Won an MVP in 2000, Career 55.4 WAR, 377 home runs, 2,461 hits in 17 years, 5 time All Star, 4 time Silver Slugger. second basemen in errors again, with 14. All told, Kent hit .269 with a .781 OPS in October. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. We’ll have steroid users in the HOF before the historically deserving players ever get a legitimate sniff. Hopefully the bullet’s gonna go in the right direction.” Kent seemingly talks enough people to swing the vote into getting rid of Pete, telling the camera: “Pete’s going home and we all got all six votes.”. • Earlier in the episode Kent remarked to the camera that “Lisa is so naive and so soft and so nice.” In direct contrast to that Lisa (also known as “Blair” from “The Facts of Life”) outed Malcolm as holding one of the hidden immunity idols and during tribal council that causes Malcolm to admit he has it to everyone. Scegli tra immagini premium su Jeff Kent della migliore qualità. Jan-26,2021 20:28 In 2006, the Dodgers were the N.L. Sheffield, Kent trending up, but short of HOF 1/15/2021 at 2:55 PM 1/15/2021 at 2:55 PM Jeff Kent discusses his career, Hall of Fame Kent rebounded a bit in 2004. Jeff Kent would be my number 1 second baseman in the greatest All-Star Team of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The second base position always seems to be a conundrum for the BBWAA as they seem to wash their hands of many candidates. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. After the ’96 season, another trade sent Jeff Kent to the San Francisco Giants, near his alma mater at UC Berkeley. Kent went 1 for 8 with no RBI in his first postseason opportunity. The actual Hall of Famers are in boldface. Bernie Williams: Should this Great Yankee be in the Hall of Fame? West despite an average staff ERA of 4.21 (yes, 4.21 was “average” in 2000). Considering that he never received any All-Star consideration, it might surprise the reader to know that his 55 home runs from 1993-95 were tied (with Carlos Baerga) for the most among all second basemen in Major League Baseball. All three were elected by the writers in their 2nd or 3rd times on the ballot so if we can establish that Kent is in their league, then he should de facto be a Hall of Famer. We know he has the most RBI in the last 100 years for a second sacker. Although the Mets would go on to win 9-5, Kent went 4 for 5; for the series, he hit .615 with a 1.538 OPS. • Probst begins to pull out the votes and after each one listing Kent’s name Kent has an absolutely hilarious reaction. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). In his first year in Houston, the right-handed-hitting slugger hit .297 with 22 HR, 93 RBI, and a 119 OPS+. Should Sweet Lou Piniella be in the Hall of Fame? • Kent catches wind that he might be in danger, telling the camera: “We were all set to let Mike go, but now I found out they’re gunning for me. In the bottom of the 1st inning, Kent swatted a two-run tater off Jeff Suppan to give Houston a 3-1 lead, a lead that would hold in a 5-2 win. Look at Home, he has many, mane friends on the voting list, so a long-time DH who struck out a lot will get in easily. (Kent’s bat was relatively quiet in the series; he hit .227 with 0 HR and 3 RBI). other than general comments about Kent’s treatment of writers, there has not been a reason why he is not getting into the Hall. Third, Kent was quite prickly with the media, myself included. What criteria are you people using, where am I going wrong? Iscriviti a Facebook per connetterti con Jeff Kent e altre persone che potresti conoscere. So, even if you don’t believe the defensive metrics and say what you will about him being a mediocre fielder, this man was by far and away the dominant hitter at his position for a decade. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment! Now in his late 30’s, Kent was plagued by injuries in the final three seasons of his career (all with the Dodgers). Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'iFwqeI8YSCZbQ3f36JQifQ',sig:'N9_tfJWv2BBCfqYdYoCBq9jhKuBYlrT6Sw1n_uQWPB0=',w:'594px',h:'401px',items:'468156084',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Although he played respectably at the keystone, there was always a feeling that Kent belonged at the hot corner; he was moved there for the 1996 season. in Total Zone Runs for second basemen. However, in ’96, Baerga was having an injury-plagued mediocre season and was battling issues with his weight. The Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS (in 5 games) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS (also in 5 games), setting up a Fall Classic matchup against the Anaheim Angels. There are currently 162 position players in the Hall of Fame. It’s not crucial to understand precisely how the numbers are calculated. Former Major Leaguer Jeff Kent was working on his ranch when he was informed