Kent Hrbek - wikipedia Kent Hrbek Kent Hrbek First baseman Born : ( 1960 - 05 - 21 ) May 21, 1960 ( age 58 ) Minneapolis, Minnesota Batted : Left Threw : Right MLB debut August 24, 1981, for the Minnesota Twins Last MLB appearance August 10, 1994, for the Minnesota Twins MLB statistics Batting average. 282 Home runs 293 Runs batted in 1,086 Teams Minnesota Twins ( 1981 -- 1994 ) Career highlights and awards All - Star ( 1982 ) 2 × World Series champion ( 1987, 1991 ) Minnesota Twins # 14 retired Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame Kent Alan Hrbek ( / ˈhɜːrbɛk / ; born May 21, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota ), nicknamed Herbie, is a former American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 14 - year baseball career for the Minnesota Twins ( 1981 -- 1994 ). Hrbek batted left - handed and threw right - handed. He hit the first home run in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on April 3, 1982, in an exhibition game against the Phillies. Fans knew Hrbek as an outstanding defensive player, perennial slugger, and charismatic hometown favorite. Former Twins pitcher Jim Kaat considered Hrbek to be the best defensive first baseman he had ever seen. Hrbek attended Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minnesota. Contents 1 Career 1.1 World Series Play 2 Retirement 2.1 Other affiliations 3 Career statistics 4 See also 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External links Career Kent Hrbek was drafted by his hometown Minnesota Twins in the 17th round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft and spent the next three seasons working his way up the Twins ' organizational ladder where he would hit 47 home runs and 111 runs batted in while hitting. 318 in 253 minor league games. In 1979, Hrbek played 24 games for the rookie league Elizabethton Twins in the Appalachian Rookie League before spending the next two seasons playing A ball, first for the Wisconsin Rapids Twins in the Midwest League and then the Visalia Oaks in the California League. Hrbek made his major league debut on August 24, 1981, at Yankee Stadium, hitting a game - winning home run in the 12th inning off New York reliever, and future Twin, George Frazier. After his `` cup of coffee '' at the end of the ' 81 season, Hrbek would make the team out of spring training and come into his own in 1982, playing well for Twins manager Billy Gardner. Finishing his rookie season hitting. 301 with 23 home runs and 92 RBI, Hrbek would finish second in the Rookie of the Year voting ( to future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. ) and be selected to his only All - Star game. Although the Twins would finish 60 - 102, Hrbek and fellow rookies Tim Laudner, Gary Gaetti, Tom Brunansky, Randy Bush, and Frank Viola would make up the nucleus of the 1987 World Series team. Falling off slightly in his sophomore year (. 297, 16 HR, 84 RBI ), Hrbek would come up big in 1984, finishing the season hitting. 311 ( his 2nd highest career batting average ) with 27 HR ( his 3rd highest total ), 107 RBI ( his highest career total ), 174 hits ( his highest total ), and 80 runs ( his third highest total ). During arguably his career year, Hrbek would power the Twins all season and the team would surprise the rest of the American League West by battling for the division crown. Although the team was as close as 0.5 games out of first place at 81 - 75, the Twins faded fast, losing their last six games and finishing in a tie with the California Angels, three games behind the Kansas City Royals. After the season, Hrbek was recognized for his performance, and the team 's surprise September run, by his finishing second in the American League Most Valuable Player balloting to Detroit Tigers ' closer Willie Hernández. World Series play Some of his most memorable moments were during the 1987 season. He hit a career best 34 home runs to help the Twins win the AL West. Although he hit only. 208, Hrbek was instrumental in capturing the World Series Championship, as he hit a grand slam in Game 6 off Cardinals reliever Ken Dayley that essentially sealed the win for the Twins. In 1991 he again helped the Twins to win the World Series after having a typical Hrbek season -- hitting. 