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Career Notes 1997 Named the National League Player of the Week for April 14-20 ... Traded by the Cleveland Indians, along with pitcher Allan Embree, to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for David Justice and Marquis Grissom on March 25, 1997 1996 Named an All-Star for the third consecutive season ... Won his fourth straight Gold Glove ... Captured his fifth consecutive American League stolen base crown ... Is only the second player in AL history -- and third in MLB history -- to lead the league in steals in each of his first five seasonsHad career highs in hits (210), doubles (35), triples (4), homers (14), RBIs (67) and stolen bases (75) ... Had a career-high five hits on July 20 vs. Minnesota ... Became the Indians' all-time leader in steals after his theft April 4 against Toronto. 1995 Led the AL in stolen bases for the fourth straight season becoming the second AL player in history and the fifth overall to lead the league in steals for each of his first four seasons ... Currently second on the Indians all-time stolen bases list with 250, needs only four stolen bases to surpass Terry Turner (1904-18) as the Indians all-time leader ... The Indians were 35-8 when Lofton stole a base (.813) ... Also led the American League in triples with 13 ... Named to his second straight All-Star game and started due to Ken Griffey Jr's wrist injury ... On the DL from July 17-Aug. 1 with a strain in his right rib cage ... Had a season-high 10-game hitting streak from Aug. 23- Sept. 2 ... Hit .393 when putting the first pitch into play ... Made his first post-season appearance in 1995 ... Won his third straight Gold Glove Award, the first Indians player to win three straight since Vic Power (1958-61). 1994 Captured his third consecutive stolen base crown ... Over the past three seasons Lofton leads the majors in stolen bases ... Led the AL with 160 hits and was second to Tony Gwynn for the major league lead ... It is the first time since 1949 that an Indian has led the league in hits ... Hit 12 homers this season after having only six career entering this season ... His 57 RBI are a career-high despite having the season halted due to a strike ... Hit .322 with runners in scoring position ... Had hitting streaks of 14, 16, and 17 games ... 17-game streak was the second longest in the league ... Was fourth in the AL in hitting ... On-base percentage of .412 was seventh in the league ... A defensive threat as well tying Kirby Puckett for the league lead in outfield assists with 13 ... 15 of hits were bunt singles ... Had four stolen bases July 22 vs. the White Sox ... Hit .400 and was successful in 21 of 25 stolen base attempts during day games. 1993 Won his first Gold Glove Award, becoming the first Indian recipient since Sandy Alomar in 1990 ... Led the majors with 70 stolen bases, establishing a new Indians record in place of the 66 he swiped in `92 ... Became the first Indian since 1904-05 to lead the league in thefts in back-to-back seasons ... In Baseball America's annual poll of major league managers, Lofton was named the AL's 'Most Exciting Player,' 'Best Bunter,' and 'Fastest Baserunner' ... Ranked among the league leaders in batting (fourth), singles (first), multi-hit games (third), runs (tied for third), hits (fifth), triples (tied for sixth), and on-base percentage (tied for sixth) ... Was 15th in the AL MVP voting ... Had the fifth best stolen-base success rate in the AL (83.3 percent) ... Scored 43 percent of the time he reached base ... Put together a career-high 12 game hitting streak Aug. 22-Sept. 3 ... Had four four-hit games ... His only homer was his first career grand slam, June 29 off Chicago's Rod Bolton ... Batted .342 (128-374) against right-handed pitchers, third-best in the league ... Hit the ball 70.1 percent of the time he put it in play, the third-highest percentage in the league ... Combined with Carlos Baerga to give the Indians their first pair of 100+ run men since Bobby Avila and Al Smith in 1954. 1992 Finished second in the AL Rookie of the Year voting, behind Milwaukee's Pat Listach, after a sensational first year ... Led the AL with 66 stolen bases (in 78 attempts), a figure which shattered the AL rookie record of 50 set by John Cangelosi in 1986 ... Was the first rookie to lead the circuit in steals since Luis Aparicio did it with 21 thefts in 1956 ... Broke Miguel Dilone's club record of 61 steals, set in 1980 ... Tied with teammate Mark Whiten for second in the league with 14 outfield assists ... Hit .369 with a .466 on-base percentage against left-handed pitchers ... Bunted in play 73 times, first in the AL, and had 31 bunt hits ... Struck out only 54 times after whiffing 95 times at the AAA level in 1991 ... Played most of the second half with a broken bone in his left hand ... Hit .325 (37-114) with runners in scoring position and .356 (21-59) with runners in scoring position and two outs ... Hit his first major league homer May 7 off Texas' Mike Campbell. 1991 Was promoted to the majors in September, at the end of his second full professional season ... Named the Pacific Coast League's (AAA) top prospect by Baseball America ... Went 3-4 with three runs scored in his major league debut Sept. 14 at Cincinnati ... His first hit was a single off Randy Myers ... Traded by the Houston Astros with Dave Rohde to the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair and Eddie Taubensee on Dec. 10, 1991. 1988 Played in Houston's minor league system, playing in 48 games, hitting .214 and stealing 26 bases. 1986 Attended the University of Arizona and had an outstanding career as a guard on the Wildcat basketball team ... Was the sixth man on Arizona's 1988 Final Four entry and the starting point guard on the 1989 team that earned a number one ranking at the end of the regular season ... Left with Arizona's single-season and career records for steals.
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