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Jay Buhner
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Career Notes

1996
Named to his first All-Star Game ... Awarded his first Gold Glove ... Posted new career-bests in home runs (44 -- third most in club history), RBI (138, second-most in team history), doubles (29) and runs (107) ... Became just the 23rd player in Major League history to hit at least 40 HRs in consecutive seasons ... Finished Among the AL leaders in HRs (tied for sixth), RBIs (sixth) and total bases (10th) ... Homered in five straight games (May 15-21) ... Set a personal career-high with six RBIs May 11 vs. Kansas City going 4-for-4 with two HRs ... Has a 131-game errorless streak in right field and recorded nine assists last season.

1995
Established a new Seattle RBI record with 121 RBI and also a M.L. record for RBI to hits ratio ... Became just the second player in Seattle history to hit 40 HRs in a season, joining Ken Griffey Jr. (45 in 1993 and 40 in 1994) ... Finished tied for second in the AL in HRs and third in RBI ... Led the Majors with an at-bat to RBI ratio of 3.9 and was only M.L. player to be below 4.3 ... Strained his left hamstring and went on disabled list ... Missed 16 games on the DL from June 6-22 ... Hit his fourth career grand slam on August 8 vs. Chicago off Bertotti and fifth career slam on August 24 vs. New York off Cone ... Was named Player-of-the-Week for Sept. 11-17 ... Hit .375 (9x24) with one double, five HR and 14 RBI ... Set a club record for the month of September with 13 HRs ... Re-signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free agent on Dec. 21, 1994.

1994
Moved into third on Seattle's all-time home run list (behind Griffey with 172 and Alvin Davis with 160) with 126 home runs after topping the 20-home run mark for the fourth consecutive season ... Went yard on Jim Abbott twice at New York April 19, the seventh multiple-homer game of his career ... Got off to a fast start, hitting .346 (28 x 81) with six homers and 15 RBI in 22 games ... Scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth on 'Jay Buhner Haircut Night' May 19 vs. Texas, a Mariner promotional event that gave 512 fans free admission to the game for getting the 'Buhner Buzz' haircut before the game ... Ended the Mariners' July 1 game at New York with a sprawling catch against the right field wall that bruised his pelvis and limited Buhner to one at-bat in the next nine games ... Hit .270 (72 x 267) with 15 homers and 44 RBI in 76 games prior to the All-Star break ... Tied a franchise mark by scoring four runs Aug. 8 at Texas ... Finished the season on fire, batting .394 with four homers and 15 RBI's in 10 August games ... Enjoyed left-handed pitching, as he hit .336 with eight homers and 20 RBI's in 110 plate appearances ... Granted free agency by the Seattle Mariners on Oct. 28, 1994 ... Re-signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free agent on Dec. 21, 1994.

1993
Enjoyed a fine season, raising his average significantly from previous years and just missing his first 100-RBI season ... Became the first player in Mariners history to hit at least 25 home runs in three consecutive campaigns ... Finished seventh in the AL with 100 walks ... An error May 15 at Oakland snapped his streak of 169 consecutive errorless games, dating to April, 1992 ... His nine home runs in May set a club record for the month ... Became the first player in franchise history to hit for the cycle June 23 against Oakland when he hit a grand slam off Kelly Downs in the first inning and followed it with a double in the third, a single in the fifth and a triple in the 14th ... Beat Cleveland with a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth July 10 ... Finished the first half of the season with a .296 batting average, 17 home runs and 59 RBI ... Had five hits July 21 at New York, equalling a club record and establishing a new career high ... Hit his 100th career home run July 24 off Cleveland's Matt Young ... A stolen base Sept. 5 at Milwaukee snapped a personal string of 12 straight unsuccessful attempts, dating to 1990 ... Finished the season with a career-high 10-game hitting streak Sept. 24-Oct. 3 ... Finished with only eight outfield assists, down from 14 in `92, as baserunners challenged his arm with less frequency.

1992
Joined Jim Presley as the only Mariners ever to have back-to-back 25+ home run seasons ... Batted .312 (29-93) with eight home runs and 19 RBI in July ... Hit his third career grand slam July 3 off Detroit's Les Lancaster ... Became the first righthander to hit a ball over the right field scoreboard at Baltimore's new Oriole Park Aug. 18, when he blasted a Ben McDonald pitch for a long home run ... Ranked sixth in the AL and tied a club record with 16 road home runs ... Displayed a cannon in right field, tying for second among league outfielders with 14 assists ... Was fourth among outfielders in fielding, posting a .994 percentage that was bolstered by a 134-game errorless streak to end the season.

1991
Had a breakthrough year, fulfilling his potential as a dangerous power hitter in a relatively injury-free season ... Led the team with 27 home runs in only 406 at-bats ... His ratio of one home run every 15 times at-bat would have ranked behind only Jose Canseco and Cecil Fielder in the AL, but he lacked the requisite number of plate appearances ... Fell a double short of hitting for the cycle May 30 at Texas, driving in a career-high six runs in the game ... Pulverized a Jeff Ballard pitch July 20 at Baltimore, sending it on a 463-foot home run trajectory ... Followed that blast with a 479-foot moon shot July 25 against Wade Taylor and his former New York teammates that was the longest home run hit in the 16-year history of the new Yankee Stadium ... Homered in four straight games July 31-Aug. 4, including a 12th-inning game-winner against California Aug. 4.

1990
Missed four months of the season due to a severely sprained right ankle and a broken right arm ... Hit a grand slam off Detroit's Jack Morris in his first at-bat of the season, June 1, after spending the first two months of the season on the DL with the ankle injury ... Had four home runs and eight RBI in a six-game span, June 8-12 ... Set a major league record with 10 strikeouts in three games Aug. 23-25 ... Had the first four-hit game of his career Sept. 26 at Detroit ... Struck out 50 times in only 163 at-bats.

1989
Split the season between Seattle, Calgary (AAA) and the DL ... Homered in three straight games against Kansas City June 5-7, including a clutch shot with two outs in the ninth inning off Steve Farr that sent the June 5 contest into extra innings ... 25 of his 56 hits for the Mariners went for extra bases.

1988
Hit his first major league home run off Oakland's Curt Young June 1 ... Traded by the New York Yankees with Rick Balabon and a player to be named later (Troy Evers) to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Phelps on July 21, 1988 ... Hit .306 (30-98) with five homers and 16 RBI in August and was named Mariners Player of the Month ... Haunted his old team with a glimpse of his true potential Aug. 19, when he became the fifth player ever to homer into the center field seats at Yankee Stadium ... Terrorized opposing baserunners, leading Seattle with nine outfield assists in only 60 games ... Named to the All-Rookie teams selected by Topps and Baseball Digest.

1987
Made his major league debut as the starter in left field against Toronto Sept. 11, going hitless in four at-bats but driving in a run ... Collected his first major league hits the next day, going 2-for-3 against Blue Jays ace Jimmy Key.

1984
Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Dale Berra and Alfonso Pulido to the New York Yankees for Steve Kemp, Tim Foli and cash on Dec. 20, 1984.


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