Ken Harvey

Ken Harvey was an NCAA Division I first-team All-American who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1999 and rose to the majors in just two years. A first baseman by trade, he was selected to represent Kansas City in the 2004 All-Star Game. However, Harvey’s injuries and nine surgeries foiled a promising career before his 28th birthday.1 When he could no longer play, the serious but popular athlete became a baseball instructor and influenced hundreds, perhaps more, of aspiring young ballplayers.

Kenneth Eugene Harvey2 was born on March 1, 1978, in Los Angeles. Little information is found in the public record regarding Harvey’s early years.3 On his Baseball Players Questionnaire, Harvey listed his parents as “Annie & Bruce Emerson (Guardian).”4 Presumably, then, he was referring to Annie and Bruce when he said he called his “family” immediately after being told he was drafted by the Royals,5 and it was Annie when he said his “mother” was at Petco Park in San Diego the day he learned that he made the All-Star team.6 When Bruce Emerson, who was a minister, teacher, and UPS truck driver, died in May 2025, Harvey posted on Instagram: “To the man I called Uncle Bruce who everyone knows was a second father to me I say goodbye for now and I love you.”7

Harvey first began playing baseball when his friend’s father, a Little League coach, asked Harvey if he had any interest in the game.8 Later, he attended Beverly Hills High School, where he played baseball and basketball. In 2011, he was inducted into the BHHS Athletic Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

At the suggestion of an assistant coach at BHHS, Harvey chose to attend the University of Nebraska at Lincoln after he graduated high school in 1996.9 “I wanted to see a different aspect of the country,” Harvey said.10

The righty batted .379 with 12 home runs and 67 RBIs over his first two years at UNL.11 In the summer of 1998, he honed his skills with the Kenai Peninsula Oilers in the Alaska Baseball League. In particular, he said, he learned to lay off the inside pitches and look only for “something middle away.” That’s what helped make Harvey the top Division I hitter in the nation with a .478 average in his junior year at Nebraska.12 

The 6-foot-2, 230-pounder, or maybe 250,13 clubbed 23 homers and knocked home 86 runs in 224 at-bats in 1999 as Nebraska took the Big 12 Tournament title. Two of those home runs, and five RBIs, came on March 16 in a 50-3 rout over Chicago State, an NCAA record which still stands (as of 2025) for most runs scored in a game.14

Harvey was named to the 1999 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Super Team.15  He was one of the three finalists for the Rotary Smith Award and one of five finalists for the Golden Spikes Award – college baseball’s and amateur baseball’s player of the year awards, respectively. Both awards went to Baylor pitcher Jason Jennings that year – the first (and, as of this writing, only) player to pitch a shutout and hit a home run in his major-league debut.16 Rounding out his award-studded year, Harvey was chosen as the Easton Redline Defensive Player of the Year.17 

Harvey was drafted by Kansas City in the fifth round (#151 overall). He signed on June 4 with Gary Johnson, according to Harvey’s Player Questionnaire, although the 2004 Royals’ media guide lists Craig Struss as his signing scout.18 In 1999, Harvey had an all-star season with the Spokane Indians, the Royals’ short-season Class A/Rookie League affiliate in the Northwest League (North Division). He achieved the accolade despite being hampered by knee and “turf toe” issues, two injuries which actually surfaced earlier in the year during his college season.19 He put up a .598 slugging percentage, .477 on-base percentage, and .397 batting average – which broke the all-time Spokane pro baseball record of .392 set by Frank Huelsman in 1903 but fell short of the .403 NWL record set by Ron McNeely in 1976.20 All three marks were tops in the loop and helped Spokane win the league championship that year.  Kevin Long, Harvey’s manager at Spokane (and later his hitting coach at Wichita) had this to say: “Whatever the reason for Harvey’s low draft position, it is clear that, after a year, 29 major league organizations wish they would’ve been the team to steal him.”21 

Harvey was promoted to the Wilmington (Delaware) Blue Rocks in the Carolina League (advanced Class A) the following year. He led the team with a .335 average and .411 on-base percentage. In 2001, after foot surgery, Harvey opened the season again in Wilmington, where he slashed .380/.455/.591 in 35 games. Steve Balboni, a former Royals player and Wilmington’s hitting coach in 2000, remembered Harvey and his unusual batting grip (see photo). Writer Joe Posnanski called it an “odd swing.”22 When Harvey swung, Balboni explained, his top (right) hand gripped his bottom hand while his bottom hand gripped the bat. “He hit one-handed!” Balboni blurted. “I knew he would have to figure it out for himself if it held him back,” Balboni continued. “But it was hard to say anything when he was having such success.”23

Harvey was not content playing a second year in Wilmington.24 His goal “was to not stay in one [level] that whole year [2001].”25 Indeed, he advanced to Class AA on May 22 to play for Wichita (Kansas) in the Texas League.26 He hit .338/.372/.509 with the Wranglers. Harvey jumped to the parent club in September, when the MLB moratorium that followed the 9/11 attacks ended.

