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Jeff Conine
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Career Notes

1996
His 174 hits broke his own Marlins record of 173 set in 1993 ... Had career highs in home runs (26 -- second-best for Florida), runs scored (84) and doubles (32).

1995
Was selected as the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player after hitting the game-winning home run off Athletics' Steve Ontiveros to lead off the eighth inning ... It was his second consecutive year as a member of the NL squad ... Became the first player selected in the Expansion Draft to go on and win the MVP award ... Finished the season with a club record for 502 or more plate appearances ... Also set club marks with 105 RBI, 51 extra base hits and 251 total bases ... Led the league with 12 sacrifice flies ... Finished tied for fourth in RBI and ninth in slugging (.520) ... Drove in a run per every 4.6 at-bats, second best ratio in the league to Barry Bonds' ... Interrupted his NL leading 307 consecutive games played streak (291 starts) on May 29 after being limited to pinch hitting duties for the previous eight games due to a slight strain in his left hamstring ... Became the first Marlin to receive the NL Player-of-the-Month award when he hit .340 (34x100) with six doubles, nine home runs and 24 RBI during the month of June.

1994
Led team in batting average (.319), hits (144), doubles (27), triples (6), extra-base hits (51), and RBI (82) ... Average was good for tenth in the league ... Was the Marlins' lone All-Star representative ... Had first multi-homer game of career and had five RBI during a 15-1 victory over the Padres on April 9 ... Hit .471 during a career-high 13-game hitting streak from July 8-24 ... 277 consecutive game streak is the longest in the National League and second in the majors to Baltimore's Cal Ripken ... Hit .321 vs. right-handers and .316 vs. left-handers ... Five of first 10 hits were round trippers.

1993
Spent an entire season in the majors for the first time and led Florida in batting (.292), hits (174), total bases (240) and doubles (24) ... Finished second on the club with 79 RBI and third with 12 homers ... Was Florida's Opening Day left fielder and went 4-for-4 in the franchise's inaugural game, matching Lou Piniella (Kansas City, 1969) for the best first day by an expansion team hitter ... Stole Florida's first base in the same game ... Joined Cal Ripken, Jr. as the only two major leaguers to play in all 162 games, setting an expansion record in the process ... Hit his first big league home run May 1, a grand slam over the left field scoreboard at Joe Robbie Stadium off Colorado's David Nied ... Hit another grand slam Aug. 20, off Jeff Brantley of San Francisco ... Named to the Baseball Digest and Topps All-Rookie teams ... Tied with Mike Piazza of the Dodgers to lead NL rookies in hits (174) ... Committed only one error in his first 156 games and finished fourth in fielding percentage among NL outfielders with a .992 mark ... Batted .306 (45-147) with six homers and 54 RBI with men in scoring position.

1992
Selected by the Florida Marlins in the first round of the 1992 Expansion Draft ... Was promoted to Kansas City Aug. 5 and went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in his first major league game since 1990 ... Committed no errors in 41 outfield chances and 38 chances at first base.

1991
Played the entire season at Class AAA Omaha ... Was slowed by left wrist problems all season.

1990
Earned a September promotion to Kansas City after a Southern League MVP season at Class AA Memphis ... Debuted Sept. 16 and walked in a pinch-hit appearance ... Made his first start the next day at Minnesota and collected his first major league hit off Larry Casian ...Went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and two RBI (his first two) Sept. 29 at California.


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