that he fell short of being elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.In his eighth year of eligibility, Kent garnered 32.4 percent of the ballot, up from 27.5 percent in 2020. He would finish the season in 8th place in the MVP vote. All four of those players had vote shares less than Kent’s in 2019 but sped past him in 2020. Total Zone Runs (a statistic that didn’t exist at the time) puts Kent in a tie for 4th defensively in the league. I haven’t watched “Survivor” in years. The next night the Giants lost Game 7 by a 4-1 score; Jeff Kent went 0 for 4. Has Yadier Molina Successfully Framed His Hall of Fame Case? Dale Murphy, Superstar from the 1980’s, is Still Outside the Hall of Fame. Visualizza i profili delle persone di nome Jeff Kent. Kent had over 20 home runs and 100 RBI in 8 different campaigns. Max Scherzer Keeps Moving Closer to Cooperstown, Forget Koufax Comps; Clayton Kershaw is Going to the Hall of Fame Anyway, Hall of Fame Case: Jeff Kent - Prime Time Sports Talk. In 1994, the strike-shortened season, Kent hit .292 with 14 HR and 68 RBI. Look at the numbers: Not on the chart but also noteworthy is that, among the 12 second baseman who qualified (with at least 3,000 PA over 10 years), Kent’s WAR runs from fielding are 4th best, and actually better than the numbers for Biggio and Alomar. He averaged just 124 games per season although he still managed to post a more than respectable 114 OPS+. Maris won back-to-back MVPs, but only received votes one other season; Newcombe’s career was only ten seasons, and even if you give him the two seasons he missed due to military service and figure his MLB debut was delayed by two or three seasons because of the color barrier [he was 23 when he made the majors], his career was effectively over at 33; Dale Murphy only had six seasons with 5+WAR, he only had two decent seasons after 31. 1999 was the final season in which the Giants would call Candlestick Park their home. For these reasons, in my view, Jeff Kent is a Hall of Fame player. Unfortunately for Kent and the Astros, the Redbirds won the next two games to advance to the Fall Classic. NEW YORK -- It’s Tuesday evening in Texas. • In his exit interview Kent goes off on one helluva rant: You know what pisses me off? Biggio made his first All-Star team at 25 and of course, he achieved the benchmark of 3,000 hits. And yes, the media hated him so that hurts his chances a lot. The lead would not hold, however, as the Cardinals won 10-7. Bio: Jeffrey Smith is a senior photojournalism student at Central Michigan University. And for the record…Kent was a jerk. Cancel Unsubscribe. Rookie cards, autographs and more. • It’s a 4-4 tie between Kent and Pete with one vote to go … and Kent is voted out. Of all of them, only five had a WAR of less than 10.3 through their age 28 seasons (Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson, Bill Terry, Earl Averill, and Sam Rice). And, for these 11 years, Kent has a higher WAR from fielding than his already enshrined  Cooperstown contemporaries. Beyond that, he has the most home runs ever (by a wide margin) at his position. Scegli tra immagini premium su Secondbaseman Jeff Kent della migliore qualità. It was a special reunion. (Being small HOF, I am not that bothered but he won MVP and we was really good. In the meantime, Bonds was intentionally walked 68 times, depressing his home run total to a mere 46. Still, while Kent’s OPS+ and WAR Batting show him to have been the superior offensive force, he wasn’t dramatically better than the others (except for the home runs) and he did not add the base-running value of all the others or the defensive value of Sandberg. Most of those guys weren’t dominate for very long, though. Finally, these two stars would have the chance to appear in the World Series. In 116 plate appearances, he had a lowly .749 OPS. No matter what the writers say they do use their ballot as an axe come voting time. In his previous career, the combined rate was 0.65 runners per plate appearance. Down 2 games to none, as the series moved to Dodger Stadium, Kent hit a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 5th to tie the score at 4. In 1997, Bonds and Kent led the Giants to their first N.L. In the postseason, Torre used him off the bench. second sackers). I have no interest in Jeff Kent until these silly adjunct committees get it right on the legacy players from decades past who dominated. At the age of 31, Jeff Kent made his first All-Star squad in 1999, although it ultimately was a down year compared to the previous two. Besides his poor fielder rep, Kent had the reputation for not being a good teammate. Alomar, the son of a major leaguer, made his first All-Star game at the age of 22 and was a cog on two World Championship teams before his 26th birthday. They all established themselves as stars early in their careers. Through