Harvey went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts and a groundout RBI in his debut against the Cleveland Indians on September 18, 2001. The Royals’ record dropped to 57-87 as they battled the Detroit Tigers for last place in the AL Central. However, Harvey did not notice. “[I’m] walking on cloud nine,” he said. “[I]t was, that moment, was like wow, I’ve made it.”27  Harvey’s high time ended abruptly, however, when he was forced to leave a game against the White Sox on September 29 with a toe injury he sustained during a rundown.28

In the offseason, Harvey was assigned to the Triple-A Omaha Royals in the Pacific Coast League. There, he reunited with Kevin Long, the new hitting instructor for Omaha.29 In the minors, Harvey hit well to all fields, hit for a high average, and his strikeout percentage was never worse than 17.5 percent. When Harvey first met Tony Peña, the Royals’ manager from 2002 through 2005, Peña asked, “What can you do for me?” Harvey replied, “I can hit.” “Well, I can use a hitter,” said Peña.30

However, the Royals wanted more slugging and more pull from Harvey.31 Ever since the great Home Run Chase between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire in 1998, Kansas City and every other team shaped their lineups for more home runs. Mike Sweeney, a KCR Hall of Famer, was the club’s best home run hitter at the time, finishing number one or two from 1999 to 2002. However, Sweeney averaged only 26 homers per season during those four years. Harvey tried. Following a slow start in Omaha, he had 30 doubles (best on the team) and 20 homers (second best) – both were career highs at any level. (Harvey also slugged 30 doubles in 2003 with Kansas City.)

Following the 2002 season, Harvey lit up opposing pitchers in the Arizona Fall League. He performed better than other rising stars, including Mark Teixeira, Chase Utley, Marcus Thames, and Justin Morneau, batting .479 with a .537 on-base percentage and .752 slugging percentage – all league records32 – and took home the Joe Black Award as the league’s Most Valuable Player, the first year the award was offered.33

Harvey’s autumn explosion helped him earn a starting role with the Royals in 2003. He and Sweeney both put in time at first base and designated hitter. Harvey kept pace with Sweeney that season as he collected 129 hits, 30 doubles, and 13 home runs in 485 at-bats. Sweeney, who made the All-Star team but missed 45 midsummer games with back and neck injuries, logged 115, 18, and 16, respectively, in 392 at-bats. Over their careers at first base, Harvey’s .991 fielding percentage (1,615 chances with only 15 errors) and Sweeney’s .990 (56 errors in 5,402 chances) were both just a tick below the league average of .993 for first basemen in 1999-2010, according to baseball-reference.com.

Harvey hit some key home runs in 2003. On April 18, he clubbed a walk-off homer on an 0-2 count34 to down the Tigers, 4-3, in the 11th inning. Eight days later, his three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 9-6. Even without the number of home runs Kansas City hoped for, Harvey made an impact in his first full season. He had four hits (including three doubles) and five RBIs on June 17 against the Twins, and a single, double, home run, and four RBIs three nights later against cross-state rival, the St. Louis Cardinals. He had 20 hits in 47 at-bats (.426) from June 14 to June 27. His .333 average that season against left-handers led the team (among batters with over 70 plate appearances) and was sixth-best in the American League (among batters with over 115 plate appearances).35

Harvey made the club again in 2004, and he started the season with a bang. He had 11 RBIs in his first 17 games; he swatted four hits in a game against Cleveland on April 22; he hit three home runs in a nine-game span in April and four in a 12-game span in May; and he had a 15-game hitting streak from May 22 through June 6 with 30 hits in 59 at-bats (.509), including hits in six consecutive official at-bats over three games from May 27 to May 29.

