Brian Stephen Giles...a 1989 graduate of Granite Hills High in El Cajon, CA where he played baseball and football
for the Eagles...hit two grand slams in one game
2008
Finished among National League leaders in batting average
(8th), walks (T-10th), on-base percentage (6th, .398), road batting
average (6th, .316) and day batting average (9th, .309)...fourth
hardest NL batter to strikeout, going 12.6 plate appearances
per strikeout...Led the NL with six games tallying at least four hits...had four
knocks in each of the six tilts, all road games...also had four RBI
on two occasions and scored four runs once...Reached base safely via hit or walk in 129 of his 147 games...Hit over .300 in every month except April (.278) and July (.224)...hit .313 (75-for-240) in 63 tilts after the All-Star
break compared to .301 (96-for-319) in 84 games before...He played 144 games in the outfield, including 142 starts...appeared in right field in all 144 contests but also
appeared in center in two games...tallied three assists and committed seven errors...posted a .976 fielding
percentage in 286 total chances...recorded one double play...Reached base safely in 22 of 24 games in April, hitting safely in 17 tilts...collected 1,000th career RBI with a bases
loaded double 4/15 vs. COL...tallied nine at-bats in 22-innning game 4/17 vs. COL, tying club record for an extra-
inning contest...played all 22 frames in right field...His 22 walks in May tied for third in the Majors while .446 OBP during the month ranked sixth...reached base in
27 of 29 May games, batting a team-best .333 (36-for-108)...walked for the 1,100th time with his second free
pass 5/21 vs. STL...Batted .373 (22-for-59) in Interleague Play, fifth-best in the National League...Led the team with a .340 mark (33-for-97) in August, his single-month best in 2008...18 RBI in 26 August contests...
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Tied career high with 12-game hit streak, 8/19-9/1...batted .419 (18-for-43) with eight walks during the 12-game
span...first leadoff homer of the season and fourth career 8/24 at SF, hitting first pitch from Kevin Correia into
McCovey Cove...E
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Reached base safely in 34 of his last 35 games of the season starting 8/19, including 23 of 24 September tilts...
hit safely in 30 of the 35 contests, batting .356 (47-for-132)...hit .323 (30-for-93) in September...notched 400th
double and 1,100th run 9/24 at LAD.
2007
SUMMARY: Hit .271 (131-for-483) in his fourth full season with the Padres...collected 27 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, 51 RBI, 72 runs scored and 64 walks...finished the year with 396 career walks as a Padre, ranking fifth on the club's all-time list...tied a Padres single-game record (28th time) and his own career high with three doubles 9/29 at MIL...cracked a go-ahead, three-run homer 9/25 at SF, leading the Padres to a 6-4 come-from-behind win...logged his 19th career multi-homer game and third of the year, 9/3 vs. ARI...scored his 1,000th career run on a solo homer, 8/29 vs. ARI...became one of 12 active players to reach 1,500 hits, 1,000 runs, 1,000 walks and 250 homers...batted .357 (20-for-56) from 8/10-24 with three doubles, two triples, five homers, 12 RBI, 11 runs and 11 walks...knocked two homers in two consecutive games, 8/11-12 at CIN...hit his first career leadoff homer 8/12...also homered 8/10...hit safely in his first eight road games of the second half, hitting .388 (26-for-67) away from home from 7/13-8/12...hit .319 in July (30-for-94) with seven doubles, one home run, 11 RBI, 14 runs scored and 18 walks...collected his 1,600th career hit 6/29 at LAD...was placed on the 15-day disabled list 5/26 (retroactive to 5/20) with a right-knee contusion...missed 34 games; reinstated 6/28.
LEADING OFF: Hit leadoff 6/29 for the first time since 8/31/97...batted .269 (84-for-312) in 78 games hitting
first...posted a .368 on-base percentage and slugged .455, collecting 18 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 38 RBI, 49 runs scored and 48 walks...clubbed the first three leadoff homers of his career in 2007 (6/12 at CIN, 9/3 at ARI, 9/30 at MIL).