that age 28 season (1996 with Cleveland), Jeff Kent’s career WAR was 10.3. Next, we’re going to break down Wins Above Replacement into its component parts: batting, fielding, base-running, and double play avoidance. National League MVP Jeff Kent Bashes Obama on Survivor. Wild Card team, giving Kent his 6th postseason opportunity. I think he belongs but think it may never happen. • In the span of one episode in television time and approximately 48 hours in real time Kent goes from seemingly being in complete control of the game to the point that he can determine who gets voted out to losing all control while being voted out himself in ninth place. Take a look at the year-by-year numbers for Jeff Kent in San Francisco. The late bloomers are just plain rare: since they’re not on our radar as future Hall of Famers, we sometimes fail to notice what they’ve actually accomplished when their career is over. Kent was in the on-deck circle in the top of the 9th when Angels’ closer Troy Percival struck out Rich Aurilia to end the game. Central title. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Now comes [[RNC]] member [[Jeff Kent]] and RNC Vice Chairman [[James Bopp]] Jr. with a proposed [[RNC]] resolution with Kent as the chief sponsor suggesting that the Democratic Party changes their name (news story here, description here): In just a few months, the goal of the Obama administration has become clear and obvious - to restructure American society along … Nothing personal against Bill Mazeroski, growing up he was one of my favorites. And then to make it even crazier, neither Malcolm nor Abi actually play their immunity idol after convincing everyone not to vote for them because the vote would be wasted anyway once they played it. With Bonds also having a typically big season, the Giants won 97 games and the N.L. There’s also the question about whether Jeff Kent’s batting numbers (in particular his RBI stats) are in small part the result of the good fortune of having spent six seasons mostly hitting behind Barry Bonds and two more mostly behind Jeff Bagwell, two of the best on-base guys in the era. • There are two stages to the immunity challenge. Cobra: Will Dave Parker have Another Chance to Strike at Cooperstown? Starting with his reinvention season of 1997, look at how Kent performed in several key on-base situations, compared to all plate appearances: These numbers help explain why, from 1997-2008, Kent had the sixth most RBI of any player in baseball while posting an OPS+ of 125, a very solid number (especially for a 2nd baseman). Jeff Kent’s Peak (1997-2006) Finally, the bottom line is that, if you take a 10-year stretch of time (that breakthrough 1997 season through 2006), for all 2nd basemen with at least 3,000 plate appearances, Jeff Kent is #1 in home runs, RBI, slugging, OPS+, and WAR (and way ahead in most of those categories). At this point, it would be a huge surprise if Jeff Kent makes the Hall of Fame via the Baseball Writers Association of America. I watched Jeff Kent on “Survivor” last night so you didn’t have to …. Although the rookie hit just .240 with the Blue Jays, he showed impressive power, with 8 home runs and 13 doubles in 222 plate appearances. With the Giants out of the playoffs, Kent still finished 9th in the MVP balloting. In losing Kent remarks: “What a joke.”. Late bloomer notwithstanding. If you’ve got lots of players to choose from and he’s at the bottom of your list of ten (the maximum any writer can vote for), human nature sometimes comes into play. The deal to the Giants put him in the perfect situation that turned his career around. Kent debuted in 1992 so this comparison will include the first ten seasons of his career including the early years when he had yet to establish himself as a star. Lance Berkman: Underrated Star Far Shy of Cooperstown, Blue Jays (1992), Mets (1992-96), Indians (1996), Giants (1997-2002), Astros (2003-04), Dodgers (2005-08), Career: .290 BA, .356 OBP, .500 SLG, 377 HR, 1,518 RBI, 2,461 Hits, 1,518 runs batted in (3rd most-all-time for 2B), .500 slugging % (2nd best all-time for 2B), 2000 NL MVP (.334 BA, 33 HR, 125 RBI, 162 OPS+, 7.2 WAR). Wild Card chase. Lot’s of a-holes in the Hall. In the first few months of the season, his power dipped a bit (9 HR in his first 361 PA). 