Jeff Kent was recently voted into the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era Committee making him the 35th All-Star Rookie Cup winner to also be honored in the Hall (Carlos Betlran & Andruw Jones bring us to 37)
1993 Topps #703 Jeff Kent (image stolen from Lifetime Topps Project)
Jeff Kent earned the 1993 TASR for second base by posting 11 Home Runs and 50 RBI in 102 Games. His Batting Average was only .239 but it should be noted Kent had enough Walks and Power to post a 105 OPS+.
Toronto Blue JaysHowever the bulk of Jeff Kent's 1992 season was played with a team that is not on the card, the Blue Jays. After debuting with Toronto April 12th Jeff played 65 games before being dealt to the Mets for David Cone.
The deal worked for the Blue Jays who won their first Word Championship and for Cone who earned the first of his FIVE Rings.
Andy Stankiewicz
Across Town the Yankees had their own rookie Second Baseman, Andy Stankewicz who like Jeff Kent had a decent if unspectacular rookie year: .268 AVG, 2.7 WAR. TASR authority hiflew who covers cards for Cards from the Quarry make an argument for Andy Stankewicz to win the award over Jeff Kent - check the details here.
Of course in the end Kent had a better career than Stankiewicz whose 7 marginal seasons were not Hall worthy.
Flip
1 comment:
Oh man, I completely forgot about Jeff Kent getting the nod. Well deserved.
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