Kyle Denney

Infobox MLB player
name = Kyle Denney


width = 300
caption =
team = Free Agent
number = --
position = Starting pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|7|27
birthplace = city-state|Prague|Oklahoma
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 14
debutyear = 2004
debutteam = Cleveland Indians
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 1-2
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 9.56
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 13
teams =
*Cleveland Indians (by|2004)

Kyle Dean Denney (born July 27, 1977 in Prague, Oklahoma) is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Denney played for the Cleveland Indians in by|2004.

Drafted in the 26th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians, Denney worked his way through the Indians minor league organization, being named a by|2003 Eastern League All-star. He made his major league debut on September 14, 2004. He became a free agent after the by|2005 season and signed with the Washington Nationals on February 10, by|2006, starting 6 games for their Triple-A New Orleans team. In by|2007, Denney played 5 games for the Single-A Lakeland Tigers of the Detroit Tigers organization.

Denney is probably best known for a bizarre incident which occurred toward the end of the 2004 season. While riding the team bus after a game in Kansas City, Denney was struck in the calf by a stray bullet fired by an unknown assailant. He was saved from suffering a more serious injury thanks to the pair of USC cheerleader boots he was wearing as part of a hazing ritual.

External links

* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/D/Kyle-Denney.shtml Baseballcube.com profile]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/denneky01.shtml Baseball-reference.com profile]
* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/09/30/pitcher.shot.ap/index.html Indians' pitcher shot on team bus]