Kevin Mench
Kevin Ford Mench
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 7, 1978 in Wilmington, DE
High School: St. Mark's (Wilmington, DE)
School: University of Delaware
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 2002
Final Game: September 28, 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 Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 TEX AL 24 OF 106 96 863.2 200 191 7 2 0 .990 -5.4 -7.5 -7.4 -1.8 -5.7 2 2.06 1.87 .985 2.35 2.05 RoY-7
2002 TEX AL 24 RF 62 47 445.0 108 106 1 1 0 .991 -3.2 -8.6 -2.2 -0.4 -1.9 -1 2.16 1.73 .981 2.12 1.82 RoY-7
2002 TEX AL 24 LF 57 49 416.2 94 87 6 1 0 .989 -2.1 -6.0 -5.1 -1.4 -3.7 3 2.01 1.63 .983 2.14 1.74 RoY-7
2002 TEX AL 24 DH 2 RoY-7
2002 TEX AL 24 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50 RoY-7
2003 TEX AL 25 OF 35 33 288.0 61 59 1 1 0 .984 -6.7 -27.9 -5.7 -0.7 -5.0 -1 1.88 1.71 .985 2.35 2.08
2003 TEX AL 25 LF 34 30 267.0 58 56 1 1 0 .983 -5.1 -22.9 -4.1 -0.2 -3.9 -1 1.92 1.68 .984 2.17 1.84
2003 TEX AL 25 CF 3 3 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -106.7 -1.6 -0.5 -1.1 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 2.80 2.47
2003 TEX AL 25 RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.80
2004 TEX AL 26 OF 109 102 900.1 220 213 6 1 3 .995 18.2 24.3 14.2 5.8 8.4 4 2.19 2.01 .985 2.30 2.05
2004 TEX AL 26 RF 62 60 500.2 132 127 5 0 2 1.000 10.4 24.9 7.4 1.5 5.9 3 2.37 2.13 .983 2.22 1.92
2004 TEX AL 26 LF 53 37 362.1 76 73 2 1 1 .987 6.3 20.9 5.3 2.9 2.4 1 1.86 1.42 .983 2.04 1.73
2004 TEX AL 26 DH 14
2004 TEX AL 26 CF 5 5 37.1 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.5 48.2 1.5 1.4 0.1 0 3.13 2.60 .985 2.63 2.36
2005 TEX AL 27 OF 148 144 1290.2 302 290 8 4 3 .987 8.7 8.1 7.7 5.1 2.6 1 2.08 2.01 .986 2.30 2.05
2005 TEX AL 27 LF 119 108 978.1 240 230 8 2 3 .992 8.5 10.4 9.5 5.9 3.6 -1 2.19 2.00 .988 2.10 1.79
2005 TEX AL 27 RF 41 36 311.1 62 60 0 2 0 .968 0.2 0.8 -1.8 -0.8 -1.0 2 1.73 1.46 .982 2.12 1.83
2005 TEX AL 27 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
2005 TEX AL 27 DH 1
2006 TOT MLB 28 OF 110 103 896.1 198 192 4 2 1 .990 -9.9 -13.3 -10.9 -10.2 -0.7 1 1.97 1.78 .985 2.28 1.95
2006 TOT MLB 28 LF 55 46 407.2 84 80 2 2 0 .976 -6.2 -18.3 -6.2 -4.3 -1.9 0 1.81 1.49 .983 2.00 1.59
2006 TEX AL 28 OF 72 72 619.1 132 128 3 1 1 .992 -7.9 -15.3 -8.9 -8.6 -0.3 1 1.90 1.82 .986 2.30 1.99
2006 TEX AL 28 RF 57 57 488.2 114 112 2 0 1 1.000 -3.7 -9.1 -4.7 -5.9 1.2 1 2.10 2.00 .983 2.20 1.85
2006 TEX AL 28 LF 17 15 130.2 18 16 1 1 0 .944 -4.2 -38.6 -4.2 -2.7 -1.5 0 1.17 1.00 .989 2.06 1.69
2006 TEX AL 28 DH 14
2006 MIL NL 28 LF 38 31 277.0 66 64 1 1 0 .985 -2.0 -8.7 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 0 2.11 1.71 .982 1.97 1.54
2006 MIL NL 28 OF 38 31 277.0 66 64 1 1 0 .985 -2.0 -8.7 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 0 2.11 1.71 .983 2.22 1.88
2007 MIL NL 29 OF 78 65 597.1 119 111 6 2 2 .983 -3.8 -7.6 -3.8 -1.5 -2.3 0 1.76 1.50 .984 2.30 1.94
2007 MIL NL 29 LF 51 44 377.2 58 55 3 0 1 1.000 -4.6 -14.6 -4.6 -2.1 -2.5 0 1.38 1.14 .984 2.00 1.55
2007 MIL NL 29 RF 33 21 219.2 61 56 3 2 1 .967 0.8 4.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 0 2.42 1.79 .982 2.18 1.81
2008 TOR AL 30 OF 33 25 223.0 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -4.3 -3.8 -2.6 -1.2 3 2.06 1.55 .986 2.31 2.02
2008 TOR AL 30 LF 21 14 125.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -1.9 -1.2 -0.5 -0.7 1 2.02 1.33 .982 2.05 1.66
2008 TOR AL 30 RF 15 11 98.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -7.3 -2.6 -2.1 -0.5 2 2.11 1.53 .983 2.15 1.83
2008 TOR AL 30 DH 6
7 Seasons OF 619 568 5059.1 1151 1106 33 12 9 .990 0.3 0.1 -9.7 -5.9 -3.9 10 2.03 1.84 .985 2.31 2.02
7 Seasons LF 390 328 2934.2 638 609 22 7 5 .989 -3.4 -1.4 -6.4 0.3 -6.7 3 1.94 1.62 .985 2.08 1.71
7 Seasons RF 272 232 2066.1 500 483 12 5 4 .990 3.9 2.3 -3.1 -7.1 3.9 7 2.16 1.82 .982 2.17 1.85
5 Seasons DH 37
4 Seasons CF 10 8 58.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -4.1 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 0 2.47 1.60 .988 2.68 2.41
