Ken Phelps Stats & Facts
Ken Phelps Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 73 Weight: 209 Born: Friday, August 06, 1954 in Seattle, WA USA Died: in , Debut: 9/20/1980 Last Game: 9/8/1990 Full Name: Kenneth Allen Phelps
Ken Phelps Essentials Positions: Bats: L Throws: L Height: 73 Weight: 209 Born: Friday, August 06, 1954 in Seattle, WA USA Died: in , Debut: 9/20/1980 Last Game: 9/8/1990 Full Name: Kenneth Allen Phelps
1990 – Brian Holman of the Seattle Mariners loses his bid for the major league’s 13th perfect game with two outs in the 9th inning on Ken Phelps’ pinch-hit home run in the Mariners’ 6 – 1 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Phelp’s homer run will be the final homerun in his career. Holman will strikeout Rickey Henderson for the final out.
On July 21, 1988, the New York Yankees make the infamous “Ken Phelps Trade” with the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees acquire the veteran first baseman/DH for promising outfield prospect Jay Buhner and minor league prospect Rich Balabon, and a player to be named later (Troy Evers) to the Mariners in exchange for 33 year-old Phelps. …
1984 – In Seattle, Mark Langston stops the Tigers on two hits and strikes out 12 to win, 5 – 1. Ken Phelps’ three-run homer in the 5th is the big blow.
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