Jeffrey Franklin Kent was born on March 7,1968 and is an American former professional baseball second baseman.
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29 Facts About Jeff Kent
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Jeff Kent is a five-time All-Star, and his 560 career doubles put him in 30th on the all-time doubles list.
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Jeff Kent played college baseball at UC Berkeley, and in 1988 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Jeff Kent was selected in the 20th round of the 1989 MLB Draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Jeff Kent saw limited at-bats early in the season; however, an injury to starting third baseman Kelly Gruber granted Kent a more regular role in the line-up.
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Jeff Kent was traded to the Mets on August 27,1992, for pitcher David Cone, as Toronto bolstered their pitching rotation for a successful World Series run.
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The following offseason, Jeff Kent was again traded, this time to the San Francisco Giants along with Jose Vizcaino and Julian Tavarez.
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Jeff Kent was consistently among the top RBI hitters in the league over his next five seasons with the Giants, amassing 689 RBI over six years.
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Jeff Kent won the 1998 Willie Mac Award for his spirit and leadership.
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Jeff Kent turned one of the outs and collected an assist during a triple play on August 19,2004, against Philadelphia, when Todd Pratt grounded out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning.
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Jeff Kent forced Marlon Byrd out at second base before throwing Pratt out at first base.
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In Game 5 of the 2004 National League Championship Series, Jeff Kent hit a three-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to break a scoreless tie and put Houston ahead of the St Louis Cardinals three games to two in the series.
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Jeff Kent started at second base for the National League in the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Comerica Park, his fifth career All-Star selection and fourth career All-Star start.
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Jeff Kent became the first player in the history of the Dodgers–Giants rivalry to make and start the Midsummer Classic for both clubs.
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Jeff Kent hit 351 home runs as a second baseman, the most in MLB history in either league.
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Jeff Kent owns the 4,000-acre "Diamond K" cattle ranch near Tilden, Texas.
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In 2008, Jeff Kent purchased the Lakecliff Country Club in Spicewood, Texas.
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Jeff Kent owns Jeff Kent Powersports, a chain of motorcycle and ATV dealerships.
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Jeff Kent appeared as a contestant on the Summer 2009 television series Superstars, where he was teamed with actress Ali Landry in a series of sports competitions.
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In 2012, Jeff Kent participated in Survivor: Philippines, the 25th season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor.
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Jeff Kent was the eighth contestant voted off, which placed him tenth and made him the second member of the jury, giving him a right to vote for the eventual winner at the Final Tribal Council.
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When he was voted off, Jeff Kent claimed that the million dollar prize was "six hundred grand by the time Obama takes it".
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Jeff Kent has been an advocate for Major League Baseball using blood tests for HGH.
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Since 2011, Jeff Kent has served as a spring training instructor for the San Francisco Giants.
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In 2011, Jeff Kent donated $100,000 and raised awareness to help reinstate the Cal baseball program, which was being cut for cost-saving purposes.
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In 2014, Kent announced the creation of the Jeff Kent Women Driven Scholarship Endowment to provide a full scholarship each year to one female student-athlete at UC Berkeley in perpetuity.
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In 2008, Jeff Kent donated to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage in California.
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Eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time in 2014, Jeff Kent's chances were felt to be low because of poor defense and the tainted era he played in.
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