7 Seasons TOT 672 568 5059.1 1154 1108 34 12 9 .990 0.3 0.1 -9.7 -5.9 -3.9 10 2.03 1.70 .974 2.12 1.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
2002 TEX AL 24 110 96 110 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 1 62 106 0 6 3
2003 TEX AL 25 38 33 38 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 2 35 0 3 0
2004 TEX AL 26 125 116 125 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 5 62 109 14 7 0
2005 TEX AL 27 150 145 150 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 1 41 148 1 3 0
2006 TEX AL 28 87 86 87 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 57 72 14 1 0
2006 MIL NL 28 40 31 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 38 0 5 1
2007 MIL NL 29 101 65 101 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 0 33 78 0 30 0
2008 TOR AL 30 51 31 51 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 15 33 15 3 2
7 Seasons 702 603 702 619 0 0 0 0 0 0 390 10 272 619 44 58 6
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 TEX AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 5 21 18 0 16 6 3 12 7 2 5 2 0 11 10 0 65 43 66.2% 17 5 7.7% 1 1953 54% 73% 39% 202 45%
2003 TEX AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16 14 0 13 4 0 14 8 0 6 2 0 5 5 0 54 33 61.1% 21 0 0.0% 1 1260 53% 76% 41% 146 39%
2004 TEX AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 11 0 10 4 0 10 7 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 35 26 74.3% 9 0 0.0% 1 1660 48% 73% 38% 155 47%
2005 TEX AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 2 0 4 41 37 0 54 17 2 28 15 1 12 3 1 14 10 1 149 82 55.0% 62 5 3.4% 3 4413 54% 77% 40% 491 48%
2006 MIL NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 10 0 13 4 0 7 3 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 37 21 56.8% 16 0 0.0% 1 1204 68% 74% 40% 152 43%
2006 TEX AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 9 60.0% 5 1 6.7% 0 570 56% 75% 38% 52 33%
2007 MIL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 16 13 0 16 4 0 11 4 0 4 2 1 7 7 0 54 30 55.6% 23 1 1.9% 2 1728 56% 72% 39% 157 36%
2008 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 12 85.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 541 55% 78% 43% 59 47%
7 Seasons 7 0 6 1 0 21 1 7 0 11 129 116 0 129 42 5 86 45 4 33 12 2 46 41 1 423 256 60.5% 155 12 2.8% 9 13329 55% 75% 40% 1414 44%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 TEX AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 23 14 0 18 5 0 9 8 0 3 1 0 10 4 0 63 32 50.8% 31 0 0.0% 1 2063 52% 73% 40% 216 50%
2003 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 12 67% 75% 8% 1 0%
2004 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 2 27 20 0 17 7 2 9 6 0 9 2 0 11 8 0 73 43 58.9% 28 2 2.7% 3 2245 52% 75% 38% 258 50%
2005 TEX AL 27 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 11 0 14 7 0 7 7 0 5 1 0 7 5 0 49 31 63.3% 18 0 0.0% 0 1440 51% 77% 37% 141 43%
2006 TEX AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 34 23 0 13 5 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 15 7 0 70 40 57.1% 30 0 0.0% 2 2188 54% 75% 38% 240 47%
2007 MIL NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 10 7 0 10 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 32 16 50.0% 16 0 0.0% 3 972 59% 75% 43% 108 54%
2008 TOR AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 3 0 2 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 13 10 76.9% 2 1 7.7% 0 415 49% 72% 41% 51 45%
7 Seasons 5 0 4 1 1 12 4 1 3 3 115 78 0 74 30 2 38 29 1 21 4 0 53 31 0 301 172 57.1% 126 3 1.0% 9 9335 53% 74% 39% 1015 48%
MLB Averages 48.5% 2.2% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2002 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 86% 57% 0
2003 TEX AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 76 61% 80% 41% 11 27%
2004 TEX AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 183 55% 77% 42% 23 57%
2005 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 269 57% 78% 42% 34 47%
MLB Averages 43.3% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

* 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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