Kent Hrbek Booking Agent Details
Kent Hrbek is a retired MLB first baseman who played his entire 14-year career from 1981-1994 with the Minnesota Twins. A member of the Twins Hall of Fame, in 1995 the Twins retired his jersey # 14, making Hrbek at the time just the fourth player to be so honored by the franchise. As a rookie in 1981, Hrbek hit .301 with 23 home runs and 92 RBI, finishing second in Rookie of the Year voting. The next year in 1982, he was named an All-Star, hitting .287 with 84 RBI. In 1984, he set career-highs with 107 RBI and 174 hits.
Hrbek established a reputation throughout his career for clutch hitting in the postseason. In the 1987 regular season, he hit 34 home runs in route to helping the Twins make that year’s World Series, where hit a grand slam in Game 6 that helped elevate Minnesota to victory. He earned a second World Series ring in 1991, making a stellar double play with the Twins fighting to get out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth inning of a 0-0 decisive Game 7. Minnesota eventually triumphed, 1-0, over the Atlanta Braves to win the Fall Classic. In his 14-year career, Hrbek compiled 293 home runs, 1,086 RBI and a batting average of .282.
Hrbek is a longtime supporter of organizations that increase awareness of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He has served as an honorary co-chair of the ALS Association’s Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota chapters. He is also an avid fisherman and hunter and hosted a tv show from 2004-2010 on Fox 9 that was called Kent Hrbek Outdoors.
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