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Carl Kemp and Judy Henderson gave birth to a boy on September 23, 1984. Matthew Kemp was Brought home to Midwest City, Oklahoma.
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Begining to work to be drafted in the MLB. Kemo focus became playing in the Majors.
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Kemp attended Midwest City High School in Oklahoma. He was a standout in basketball and baseball player.
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Kemp was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 6th round of the 2003 MLB Draft. Afterwards, he signed with the team on June 5, 2003, for a $130,000 signing bonus.
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Earninga starting positon in 2008 in the majors. Many obstacles came upon Kemp which was injuries. Til this day Kemp struggles to get back to himself on the field.
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Kemp made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 28, 2006, against the Washington Nationals. He hit his !st career hit and it was a single.
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Baseball America Major League Player of the Year (2011)
2× MLB All-Star (2011–2012)
NL Home Run Leader (2011)
NL RBI Leader (2011)
NL Runs Scored Leader (2011)
NL Hank Aaron Award (2011)
2× Silver Slugger Award (2009, 2011)
2× Rawlings Gold Glove Award (2009, 2011)
Roy Campanella Award (2011)
30–30 club (2011) -
Kemp will make $12 million in the first year of the contract. Two million of that will comes as signing bonus paid in April 2012. Another $2 million of his $10 million base salary until April of 2013.He will make $20 million in 2013, $21 million in 2014 and 2015 and $21.5 million a year in the following four seasons, through 2019.