RED HOT: Went 6-for-13 (.462) with five home runs, seven RBI, five runs scored and three walks over a three-game series in Cincinnati (8/10-12)...became just the second Padre to hit five homers over three contests...went 2-for-6 with a home run in the first game, following with two long balls in each of the next two contests...his first home run on 8/12 was also his first career leadoff home run.
HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Batted .299 (79-for-264) away from home compared to .237 (52-for-219) at PETCO Park...collected 16 doubles, 12 home runs, 35 RBI and 46 runs scored on the road, while posting a .496 slugging percentage.
2006
SUMMARY: Concluded the season batting .263 (159-for-604) with 37 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs, 83 RBI, 87 runs scored, 104 walks and nine stolen bases in 158 games...led the team in games played (158) and walks (104), and tied for the club lead in RBI (83, Cameron) and multi-hit games (44, Gonzalez)...his 158 games are tied for the third-highest total of his career...has now recorded 30 or more doubles in each of his last eight seasons since 1999...reached base via hit or walk in 135 of his 158 games this season...reached base safely in 25 straight games Aug. 23-Sept. 20 (25 hits, 17 walks)... tied his season high with four hits (second time, also May 17 at Arizona), including a career-high-tying three doubles, and
scored the winning run Aug. 20 vs. Arizona...collected his
100th career stolen base August 16 vs. San Francisco...notched
his 1,500th career hit, the first in a 2-for-4 night Aug. 4 vs.
Washington...batted .400 (14-for-35) with five doubles, a triple,
four RBI and seven runs over his season-high eight-game hit
streak July 9-20...knocked his 300th career double May 2 at
San Francisco...hit his fifth career grand slam and third as a
Padre at PETCO Park April 23 vs. New York (NL).
ONE NIGHT IN THE DESERT: Set a new career high with
seven RBI May 17 at Arizona, finishing 4-for-6 with a double,
homer and two runs scored...the home run was the 250th of
his career...the seven RBI tied for second most for a single
game in the National League in 2006.
WALK THE WALK: Placed fifth in the National League with
104 walks...with his 100th and 101st walks on September 25
at St. Louis, became the third player in franchise history to
record multiple 100-walk seasons (also 115 in 2005), joining
Gene Tenace (3 seasons) and Jack Clark (2 seasons)...his 104
walks in 2006 were also tied for the seventh-highest total in a
single season in franchise history (Clark, 1990)...his 332 walks
with the Padres place him seventh on the franchise list...collected
his 1,000th career walk September 16 at Los Angeles (NL)...is one of 14 active players in Major League
Baseball with 1,000 career walks...set a new career high, team record and tied a Major League record for
walks in a nine-inning game with five, May 14 at Chicago (NL).
POSTSEASON PLAY: Batted .286 (4-for-14) with one RBI, two walks and one run scored in four Division
Series games vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.
2005
Batted .301, his fourth full season at .300 or above (also 1999-2001), with 15 home runs,
38 doubles, 83 RBI and 92 runs scored...led the Padres in batting average, hits (164), doubles (38), RBI, runs
scored, walks (119), total bases (263), slugging percentage (.483) and on-base percentage (.423)...finished the
season tied for fourth among active players with a .413 career on-base percentage...was named the Padres
team MVP in 2005...has now knocked 30 or more doubles in each of the last seven seasons (1999-2005)...
