Jeff Kent elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by contemporary committee

Jeff Kent, arguably the greatest power-hitting second baseman in the history of the game, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday night.

The 57-year-old received 14 of a possible 16 votes from the contemporary baseball era committee, two more than the 12 needed for election.

Kent played 17 MLB seasons, compiling 377 career home runs. Of them, 341 came as a second baseman, which is a major-league record.

His career began with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1992 but was quickly flipped to the Mets in the deal that sent David Cone north of the border. After spending parts of five seasons in Queens, he was traded to Cleveland alongside Jose Vizcaino for Carlos Baerga — perhaps one of the more shortsighted deals in club history.

Kent ultimately landed in San Francisco, where he had his