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Career Notes 1995 Set career highs in batting average (.320), runs scored (72) and homers (13) ... Led the team in batting average, runs scored and RBI (73) ... Played in his 1,000 game as a Brewer on May 17 vs. Red Sox, becoming just the ninth player ever to do so ... Picked up his 1,000th career hit on July 24 at Seattle when he hit a ground-rule double off Chris Bosio ... Was named American League Player of the Week for week of August 21-27 ... Was American League's co-Player of the Week with Seattle's Tino Martinez for the week of July 3-9 ... Had a season-high 10 game hitting streak (17-46), .370) from Aug. 26-Sept. 5 ... Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent on Dec. 20, 1995. 1994 Started slowly spending the initial 15 days of the season on the Disabled List recovering from shoulder surgery, was activated for three games, then had to spend another 15 day stint on the DL with an abdominal strain ... After being activated the second time, Surhoff finished May with a .345 average ... Abdominal strain flared up again and a third tour of duty on the DL was required beginning July 7 ... Surgery was eventually required to repair his abdomen ... Had never been on the Disabled List prior to the 1994 season ... Played outfield, third base, and first base during parts of the season. 1993 Earned Milwaukee's Unsung Hero Award with a solid season ... Reached career highs in games, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles and RBI ... Tied Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Greenwell for sixth in the AL with 38 doubles ... Led Milwaukee with 18 errors while playing five defensive positions (third base, left field, right field, first base, catcher) ... Ranked fifth in the AL in fielding (.949) in his first season at third base (121 games) ... Hit only .129 through May 26, but recovered to bat .312 thereafter, a span of 108 games ... Put together a career-best 15-game hitting streak May 26-June 10. 1992 Had a solid season behind the plate ... Threw out 39 of 93 runners attempting to steal, a career-high success rate of 42 percent ... 46 walks were a career high ... Hit a game-winning grand slam April 8 against Minnesota ... Tied a club record (for the second time in his career) by scoring four runs in one game Aug. 28. 1991 Ranked fourth among AL catchers with a fielding percentage of .995 ... Collected his 500th career hit May 28, off Detroit's Steve Searcy ... RBI total improved for the fourth consecutive year, equalling his career high at the time (68) ... Hit into 21 double plays after totalling only eight for each of the previous two seasons. 1990 Tied a club record with four runs against California July 8 ... Threw out 25 percent (31-126) of would-be base stealers ... Stole 18 bases himself and was caught seven times, resulting in a success rate of 72 percent. 1989 Average stayed in the .240's for the second straight year (.248), but his RBI total improved significantly (+17) ... Hit his first career grand slam April 26, off Minnesota's Gary Wayne. 1988 Played at third base from June 26 through July 31 and committed only one error in 76 total chances for an outstanding fielding percentage of .987 ... Offensive numbers dropped dramatically from his rookie season ... Stole a career-high 21 bases and was caught just six times, for a career-high success rate of 78 percent. 1987 Had an excellent rookie year, hitting .299 and throwing out 35 percent (35-99) of baserunners attempting to steal against him ... Hit well in the clutch, batting .331 with the score tied or a chance to tie it, .327 with men in scoring position, and .342 from the seventh inning on and men in scoring position ... Was second on the team with nine game-winning RBI and had the best strikeout ratio on the team (1 strikeout every 13.1 at-bats).
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