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Craig Biggio
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Career Notes

1996
Earned second consecutive start for NL in All-Star game and third straight Gold Glove at second base ... Ranked tied for 10th in NL with 113 runs while playing all 162 games for the Astros ... Tied own club record by scoring five runs on June 4 vs. Colorado ... After hitting .253 in Apr., bettered the .300 mark in each of the next three months before again struggling in Sept. ... Established Houston record with 27 hit-by-pitches.

1995
Became the first Astros player selected to start an All-Star Game since Cesar Cedeno in 1973; it was his fourth All-Star appearance and he hit a solo homer in the game ... Led the NL in runs scored (123), setting an Astros record in the process (breaking Jimmy Wynn's 1972 record of 117) ... Also led the league in being hit by pitches (22), again setting an Astros record ... Tied for third in league in walks (80), finished second in on-base percentage (.406), tied for third in multi-hit games (53), tied for fourth in hits (167), and finished eighth in stolen bases (33) ... Set career highs in runs, homers and RBIs ... Led team with 141 games played ... Broke franchise record with 34 runs scored in one month (July); Jeff Bagwell set the record the year before with 30 in July, 1994 ... Tied the Astros single-game record with four stolen bases on Sept. 16 at Montreal ... Recorded his 1,000 major league hit on Sept. 1 vs. Pittsburgh ... Named the NL Player of the Week for May 15-21 (.429 batting average, four doubles, one homer, five RBIs) ... Granted free agency by the Houston Astros on Oct. 31, 1995 ... Re-signed by the Houston Astros as a free agent on Dec. 14, 1995.

1994
Selected to the NL All-Star team for the third time in the past four seasons ... Led the league with 39 stolen bases ... 39 steals is a career-high despite having the season halted due to a strike ... Swiped 21 bases in a row from April 29-June 29 ...Was not caught in his final 10 attempts ... Finished the season with 39 steals in 43 attempts (90.7 percent success rate) ... Also tied for the NL lead with a career-high 44 doubles ...Had 29 RBI over last 40 games ... .311 average marks the first time in his career he has cleared the .300 plateau ... Hit .330 with runners in scoring position ... Victimized the Pirates for his second career grand slam on July 24.

1993
Had his finest season, establishing career highs in home runs (21), RBI (64), runs (98), doubles (41) and hits (175) ... Ranked fourth in the NL in doubles and was tied for seventh with 67 extra-base hits ... Established a franchise record for home runs by a middle infielder while becoming the first middle infielder to lead the team in homers since shortstop Dickie Thon had 20 in 1983 ... Bill Doran had previously owned the club record for homers by a second baseman, with 16 in 1987 ... Had four hits, including two homers, May 23 at San Diego ... Batted .267 (88-330) before the All-Star break and .311 (87-280) in the second half ... Stole 15 bases, his lowest full-season total, and was caught stealing 17 times.

1992
Became the first player in major-league history to make All-Star teams as a catcher (1991) and as a second baseman ... Ranked seventh in the NL with 96 runs, 10th with 38 steals and fourth with 94 walks ... Was the fourth-toughest player in the league to double up, hitting into only five double plays in 613 at-bats (once every 122.6 at-bats) ... Joined teammates Jeff Bagwell and Steve Finley as the only NL players to appear in all 162 games, a feat matched in the AL by only Cal Ripken, Jr. ... Hit safely in 14 of 16 games to open the season (.381, 24-63) and finished April with a .313 mark ... Committed 12 errors in his first full season at second base, and only three in his 74 games following the All-Star break.

1991
Led the club in batting for the second straight season (.295) and became the first Astros catcher ever named to the All-Star Team ... Opened the year with a 10-game hitting streak (.475, 19-40) ... Finished April with a .359 batting average and did not hit under .270 in a month all season ... Took a .315 average to the All-Star Game in Toronto, where he went 0-for-1 but entered the record book by committing the first catcher's interference in All-Star history ... Hit into only two double plays in 546 at-bats, the best ratio in the majors ... Stole a career-high three bases on Sept. 27 vs. Atlanta ... Led the Astros and tied for sixth in the NL (with Will Clark of San Francisco) with 48 multiple-hit games ... Played second base for the first time in his career on Sept. 30 at San Francisco ... Led league catchers in putouts (889), total chances (963) and passed balls (13).

1990
Power numbers dwindled, but he became the first catcher ever to lead Houston in batting (.276) ... Also led the team in at-bats, hits and doubles, while stealing 25 bases, at that time a career high ... Had hits in six consecutive plate appearances April 14 and 15 to anchor a NL Player of the Week, .400 (12-30) performance ... Had a team-best hitting streak of 10 games July 19-27 to go with twin nine and eight-game streaks ... Led Houston with 38 multi-hit games ... 113 of his appearances came behind the plate and 50 came in the outfield.

1989
Won the Silver Slugger award as the NL's top offensive catcher in his first full season in the majors ... Led all major league catchers with 21 stolen bases and was second among NL backstops with 13 homers and 60 RBI ... Named to UPI's post-season NL All-Star Team ... Was successful on his first 15 stolen base attempts, a streak that lasted until Aug. 1 ... Put together a career-best 12-game hitting streak May 26-June 9, batting .391 (18-46) with seven doubles, two homers and 12 RBI ... Named NL Player of the Week when he batted .476 (10-21) July 24-31.

1988
Became the first non-pitcher drafted in 1987 to make the major leagues when Houston purchased his contract from Tucson (AAA) on June 26 ... First hit came off Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser June 29 ... Hit his first big-league homer off veteran reliever Rich 'Goose' Gossage to beat on Chicago Aug. 22.


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