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Career Notes 1997 Named the National League Player of the Month for May after batting .447 with four home runs and 20 RBIs. 1996 Collected his seventh National League batting title, his third in a row, hitting .353 ... Reached 2,500 in career hits on Aug. 14 in Cincinnati ... Drove in the post-season berth-clinching runs in the eighth inning of San Diego's second to last game with a two-out, two-run single on Sept. 28 ... Suffered from nagging injuries all season. Missed eight games after suffering a heel injury on April 15 and missed 30 games with an Achilles heel injury after being placed on the disabled list on July 3 ... Selected to start for the National League All-Star team. The start was his eighth overall and third in a row and his 12th appearance overall ... Hit .308 for San Diego in the National League Division Series vs, St. Louis. 1995 National League batting champion for the sixth time with a .368 batting average ... Finished with third straight season batting .350+ (.358 in 1993 and .394 in 1994) and becomes the first player since Joe Medwick (.353 in 1935, .351 in 1936 and .374 and 1937) to have three consecutive seasons with a batting average of .350 or higher ... Tied with Colorado's Dante Bichette for most hits in the league with 197 ... Has had the league's most hits six times, including the last two consecutive years ... Struck out only once every 38.5 plate appearances and was the hardest player to fan in the Majors .. had the league's third best on-base percentage (.404) ... August 3 vs. San Francisco fouled ball off right big toe causing a fracture in the tip of the toe ... Missed only three games before returning to the lineup ... Despite the injury, finished the season by hitting safely in 39 of the final 48 games at a .372 clip (70-for-188 1994 Led the league in batting average hitting at a .394 clip ... Fifth overall batting title ... Marked the highest average in the National League since 1930 and the highest in the majors since 1941 ... 12th consecutive season hitting above .300 is the longest such streak in baseball ... Went hitless in back to back games only twice ... Led majors with 165 hits ... Led N.L in on-base percentage ith .454 ... Totals of 12 home runs and 64 RBI were both the second highest of his career despite having the season halted due to the strike ... Has struck out less than 20 times each of past four seasons ... Tied club records with eight consecutive hits and reaching base nine consecutive times April 22-24 vs. Philadelphia ... 5-5 performance April 23 ... Was the eighth career five hit game tying the N.L record held by Pete Rose ...Hit .475 over month of August to make a run at .400 ... Drove in five RBI vs. Pittsburgh May 30 ... Scored the game winning run while appearing in his 10th All-Star Game. 1993 Runner-up for the National League batting title with a .358 average ... His 11th straight year hitting .300 or better ... Hit safely in 15 of 16 contests April 24-May 11 ... Knocked in four runs June 10 to tie a career mark ... Earned NL Player of the Month honors for Aug. hitting .448 ... Recorded his 2,000 career hit Aug. 6 (the 193rd player to do this) ... Finished fourth in doubles (41), tied for fifth with 54 multi-hit games, eighth in on-base percentage .398, and was the second hardest player in the NL to strikeout (once every 28.1 plate appearances) ... His 41 doubles were the second highest mark by a Padre ... Appeared in his ninth All-Star Game ... His 14 steals were his most since 1990. 1992 Finished fifth in the NL batting race with a .317 average ... 10th consecutive .300-plus season ... Hit .416 May 5-31 ... Sprained ligaments in his left knee Sept. 8 and appeared in only four innings the rest of the way ... Posted his third career five-hit game on Sept. 8 before going down ... Participated in his eighth All-Star Game ... Equaled an All-Star record with two outfield assists in the game ... He was the hardest player to fan in the NL, striking out once every 36.6 plate appearances ... Hit .322 with runners in scoring position. 1991 Ranked third in the NL with a .317 average ... Won his fifth Rawlings Gold Glove and another All-Star selection ... Hit .522 June 4-9 to earn NL Player of the Week honors ... His season ended with arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Sept. 18 ... Finished second in the NL in triples (11), tied for third in multiple-hit games (50) and 10th in hits (168), despite his injury ... Fanned once every 29.9 plate appearances (best in the NL) ... Gunned down a team leading eight potential base runners from the outfield. 1990 Finished in a tie for sixth in the NL batting race, batting .309 and knocked in a career high 72 runners ... Placed eighth in the league in hits (177) and second with 10 triples ... A fractured right index finger kept him out of the team's final 19 games ... Picked up career hit 1,500 on Aug. 15 ... Hit righties at a .328 clip ... Appeared in his sixth All-Star Game ... Awarded his fourth Rawlings Gold Glove. 1989 Won the NL batting title for a fourth time (third straight) with a .336 average ... His 200-hit season was the fourth of his career ... Ranked fourth in the NL in steals (40), seventh in on-base percentage (.389) and ninth in total bases (256) ... Most difficult player to fan in the NL (once every 22.6 plate appearances) ... Hit .448 in June ...Named NL Player of the Week hitting .516 June 5-11 ... Reached base safely in nine straight plate appearances June 16-18 ... Earned his third Gold Glove award in four years ... His 13 outfield assists ranked third in the NL. 1988 Won second consecutive NL batting title, hitting .313 (the lowest leading mark in the NL since 1915) ... Place on the disabled list on May 7 ... After his return he proceeded to post an 18-game hitting streak in July and earned NL Player of the Month honors batting .406 in the month ... Notched career hit 1,000 on April 22. 1987 Paced the majors in hits (218) and batting (.370) ... His 119 runs, 13 triples and 26 intentional walks were all club records ... His .370 average was the highest in the NL since Stan Musial hit .376 in 1948 ... Posted first two five hit games of his career on April 16 and Aug. 11 ... Hit .473 in June to earn NL Player of the Month honors ... Awarded second consecutive Gold Glove and was selected to fourth straight All-Star Game. 1986 Won first Gold Glove of career ... His 19 outfield assists ranked second best in the big leagues and paced the NL in total chances (360) and putouts(337) ... Tied a club mark gunning down three New York Mets in a game on Aug. 27 ... His .329 average was good for third place in the NL batting race ... Led the Senior Circuit in hits (211), and shared the top spot in runs (107) ... Became only the fifth NL base runner since 1900 to record a five steal day (Sept. 20) ... Selected as a started in the All-Star Game for the third consecutive season. 1985 His .317 average ranked fourth in the NL, while his 197 hits placed third ... Paced the Senior Circuit for the second straight season with 63 multi-hit games ... He recovered from a mid-season wrist injury to bat .349 from Aug. 1 until the end of the year ... He crossed the plate a then career best 90 times. 1984 Led both leagues in hits (213) and multi-hit games (69), while pacing the NL with a .351 average ... Became the first Padre ever to reach the 200-hit mark for a season ... His NL leading batting average was the highest by a lefty in the Senior Circuit since Stan Musial his .351 in 1957 ... Hit .316 in 10 post-season games and compiled a .368 mark in the NL Championship Series against Chicago (NL) ... Earned first ever selection to the All-Star Game ... Finished third in the NL for the Most Valuable Player award. 1983 His fractured wrist kept him out of action for the early part of the season ... That injury contributed to his slight .233 average through the first 24 games following his rehabilitation assignment in Class AAA Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League ... Concluded the season with a .309 average. 1982 Hit .328 in 93 games with Hawaii of the Pacific Coast League ... Called up to the big leagues July 19 and notched two hits in his debut against the Phillies ... Hit safely in a club-high 15 consecutive games before missing three weeks due to a broken left wrist.
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