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Career Notes 1996 Had a monster season with career-highs in games (161), runs (118), home runs (42), hits (163), RBIs (120) and walks (142) ... Finished tied for second in the N.L. with 42 HR's ... Named an All-Star for the third time, second as a Marlin ... Tied a Major League record on April 26 with his 11th home run (hit Osvaldo Fernandez) in the month of April. The record is shared by Brady Anderson (1996), Barry Bonds (1996), Willie Stargell (1971), Mike Schmidt (1976), and Graig Nettles (1974). 1995 Missed the majority of the season with a torn ligament in his right thumb ... Suffered the injury on June 9 and was placed on the disabled list until September 1 ... Underwent surgery on June 14 to repair a torn ulnar ligament in his right thumb ... Returned on September 1 after 82 days on the DL ... Set three club marks on September 18 at Philadelphia with seven RBI in a nine-inning game, eight in a row and reaching base in nine consecutive plate appearances ... Had 10 home runs, two doubles and 27 RBI in 21 games during September ... 10 homers in a month tied a club record previously set by himself in April 1994 ... 27 RBI in a month set a new club mark ... Named NL Player-of-the-Week of September 18-24 after hitting .471 with three home runs and 10 RBI ... Tied a club record with three stolen bases in a game on May 4 vs. the Braves ... Had a second three steal effort on May 13 vs. the Rockies ... Set a club record when the Cubs walked him intentionally three times on May 27 at Wrigley Field ... Previous record was two, also by Sheffield on two occasions. 1994 Displayed outstanding power hitting 27 homers despite being limited to 87 games due to two stints on the Disabled List ... Was second on the club in RBI ... Hit the franchise's first pinch-hit homer with a game-winning blast off Cincinnati's Jeff Brantley on July 20 ... Finished fifth in home run ratio circling the bases once every 11.9 at-bats ... Torrid start to season saw him hit 10 homers with 23 RBI during April, both club records for the month ... Had four extra bases hits (double, triple, two homers) April 10 vs. the Padres ... Drove in 24 runs during the month of July to set a new record for RBI during one month ... National League Player of the Week for April 25-May 1 ... Hit .338 with men in scoring position. 1993 Traded by the San Diego Padres with Rich Rodriguez to the Florida Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez on June 24, 1993 ... Became the first defending batting champion to be traded since Bill Madlock in 1977 when San Diego dealt him to Florida June 24 ... Became the first player from a first-year expansion team ever to start an All-Star Game ... Homered off California's Mark Langston in his first at-bat in the midseason classic (the second All-Star at-bat of his career and the first in Marlins history) ... Hit safely in his first 12 games as a Marlin ... Put up remarkably similar numbers before and after the trade, hitting .295 (76-258) with 10 homers and 36 RBI in 68 games for San Diego and .292 (69-236) with 10 homers and 37 RBI in 72 games for Florida ... Had two two-homer games, one for San Diego and one for Florida ... Batted .385 (5-13) against his former Padre compatriots. 1992 Made a serious run at becoming the NL's first Triple Crown winner since Joe 'Ducky' Medwick in 1937 ... Led the league in hitting (.330), finished third in home runs (33), and fifth in RBI (100) ... Was named Comeback Player of the Year and The Sporting News' Player of the Year, and finished third in the NL MVP balloting ... Became the youngest batting champion (23 years old) since Tommy Davis in 1962 (Davis was also 23, but several months younger) ... Was the league's first right-handed batting champion since Bill Madlock in 1983 ... A career-high 18-game hitting streak May 5-25 raised his average from .295 to .345 ... Drove in a career-high six runs with two homers, including the first grand slam of his career, June 18 at San Francisco ... Named NL Player of the Month for August, when he hit .361 with 10 home runs and 26 RBI ... Was third among NL third basemen with a .961 fielding percentage, establishing a San Diego record. 1991 Saw action in only 50 games due to wrist and shoulder ailments ... Finished April with a .275 batting average before injuries took their effect, shuttling him in and out of the lineup ... Went on the DL for the last time July 26, and missed the rest of the season ... Finished with a dismal .194 batting average. 1990 Had a breakthrough year, setting then-career bests with a .294 batting average, 125 games, 487 at-bats, 67 runs, 143 hits, 67 RBI, 30 doubles, 10 homers, 25 steals and 44 walks ... Put together a 16-game hitting streak July 13-29, batting .406 (26-64) during the stretch ... Also had a 12-game hitting streak in June ... Had his first career four-hit game July 1 at Seattle. 1989 Named to the Topps Rookie All-Star Team as a shortstop despite being limited by a broken bone in his foot for much of the second half of the season. 1988 Combined to hit .314 with 32 homers and 131 RBI with El Paso (AA), Denver (AAA) and Milwaukee ... Homered off Mark Langston of Seattle Sept. 9 for his first major league hit.
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