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Career Notes 1996 Became first Atlanta Braves player since 1985 to hit .300 (.309), with 30 home runs (30), 100 RBI (110) and 100 runs (114) ... Earned first All-Star game selection ... Started in place of the injured Matt Williams and collected one hit and one run ... Had a career-high 18-game hitting streak from Aug. 6-24, hitting .377 with five home runs and 16 RBI ... Also had streaks of 14, 12 and 11 games ... Reached base safely in 34 straight games from May 15-June 24 ... Had two hits, including a home run in nine at-bats in the Division Series vs. Los Angeles ... Tied NL Championship Series record with four hits in Game 1 ... Hit .286 with 3 RBI in World Series vs. New York. 1995 Finished second to Los Angeles' Hideo Nomo in the BBWAA Rookie of the Year balloting ... Became the Braves' first Sporting News Rookie of the Year since David Justice won the award in 1990 ... Jones led all major league rookies in RBI with 86, gamed played with 140, games started with 135, plate appearances with 600. at-bats with 524 and runs scored with 87 ... Second amongst rookies with 23 HR, 139 hits and 73 walks, and third with 48 extra-base hits ... Jones' 86 RBI are one shy of tying Earl Williams' Atlanta rookie record set in 1971 ... Surpassed all power expectations with a professional high 23 home runs...His 73 walks tied David Justice for the team lead and tied for seventh in the NL ... His 87 runs scored led the team ... a multi-faceted defensive player, he started at three different positions for the Braves (third base-121 games; left-field-13 games; right field-4 games) ... Had a nine-game hitting streak May 15-24 ... Hit .299 with RISP (36-for 121), .327 with runners on third (17-for-52) and .364 with bases loaded (4-for 11).
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