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#33 | Catcher | San Francisco Giants | Roster 
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Career Notes 1996 Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent on Jan. 30, 1996 ... In only season with the Philadelphia Phillies, set career highs in runs (71), home runs (30) and walks (49) ... First Philadelphia player to hit 30 home runs since 1987 (Mike Schmidt) ... Posted a 12-game hitting streak from July 25-Aug. 8, hitting .429 with five home runs and 12 RBI during that span ... Reached base in 10 straight plate appearances spanning Sept. 14, 15 and 17 ... Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as a free agent on Dec. 9. 1995 Signed as a free agent on April 17, 1995. 1994 .273 is highest average since his rookie season in 1987 ... Hit 100th career homer off St. Louis' Bob Tewksbury ... Is one of six active catchers with 100 or more homers ... Was a starting catcher for the eighth consecutive season, tying Dave Valle for the current longest streak ... Threw out 34 of 79 attempted base stealers (.43) and finished with a flurry throwing out seven of last eight and 17 of last 27 ... Eight of 11 homers came off right-handers despite only hitting .340 off left-handers vs. .245 off right-handers ... Second on the club with a .329 average with runners in scoring position ... Suspended for four games from June 5-8 for his involvement in a bench-clearing brawl vs. San Francisco on April 17. 1993 Hit the first home run in Marlins history April 12, off Trevor Wilson at San Francisco ... Also hit the first home run by a Marlin at Joe Robbie Stadium when he connected off Atlanta's Greg Maddux April 20 ... Homered and doubled in a seven-run seventh inning April 17 at Houston, becoming the first Florida player to collect two hits in one inning (repeated the feat April 25 at Colorado) ... Saw limited playing time in September due to soreness in his left hand ... Led the team with a career-high six triples and led NL catchers with 10 stolen bases ... Reached double figures in home runs for the seventh straight season ... Threw out 34 of 118 (29 percent) baserunners attempting to steal ... Strong-armed backstop threw out fewer than 30 percent of base thieves in both 1992 and `93 after posting impressive percentages in previous seasons. 1992 Playing time was cut short due to finger injuries ... Voted by the fans to start his fourth straight All-Star Game ... Hit four homers in six games Aug. 19-25, including two Aug. 25 against Chicago ... Threw out 24 of 93 (26 percent) baserunners attempting to steal ... Had a .982 fielding percentage, with 12 errors in 649 total chances. 1991 Came back from the broken arm he suffered in 1990 with a strong season ... Hit 17 homers and had a career-high 87 RBI ... Became the 12th Padre to hit three doubles in a game when he did so July 11 at New York ... Drove in 36 runs in his last 40 games ... Tied a San Diego record with five hits in a game Sept. 13 at San Francisco ... Started his third consecutive All-Star Game ... Led NL catchers with games caught (151), assists (100) and double plays (14) ... Threw out 43 of 123 (35 percent) of baserunners attempting to steal, including 25 of 59 (42 percent) from his knees ... Named to the Silver Slugger Team for the fourth time in five years ... Played right field May 4 at Montreal, the first time in his major league career he played a position other than catcher. 1990 Was playing extremely well before a Jeff Brantley pitch broke his left arm June 14 against San Francisco ... Was batting .317 (59-187) with nine homers and 33 RBI at the time of the injury ... Was tabbed as the NL's starting catcher in the All-Star Game but was unable to play ... His first career stint on the disabled list ended Aug. 10 ... Struggled after returning from the DL, batting .215 (34-158) with two homers and 20 RBI the rest of the way ... Despite the injury, won his third consecutive Gold Glove Award and was named to his third Silver Slugger Team ... Threw out 37 percent (23 of 62) of baserunners attempting to steal. 1989 Picked off 16 baserunners, nine at first base and seven at second ... Threw out 20 of 51 (39 percent) runners attempting to steal, including eight of 15 (53 percent) from his knees ... Led NL catchers with 20 errors, but won his second Gold Glove Award ... Had the first two four-hit games of his career, May 19 at Philadelphia and July 18 at Pittsburgh ... Started his first All-Star Game ... Named to the Silver Slugger Team for the second time in three years. 1988 Led all major league catchers with 75 assists and threw out 45 percent (35 of 77) of would-be base thieves ... Experimented with throwing from his knees and threw out 11 of 17 (65 percent) runners from that position ... Won his first Gold Glove Award ... Tied for the lead among NL catchers, participating in 11 double plays ... Named to the Silver Slugger Team, determined by a poll of league managers and coaches ... Hit his first career grand slam Sept. 21, off Los Angeles' Ricky Horton. 1987 Was the unanimous selection as the NL Rookie of the Year after hitting .300 with 18 home runs and 79 RBI ... Ended the year with a phenomenal 34-game hitting streak, establishing new records for rookie catchers, Latin American players and the San Diego franchise ... The streak began Aug. 25 at Montreal and ended Oct. 3 against Los Angeles and Orel Hershiser ... He batted .346 (47-135) during the streak ... Became the second catcher in Padres history to hit .300, joining Terry Kennedy (.301 in 1981) ... Threw out 33 percent of would-be base-stealers (43 of 130) ... Tied a Padres record by throwing out three runners in one game, April 15 at San Francisco ... Led all major league catchers in games caught (146) and led NL backstops with 22 errors. 1986 Earned his first major league action in September after a good year at Las Vegas (AAA) ... Debuted Sept. 14 against Houston and doubled off Mike Scott in his first at-bat ... Hit his first major league home run Sept. 17, a game-winning, 10th-inning blast off Mark Davis of San Francisco.
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