Coming off an outstanding season, Dodgers OF Matt Kemp cashes in with a contact extension worth $160 million until 2019. It is the largest contract in team history, breaking the record set by Kevin Brown’s $105 million deal in 1998. Kemp hit .324 with 39 homers and 126 RBI in a breakout season in 2011.

November 18, 2011 This Day In Baseball

On November 18, 2011 — Coming off an outstanding season, Dodgers OF Matt Kemp cashes in with a contact extension worth $160 million until 2019. It is the largest contract in team history, breaking the record set by Kevin Brown’s $105 million deal in 1998. Kemp hit .324 with 39 homers and 126 RBI in a breakout season in 2011.

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