Kyle Denney

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Kyle Dean Denney

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
• School University of Oklahoma
• Debut September 14, 2004
• Born July 27, 1977 in Prague, OK USA

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Denney, a right-handed control pitcher without a great fastball, is perhaps best known for being shot in the leg in 2004 while riding on the Cleveland Indians team bus in Kansas City. He was not seriously injured because the go-go boots he was wearing at the time of the incident helped slow the bullet. Denney was wearing the boots and a USC (female) cheerleader uniform as part of a traditional rookie hazing ritual.

In 2005, while pitching for the Indians' Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, Denney suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when he was hit in the head by a Joey Gathright line drive.

Denny is the second major leaguer born in Prague, OK. The first was Jim Thorpe.

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