Ken Phelps
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| Designated hitter / First baseman | |||
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Born: August 6, 1954 Seattle |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 20, 1980, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 8, 1990, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .239 | ||
| Home runs | 123 | ||
| Runs batted in | 313 | ||
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Kenneth Allan Phelps, nicknamed "Digger", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) designated hitter and first baseman. He played for six different teams between 1980 and 1990, but he played primarily with the Seattle Mariners. Baseball statistician Bill James cited Phelps as an example of a player who is unfairly denied a chance to play in MLB despite compiling strong Minor League Baseball statistics.
After growing up in Seattle and attending college at Washington State University, Mesa Community College and Arizona State University, Phelps began his professional career in the farm system of the Kansas City Royals in 1976. Phelps made his MLB debut with the Royals in 1980, and he was traded to the Montreal Expos for the 1982 season. Stuck behind a talented MLB lineup in the Montreal organization, he was traded to the Seattle Mariners, where he played from 1983 to 1988.
After a 1988 trade to the New York Yankees and a stint with the Oakland Athletics the next two seasons, Phelps ended his career in 1990 with the Cleveland Indians. In 2005, Phelps provided color commentary for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Born and raised in Seattle, Phelps graduated from Ingraham High School in north Seattle in 1972. He played a year at Washington State in Pullman under Bobo Brayton, then headed south to Arizona to Mesa Community College, looking for an opportunity to play at Arizona State in Tempe.
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