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Article: Jeff Kent: his numbers will earn him hall of fame consideration: All-Star slugger holds the record for career home runs among second basemen and is one of the best run producers of his era.
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- Baseball Digest
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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DURING HIS 14-YEAR MAJOR league career with six teams, Jeff Kent has quietly established himself as one of the best hitting second basemen in big league history.
He is the only player to have hit more than 300 career home runs as a second baseman, and he has hit 20 or more homers and knocked in more than 90 runs in every season since 1997. No second baseman other than Kent has hit 20 or more home runs in nine consecutive seasons, a streak that is ongoing. A five-time All-Star, Kent won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 2000 and has finished in the N.L.'s top 10 in MVP voting in three other seasons.
In December 2004, Kent signed with the ...