Kevin Lee Seitzer (born March 26, 1962 in Springfield, Illinois) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics, and Cleveland Indians.
Seitzer made his big-league debut as a September call-up in 1986 with the Royals. He made it to the majors to stay in 1987, where he started the season as the Royals' regular first baseman. He traded positions with Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett later in the season, in hopes of reducing Brett's chances of injury. Seitzer hit .323 with 15 home runs and 207 hits (tying the MLB record) in his rookie 1987 season and, though overshadowed by fellow rookie teammate Bo Jackson, he was selected to the American League All-Star team. One of Seitzer's highlights of the season was a 6-for-6 performance on August 2 in a 13-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox; he became only the second Royal (after Bob Oliver in 1969, the franchise's inaugural season) to collect six hits in a nine-inning game. Seitzer finished the 1987 season as the runner-up for the American League Rookie of the Year award, behind the Oakland A's Mark McGwire.
After subsequent seasons of .304, .281, .275, and .265, the Royals released Seitzer during spring training in 1992. He signed with Milwaukee, who installed him as their regular third baseman. Seitzer made the All-Star team again in 1995 but never again matched the success of his 1987 season.
The Cleveland Indians acquired Seitzer in late 1996 to help with their pennant drive; he responded by hitting .386 in 83 at-bats while serving as a utility player. In two postseason appearances with Cleveland, mostly coming off the bench, he hit .192 with a double, one run scored and four runs batted in. He retired following the 1997 season with a career batting average of .295.
Seitzer currently runs a baseball training facility in Kansas City, Missouri with former Royals teammate Mike Macfarlane.
On October 27, 2006, Seitzer was named hitting coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Kevin Seitzer was replaced by Rick Schu on July 11, 2007 as hitting coach for the Diamondbacks. 2007 was his first year as the hitting coach with the club.
