Best Of The San Francisco Giants: Top 10 Seasons At 2nd Base
By Phil Watson
10. Jeff Kent, 1998
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 30 | 137 | 594 | 94 | 156 | 37 | 3 | 31 | 128 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 110 | .297 | .359 | .555 | .914 | 142 |
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Generated 2/16/2014.
Kent continued to build on a strong debut season in San Francisco, setting new career highs for home runs and RBI while finishing in the top 10 in the MVP voting.
He led the National League with 10 sacrifice flies and was fourth with 128 RBI.
Kent led NL second basemen with 31 homers, 128 RBI, a .555 slugging percentage and a .914 OPS and was third with a .297 batting average and 94 runs.
He was absolutely insane after the All-Star break, hitting .293/.363/.615 in 73 games with 56 runs, 24 homers and 79 RBI.