"Kansas City will enjoy the services of the 1958 homer king of the Southern Association. Kent is one of the most promising of the rookie sluggers and the A's place high hopes on his extra-base hitting ability."
-The Editors of The Sporting News, 1959 Topps No. 127
1959 Season's Highlights:
June 20: Collects three hits against Baltimore.
June 27: Hits game-winning single in 10th inning to top Washington, 5-4.
June 29: His dramatic 9th inning homer ties the score in a game against Detroit.
August 21: Still red hot, goes 4-for-5 against New York (seven hits in two days).
September 5: Poles two home runs against Tigers.
December 11: Traded to New York Yankees.
"Kent has a degree in anthropology from Southern California."
-1960 Topps No. 102
"Hadley came to the Yankees in the trade with Kansas City for Roger Maris this past winter. He could easily turn out to be one of the best bargains in the deal even though his first full major league season with the A's last year gave him only a .253 batting average. He led the Southern Association in 1958 with 34 homers and shows promise of being a major league star with the New Yorkers.
He was formerly the property of the Tigers, starting with Terre Haute, then a Detroit farm, in the Three-Eye League in 1956. From there he moved up to Augusta, Syracuse and Little Rock, and went to Kansas City in a trade with included Billy Martin in April of 1958."
-1960 Leaf No. 135
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