Jeff Kent
Jeffrey Franklin Kent
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 7, 1968 in Bellflower, CA
High School: Edison (Huntington Beach, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1992
Final Game: September 27, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1992 TOT MLB 24 2B 51 39 361.0 209 84 121 4 19 .981 0.7 2.3 1.7 1.9 -0.2 -1 5.11 4.02 .981 5.20 4.38
1992 TOT MLB 24 3B 50 43 379.0 124 34 80 10 4 .919 -0.8 -2.5 -0.8 -2.5 1.7 0 2.71 2.28 .952 2.78 2.40
1992 TOR AL 24 3B 49 43 373.0 117 33 74 10 3 .915 -1.5 -4.8 -1.5 -3.2 1.7 0 2.58 2.18 .952 2.78 2.40
1992 TOR AL 24 2B 17 9 96.0 62 24 37 1 1 .984 0.8 10.0 1.8 0.9 0.9 -1 5.72 3.59 .982 5.25 4.60
1992 TOR AL 24 1B 3 0 8.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 1.000 9.67 8.37
1992 NYM NL 24 2B 34 30 265.0 147 60 84 3 18 .980 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 0 4.89 4.24 .981 5.18 4.27
1992 NYM NL 24 3B 1 0 6.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.7 140.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 10.50 7.00 .943 2.70 2.30
1992 NYM NL 24 SS 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.00 4.00 .975 4.60 3.90
1993 NYM NL 25 2B 127 124 1070.2 579 250 311 18 68 .969 -14.3 -16.0 -14.3 -9.9 -4.4 0 4.72 4.42 .980 5.16 4.49
1993 NYM NL 25 3B 12 12 101.1 40 9 28 3 5 .925 -5.0 -59.2 -5.0 -2.4 -2.6 0 3.29 3.08 .945 2.70 2.31
1993 NYM NL 25 SS 2 0 5.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 7.20 2.00 .980 4.68 4.05
1994 NYM NL 26 2B 107 107 937.2 573 222 337 14 76 .976 4.6 5.9 1.6 4.0 -2.4 3 5.37 5.22 .981 5.26 4.56
1995 NYM NL 27 2B 122 122 1045.2 608 245 353 10 69 .984 5.1 5.9 4.1 1.1 3.0 1 5.15 4.90 .984 5.25 4.58
1996 TOT MLB 28 3B 95 94 789.2 289 77 191 21 20 .927 0.7 1.1 0.7 -0.8 1.5 0 3.05 2.82 .949 2.70 2.21
1996 NYM NL 28 3B 89 89 746.2 280 75 184 21 19 .925 1.4 2.2 1.4 0.6 0.8 0 3.12 2.91 .949 2.71 2.21
1996 CLE AL 28 1B 20 12 119.0 122 112 9 1 13 .992 1.9 19.2 1.9 2.2 -0.3 0 9.15 6.05 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 CLE AL 28 2B 9 7 65.0 41 11 30 0 2 1.000 2.9 53.5 2.9 1.3 1.6 0 5.68 4.56 .980 5.05 4.33
1996 CLE AL 28 3B 6 5 43.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -19.5 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 0 1.88 1.50 .956 2.57 2.18
1996 CLE AL 28 DH 5
1997 SFG NL 29 2B 148 143 1227.1 766 325 425 16 104 .979 13.6 13.3 10.6 0.7 9.9 3 5.50 5.07 .980 5.07 4.31 MVP-8
1997 SFG NL 29 1B 13 8 81.2 84 80 4 0 6 1.000 0.9 13.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 9.26 6.46 .993 9.52 8.16 MVP-8
1998 SFG NL 30 2B 134 134 1166.0 702 278 404 20 87 .972 -6.0 -6.2 -8.0 -1.2 -6.8 2 5.26 5.09 .982 5.09 4.38 MVP-9
1998 SFG NL 30 1B 1 0 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.00 1.00 1.000 8.10 8.00 MVP-9
1999 SFG NL 31 2B 133 132 1125.0 615 279 326 10 90 .984 -0.8 -0.9 2.2 -3.3 5.5 -3 4.84 4.55 .981 5.05 4.19 AS,MVP-26