played in a team-high 158 games, the third-highest total of his career...had a season-high eight-game hitting
streak from June 17-24 during which he batted .500 (15-for-30)...tallied a season-high four hits on three occasions
(May 5 at St. Louis, May 29 at San Francisco and August 19 at Atlanta)...drove in two or more runs on 20
occasions, three or more eight times and a season-high five twice...went 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter April 24 at
Arizona...marked his first pinch-hit since July 17, 1998 (at Chicago White Sox while with Cleveland)...homered
and drove in a season-high five (fifth career game with five or more home runs), April 6 at Colorado...Notched his 100th walk of the season September 7 vs. Colorado...became the first Padre
since Rickey Henderson in 1996 (125 walks) to reach the century mark in walks and just the fi fth Friar overall,
joining Jack Clark, Henderson, Fred McGriff and Gene Tenace...led the Majors with 119 walks, the fourthhighest
total in franchise history...Giles is just the third Padre to lead the Majors in bases on balls, joining Jack
Clark (137 in 1989) and Gene Tenace (125 in 1977)...became the first player other than Barry Bonds to pace
the National League in walks since 1999 (Jeff Bagwell)...his 119 walks were the second-highest total of his
career (135 in 2002)...had 35 games with two or more walks with the Padres going 21-14 in those games...Broke his own franchise record by reaching base safely in 13 straight
plate appearances from June 19-22, just two short of the National League record...the streak began with a
single to left field off Johan Santana in the fourth inning June 19 at Minnesota and continued until he popped
out to left field in the fi fth inning June 22 vs. Los Angeles...during the streak, Giles had four singles, three
doubles, one triple and five bases on balls.
2004
2004 SUMMARY: In his first full season with the Padres, batted .284 (173-for-609) with 23 homers, 33 doubles, 94 RBI and 97 runs scored in 159 games... narrowly missed his fourth career 100-RBI, 100-run campaign... his homers, doubles, hits, RBI and runs scored all ranked second on the club while his 89 walks led the team, ranked 11th in the National League and were the 12th highest total in franchise history... played in 159 games, tying him for eighth most in the NL, the second most in his career (160 games in 2001) and tied for the eighth highest total in club history... also ranked among club single-season all-time leaders in doubles (tied for 19th), RBI (tied for 20th), runs (tied for 13th) and at-bats (tied for 13th)... homered in three straight games from May 20-22, marking the first time he had done so since July 11-13, 2002 while with Pittsburgh... tied a career-high in hits (third time) in going 5-for-5 June 30 at Arizona... had a season-high 10-game hitting streak July 2-11 during which be batted .333 (12-for-36)... had his first multi-home run game of the season, and the 16th of his career, September 12 at Colorado... stole his 10th base of the season September 21 vs. Los Angeles, giving him double digits in steals for his fifth time in the Majors.
CALL GUINNESS: Established a new franchise record for most consecutive times reaching base safely as he reached base safely in 11 straight plate appearances from August 16-18... during the stretch, tallied four walks, two singles, two doubles, one triple and two home runs... bested the previous mark of nine held by Quilvio Veras, Tony Gwynn and Bip Roberts.
FABULOUS FIRST: Tallied the first-ever hit at PETCO Park with a first inning single to right-center field off Dustin Hermanson April 8 vs. San Francisco.
HONORS AND ACCOLADES: Named NL Player of the week for games played April 26-May 2 after batting .462 (12-for-26) with three home runs and six RBI... it marked the fifth time he had been honored as such... for the month of May, batted .330 while knocking 35 hits (35-for-106) his most hits in a single month since June, 2001 (37 hits).
