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Career Notes 1996 Had one of his most productive power seasons with 18 home runs ... Had five RBI on May 12 vs. Boston, including a three-run home run off Roger Clemens ... Collected six straight hits on May 27-28 with back-to-back 3-for-3 nights ... Hit first career pinch-home run on June 1 vs. Jeff Montgomery ... Led AL first baseman with a .998 fielding average, making only 2 errors all season. 1995 AL Player of the Week July 10-16 (.500, 7-for-14, 3 HR) ... Leading the Blue Jays in doubles with 32 ... 454 career walks is second only to Moseby (547) for career BB by a Blue Jay ... 188 career doubles ranks fifth on Toronto's all-time list. 1994 Had fifth career two-homer game April 11 vs. Oakland ... Stole only his second career base April 16 off former Blue Jay catcher Greg Myers ... Yankees' Jim Abbot hadn't given up a homer to a left-handed batter since 1991 until Olerud connected June 10 ... Scored 300th career run vs. the Rangers on July 23 ... Was 7-for-11 with bases loaded ... hit .329 after the All-Star break and .354 in August ... Was fifth in AL. for intentional walks getting 12. 1993 Started season going 29 for 67 (.433) ... AL batting champion with .363 batting average (first Blue Jay to win award) ... Had career highs in average (.363), hits (200), runs (121), at-bat (551), homers (24), RBI (107), doubles (54), walks (114) and total bases (330) ... Had five hits on April 29 (career mark and eighth Blue Jay to accomplish feat) ... Only the third Blue Jay in history to compile a 200 hit season ... Had 54 doubles (most since 1950) ... Became second Blue Jay to gather 100 free passes ... Had four hits in a game twice ... Batted .386 with runners in scoring position ... Only Blue Jay to ever win Player of the Month Award twice in a season ... Tied career best with four RBI on June 28 ... Amassed 69 RBI by the All-Star break (second most in Blue Jay history) ... Had career best 26-game hitting streak (most in AL and best in Blue Jay history) ... Collected hits in 124 of 157 games played ... Had 30 RBI in June (career best) ... First 10 homers were hit away from SkyDome ... Stroked homers in three consecutive games (12th Blue Jay to do this) ... Had 200 hits and 100 free passes (ninth major leaguer to accomplish this) ... Had 33 intentional walks (led AL and tied all-time major league record) ... Had .992 fielding percentage at first (ninth in AL) ... Hit .396 against righties ... Hit 80 extra base hits (most ever by a Blue Jay hitting from the left side) ... Batted .348 in the American League Championship Series against Chicago .... Notched three hits in the opener of the ALCS ... Had a double and an RBI in the World Series vs. Philadelphia. 1992 Received four free passes on April 8 (tied club record) ... Stole first big league base on April 30 ... Struck by a foul ball hit by Manuel Lee during batting practice and suffered broken nose ... Had a two homer game on June 26 (third time in career) ... Missed 4 games with injured left hamstring July 23 ... Hit in 10 straight games from Aug. 2 to Aug. 19 (season high) ... Had four hits on Sept. 6 (first time in career) ... Collected four RBI on Sept. 13 (tied career high) ... Led all Blue Jays in intentional walks (11) ... Went 100 games committing only two errors after May 20 ... Collected first post season homer at Oakland in the ALCS and batted .348 in the series ... Tied for second on the club with four RBI during the ALCS ... Errorless at first throughout the post season. 1991 Stroked two homers on April 19 (second time in career) ... Was a base hit away from the cycle on June 14 ... Batted .256 for the season ... Batted .280 after the All-Star break ... Had 68 walks (club leader) ... Had a .996 fielding percentage at first (third in AL). 1990 Youngest Blue Jay player ... Had first ever homer and RBI on April 18 ... Collected two homers on June 20 (career first) ... Led all AL rookies in homers (10), RBI (33), walks (35), slugging percentage (.465), and on-base percentage (.375) going into the All-Star break ... Started only 15 games at first (86 at designated hitter position) ... Collected a nine game hitting streak as well as two eight game streaks ... Batted .294 with runners in scoring position ... Batted .342 against lefties ... 1989 Made professional debut at the major league level (only 15 other players in history since the inception of the amateur draft in `65 have accomplished this) ... Collapsed and was hospitalized following a morning workout at Washington State on January 11 ... Diagnosis was subarachnoid hemorrage causing bleeding into the spinal column. Successful surgery on Feb. 27 for the removal of a brain aneurysm at base of brain ... Wound up season hitting .359 with five homers and 30 RBI in only 27 games at Washington State ... Made big league debut on Sept. 3 and collected first hit.
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