1999 SFG NL 31 1B 1 1 7.0 9 7 2 0 2 1.000 0.7 120.0 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 11.57 9.00 .989 9.26 7.60 AS,MVP-26
2000 SFG NL 32 2B 150 146 1258.0 705 301 394 10 96 .986 2.6 2.5 0.6 1.0 -0.4 2 4.97 4.63 .982 4.96 4.34 AS,MVP-1,SS
2000 SFG NL 32 1B 16 11 92.1 75 73 0 2 10 .973 -1.5 -19.5 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 7.12 4.56 .992 9.25 7.73 AS,MVP-1,SS
2001 SFG NL 33 2B 140 134 1171.0 668 269 390 9 91 .987 5.7 5.8 3.7 0.4 3.3 2 5.06 4.71 .983 4.86 4.19 AS,SS
2001 SFG NL 33 1B 30 22 213.1 208 192 14 2 19 .990 -2.7 -15.2 -2.7 -0.2 -2.5 0 8.69 6.87 .993 9.26 7.84 AS,SS
2002 SFG NL 34 2B 149 142 1259.1 721 293 412 16 113 .978 3.6 3.4 1.6 1.0 0.6 2 5.04 4.73 .982 4.96 4.28 MVP-6,SS
2002 SFG NL 34 1B 9 9 66.2 57 55 2 0 7 1.000 -0.4 -7.2 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 0 7.70 6.33 .991 9.40 7.97 MVP-6,SS
2003 HOU NL 35 2B 128 127 1113.0 643 278 354 11 83 .983 -15.3 -16.5 -14.3 -2.4 -11.9 -1 5.11 4.94 .983 5.12 4.39
2004 HOU NL 36 2B 139 138 1189.1 657 276 374 7 74 .989 1.9 1.9 2.9 0.7 2.2 -1 4.92 4.68 .982 5.01 4.31 AS,MVP-13
2004 HOU NL 36 DH 2 AS,MVP-13
2005 LAD NL 37 2B 140 138 1209.2 724 284 424 16 88 .978 -3.4 -3.4 -3.4 -3.3 -0.1 0 5.27 5.06 .981 4.98 4.30 AS,MVP-19,SS
2005 LAD NL 37 1B 14 10 81.1 100 92 6 2 9 .980 2.1 31.0 2.1 2.1 0.0 0 10.84 7.00 .993 9.64 8.29 AS,MVP-19,SS
2006 LAD NL 38 2B 108 107 887.2 538 217 313 8 73 .985 -4.5 -6.1 -3.5 -1.2 -2.3 -1 5.37 4.91 .982 5.05 4.37
2006 LAD NL 38 1B 9 5 46.1 52 52 0 0 6 1.000 -0.8 -20.7 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 0 10.10 5.78 .994 9.40 8.04
2007 LAD NL 39 2B 133 132 1084.1 577 235 328 14 76 .976 -2.2 -2.4 -4.2 1.8 -6.0 2 4.67 4.23 .984 4.86 4.23
2008 LAD NL 40 2B 116 114 885.0 458 168 279 11 53 .976 4.4 6.0 5.4 -2.3 7.7 -1 4.55 3.85 .982 4.83 4.04
2008 LAD NL 40 1B 1 1 4.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 180.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 18.00 8.00 .988 9.45 8.20
17 Seasons 2B 2034 1986 17055.2 9784 4015 5575 194 1262 .980 -1.4 -0.1 -10.4 -9.7 -0.7 9 5.06 4.71 .982 5.04 4.33
3 Seasons 3B 157 149 1270.0 453 120 299 34 29 .925 -5.1 -4.8 -5.1 -5.7 0.6 0 2.97 2.67 .950 2.72 2.28
11 Seasons 1B 117 79 720.0 722 676 39 7 72 .990 0.8 1.3 0.8 5.2 -4.4 0 8.94 6.11 .993 9.36 7.97
2 Seasons DH 7
2 Seasons SS 3 1 14.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 5.14 2.67 .978 4.63 4.00
17 Seasons TOT 2311 2215 19059.2 10968 4814 5918 236 1363 .978 -5.7 -0.4 -14.7 -10.5 -4.2 9 5.07 4.64 .960 5.04 4.37
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1992 TOR AL 24 65 52 65 64 0 0 3 17 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1992 NYM NL 24 37 31 37 36 0 0 0 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1993 NYM NL 25 140 136 140 139 0 0 0 127 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1994 NYM NL 26 107 107 107 107 0 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 NYM NL 27 125 122 125 122 0 0 0 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1996 NYM NL 28 89 89 89 89 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 28 39 28 39 33 0 0 19 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