284 with 20 home runs and 84 RBI. The Twins had finished the previous season in last place, as had their Series opponent the Atlanta Braves, which prompted the media to coin the phrase `` Worst to First World Series ''. Hrbek 's offense turned stale after his home run in Game 1 and he hit only. 115 for the series with the one home run and 2 RBI. However, in Game 7, with the score still tied 0 - 0 in the 8th inning, Hrbek executed a very uncommon 3 - 2 - 3 bases - loaded double play with catcher Brian Harper that saved the Twins against the Braves ' biggest threat of the game. The Twins eventually won the game 1 - 0, with Gene Larkin hitting a bases - loaded single to center field that scored Dan Gladden in the bottom of the 10th inning. Hrbek was involved in a controversial play with Ron Gant in Game 2 of the 1991 Series. While Gant was coming back to first base after widely rounding the base on a single, Hrbek applied a tag on Gant 's leg and Gant ran into Hrbek. The umpire, Drew Coble, called Gant out, ruling that forward progress would have caused Gant to step off the bag. Gant angrily disputed the call and had to be restrained when Coble refused to change it. The move was later nicknamed the `` T - Rex Tag '', after Hrbek jokingly speculated on a post-baseball career in professional wrestling using the name Tyrannosaurus Rex. When the Series moved to Atlanta, Braves fans jeered him, and Hrbek received much hate mail, including a death threat. Although he was a key part of both World Series teams, Hrbek was largely ineffective at the plate, hitting only. 154 in 24 post-season games with only 3 home runs and 12 RBI. Hrbek was one of seven Twins to be part of both the 1987 and 1991 World Series teams. The other six were Randy Bush, Greg Gagne, Kirby Puckett, Al Newman, Gene Larkin, who made the winning hit in Game 7 of the 1991 series, and Dan Gladden, who was the runner Larkin scored with that hit. Retirement Kent Hrbek 's number 14 was retired by the Minnesota Twins in 1995. Frequently injured ( though seldom seriously ), Hrbek retired after the players strike in 1994, citing his nagging injury problems and desire to spend more time with his wife and daughter at their home in Bloomington, Minnesota. Despite operating in the same lineup as Kirby Puckett for all but two years of his career, and his long and close association with Puckett, Hrbek 's numbers never approached those of the center fielder, and it is generally agreed that his career, while long and productive, was not Baseball Hall of Fame material -- on the list of similar good - but - not - great players such as Eric Karros, Will Clark, Greg Luzinski, David Justice, and Vic Wertz. In 2000, his first year of Hall of Fame eligibility, Hrbek garnered only 5 votes, nowhere near the 5 % minimum threshold for continued eligibility, and is thus ineligible for the Hall of Fame unless voted in by the Veterans Committee. His first year of Veterans ' Committee eligibility was 2015. Kent Hrbek 's number 14 was retired by the Twins in 1995, becoming at the time only the fourth ( along with Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, and Tony Oliva ) in franchise history. Hrbek was also inducted into the Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. He was also one of few players then ( which is even rarer today ) who played out his entire career with only one team. In 2000, the Twins established their own `` Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame '' and Hrbek was one of six former Twins inducted into the initial class. The 2000 class also included MLB Hall of Famers Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew and Kirby Puckett, player and Twins coach Tony Oliva, and former owner Calvin Griffith. Other affiliations Hrbek is an avid hunter and fisherman, particularly in his home state of Minnesota. He hosted an outdoor sports program on FOX 9 called Kent Hrbek Outdoors from 2004 -- 2010. Hrbek is a perennial pitchman for Twin Cities - area HVAC company Carrier Heating and Air Conditioning. He has a series of baseball fields named after him in his hometown of Bloomington. Since Kent Hrbek 's father died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS, or `` Lou Gehrig 's disease '' ) in 1982, he has worked to increase awareness of the disease. Hrbek hosts an annual charity golf tournament in Minnesota to raise money for ALS research, and makes many public appearances on behalf of the cause. He also participates in an annual fundraising event called the `` Black Woods Blizzard Tour '', a snowmobile excursion around northern Minnesota that raises money to fight the deadly disease. Hrbek and his wife, Jeanie Hrbek, are honorary co-chairs of the ALS Association 's MN / ND / SD Chapter. Career statistics AVG AB 2B 3B HR RBI BB OBP SLG HBP GD TB IB SH SF SB CS SB % AB / HR AB / K. 282 1747 6192 903 1749 312 18 293 1086 838 798. 367. 481 26 165 2976 110 15 66 37 26. 