When he woke up on July 4, Harvey sported a .330 batting average, .378 on-base percentage, and .479 slugging percentage (.857 OPS) with nine home runs. He hit his 10th homer later that day. Before the game against the San Diego Padres, Harvey learned that he had been selected to the American League All-Star team. “This is the biggest day of my baseball career,” said Harvey. “I’m almost at a loss for words.”36

Curiously, however, even with Harvey’s solid half-season, his selection surprised both fans and pundits. Eight position players were voted by the fans as starters, but neither Harvey nor Sweeney – who was an All-Star four years straight from 2000 through 2003, and again in 2005 – were among the top six vote-getters at first base.37 The players, managers, and coaches then voted for the next 16 (eight pitchers and eight position players). After those two rounds, the only Kansas City player selected was outfielder Carlos Beltrán; however, he was traded to the Houston Astros in the National League on June 24 and therefore could not play for the AL. (He was, however, selected to play for the NL when Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds got hurt.38)

Joe Torre, the manager of the AL All-Star team, worked in conjunction with Major League Baseball to meet the mandate that at least one player from each team be named. Torre made his final picks on July 4 – four pitchers and three position players, including Harvey.39

The AL jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning against Roger Clemens from the Houston Astros. Harvey pinch-hit in the third inning with the bases loaded and struck out against Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The AL won the game, 9-4, thereby securing the home field advantage for the AL representative in the 2004 World Series later that year.

After the All-Star break, on July 27, 2004, Harvey hit a triple to center field in Tropicana Stadium against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the only three-bagger in his major-league career. He earned no RBI since no teammate was on base; when the inning ended, he was still standing on third base. Kansas City, which ranked 11th out of 14 in the AL in runs scored that season, lost the game. It was the Royals’ fifth loss in the middle of their second eight-game losing streak that year.

The Royals lost 104 games and ended the season 34 games behind the Minnesota Twins in the AL Central in 2004; they were in the midst of a bleak stretch in the organization’s history. “It’s tough right now,” Harvey said. “Guys are trying, but it just doesn’t seem like we can get anything started.”40 

Peña said, “We pushed Harvey to the max. [H]e was very tired, but he was the only one who was swinging the bat well.”41 Harvey was not only tired but injured as well. In the second half of the season, he suffered a strained ribcage muscle before a sprained right knee ended his season on September 18. 

After his outstanding first half, Harvey’s tally following the All-Star break looked like this: .256/.311/.366 in 42 games. “It was an honor to go to the All-Star Game,” Harvey said. “[B]ut my second half . . . I don’t know who that guy was.”42 

When the team broke camp in the spring of 2005, the press reported how Harvey was generally viewed as an important piece of the Royals’ future. However, he had to contend with another first baseman/DH to back up Sweeney: slugging prospect Calvin Pickering, who had just enjoyed the best run of his big-league career in 35 late-season games for Kansas City. The Virgin Islander’s “isolated power” metric of .254 in 2004 suggested greater home run potential than Harvey’s .134 ISO did. Pickering won the preseason battle and was on the Opening Day roster while Harvey was not. “It’s a business decision,” Harvey said. “I’ll just have to do what I can do.”43

Pickering got off to a slow start. Harvey, who blistered Triple-A pitching with a .375 average and three home runs in 18 games, was called up from Omaha to replace him.44  In his first game back on April 28, Harvey picked up two hits. Two days later, he hit his only career grand slam to help KC snap a nine-game losing streak; the long ball came off future Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee. It was Harvey’s final major-league home run. On May 10, he hurt his back during batting practice and landed on the disabled list.45 Harvey appeared in only two more games that season.

“His love for the game start[ed] to evaporate,” sportswriter Mike Ashmore observed, and Harvey agreed: “It was probably one of my darkest times as far as not really loving the game,” he said. 46 Former Royal Tom Poquette, a manager and hitting coach in the organization during Harvey’s time with the club, said, “[Ken Harvey was] a strong player with some real good tools, and a good guy. I know he had back problems but did not know the extent of the problems.”47

In December 2005, while in Arizona trying to get back into shape, Harvey ruptured his left Achilles tendon and underwent surgery to repair it, knocking him out for the entire 2006 season. “I guess the best way to put it is that it was back upon shoulder upon knee upon Achilles,” Harvey said. “Very frustrating.”48

In October 2006, the Royals gave up on the once-promising Harvey. The Minnesota Twins signed the free agent on January 3, 2007, hoping for help at DH, but the proverbial black cloud followed Harvey to Fort Myers, Florida. On February 28, in his first spring training game, he pulled a chest muscle.49  Before he healed from that, Harvey learned he needed arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.50 He played only 10 games that summer in the Twins’ farm system before Minnesota granted him free agency on October 29, 2007.

