Born: (1981-07-25) July 25, 1981 (age 42) Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 2006, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
April 22, 2014, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.257
Home runs
87
Runs batted in
371
Teams
Cleveland Indians (2006)
San Diego Padres (2007–2009)
Oakland Athletics (2010–2011)
Colorado Rockies (2011)
Texas Rangers (2014)
Kevin Kouzmanoff (born July 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers.
Kouzmanoff is the third of only four players in history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, after Bill Duggleby in 1898 and Jeremy Hermida in 2005,[1] and followed by Daniel Nava in 2010.[2] Both Kouzmanoff and Nava accomplished this feat on the first pitch they saw.
Kouzmanoff is of Macedonian descent.[3][4][5]
^ESPN article on Kouzmanoff's first game
^"Game Grand Slam Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 4, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)[permanent dead link]
^"Thames meets heroes, hits game-winning homer for Tigers". USA Today. November 29, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^Boos turn into Kooooz PE.com Archived April 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^"Call it a hunch: the final 2007 NL standings". Sportingnews.com. September 25, 1977. Retrieved July 26, 2012.[permanent dead link]
KevinKouzmanoff (born July 25, 1981) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland...
Jeremy Hermida, Brandon Crawford, KevinKouzmanoff and Daniel Nava hit grand slams in their first at bats—Kouzmanoff and Nava doing so on the first pitch...
base/designated hitter. On January 16, 2010, Sogard was traded along with KevinKouzmanoff to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Scott Hairston and Aaron Cunningham...
2006, Barfield was traded to the Cleveland Indians for third baseman KevinKouzmanoff and pitcher Andrew Brown. Barfield began the 2007 season as the Indians...
injury-comeback starts as well as those that developed in Lansing. Jeremy Affeldt Kevin Appier Carlos Beltrán Juan Brito Lance Carter Tim Collins Chad Durbin Carlos...
brought up for 8 games because of an injury to Padres third baseman KevinKouzmanoff. He made his major league debut against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley...
01/15/10 – Traded OF Scott Hairston and OF Aaron Cunningham to SDP for 3B KevinKouzmanoff and IF Eric Sogard. 01/15/10 – IF Tommy Everidge claimed off waivers...
Baseball pitcher, first Colorado native to play for the Colorado Rockies KevinKouzmanoff (lived in Evergreen, alumnus of Evergreen High School) – Major League...
by the Padres. Going into spring training in 2007, newly acquired KevinKouzmanoff was slated for the job at third base. This left Branyan as a bench...
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in 1898, Jeremy Hermida in 2005, and KevinKouzmanoff in 2006. Nava became only the second player, after Kouzmanoff, to do so on the first pitch of his...
base in eight innings. On August 15, Molina picked off San Diego's KevinKouzmanoff at first on the way to a 7–4 victory, the 33rd of his career. At that...
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ratio (21.3%) out of all rookies with at least 400 at-bats, behind KevinKouzmanoff (19.4%) and Pence (20.8%). He batted .320 with a .554 slugging percentage...
All-Star team. However, the Padres had third basemen Chase Headley and KevinKouzmanoff as well, potentially blocking Freese's path to the majors. As a result...
at first and second base, with nobody out. He threw one pitch, and KevinKouzmanoff grounded into a triple play. He continued to pitch 2 additional hitless...
National League Player of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved April 14, 2014. "KevinKouzmanoff of the Texas Rangers named American League Player of the Week". MLB...
outfielder Aaron Cunningham from the Oakland Athletics for third baseman KevinKouzmanoff and Minor League infielder Eric Sogard. Two days later, the Padres...
as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians. On September 2, 2006, KevinKouzmanoff became the 23rd Major Leaguer to hit a home run in his first Major...
baseman, he converted to play third base for the Athletics, who sent KevinKouzmanoff to Triple-A. Sizemore finished the 2011 season with the Athletics,...
in the division and out of playoff competition. November 8, 2006: KevinKouzmanoff was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Andrew Brown to the San Diego...
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