Kevin McReynolds
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Kevin McReynolds at a card show at Hofstra University in spring 2013.
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| Left fielder / Center fielder | |||
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Born: October 16, 1959 Little Rock, Arkansas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 2, 1983, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 11, 1994, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .265 | ||
| Home runs | 211 | ||
| Runs batted in | 807 | ||
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Walter Kevin McReynolds (born October 16, 1959) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder with a 12-year career from 1983 to 1994. A two-time All-American from the University of Arkansas, he played professionally for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets of the National League and the Kansas City Royals of the American League.
McReynolds was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.
He attended Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas where he played baseball. McReynolds was said to be one of the best high school players in Arkansas. McReynolds proved that by hitting .638, 15 home runs, and had 60 RBIs during the first 25 games of his senior year. He led his Bears team to the Arkansas Class AAA State Baseball Championship and was Tournament MVP in 1978. McReynolds was named the 1978 Arkansas High School Baseball Player of the Year.
In 2011, McReynolds became the school's first inductee to the National High School Hall of Fame.
He was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers after his senior year of high school, but chose to attend the University of Arkansas where he played outfielder for the Razorbacks under scholarship. At Arkansas, McReynolds proved that the Razorbacks made a good move in giving him that scholarship. In his freshman year McReynolds hit for a .282 batting average with eight home runs and 37 RBIs. That year Arkansas came in second in the College World Series in which McReynolds hit for a .566 batting average, with two home runs, two doubles and five RBIs. McReynolds got better as his college career progressed. In his junior year McReynolds hit for a .386 batting average with 17 home runs and 57 RBIs as the Razorbacks finished second in the league and received a berth in the NCAA tournament.
On June 1, 1981 McReynolds was drafted by the San Diego Padres with the sixth pick in the 1st round, and played in the minor leagues from 1981 to 1983. McReynolds played for the A+ Reno Padres in Reno, Nevada, the AA Amarillo Gold Sox in Amarillo, Texas and then the AAA Las Vegas Stars in Las Vegas. In 1983, during his time in Las Vegas, McReynolds won the Pacific Coast League MVP.
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