In the spring of 2008, as Harvey wondered if he would ever play again, he got a call from his agent about signing with Guerreros de Oaxaca in the Mexican League. Harvey was in the lineup and batting cleanup before he even had time to swing a bat against live pitching.51 Harvey did not fare well in Mexico and was released after just six games.

In June 2008, Harvey hooked up with the Kansas City T-Bones, an independent team that welcomed him with hopeful arms. “This is what the Northern League is all about. It’s about first, second, and third chances,” said T-Bones vice president Adam Ehlert. “Hopefully, he’s not here very long.”52

Unfortunately, it did not go as Ehlert and Harvey hoped. Harvey played 104 games (385 at-bats) of independent ball in 2008 and 2009. He batted .333 with 17 home runs and a .928 OPS. But that’s where the road ended.

Harvey was not “sour” playing in the independent league as he was in his last year with the Royals.53 Instead, he “had the most fun [he] had ever had in [his] life.”54 He was surrounded by young guys playing for the love of the game. “[It] show[ed] me what a whiny baby I’d been over the years.”55 The T-Bones ended up winning the Northern League championship that year. “That was the best moment,” said Harvey.56

“I was a very religious guy, I grew up in church and all that,” Harvey said. “I just think [finishing up with the T-Bones] was the path I had to travel.”57 “I went out the right way.”58

After his time with the T-Bones, Ken Harvey, the player, became Coach Harvey the mentor. Different opportunities came his way in the business of instructing or coaching young players. When Harvey went back to the University of Nebraska to finish his B.A. degree in 2014-15,59 he served as a part-time assistant with Nebraska’s head baseball coach, Darin Erstad, a former two-time major-league All-Star with the Anaheim Angels.60 Before and after his time at Nebraska, Harvey worked as a hitting instructor at baseball academies, typically for boys 13 through 18, in Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri. “I’m a Midwest boy [now],” said Harvey.61

In 2016, Jeremy Booth, a high school teammate of Harvey’s who went on to play and scout professional baseball, founded an organization called The Future Stars Series, a global scouting and player development program established through a collaboration between New Balance Baseball and Program15 Sports. Booth recruited Harvey to join him as a coach and mentor providing development and guidance to amateur players. “Once Jeremy reached out to me, I was in from the jump,” Harvey said.62  He loved being part of Booth’s vision of “true teaching” versus “showcase baseball.”63

Harvey’s health, however, got in the way of his new career just as it had in his playing days. “I just wasn’t feeling very good and it kept getting worse,” Harvey said, “Jeremy was the first one to recommend that I should go to the hospital. . . . I came to find out I had major kidney failure.”64 Harvey underwent a kidney transplant and by 2019, he was back in full swing as a hitting coordinator with Booth for the Future Stars Series once again.65 Through the FSS events, Harvey met Matt Duncan, who convinced Harvey to join Engaged Athletics, also a training academy, in Kansas, where he worked from 2021 to 2025.66 As of May 2025, Harvey lived in Surprise, Arizona, the spring training home of the Royals.67

As with his childhood record, little information can be found in the public domain about Harvey as a husband and father. He got married before the 2005 spring season began; however, neither Harvey’s wife’s name nor his marital status at the time of this writing is known.68 He has one son who was born in 2010.69

Last revised: July 28, 2025

Acknowledgments

This biography was reviewed by Rory Costello and David Bilmes and fact-checked by Larry DeFillipo.

Special thanks to Cassidy Lent, manager of reference services at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, for supplying copies of news clippings from the Harvey file.

Photo credits: Ken Harvey, Trading Card Database and University of Nebraska Athletic Department.

Sources

In addition to the sources shown in the Notes, the author used ancestry.com, baseball-reference.com, retrosheet.org, thebaseballcube.com, statscrew.com, and deanscards.com.

Notes

1 Kevin Mench, “Ken Harvey – Ep. 6 (August 23, 2022),” Big Head Pod video podcast @10:28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_rgqY17hD0. Accessed April 2, 2025.

2 This Ken Harvey is not to be confused with Kenneth Harris Harvey (born on September 25, 1961), a 5-foot-11 infielder who was drafted first by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round in 1982 after his junior year at University of Richmond in Virginia and then by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round in 1983 after his senior year. That Ken Harvey played in the Dodger farm system from 1983 to 1987 but did not play professional baseball above Class AA.

