Kevin Kouzmanoff
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Kouzmanoff with the San Diego Padres in 2008
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: July 25, 1981 Newport Beach, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 2006, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 22, 2014, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .257 | ||
| Home runs | 87 | ||
| Runs batted in | 371 | ||
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Kevin Kouzmanoff (born July 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers.
Kouzmanoff is the third of only four players in history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, after Bill Duggleby in 1898 and Jeremy Hermida in 2005, and followed by Daniel Nava in 2010. Both Kouzmanoff and Nava accomplished this feat on the first pitch they saw.
Kouzmanoff is of Macedonian descent.
Kouzmanoff grew up in Newport Beach, California and then moved to Evergreen, Colorado just before high school started, where he played high school baseball at Evergreen High School.
In 2002, he attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where he hit .364.
In 2003, he attended the University of Nevada-Reno where as a walk-on he hit .361.
In the 2003 Major League Baseball draft, the Cleveland Indians selected Kouzmanoff in the 6th round (168th overall).
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