Kent Hadley Autograph

Kent Hadley

Kent William Hadley (December 17, 1934 – March 10, 2005) was a professional baseball player. A free-swinging first baseman, he played three years in Major League Baseball (1958–60) and six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (1962–67). More about Kent Hadley

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Current items with a signature of Kent Hadley

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Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1958 A's: Kent Hadley, SIGNED 3x5 (BSJ), Died 2005$4.99logo
thumbnail1959 Topps #127 KENT HADLEY RC (Kansas City A's) d.2005 *AUTOGRAPHED* JSA$21.99logo
thumbnailKent Hadley Signed 1959 Topps Baseball Card w/COA Auction for One Card$25.00logo
thumbnailKENT HADLEY SIGNED 1960 TOPPS YANKEES CARD (#102) ENCAPSULATED - SGC AUTHENTIC$50.00logo
Hadley led the Southern Association with 34 home runs in 1958. At the time the 23-year-old prospect was playing for the Little Rock Travelers. A year later he was the starting first baseman for the Kansas City A's. That December he was part of the trade that sent Roger Maris from Kansas City to the New York Yankees. He spent the 1960 season mostly on the Yankee bench, appearing in just 55 games and collecting just 70 plate appearances. The following year Hadley played for the minor league San Diego Padres (no relation to the later major league team of that name). In 1962 he went to play ball in Japan.

Hadley became the first foreigner to homer in his first at-bat in Japan. For the Nankai Hawks, Kent went deep off of Junichi Nakajima on May 1, 1962 in Heiwadai Stadium. Overall, Kent had an unimpressive season at the plate, hitting just .266/.296/.414. The Hawks brought him back in 1963 and he improved drastically, cranking out 30 long balls and batting .295/.341/.517 with 84 RBI. He made the Pacific League All-Star team and had his best season in Japan. In 1964, Hadley hit .263/.328/.470 with 29 home runs and a league-high 99 strikeouts. He hit a dramatic game-ending game-winning home run in game 4 of the Japan Series that year, taking Minoru Murayama deep. The blow helped the Hawks to a 4-3 Series win over the Hanshin Tigers – it would be the last Japan Series title for Nankai. As Nankai's 1B in 1965, Kent batted .239/.274/.492, again cracking 29 home runs and driving in 86 runners. His power began to fade the next season but he picked up his average as his line read .279/.340/.443 with 18 HR. In his final season for the Hawks, Hadley hit just .213/.266/.341 with 14 homers. Read even more about Kent Hadley at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Kent Hadley

In total, we tracked 70 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Kent Hadley (1961 UNION OIL-KENT HADLEY-SAN DIEGO PADRES -PCL-AUTOGRAPHED CARD-d.2005) was sold in June 2023 for $137.50 while the cheapest item (Kent Hadley signed 3x5) found a new owner for $0.59 in September 2008. The month with the most items sold (2) was September 2008 with an average selling price of $5.29 for an autographed item of Kent Hadley. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2023 with $137.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2010. In average, an autographed item from Kent Hadley is worth $8.73.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Kent Hadley were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1958 A's: Kent Hadley, SIGNED 3x5 Card, D.2005$2.99logo
thumbnail1959 Topps 127 Kent Hadley RC KC Athletics ⚾ AUTO SIGNED BASEBALL CARD ? RARE$8.08logo
thumbnail1960 KENT HADLEY-Y-NY YANKEES OBSCURE AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD W/PHOTO -d.2005$2.99logo
thumbnail1960 TOPPS BASEBALL KENT HADLEY SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL CARD YANKEES$18.50logo
thumbnail1960 TOPPS KENT HADLEY AUTOGRAPHED A'S VINTAGE CARD -d.2005$3.99logo
thumbnail1961 UNION OIL-KENT HADLEY-SAN DIEGO PADRES -PCL-AUTOGRAPHED CARD-d.2005$137.50logo
thumbnailKent Hadley (d.) signed 8x10 photo w/ 1960 New York Yankees -INPERSON w/ COA$34.99logo
thumbnailKent Hadley Signed 1992 Wiz Yankees The 60's New York Yankees Autograph$12.00logo
thumbnailSigned 1960 Topps #102 Kent Hadley$7.50logo
thumbnailSTRAT-O-MATIC Signed Debut.1958 Kent Hadley$3.99logo

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