3 Several attempts by the author to contact Harvey through his last known employer and social media went unanswered.

4 Carleton Bruce Emerson (aka Bruce C. Emerson) was born on January 24, 1950, and Annie M. Smith Emerson was born on December 2, 1952; they were married on January 31, 1968, or 1969. See Kenneth E. Harvey, Howe Sportsdata International, Inc., September 4, 1999; and Bruce C. Emerson Obituary, Jack’s Memory Chapel, Tulsa, OK. https://www.jacksmemorychapel.com/obituaries/Bruce-Emerson?obId=42718222#/obituaryInfo. Accessed June 10, 2025.

5 Shannon Heffelfinger, “NU’s Harvey Gets the Call from Royals in Fifth Round,” Omaha World-Herald, June 3, 1999: 21.  

6 “Harvey Named to AL All-Star Team,” Nebraska Huskers Baseball, July 4, 2004. https://huskers.com/news/2004/07/04/harvey-named-to-al-all-star-team. Accessed May 28, 2025.

7 Ken Harvey [@kharvisfree]. Instagram.com, May 15, 2025. “The selfish human in me isn’t ready to say goodbye, but the Christian in me that you help develop is happy that you don’t have to deal with what you were dealing with!” Retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/DJsxVdgJXFw/

8 Steve Lenox, “A Little Baseball Chat with Former Big Leaguer Ken Harvey,” LenoxOnBaseball, November 5, 2020 [podcast/video recording]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3m_Tt2OHeuY. Accessed April 3, 2025: @1:54.

9 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @1:44.

10 Chris Derrick, “Indians Score Flat-Out Hit,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), July 22, 1999: C1, C5.

11 Ken Harvey Bio, Nebraska University Baseball. https://huskers.com/sports/baseball/roster/player/ken-harvey. Accessed April 1, 2025.

12 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @22.20.

13 Ken Harvey Bio, Nebraska University Baseball; Ken Harvey, The Baseball Cube. https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/1194/ Accessed July 18, 2025.

14 Pablo Ricalde, “What is most runs scored in a college baseball game?” Sportskeeda, February 24, 2024. https://www.sportskeeda.com/baseball/news-what-runs-scored-college-baseball-game-exploring-record-books-texas-tech-s-slugfest. Accessed April 3, 2025. See also “Division I Baseball Records,” NCAA.org, 32. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/2024/D1.pdf. Accessed July 18, 2025.

15 “NCBWA Super Team,” Sacramento Bee, June 11, 1999: D8.

16 Associated Press, “Baylor’s Jennings Wins Award,” The (Manhattan, Kansas) Mercury, June 29, 1999: B3; BU’s Jennings Earns Golden Spikes Award,” Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald, November 5, 1999: 1E.

17 Ken Harvey Bio, Nebraska University Baseball. https://huskers.com/sports/baseball/roster/player/ken-harvey. Accessed April 1, 2025.

18 “Ken Harvey,” Kansas City Royals 2004 Media Guide: 151.

19 Northwest League All-Stars, The Oregonian, August 27, 1999: D8; Chris Derrick, “Hitch or Two No Problem for Indians,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), June 13, 1999: C8; “Baerlocher, Harvey Key Indians’ 12-1 Romp,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), July 7, 1999: C1; LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @28:24.

20 “NWL Season Comes Down to Final Game,” Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington), September 5, 1999: C1.

21 Matthew Hansen, “Despite Low Draft Pick, Harvey Proves His Worth,” The Daily Nebraskan (University of Nebraska), October 26, 1999. https://www.dailynebraskan.com/despite-low-draft-pick-harvey-proves-his-worth/article_caf6e5cb-264f-56d6-9008-2aae182383d1.html. Accessed May 28, 2025. The real steal of the 1999 draft was Albert Pujols, who was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round, the 402nd overall pick.

22 Joe Posnanski, “Belief and Beyond,” The Sporting News, August 4, 2003: 18, 20.

23 Steve Balboni, personal communication [telephone conversation], April 4, 2025 (edited for clarity).

24 Jack Ireland, “Ireland Lines Up His Top Blue Rocks Team,” News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)  – Delaware Crossings Magazine insert, September 6, 2007: 14.

25 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @28:56.

26 Kevin Tresolini, “For Ross, All-Star Trip a Homecoming,” Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal, June 19, 2001: C5.

