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Career Notes 1996 Won his fifth straight Gold Glove award, and his third straight Silver Slugger award ... Made his consecutive All-Star game, and fourth in a row as a starter ... Was third in the AL in doubles (47) -- the most ever by a catcher -- fourth in at bats (639), seventh in hits (192) and tied for eighth in multi-hit games (55) ... Led the AL in caught stealing percentage for the seconds straight season (48.9 percent) and the fourth time in six years. 1995 Led the Rangers in average (.303), total bases (221), and doubles (32), ranked 2nd in at bats (492) and hits (149), and placed 4th in RBI (67) ... Established career bests for average , average, hits, doubles , and RBI , the latter breaking his own club record for a catcher ... Topped AL backstops in batting , hits, doubles, and RBI, and had the best percentage of nailing would be would be base stealers for the 3rd time in the last five years ... Had 1st career 2-homer game on July 13 at Boston with both blasts off Roger Clemens ... Was elected to start All-Star Game for 3rd straight year and made 4th overall appearance in the mid-summer classic, matching Buddy Bell as the only 4-time Rangers' All-Star. 1994 Captured his third consecutive Gold Glove and was named to the Silver Slugger team ... Joins Lance Parrish as the only catcher to garner top defensive and offensive honors in the same season ... .298 average led American League catchers ... Played in 3rd consecutive All-Star game 1993 Caught the third most games in the American League (134) ... Won second straight Rawlings Gold Glove Award (second youngest repeat winner in history) ... Ranked fourth among AL catchers in hitting (.273) ... Carried a .352 average through the first 22 games of the season ... Posted eight straight hits in two games (July 26 and July 28) ... Swiped eight bases to lead all AL catchers ... Ranked second among AL backstops in assists (76) and passed balls (14) ... Amassed a .991 fielding percentage (sixth in AL) ... Had a 41 game errorless streak (his longest of season) ... Tossed out 38.5 percent of would-be base stealers (fourth in AL) ... Set career highs in homers (10) and RBI (66). 1992 Started 112 games as the majors' youngest player for the second year in a row ... Batted .260 (third among AL catchers) ... Hit eight homers with 37 RBI in 123 games. 1991 Started 81 of Texas' final 102 games behind the plate, after a June 20 call-up from Tulsa (AA) of the Texas League ... At 19 years and seven months, became third youngest player in club history ... Ranked third among AL rookies in batting (.264) ... Youngest Ranger ever to tater ... Picked as backstop on Major League Rookie All-Star team selected by both Topps and Baseball Digest.
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