587 21.1 7.8 See also List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise Further reading Kent Hrbek by Deegan, Paul J. ; Carpenter, Jerry ; DiMeglio, Steve ISBN 0 - 939179 - 32 - 6 Minnesota Twins 2008 Yearbook References Jump up ^ The Ballplayers -- Kent Hrbek Archived 2007 - 10 - 18 at the Wayback Machine. Baseball Library Jump up ^ Kelly, Tom ; Robinson, Ted ( 1992 ). Season of Dreams : The Minnesota Twins ' Drive to the 1991 World Championship. Voyageur Pr. p. 145. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89658 - 209 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Kent Hrbek ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Kent Hrbek ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Kent Hrbek Stats - Baseball-Reference.com ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Jump up ^ Claire Smith ( October 21, 1991 ). `` Who 's On First ? Not Gant ''. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Jump up ^ Jim Caple ( November 19, 2003 ). `` ESPN Classic -- 1991 World Series had it all ''. ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Kent Hrbek ''. Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Herbie : 1991 title uncapped a frenzy ''. Star Tribune. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 2019 Black Woods Blizzard Tour - The ALS Association ''. webmn.alsa.org. External links Career statistics and player information from Baseball - Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube Kent Hrbek 's MN Twins page The poem `` Hrbek at the Bat '' Minnesota Twins 1987 World Series champions 4 Steve Lombardozzi 5 Roy Smalley 7 Greg Gagne 8 Gary Gaetti ( ALCS MVP ) 9 Gene Larkin 14 Kent Hrbek 15 Tim Laudner 16 Frank Viola ( World Series MVP ) 17 Les Straker 18 Don Baylor 21 George Frazier 22 Keith Atherton 24 Tom Brunansky 25 Randy Bush 26 Al Newman 27 Mark Davidson 28 Bert Blyleven 31 Dan Schatzeder 32 Dan Gladden 33 Sal Butera 34 Kirby Puckett 36 Joe Niekro 40 Juan Berenguer 41 Jeff Reardon Manager 10 Tom Kelly Coaches 6 Tony Oliva 42 Dick Such 43 Rick Stelmaszek 44 Rick Renick 45 Wayne Terwilliger Regular season American League Championship Series Minnesota Twins 1991 World Series champions 0 Junior Ortiz 1 Jarvis Brown 7 Greg Gagne 9 Gene Larkin 11 Chuck Knoblauch 12 Brian Harper 13 Mike Pagliarulo 14 Kent Hrbek 15 Lenny Webster 18 Paul Sorrento 19 Scott Erickson 24 Shane Mack 25 Randy Bush 26 Al Newman 30 Terry Leach 31 Scott Leius 32 Dan Gladden 34 Kirby Puckett ( ALCS MVP ) 36 Kevin Tapani 38 Rick Aguilera 39 David West 40 Steve Bedrosian 44 Chili Davis 47 Jack Morris ( World Series MVP ) 51 Carl Willis 53 Mark Guthrie Manager 10 Tom Kelly Coaches 6 Tony Oliva 35 Ron Gardenhire 42 Dick Such 43 Rick Stelmaszek 45 Wayne Terwilliger 46 Terry Crowley Regular season American League Championship Series Lou Gehrig Memorial Award 1955 : Dark 1956 : Reese 1957 : Musial 1958 : McDougald 1959 : Hodges 1960 : Groat 1961 : Spahn 1962 : Roberts 1963 : Richardson 1964 : Boyer 1965 : Law 1966 : Robinson 1967 : Banks 1968 : Kaline 1969 : Rose 1970 : Aaron 1971 : Killebrew 1972 : Parker 1973 : Santo 1974 : Stargell 1975 : Bench 1976 : Sutton 1977 : Brock 1978 : Kessinger 1979 : Niekro 1980 : Pérez 1981 : John 1982 : Cey 1983 : Schmidt 1984 : Garvey 1985 : Murphy 1986 : Brett 1987 : Sutcliffe 1988 : Bell 1989 : Smith 1990 : Davis 1991 : Hrbek 1992 : Ripken Jr. 1993 : Mattingly 1994 : Larkin 1995 : Schilling 1996 : Butler 1997 : Molitor 1998 : Gwynn 1999 : McGwire 2000 : Stottlemyre 2001 : Franco 2002 : Graves 2003 : Moyer 2004 : Thome 2005 : Smoltz 2006 : Hoffman 2007 : Timlin 2008 : Victorino 2009 : Pujols 2010 : Jeter 2011 : Zimmerman 2012 : Zito 2013 : Hamilton 2014 : Beltre 2015 : Granderson 2016 : Altuve 2017 : Votto Minnesota Twins retired numbers 3 Harmon Killebrew 6 Tony Oliva 10 Tom Kelly 14 Kent Hrbek 28 Bert Blyleven 29 Rod Carew 34 Kirby Puckett Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kent_Hrbek&oldid=847820098 '' Categories : American League All - Stars Minnesota Twins players Major League Baseball first basemen 1960 births Living people People from Bloomington, Minnesota Baseball players from Minnesota Major League Baseball players with retired numbers Visalia Oaks players Wisconsin Rapids Twins players Elizabethton Twins players Sportspeople from the Minneapolis -- Saint Paul metropolitan area American sportsmen Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Português Edit links This page was last edited on 28 June 2018, at 00 : 41 ( UTC ). 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Question: where did kent hrbek go to high school
Answer: Kennedy High School in Bloomington, Minnesota.