27 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @27:48.

28 Chicago White Sox 10, Kansas City Royals 2. https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B09290KCA2001.htm.

29 Rob White, “Bucky Dent Selected as Omaha Manager,” Omaha World Herald, November 26, 2001: C1.

30 Bob Dutton, “Affeldt Still Bothered by Blister on Finger,” Kansas City Star, November 23, 2002: D3.

31 Dick Kaegel, “American League: Kansas City Royals,” The Sporting News, November 18, 2002: 62.

32 “2002 AFL Top 20 Prospects,” Baseball America, December 12, 2002. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2002-arizona-fall-league-top-20-prospects. Accessed May 27, 2025.

33 ”AFL MVP Award / Joe Black MVP Award,” Baseball Almanac. https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/Joe_Black_MVP_Award.shtml. Accessed July 18, 2025.

34 Harvey led the majors in 2003-2004 with eight home runs on 0-2 counts; no other player had more than five. “Ken Harvey,” 2005 Kansas City Royals Media Guide: 107.

35 “Kenneth Eugene (“Ken”) Harvey,” 2004 All-Star Game Media Guide: 181.

36 “Harvey Named to AL All-Star Team,” Nebraska Huskers Baseball, July 4, 2004. https://huskers.com/news/2004/07/04/harvey-named-to-al-all-star-team. Accessed May 28, 2025.

37 The top six first basemen in the fan vote were Jason Giambi, Frank Thomas, Carlos Delgado, Kevin Millar, Mark Teixeira, and Rafael Palmeiro; Sweeney was seventh. See “2004 All-Star Game Voting,” Idaho (Boise) Statesman, July 5, 2004: Sports 5; and “All-Star Game Balloting” and “All-Star Rosters,” 2004 All-Star Game Media Guide: 153, 184-5, 190-1.

38 “Griffey Is Out … and Beltran Is In,” Corpus-Christi (Texas) Caller-Times, July 12, 2004: C1.

39 “2004 American League All-Star Roster,” 2004 All-Star Game Media Guide: 184.

40 Bob Dutton, “Gobble Chewed Up as Royals’ Skid Hits Six,” Kansas City Star, July 29, 2004: D1, D5.

41 Bob Dutton, “His All-Star Has Fallen,” Kansas City Star, February 20, 2005: C1, C19.

42 Dutton, “His All-Star Has Fallen”: C19.

43 Bob Dutton, “Pickering is Picked as Royals Set Roster,” Kansas City Star, March 30, 2005: D1.

44 David Boyce, “Harvey a Hit in Return,” Kansas City Star, April 29, 2005: D5.

45 Bob Dutton, “Peña Still Popular?” Kansas City Star, June 10, 2005: D9.

46 Mike Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs as Future Stars Series Hitting Coordinator,” FSSPlus, February 22, 2019. https://futurestarsseries.com/former-mlb-all-star-harvey-back-where-he-belongs-as-future-stars-series-hitting-coordinator. Accessed April 4, 2025.

47 Tom Poquette, personal communication [text correspondence], March 27, 2025 (edited for clarity).

48 Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs…,” FSSPlus.

49 Associated Press, “Twins Tie Boston in Spring Opener,” Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota), March 1, 2007: C5.

50 “Knee Surgery KOs Harvey 4-6 Weeks,” Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), March 14, 2007: C4.

51 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @23:24.

52 Howard Richman, “Harvey is Back in Town,” Kansas City Star, June 11, 2008: D6.

53 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @10:21.

54 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @25:27.

55 Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs…,” FSSPlus.

56 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @27:22.

57 Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs…,” FSSPlus.

58 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @9:58.

59 Ken Harvey Bio, Nebraska University Baseball. https://huskers.com/sports/baseball/roster/player/ken-harvey

60 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @0:39.

61 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @8:14.

62 Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs . . ., FSSPlus. 

63 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @3:51.

64 Ashmore, “Back Where He Belongs . . ., FSSPlus.

65 LenoxOnBaseball with Ken Harvey @3:18.

66 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @9:08.

67 Kenneth Eugene Harvey, Facebook, May 1, 2025. https://www.facebook.com/groups/969331051571793/user/1160976543/ Accessed July 18, 2025.

68 Bob Dutton, “A Year to Forget,” Kansas City Star, February 19, 2005: D1, D9.

69 Mench, “Ken Harvey,” Big Head Pod @13:37.