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Career Notes 1997 Had a career-best three homers -- all from the left side -- in one game, April 26 against Boston, and also collected a personal-best 6 RBIs. 1996 Was the A.L. All-Star game starter at second base ... It was his seventh straight All-Star appearance ... Set a club record and a career-high by scoring 132 runs ... Batted .328, seventh best in the A.L. ... Had 12 sacrifice flies, second best in the A.L. ... Had a 22-game hitting streak from May 12-June 8, the second longest streak in team history ... Homered from both sides of the plate July 25 against the Indians. 1995 Had a team record five double plays by a second baseman on May 10 vs. New York (11 innings) ... Posted career high a seven homers in May ... June 17 vs. Texas broke AL record for errorless game by a second baseman with 90th error-free game breaking Jerry Adair's record of 89 ... June 27, set AL record for errorless chances with 460 ... Ranked first in AL for fielding by 2B- .994 (four errors in 643 total chances) ... Led AL second baseman in putouts (272) ... Appeared at the 1995 All-Star Game. 1994 Did not play until appearing in a spring training game March 15 against the Pirates ... First season as a Blue Jay that he did not lead the club in stolen bases ... Appeared in fourth straight All-Star Game, starting at second base ... Notched 400th career RBI April 16 vs. California ... Was guilty of just one error in last 66 games, and was flawless last 45 ... Third in fielding (.991) among American League second basemen ... Hit .327 vs. right-handers ... Eight steals of third base ranked fourth in the AL ... Won fourth consecutive Gold Glove. 1993 Had best season to date ... Stole 200th career base off Baltimore's Gregg Olson May 6 ... Equaled career high of five RBI in a game June 2 vs. California... Scored 500th career run July 6 vs. Chicago ... Collected 1,000th career hit at Boston Aug.13 ... Participated in third consecutive All-Star Game in Baltimore and slammed his first All-Star home run ... Posted three 11-game hitting streaks for season high ... Swiped 18 consecutive bases without being caught ... Tied for American League led with 15 steals of third base ... Ranked eighth in AL in stolen base success percentage (78.6%)... Reached base safely in 30 straight games ... Career highs in batting average (.326), home runs (17), runs (109) and RBI (93) ... Hit .420 hitting out of the number three spot ... Hit .359 against right-handed pitching (second in AL) ... Was second in AL in stolen bases (55), third in batting average (.326), fourth in hits (192) and multi-hit games, tied for eighth in runs (109) ... Won third consecutive Gold Glove ... Batted .292 and swiped four bases in the AL Championship Series vs. the White Sox ... Stole four bases and was runner-up in batting (.480) in the World Series vs. Philadelphia ... Broke his leg Dec. 29, 1993 sliding into second base while playing winter ball in Puerto Rico 1992 Selected as Player of the Year by Toronto's local sports writers ... Collected at least one RBI seven successive games from April 23-25 ... Was awarded AL Player of the Week honors for week ending April 26 ... Selected AL Player of the Month for April ... Missed five games resulting from injury suffered while sliding home at New York on June eighth ... Voted to All-Star Game ... Stole two bases in an inning (set All-Star record) ... Registered career hit 800 against New York's Scott Sanderson ... Gathered 17 consecutive steals from June 24-Aug. 16 ... Had .993 fielding percentage which placed him second among AL second basemen ... Swiped second and third base six times in the same inning ... Tied for AL lead with 12 steals of third base ... Placed seventh in AL in batting average (.310), third in runs (105) and on-base average (.405), fifth in stolen bases (49) ... Awarded second consecutive Gold Glove ... Honored as the Most Valuable Player in the ALCS against Oakland ... Hit .423 and carried an 11-game hitting streak into the World Series. 1991 Awarded Gold Glove for first time ... On May 10 became one of only 55 players to hit home runs from opposite sides of the plate in the same game ... Swiped four bases in a game against Baltimore (tying Blue Jay's club record) ... Became second Blue Jay to be selected to the All-Star Game ... Was 21-22 when stealing third base ... Had a team best 15-game hit streak ... Started all but four games at second base ... Was second in AL in steals (53) and stolen base success rate (82.8%) ... His .474 batting average ranked highest in the ALCS ... Established an ALCS record for most singles (nine) in a five-game series. 1990 Traded by the San Diego Padres with Joe Carter to the Toronto Blue Jays for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez on Dec. 5, 1990 ... Gathered 60 RBI (a Padre record for second basemen at that time) ... Selected to All-Star team first time in his career ... Collected two four-hit games in May ... Made only six errors after the All-Star break ... Placed second in putouts in the National League (311) ... Had six different hitting streaks of seven games or more. 1989 First full season at major-league level ... Youngest player on any opening day roster ... Led NL in errors (28) for second basemen where he played exclusively ... Led NL in sacrifice hits (17). 1988 Started season at Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League ... Was recalled to San Diego after only nine games in minors ... Collected first hit off Nolan Ryan April 20 ... Went final 55 games of the season hitting .316 ... Had most sacrifices (16) in NL other than a pitcher ,,, Led club in runs, doubles and sacrifices ... Had only four errors in final 64 games .. Turned 88 double plays which tied for second in NL. 1985 Signed by the San Diego Padres as a free agent to a minor-league contract on Feb. 16, 1985.
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