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His father Alan, a motorcycle cop, was a disciplinarian who instilled young Jeff with an intense desire to achieve perfection at whatever he was doing, whether it was baseball, surfing, or motocross. Kent officially retired on January 22, 2009. He is completely stunned. Back in San Francisco for Game 3, the Giants’ second sacker went 3 for 4 with two solo home runs but, unfortunately, his teammates managed only four other hits in a 6-2 loss. Spider-Man: Does Torii Hunter Have a Hall of Fame Case? I'd love to hear his explanation for picking JEFF KENT AND ONLY JEFF KENT. While there are several former players worthy of debate this year, the focus here will be on Jeff Kent. This is the Hall of Fame and they became famous early: It’s interesting (and very surprising) that the “WAR runs fielding” puts 10-time Gold Glove winner Alomar into the same class of mediocrity as Kent and that Biggio was even worse. He was 2nd in the league in assists and double plays turned while recording the 3rd most putouts. There’s a small nucleus of writers who believe in him but not even close to enough to make him a lobbying cause. New York (’92-’96): Eddie Murray, Dwight Gooden, Bret Saberhagen, John Franco. His WAR is too low to get the passion behind him the way it did for Raines, Edgar and now Walker. First, as we’ve discussed, he was such a late-bloomer that people just never considered him to be a Hall of Fame-caliber player. Finally, the bottom line is that, if you take a 10-year stretch of time (that breakthrough 1997 season through 2006), for all 2nd basemen with at least 3,000 plate appearances, Jeff Kent is #1 in home runs, RBI, slugging, OPS+, and WAR (and way ahead in most of those categories). Kent improved significantly in 1998, establishing new career highs in all three slash line categories, home runs, doubles, RBI, and runs scored. Baker’s contract had not been renewed by the Giants despite the World Series appearance; Kent cited that as the primary reason why he decided to move on. After another Game 2 loss, Game 3 was a crucial contest for the Astros at Minute Maid Park. He made his 5th and final All-Star team and won his 4th and final Silver Slugger for being the best hitting second baseman in the league. I’d say Kent could be in before 10 years are up. • With that information out in the open Jonathan basically pleads his case for everyone to keep him around and instead vote someone else out. Cone was extremely popular with Mets fans and, when Kent got off to a slow start with the bat, the boo birds really let him have it. The first two got a late start in the bigs because of the color barrier so there are really only three of them who had such inauspicious early years in their respective careers. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZHWHZDg0QSBoRgMbuDrpDg',sig:'FB5YPKh4OVoto-kQF-hheE-py_s6hRmaxch6YrVeZGg=',w:'594px',h:'390px',items:'82627007',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); After being an average starting player in the major leagues until he was 29 years old, Jeff Kent turned himself into a legitimate Hall of Fame candidate by the time he left the game 12 seasons later. Elect Jeff Kent for Box Elder County Commissioner. Shortly before the trading deadline, Kent was dealt to Cleveland with second baseman Jose Vizcaino in a four-player deal that brought Baerga to New York. The rise of Walker from 21.9% on his 7th ballot to a Hall of Famer in his 10th year has proven that it’s not impossible for a player to have a massive four-year run from BBWAA oblivion to a plaque in Cooperstown. Winfield, Alomar, Murray, Thome, and Morris are in Cooperstown but many of those other names were looked upon as potential Hall of Famers while they playing. Ini menandakan keamanan … View Jeff Kent’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. (He worked hard and was good enough at the position). Scott Mansfield of the Dayton News-Journal called Baerga “Cleveland’s version” of Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Gwynn, or Kirby Puckett. My Virtual Ballot & 2022-25 BBWAA Preview, The Cooperstown Candidacy for Mark Buehrle, RIP Tommy Lasorda, the Big Dodger in the Sky, The Hall of Fame Debate About Chase Utley, Dick Allen Dies at 78, Still Absent from the Hall of Fame, Examining the Hall of Fame Candidacy of Tony Oliva, Sammy Sosa Remains Far, Far Away from Cooperstown. Kent had the good fortune of hitting in favorable circumstances but he came through in the clutch. Unfortunately and famously, Dusty Baker used five pitchers who gave up a combined 6 runs in the 7th and 8th innings. West title since 1989. Dustin Pedroia Retires: Will he Make the Hall of Fame? Will Lou Whitaker Join Alan Trammell in the Hall of Fame? Throughout his college career he has worked as a photographer and photo editor for the student publication Central Michigan Life, and is also a freelance multimedia … The first involves ripping through rope knots and then going through a mini-obstacle course, which Kent does well enough to advance to the final round with Jonathan and Pete. But for all the reasons cited previously, not enough voters consider that to be sufficient. Kent hit only .263 with one RBI in the first 10 postseason tilts but Bonds’ notoriously cold October bat was on fire this year; he posted a 1.286 OPS with 4 HR and 10 RBI in the playoffs’ first two rounds. 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