American baseball infielder active in MLB 2004-2013
Baseball player
Jeff Keppinger
Keppinger with the Tampa Bay Rays
Infielder
Born: (1980-04-21) April 21, 1980 (age 44) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 20, 2004, for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 2013, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average
.282
Home runs
45
Runs batted in
295
Teams
New York Mets (2004)
Kansas City Royals (2006)
Cincinnati Reds (2007–2008)
Houston Astros (2009–2011)
San Francisco Giants (2011)
Tampa Bay Rays (2012)
Chicago White Sox (2013)
Jeffrey Scott Keppinger (born April 21, 1980) is an American retired Major League Baseball infielder. He played for the New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, and Chicago White Sox.
Known as a contact hitter, Keppinger consistently had one of the lowest strikeout rates in the major leagues.[1] He led the league in at-bats-to-strikeouts ratio in 2008 (19.1) and 2010 (14.3),[2] and posted a career mark of 13.47 (214 strikeouts in 2,882 at-bats).[3]
^"Jeff Keppinger's anti-strikeout crusade | Catcher Interference". Catcherinterference.wordpress.com. September 26, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
^"Yearly League Leaders & Records for AB per SO". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
^"Jeff Keppinger Stats, Video Highlights, Photos, Bio | whitesox.com: Team". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
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