1997 SFG NL 29 155 151 155 154 0 0 13 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1998 SFG NL 30 137 134 137 135 0 0 1 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1999 SFG NL 31 138 133 138 133 0 0 1 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2000 SFG NL 32 159 157 159 159 0 0 16 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 SFG NL 33 159 156 159 159 0 0 30 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2002 SFG NL 34 152 151 152 151 0 0 9 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2003 HOU NL 35 130 127 130 128 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2004 HOU NL 36 145 140 145 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
2005 LAD NL 37 149 148 149 148 0 0 14 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2006 LAD NL 38 115 112 115 113 0 0 9 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2007 LAD NL 39 136 132 136 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008 LAD NL 40 121 115 121 117 0 0 1 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
17 Seasons 2298 2221 2298 2259 0 0 116 2034 158 3 0 0 0 0 6 42 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1992 NYM NL 24 1201 56% 78% 32% 119 79% 0 61 20 29 12 84 73 10 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 18 7 1 7 0 15 7 8 2 0 2
1992 TOR AL 24 423 53% 76% 29% 56 91% 0 24 14 8 2 37 32 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 25 4734 61% 79% 32% 407 89% 0 247 91 100 56 311 258 46 0 12 17 0 13 4 14 69 21 12 24 3 63 27 33 5 3 2
1994 NYM NL 26 4139 53% 78% 34% 397 91% 2 218 74 99 45 338 285 40 1 6 14 1 9 4 8 75 22 18 26 3 70 29 41 5 3 2
1995 NYM NL 27 4664 57% 77% 33% 426 92% 11 244 85 84 75 354 300 36 2 7 10 1 7 2 6 69 26 12 20 4 64 25 38 2 1 1
1996 CLE AL 28 296 46% 76% 34% 30 93% 0 11 2 6 3 29 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1997 SFG NL 29 5511 61% 74% 32% 488 93% 5 320 97 158 66 426 353 61 1 3 16 3 8 5 7 104 41 16 32 2 96 35 58 4 3 1
1998 SFG NL 30 5184 58% 74% 33% 490 86% 1 277 76 138 64 404 343 54 1 2 20 1 11 8 12 87 34 21 24 3 85 27 56 2 2 0
1999 SFG NL 31 5145 62% 73% 28% 394 94% 0 280 94 120 68 326 267 51 0 6 10 2 8 0 7 90 30 5 33 1 74 34 38 9 5 4
2000 SFG NL 32 5651 61% 73% 27% 432 98% 2 296 102 125 69 388 320 54 1 7 10 1 7 2 7 96 38 15 30 0 84 31 53 9 6 3
2001 SFG NL 33 5176 60% 74% 27% 446 98% 1 269 113 105 52 390 325 55 1 5 9 1 6 2 7 91 34 12 29 1 80 32 47 8 3 5
2002 SFG NL 34 5436 55% 75% 28% 462 97% 1 261 106 131 24 406 337 64 1 5 16 4 11 1 12 113 37 21 43 1 105 44 59 5 2 3
2003 HOU NL 35 4871 61% 72% 33% 415 93% 0 278 94 133 52 354 303 45 0 3 11 1 8 2 9 83 29 23 25 0 80 25 53 2 0 1
2004 HOU NL 36 5287 52% 71% 30% 433 93% 0 276 83 124 69 374 322 47 0 4 7 2 3 2 3 74 31 18 21 0 72 21 49 2 1 1
