Matthew Ryan Kemp (born September 23, 1984, in Midwest City, Oklahoma)--nicknamed The Bison--is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kemp attended Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma and was a standout in basketball and baseball. He was teammates with Shelden Williams of the Boston Celtics on the varsity basketball team that won the state title their junior and senior years.
Kemp was drafted by the Los A...
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Matthew Ryan Kemp (born September 23, 1984, in Midwest City, Oklahoma)--nicknamed The Bison--is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Kemp attended Midwest City High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma and was a standout in basketball and baseball. He was teammates with Shelden Williams of the Boston Celtics on the varsity basketball team that won the state title their junior and senior years.
Kemp was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2003 draft and signed with the team on June 5, 2003.
He started his professional career for the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 2003 and followed that up with stints with the Columbus Catfish in 2004 and the Vero Beach Dodgers in 2004-2005. He was selected to the Florida State League All-Star team in 2005, and set Vero Beach franchise records for home runs (27) and slugging percentage (.569). He was rated the best athlete in the Dodgers farm system by Baseball America.
He began 2006 with the AA Jacksonville Suns,...
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