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Career Notes 1996 Played in a career-high 143 games and had personal bests in at-bats (540), runs scored (87), hits (152) and RBI (96) ... Led National League rightfielders in in fielding percentage (.995) ... Placed on the 15-day DL on July 16 with a pulled hamstring ... Suspended four games on Aug. 14 for his participation in a brawl with Houston on Aug. 12. 1995 Was placed on the D.L. on Aug. 26, retroactive to Aug. 19 ... Was placed on the 60-day D.L. on Sept. 11 and underwent arthroscopic surgery the following day to repair his labrum in his right rotator cuff ... Stole home on May 19 vs. Houston in the front-end of a double steal with Mike Lansing who stole second ... Had a twelve-game hitting streak May 23-June 5 where he went 20-for-44 (.455) 1994 Established career highs in hits (143), home runs (22), doubles (31) and a batting average (.339) ... Earned the Buck Canel Award as the League's top Latin American player ... Also picked up Expo Player of the Year honors ... Finished third in NL MVP balloting behind Jeff Bagwell and Matt Williams. 1993 Made the most of his first full season as a starter, following the off-season trade of Ivan Calderon ... Broke Montreal's 24-year-old record for RBI by a left fielder (79, Mack Jones), finishing with 85 .. Tied an Expos record with home runs in four consecutive games, July 6-9 ... By homering a total of six times during those contests while recording no other hits, he set a major-league record for most hits, all home runs, consecutive games ... Finished with 11 outfield assists, including two to home plate against St. Louis on Aug. 15. 1992 Recovered from the shoulder problems that kept him out of action for all of 1991 to finish second in the NL Rookie of the Year voting ... Ranked second on the team with a .455 slugging percentage ... Ranked second among NL rookies with 56 RBI ... Hit his first major league home run May 27, off Houston's Mark Portugal ... Named Expos Player of the Month for June after batting .315 and driving in 22 runs. 1991 Spent the entire season on the disabled list due to a serious injury to his right shoulder that required surgery on April 10. 1990 Played for five different teams, three in the minor leagues and two in the majors ... Made his major league debut for Pittsburgh on July 26 vs. Philadelphia ... Singled off Bruce Ruffin of the Phillies two days later for his first big-league hit ... Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Montreal Expos, completing a Aug. 8, 1990, trade in which the Expos traded Zane Smith to the Pirates for Scott Ruskin, Wilie Greene and a player to be named later, on Aug. 16, 1990.
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