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Career Notes 1995 His 24 HR marked the most he has hit since 1984 when he smacked 29 for the White Sox and it was the third-highest total of his career ... Also, Baines ranked 10th in the AL with a .403 On-Base Percentage and sixth in the league with 13 International Walks ...Through 1995 has played in 1,075 games as a DH, the third most in history behind Hal McRae (1,428) and Don Baylor (1,258) ... Smacked 300th career home run on Sept. 22 at Milwaukee ... Granted free agency by the Baltimore Orioles on Nov. 6, 1995 ... Signed by the Chicago White Sox as a free agent on Dec. 11, 1995. 1994 Granted free agency by the Baltimore Orioles on Oct. 20, 1994 ... Re-signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent on Dec. 23, 1994 ... Had a .296 average while as a designated hitter was fourth best in the league for DHs ... Started and finished strong hitting .360 in April and .333 in August ... Hit the longest homer ever by an Oriole at Camden Yards with a 442-foot blast vs. the Blue Jays on July 30 ... Played in his 2,000th game on May 31 vs. the Tigers ... Hit at least 10 homers for the 16th straight season. 1993 Set a personal record in his 14th season with a .313 batting average ... Hit seven homers in last 17 games, giving him a season total of 20 or more for the eighth time ... Led designated hitters in average and slugging percentage (.511), was second in homers (20) and on-base percentage (.391), fourth in RBI (78) and fifth in at-bats (415) ... Batted .340 with men on base (64-for-188), fifth in the AL ... Tied Jim Dwyer's 1982 club record by reaching base 13 consecutive times (eight hits, five walks) April 30-May 2 ... Hit six homers in a 12-game span July 11-30, including eighth career grand slam, off Frank Viola ... Collected 2,000th career hit on July 24, an infield single off Minnesota's Scott Erickson ... Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Chouinard and Allen Plaster on Jan. 14, 1993 ... Granted free agency by the Balitmore Orioles on Nov. 1, 1993 ... Re-signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent on Dec. 2, 1993. 1992 Ranked second on Oakland in games (140), RBI (76), total bases (187) and third in home runs (16) ... Ten of his homers either tied the score or put the A's ahead ... Tied career high with seven RBI at Seattle on June 23 ... Led A's with nine three-hit games ... Was Oakland's leading hitter in the AL Championship Series vs. Toronto, batting .444 (11-for-25) with four RBI ... His ninth-inning homer off Jack Morris in Game 1 gave the A's a 4-3 win ... Granted free agency by the Oakland Athletics on Oct. 27, 1992; accepted arbitration. 1991 Drew a club-record 22 intentional walks ... Hit .455 as a pinch hitter, third in the AL ... Batted .306 with 20 homers after a homerless, .206 April. 1990 Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Oakland Athletics for future considerations on Aug. 29, 1990 ... Prior to his arrival, the A's had used 16 DHs ... Batted .357 (5-for-14) during the ALCS vs. Boston ... Had one hit in the World Series, a Game 1 homer off Cincinnati's Tom Browning ... Led Oakland with five postseason RBI. 1989 His .309 combined batting average with Chicago and Texas was second among AL left-handed batters, behind Wade Boggs (.330) ... Finished the season eighth in the AL in batting, seventh in on-base percentage (.395) and 10th in slugging percentage (.465) ... Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Fred Manrique to the Texas Rangers for Scott Fletcher, Sammy Sosa and Wilson Alavarez on July 29, 1989 ... When he was traded to Texas, Baines led the Sox in batting, doubles, homers, walks and RBI ... Cracked the historic first hit by a DH in an All-Star Game, an RBI single off Rick Sutcliffe. 1988 Led the White Sox in games (158), hits (166), total bases (246) and RBI (81) ... Tied for sixth in the AL with 39 doubles. 1987 Missed 23 early-season games because of a knee injury but was named to the AL All-Star team for the third straight season ... Had an 18-game hitting streak July 3-24. 1986 Became the first White Sox player with five consecutive 20+ home run seasons ... Hit six ninth-inning homers, tied for the major-league lead ... Led the Sox in hits, runs, homers and RBI. 1985 Led the AL with a .335 road average ... Hit better than .300 and 20+ homers for the second straight year; Don Mattingly was the only other AL player to do so in 1984 and `85 ... Named to The Sporting News and United Press International All-Star teams ... Entered the final series of the year needing two hits to reach 200 but went 0-for-13 vs. Seattle. 1984 On May 9, tagged the game's 753rd pitch for a 25th-inning homer off Milwaukee's Chuck Porter, ending the longest game in major-league history (8 hours, 6 minutes) ... His season mark of 308 total bases ranks fourth on the all-time White Sox list ... In 70 games between the end of May and mid-August, he batted .379 with 19 homers, 59 RBI and a .783 slugging percentage. 1983 Set what was then a major-league record for game-winning RBI, with 22 ... Most important game-winner came at Comiskey Park on Sept. 17, when his ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Julio Cruz to beat Seattle and clinch the AL West, the team's first championship of any kind since 1959. 1982 At 23, was youngest player in White Sox history to reach 100 RBI in a season; his 105 were the most by a Sox player since Dick Allen in 1972 ... Had an unbelievable week in early July, going 11-for-22 with five homers (including two grand slams) and 13 RBI in six games.
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