Kevin Mench
| Kevin Mench | |||
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Mench with the Hanshin Tigers
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 7, 1978 Wilmington, Delaware |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: April 9, 2002, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| NPB: 2009, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| NPB: 2009, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
| MLB: October 3, 2010, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .268 | ||
| Home runs | 89 | ||
| Runs batted in | 331 | ||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .148 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Kevin Ford Mench (born January 7, 1978) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played eight years in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Texas Rangers (2002–2006), Milwaukee Brewers (2006–2007), Toronto Blue Jays (2008) and Washington Nationals (2010). He also spent a season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with the Hanshin Tigers in 2009. He is most noted for having had the largest cap size (8) in the majors when he was an active player, a feature that earned him the nickname Shrek.
Mench attended The Independence School and St. Mark's High School in Delaware. Following high school, Mench attended the University of Delaware where he led the Blue Hens to the NCAA tournament in 1998 and 1999. In 1998, Mench led the NCAA with 33 home runs and knocked in 72 runs to earn Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year and consensus All-America Honors. In the America East, he was named Rookie of the Year in 1997 and Player of the Year in 1998 and 1999. On June 2, 1999, the Texas Rangers drafted Mench in the fourth round with the 118th overall pick. For his accomplishments, Mench was inducted into the University of Delaware athletics hall of fame in 2005.
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