2005 LAD NL 37 5337 51% 75% 32% 471 93% 0 284 85 125 74 424 376 38 1 7 16 1 12 3 12 87 36 20 20 1 79 21 57 5 2 3
2006 LAD NL 38 3981 56% 76% 35% 347 93% 1 217 64 113 40 314 263 46 0 1 8 0 6 2 7 73 29 20 18 2 69 20 49 2 2 0
2007 LAD NL 39 4773 59% 73% 31% 384 92% 1 235 76 111 49 328 272 53 1 0 14 1 10 3 9 76 27 18 30 0 76 30 46 0 0 0
2008 LAD NL 40 3879 56% 73% 35% 308 94% 0 168 37 89 42 279 230 48 0 5 11 1 8 2 8 53 16 11 25 0 53 25 27 0 0 0
17 Seasons 75688 57% 74% 31% 6505 93% 25 3966 1313 1798 862 5566 4687 753 10 76 193 20 128 45 130 1261 458 245 407 21 1167 433 714 62 33 28
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 TOR AL 24 1690 57% 77% 30% 118 81% 0 33 24 4 5 74 64 8 0 1 10 0 6 4 9 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 75%
1992 NYM NL 24 30 77% 83% 47% 7 100% 1 1 1 0 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 25 445 59% 78% 36% 41 76% 1 9 5 2 2 28 23 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 5 3 0 4 1 0 1 2 50%
1996 NYM NL 28 3378 55% 76% 32% 281 84% 3 75 52 14 9 186 140 36 3 9 21 0 12 9 19 19 11 0 12 7 2 3 18 83%
1996 CLE AL 28 179 40% 76% 42% 9 89% 0 2 1 0 1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 5722 56% 76% 32% 456 83% 5 120 83 20 17 301 236 51 4 11 34 0 19 15 30 29 18 0 20 9 2 5 24 79%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 TOR AL 24 37 54% 78% 24% 2 100% 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1996 CLE AL 28 513 51% 73% 28% 31 94% 0 111 8 102 1 13 9 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 13 0 0 0 10 0 3 2 1 3 100%
1997 SFG NL 29 382 58% 76% 32% 23 100% 1 82 8 73 1 11 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 SFG NL 30 5 60% 60% 40% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 SFG NL 31 31 48% 71% 32% 2 100% 0 7 0 7 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 SFG NL 32 404 59% 73% 25% 18 83% 0 73 8 65 0 5 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SFG NL 33 930 48% 76% 27% 49 92% 1 193 18 173 2 20 14 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 19 0 0 0 15 0 4 2 1 2 100%
2002 SFG NL 34 286 49% 73% 23% 10 90% 1 55 3 52 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 1 0
2005 LAD NL 37 355 55% 79% 36% 26 100% 0 92 6 86 1 14 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2006 LAD NL 38 200 45% 78% 36% 11 100% 0 52 3 49 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
2008 LAD NL 40 13 38% 92% 62% 3 100% 0 7 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 3156 52% 76% 29% 175 94% 3 678 55 619 5 77 41 18 14 0 0 7 1 4 2 6 72 1 1 0 64 2 8 4 3 10 100%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1992 NYM NL 24 32 38% 88% 28% 5 80% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 NYM NL 25 26 54% 81% 23% 4 75% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 58 45% 84% 26% 9 78% 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 89%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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