds. With Craig Biggio agreeing to move from second base to the outfield, Kent joined the Killer B’s and signed a two-year, $18.2 million deal with the Houston Astros. The Jeff Kent World Series stats seen below include his World Series year-by-year hitting stats, World Series fielding stats, and World Series pitching stats (where applicable). He also reduced his error count that season to just 10.Across the NL, Kent was fourth in RBIs (125), fifth in batting average (.334) and hits (196), sixth in on-base average (.424) and extra base hits (81), seventh in total bases (350) and triples (7), eighth in doubles (41) and runs (114), and 10th in slugging percentage (.596).

Kent’s donation of $531,000, plus $100,000 in matching funds, created a fully endowed scholarship for one female student-athlete each year. Born: March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, CA us Draft: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA).. High School: Edison HS (Huntington Beach, CA) “Jeff Kent Finally Shows His Softer Side as He Leaves the Game,” Schulman, Henry. But he was soon benched after he (and most of the team) got off to a slow start. He also committed 16 errors, but now no one was talking about his defense.By May of 1998 the Giants were talking about a three-year contract extension. “Everybody should have a shot, and this is my chance to ensure others have their shot.”With retirement and a look back on his most successful years in San Francisco also came a renewed focus on the issue of steroid usage in baseball, considering that he played with one of the game’s most renowned users, Barry Bonds, and with the publication of the Mitchell Report, the book After he left the game, in 2011, Kent joined the Giants for two weeks as spring-training batting instructor. He proceeded to bat .270 and set team records for home runs (21) and RBIs (80) by a second baseman.

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