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Career Notes 1997 Placed on 15-day disabled list June 11 with a bruised chest wall. He was hitting .320 with nine home runs and 51 runs at the time. 1996 Finished second in the AL MVP voting, losing to Texas' Juan Gonzalez by only 3 points, the closest MVP race since 1960 ... Led the league in average (.358), runs (141), total bases (379), grand slams (3) and doubles (54) ... Also finished among the top 10 in RBI (123, eighth), multi-hit games (65, third), hits (215, 2nd), on-base percentage (.414, eighth), slugging percentage (.631, fourth) and extra base hits (91, second) ... His runs, hits, doubles, extra base hits and slugging percentage were the highest ever recorded by a shortstop, and his total bases tied the most ever ... Named Player of the Year by AP ... Was the overwhelming choice for MVP (67%) in a vote of other players conducted by The Sporting News ... Named to the Silver Slugger team ... Became the 14th youngest player -- and the youngest shortstop ever -- to make the All-Star team at 20 years, 11 months and 18 days ... Tied a Mariners team-record by hitting his third grand slam of the season which tied a team-record, in only his 66th game, on July 6 at Texas ... Signed to a four-year contract extension on July 27 ... Missed 16 games (April 22 - May 7) with a hamstring injury. 1995 Filled in at shortstop following injuries to Felix Fermin and Luis Sojo ... Recalled from Tacoma May 6 when Fermin was placed on the 15-day disabled list ... Set career highs with 3-hit, 3-RBI game May 22 at Detroit ... Optioned to Tacoma May 27 when Fermin was activated ... Recalled from Tacoma June 8 when Luis Sojo was placed on the disabled list ... Optioned to Tacoma June 23 when Sojo was activated ... Recalled from Tacoma for the third time July 20 and started 16 games at shortstop between July 21 and August 13 ... Optioned to Tacoma August 15 when Ken Griffey Jr. was activated ... Was recalled for the final time August 31 ... Played 54 games with Tacoma, hitting .360 with 15 HR and 45 RBI.
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