Kent Hadley
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Kent Hadley (Kent William Hadley) was born on December 17, 1934 in Pocatello, Idaho. He made his Major League debut on September 14, 1958 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1959, his rookie year, he hit .253 with 10 home runs and 39 RBI. Hadley played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 3 year career.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 3
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .182
| .182
| .182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 113
| 288
| 40
| 73
| 10
| 39
| .253
| .310
| .403
| 11
| 1
| 24
| 74
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| 1960
| NY
| A
| 55
| 64
| 8
| 13
| 4
| 11
| .203
| .271
| .422
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 171
| 363
| 49
| 88
| 14
| 50
| .242
| .300
| .399
| 13
| 1
| 30
| 97
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1958
| KC
| A
| 1B
| 2
| 2
| 17
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| KC
| A
| 1B
| 95
| 71
| 661.1
| 656
| 42
| 8
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1960
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 24
| 6
| 103.2
| 99
| 6
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 121
| 79
| 782
| 776
| 48
| 9
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 26, 1956).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Gus Zernial, Billy Martin, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Mickey McDermott and Tim Thompson (November 20, 1957); Kansas City Athletics received Jim McManus (April 3, 1958).
- Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Roger Maris and Joe DeMaestri to New York Yankees in exchange for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry (December 11, 1959).
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