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Career Notes 1996 Selected to the All-Star game on July 6 when San Francisco third basemen Matt Williams announced that he could not play. It is Caminiti's second All-Star Game appearance ... Unanimous selection as the National League MVP ... Earned second consecutive Gold Glove award at third base ... Named National League player of the month for Aug. and Sept. ... Set San Diego single-season records in home runs (40), RBI (130) and slugging average (.621) ... Tied Mickey Mantle for RBI by a switch-hitter in a season ... Achieved a 2nd-half triple crown, leading the National League in average, home runs and RBI after the All-Star break ... Hit .472 with seven home runs and 22 RBI in a ten game stretch beginning Aug. 18 ... Tied a National League Division Series record with three home runs, his only three hits in the series, vs. St. Louis ... Broke his own single-season record by hitting home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game four times ... Hit a game-winning gran slam in the 13th inning on Apr. 6 at Houston despite tearing his left rotator cuff earlier in the game ... Awarded an ESPY for Baseball Play of the Year, an ESPN award voted upon by fans for his defensive gem in a game on Apr. 22 at Florida. 1995 Best offensive year of Caminiti's career, establishing career-highs in batting average (.302), hits (159), home runs (26), RBI (94) and stolen bases (12) ... It was his third straight season with 70+ RBI ... Also first Padres third baseman to lead team in home runs since Graig Nettles shared team lead with Kevin McReynolds (20) in 1984 ... First San Diego third sacker to lead club in RBI ... Opened season 11-for-25 (.440) in initial 6 games with one homer and seven RBI ... Named the league's co-Player-of -the -Week (June 26 - July 2) ... Hit .400 (8-for-20) with three homers and 11 RBI for the week ... Became the first Padre to homer from both sides of the plate September 16 vs. Chicago ... Had four 2-homer games this past season six in his career ... Became the only player in Major League history to hit home runs from both sides of the plate three times in a season (September 16 and 17 vs. Chicago and September 19 vs. Colorado) ... Earned National League Player-of -the -Week (September 11-17) for second time in '95 ... Tied club record with career-high eight RBI September 19 vs. Colorado ... Had seventh career (3rd of '95) 4-hit game September 19 vs. Colorado 1994 An All-Star for the first time in his career ... His 18 homers are a career-high through this season despite having the season cut short due to the strike ... Became only the fourth Astro to swat homers from both sides of the plate in one game when he connected twice against Chicago on July 3 ...Hit just .200 in April but rebounded with a .372 May ... Hit .431 during a 14-game hitting streak from May 13-28 ... Tied a major league record by receiving three intentional walks July 16 vs the Pirates ... Traded by the Houston Astros with Steve Finley, Andujar Cedeno, Robert Petagine, Brian Williams and a player to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Derek Bell, Phil Plantier, Pedro Martinez, Doug Brocail, Craig Shipley, and Ricky Gutierrez on Dec. 28, 1994. 1993 Hit 13 homers for the third straight year while establishing a career high with 75 runs ... Began the season with a 10-game hitting streak (.310, 13-42), but tailed off to .226 (19-84) at the end of April ... Hit safely in nine of the first ten games in June (.400, 16-40) to raise his average to a season-high .272 ... Had the first two-homer game of his career May 22 at San Diego, with the second round-tripper being an inside-the park shot ... Hit safely in 22 of his last 25 games (.330, 30-91), a stretch that included 21 runs, four doubles, two homers and 11 RBI. 1992 Led Houston with a career-high .294 batting average ... Ranked second among NL third basemen with a .966 fielding percentage ... Put together a career-high 12-game hitting streak Aug. 25-Sept. 6 (.469, 23-49), the longest streak by an Astro all season ... Ranked sixth in the NL with a .309 batting average as late as Sept. 7 ... Missed 20 games April 19-May 11 after separating his shoulder in a collision with Tony Fernandez of San Diego April 18. 1991 Rebounded from a sub-par 1990 to have a very solid season ... Led the Astros with 30 doubles while setting career highs with 13 homers and 80 RBI (both figures ranking second on the team) ... Was outstanding in July, hitting .284 with four homers, 25 RBI and 27 hits in 24 games ... Hit Houston's first grand slam since 1989 on July 29, connecting off St. Louis' Bryn Smith ... Started a triple play April 16 at Atlanta ... Exploded for 14 RBI and a .393 (11-28) average for the week of Aug.26-Sept. 1, earning NL Player of the Week recognition ... Nine of the 14 RBI came in consecutive games at Philadelphia Sept. 28 and 29. 1990 Led Houston in games played (153) for the second straight year, but his production dropped off sharply ... Season totals in runs, doubles, homers and RBI decreased significantly from 1989 ... Best month was May, when he hit .302 (29-96) with two homers and 13 RBI ... Homered May 27 and 28 before entering a home run drought that lasted until Sept. 13 ... Started Houston's first triple play since 1987 Sept. 21 at Atlanta. 1989 Led the Astros in games (161), at-bats (585) and doubles (31) in his first full major league season ... Finished second on the team in RBI (72), runs (71) and hits (149) ... Hit safely in 22 of his first 28 games ... Set a career high with five RBI at St. Louis May 30 ... Baseball America judged him the NL infielder with the best throwing arm ... Finished second among league third basemen with 126 putouts and 335 assists, and was third with a .958 fielding percentage. 1988 Was promoted to Houston July 29 and drove in a run in four of his first five games ... Made 19 starts at third base for the Astros ... Struggled offensively, batting .181 with Houston. 1987 Made an immediate contribution in his first stint in the majors after being called up July 15 ... Collected the only two hits off Philadelphia's Kevin Gross in his debut July 16, tripling and homering and scoring the winning run in the ninth inning ... Was named NL Player of the Week for his first week in the big leagues after hitting .500 (7-14) with two homers and three RBI in his first four games ... Hit safely in 10 of his first 12 games, including five multi-hit contests.
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