This week, we discussed a Minnesotan who played his whole career for the Minnesota Twins...it’s Kent Hrbek! Herbie jumped up from A ball to the pros in 1981, was an all star in 1982, and never looked back. A power hitter with more career walks than Ks, Kent won 2 World Series rings, hit a WS grand slam, and had a famous takedown.
Kent Hrbek was born in Minneapolis and raised in Bloomington, not far from Metropolitan Stadium. He hit the first home run in the Metrodome in an exhibition in 1982 and spent 14 seasons with his hometown team. He remains second on the Twins all time leaderboard in homers and RBIs after Harmon Killebrew. Hrbek's number 14 is retired by the team and he was one of the first inductees in the Twins Hall of Fame in 2000.
Listen:
- Card #45 on Beckett
- Card #609 on eBay
- SABR Bio by Joel Rippel
- Kent's 1985 Mercedes Benz
- T-Rex Tag Bobblehead
- Stathead Search: Best OPS+ 1982-1993, 3000+ PAs
- Kent in his RV
- 1987 WS Grand Slam:
- 1991 Hrbek vs. Ron Gant:
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