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Career Notes 1996 An All-Star for the second straight season ... Finished among the American League leaders in average (.327, eighth), runs (121, eighth), doubles (52, second), walks (123, tied for second), on-base percentage (.464, second), slugging percentage (.595, ninth) and extra base hits (80, seventh) ... Had his first career three-home run game on July 6 at Texas ... Placed on the 15-day DL with bruised ribs on July 23 ... Activated from the DL Aug. 12 ... Collected his 1,000th career hit Aug. 25 at Boston, becoming the fourth Mariner to reach the mark, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Alvin Davis and Harold Reynolds. 1995 His first healthy season in three years produced his second batting championship ... Also led the league in on-base percentage (.479) and tied for the lead in runs (121) and doubles (52) ... Was second in hits (182) and walks (116) ... Led the Mariners in hits, total bases, walks and intentional walks ... Became just the seventh right-handed hitter to win at least two batting titles, and the first in 52 years since Luke Appling (1936 & 1943) ... Set new club marks in batting average, runs, doubles and walks ... The 52 doubles tied for the 22nd most in history and was the fourth highest total in the M.L. over the last 41 years ... Since 1954, only Hal McRae (54 in 1977), John Olerud (54 in 1993) and Don Mattingly (53 in 1986) had more doubles ... Hit his second career grand slam on June 7 at Baltimore off Armando Benitez ... Was named AL Player-of-the-Month hitting .402 with a M.L. high 32 RBI in 28 games ... Was selected to his second All-Star Game and was the AL's starting designated hitter ... Batted .467 (21x45) during a season-high 14 game hitting streak from August 13-26 ... Along with Mike Blowers, set a club mark for RBI in a month with 33 in August (had previously set the mark with 32 in June) ... Became first player in history to drive in seven runs during a single post-season game in Seattle's come-from-behind win in Game 4. Slugged a three-run HR in the third inning to slice Yankees lead to 5-3, then drilled a grand slam to center off John Wetteland in the eighth inning to give Seattle a 10-6 lead ... Was 3-for-5 in Game 5, including doubling home the tying and winning runs in the 11th inning off Jack McDowell to send Seattle to the ALCS ... Was one of six players to play in every game in 1995 (also Frank Thomas (145g), Cal Ripken, Ed Sprague, Chad Curtis and Travis Fryman) ... Played winter ball for San Juan in the Puerto Rican League. 1994 Had a promising spring training, as he ranked second in the league (San Diego's Billy Bean hit .415) with a .400 average ... Comeback bid was delayed 17 games after he was struck on the wrist by Dennis Martinez in his first at-bat of the regular season on Opening Day at Cleveland ... Went 4-for-5 with a homer and a career-high five RBI May 20 vs. Texas ... Had the fourth two-homer game of his career July 9 at Boston ... Enjoyed hitting southpaws, as he compiled a .329 average in 82 trips to the plate ... Hit .298 with 10 homers and 34 RBI's before the All-Star break ... Made a bid for Comeback Player of the Year as he improved his average by 48 points from the previous year (.237 to 285) ... Was the fifth-toughest to double up in the AL as he grounded into only two double plays in 326 at-bats. 1993 Endured a frustrating follow-up to his 1992 AL batting championship season, appearing in only 42 games due to an injured left hamstring ... Bouncing between the disabled list and the active roster all year, he managed to hit only .237, a 106-point drop from the previous season ... Went 3-for-4 with a home run Aug. 15 at California, but reinjured his hamstring the next day and spent the rest of the season on the DL. 1992 Hit .343 to become the first Seattle player to win a league batting crown ... His average was the highest by a right-handed AL batting champion since Harvey Kuenn hit .353 for Detroit in 1959 ... Became the second player to win the AL batting championship while playing for a last-place team, following Dale Alexander of the 1932 Red Sox ... Tied for the AL lead in doubles (46), was fifth in extra-base hits (67), seventh in hits (181), and eighth in total bases (287) and runs (100), despite being hampered all season by a sore right shoulder that caused him to miss the final 19 games ... Was second in the league in slugging percentage (.544) and fourth in on-base percentage (.404) ... Had three home runs in two games at Toronto May 16 and 17, going deep off Juan Guzman in the first game and victimizing Jimmy Key twice the next day ... Named to his first All-Star Team after a first half that saw him hit .328 with 14 home runs and 47 RBI ... Hit .388 (38-98) with three homers and 12 RBI to earn AL Player of the Month honors for July ... Batted .443 (31-70) during a career-high 17-game hitting streak Aug. 12-31 ... Repeated as Player of the Month in August, after leading the league with a .395 average, 70 hits and 16 doubles ... Was only the third player in the 16-year history of the award to win in consecutive months, following Don Mattingly in 1985 and Kirby Puckett in `92 ... Went more than two games without a hit only once (April 11-15) ... Named to The Sporting News AL All-Star Team after the season and received his first Silver Slugger Award ... Sequence of monthly batting averages went as follows: .224, .340, .352, .388, .395 and .263. 1991 Batted over .300 for the second straight year and improved his offensive production in almost every major category ... Finished fifth in the AL in on-base percentage (.405) and tenth in walks (84) ... Hit .442 (23-52) during a 15-game hitting streak April 15-30 and finished the month with an average of .412 ... Tied a franchise record with four walks May 25 against Texas ... Went 4-for-4 with four runs scored and fell only a double short of hitting for the cycle July 14 against Cleveland ... Put together a 32-game errorless streak June 8-July 18 ... Had his second career two-homer game Aug. 27 against Milwaukee ... Ranked fifth among AL third basemen with a .962 fielding percentage and reduced his error total from 27 in 1990 to 15. 1990 Enjoyed an outstanding season in his first full year in the majors ... Ranked third in the AL in on-base percentage (.397) and sixth in average (.302) ... Was Seattle's Opening Day third baseman at California April 9, but did not win the everyday job until April 19 ... Went 4-for-4 with a home run at New York April 25, raising his average from .258 to .343 ... Committed four errors against Baltimore May 6, tying the AL record for third basemen ... Had his first two-homer game May 20 at Cleveland, going 4-for-5 ... Had four homers in five games May 20-24 after hitting only four in his first 106 major league games ... Led the league in batting with a .355 mark on May 25 and stayed among the leaders for the rest of the season ... His only stolen base was a theft of home on the front end of a double steal with Ken Griffey, Jr. Aug. 25 at Kansas City. 1989 Started 10 of Seattle's first 14 games at third base, but hit only .176 (9-51) in April and ended up splitting the season between the Mariners and Calgary (AAA) ... Hit .357 (15-42) in his first 12 games after a June 14 recall from Calgary to raise his average to a season-high .277 ... Drove in the game-winning run with a two-out single in the bottom of the tenth inning Sept. 30 against Minnesota. 1988 Won the Pacific Coast League batting title with a .363 average and was named Player of the Year at Calgary (AAA) ... Hit .389 (7-18) during a 10-game September stint with the Mariners after going 2-for-14 in four contests in May. 1987 Was named club MVP at Calgary (AAA) and saw his first major league action in September ... Debuted as a pinch-runner Sept. 12 against Chicago ... Tripled off Cleveland's Reggie Ritter Sept. 14 for his first major league hit ... Batted .372 (16-43) in 13 games with the Mariners. 1982 Signed by the Seattle Mariners as a free agent to a minor-league contract on Dec. 19, 1982.
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