Kenneth Alven Brett was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and the second of four Brett brothers who played professional baseball, the most notable being the youngest, George Brett.
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17 Facts About Ken Brett
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Just out of El Segundo High School at age 17, Ken Brett was the fourth overall pick in the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft, selected by the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher; the nineteen other MLB teams coveted him as a sweet-swinging center fielder.
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Ken Brett was not expected to be on the World Series roster to face the St Louis Cardinals, but was added as an emergency injury replacement for Sparky Lyle, a transaction requiring the commissioner's approval.
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Shortly after that World Series, Ken Brett spent six months in the Army Reserve and missed spring training in 1968.
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5.
Ken Brett was traded in consecutive years, after the 1971 and 1972 seasons.
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Ken Brett was the winning pitcher of the All-Star Game in 1974, where he was the only member of the host team Pittsburgh Pirates on the National League squad.
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Ken Brett was traded with Willie Randolph and Dock Ellis from the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Doc Medich on December 11,1975.
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Ken Brett's stay was brief, traded in mid-May to the Chicago White Sox for Carlos May A week later on May 26,1976, he had a no-hitter going for the White Sox with two out in the ninth in a scoreless game at California Angels.
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Ken Brett hit 18 doubles, 1 triple, and 10 home runs with 44 RBI.
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In 1976, Ken Brett was used as a pinch hitter twelve times for the White Sox, more than any other pitcher in the American League.
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In 1979, Ken Brett returned to the National League as a reliever with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Ken Brett was added to the Royals roster in August 1980, the year the Royals finally won the American League pennant and George hit.
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13.
Ken Brett was released by the Royals following the 1981 season and retired from baseball shortly thereafter.
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Ken Brett played for ten major league teams, but in his nine team changes he was traded a mere six times, and released the last three.
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Ken Brett wore his frequent change of uniforms as both a badge of honor and humor.
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Ken Brett then coached baseball at the collegiate level, and co-owned minor league baseball and hockey teams and a sporting goods company in Spokane, his home since 1998, with his brothers John, Bobby, and George.
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George has since said that Ken Brett pointed out he would be the perfect "fool" for those moments.
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