Tag: Kevin Kouzmanoff

YearAgeTeamTmGPAABHR2B3BHRRBISBBBKBAOBP
200624CLE
166156124203110512.214.279
200725SDP
14553448413357302187413294.275.329
200826SDP
154668624162713142384023139.260.299
200927SDP
141573529135503111888127106.255.302
201028OAK
14358655113659321167122496.247.283
201129OAK
461491363013604172827.221.262
201129COL
27108982511503160419.255.315
201129TOT--73257234552411073321246.235.284
201432TEX
13514717860210027.362.412
----CLE166156124203110512.214.245
----TOT745293627126882891488923948135539.254.336
  • Drafted out of high school in the sixth round of 2006 MLB draft.
  • September call-up in 2006.
  • Hit a grand slam on the first pitch of his career, off Rangers rookie Edinson Volquez. At the time, he was the third player in history with a grand slam in his first at-bat.
  • Also homered in his second game, at the time becoming the third player in franchise history with home runs in each of his first two career games.
  • Following 2006 season, was traded to San Diego for 2B Josh Barfield. The team was in need of a second baseman after trading Ronnie Belliard during the 2006 season, and had Casey Blake available to play third base.

Jhonkensy Noel Homers in First At-Bat

Posted on    by

Jhonkensy Noel homered of Baltimore’s Grayson Rodriguez in his first career at-bat on Wednesday.

He’s just the fourth player in franchise history to homer in his first career at-bat, joining:

Kouzmanoff’s home run was famously a grand slam on the first pitch of his career.

Noel also wore No. 43 in his debut, a common number in team history but rarely by hitters. Noel is just the third position player to wear No. 43, joining in 1959 and in 1991. Jh