2002
Ranked second in the league in walks (San Francisco's Barry Bonds led with 198) and established the club record for most base on balls in a season by a left-handed batter (Bonds held previous mark of 127 in 1992 and Ralph Kiner holds the overall record with 137 in 1951) ... His .450 on-base percentage tied him for the second-best mark in the majors ... Also ranked second in the league in slugging percentage (.622) and sixth in home runs ... His 80 extra-base hits ranked second behind San Francisco's Jeff Kent (81) ... Tied for second in the league with 13 outfield assists...Also finished third in the N.L. with 24 intentional walks ... Homered once every 13.1 at bats, the third-best ratio in the league behind Bonds (8.8) and Chicago's Sammy Sosa (11.3). ... Became just the third Bucco ever to homer 30 or more times in four consecutive seasons (also Kiner from 1947-1952 and Willie Stargell from 1970-73) ... Saw his streak of three consecutive Opening Day starts with the Pirates come to an end after straining his left side during batting practice on 4/1 at New York (NL)...Missed first six games of season before returning to lineup for the home opener on 4/8 vs. Cincinnati ... Connected for first home run of the season in second game on 4/10 vs. Cincinnati ... Flied out as a pinch hitter on 4/17 at Milwaukee (his first pinch hitting appearance since 9/25/98 with Cleveland)...Homered off lefty Randy Johnson at Arizona on 5/6...Went 20-for-40 (.500) during season-high 12-game hitting streak from 5/19-30...Reached base safely in 23 straight games from 5/17 thru 6/9, going 30-for-73 (.411) with 22 walks and five hit by pitches...Hit first career "inside-the-park" home run on 5/21 at Chicago (game one) ... Hit two home runs in the same game for the 13th time in his career on 7/4 vs. Houston. ... Homered in three straight games for second time in career (7/11-13)...Hit his 139th home run as a Pirate on 7/24 at Cincinnati, surpassing Bill Mazeroski for seventh place on the club's all-time list...Delivered two-out, two-run "walk-off" double on 8/2 vs. San Francisco...Suffered a strained right calf on 8/16 vs. Milwaukee after attempting to steal third base and missed three games...Returned to the lineup on 8/20 at St. Louis and homered in his first at bat...Drew his 100th walk of the season on 8/25 at Milwaukee...Walked 10 times in a six-game span from 8/25-31...Went 1-for-21 over a seven-game stretch in mid-September and had average fall to .284 following game on 9/17 ... Snapped streak with 3-for-3 performance on 9/18 vs. Cincinnati and hit .536 (15-for-28) in his last 10 contests...Broke the club's single-season record for most walks in a season by a left-handed batter with his free pass on 9/19 vs. Cincinnati...Recorded a career-high six RBI and homered twice again on 9/27 at Chicago (NL) ... Hit third career pinch-hit home run on 9/28 at Wrigley ... Made a total of 150 starts in left field and one in center field (5/1 at Colorado) ... Led club with 27 multi-RBI games.
Notes: (thru 2002)
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Cleveland in 1989 June free agent draft (17th round)... Acquired by Pittsburgh from Cleveland on 11/18/98 in deal for pitcher Ricardo Rincon.
ML SERVICE: 6 years, 96 days
CONTRACT: Signed through 2005
MOST HR/GAME: 2 HR (14 times), last on 9/27/02 at Chicago (NL).
MOST HITS/GAME: 5 hits (2 times), 7/29/00 vs. San Diego & 4/6/00 vs. Houston ... 4 hits (4 times), last on 8/5/00 at San Francisco.
MOST RBI/GAME: 6 RBI, 9/27/02 at Chicago (NL) ... 5 RBI (2 times), 5/3/99 vs. San Francisco & 7/18/98 at Chicago (AL).
GRAND SLAMS: (4), 7/28/01 vs. Houston off Billy Wagner (day), 9/4/00 at Los Angeles off Darren Dreifort, 5/8/99 at St. Louis off Jose Jimenez & 7/18/98 at Chicago (AL) off John Snyder.
INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS: (1), 5/21/02 at Chicago-NL (game one).
LONGEST HITTING STREAK: 2002: 12 games, Career: 12 games (2002).
Two-time National League All-Star (2000 and 2001).
Four-time N.L. Player-of-the-Week (May 2-7, 2000), (August 12-20, 2000 - co), (May 3-9, 1999), (August 30-September 5, 1999)
1999 and 2000 Roberto Clemente Award winner (voted on by Pittsburgh chapter of BBWAA).
Three-time Triple-A All-Star (1994, 1995 and 1996).
His nine-year minor league totals included a .305 average (800-for-2619), 69 home runs and 371 RBI in 766 games.
Was named to the post-season All-Star team at the Triple-A level three straight years between 1994-1996.
Made last appearance as a lead-off hitter while playing with Cleveland on 8/31/97 vs. Chicago (AL).
Finished the 2002 season with 149 home runs in a Pittsburgh uniform, ranking seventh on the club's all-time list (14 behind Frank Thomas' 163).
Has homered 149 times in his first four seasons with the Pirates; only Ralph Kiner (168) homered more times in his first four seasons with the Bucs (1946-49).
His 75 home runs in the last two seasons with the Pirates (2001 & 2002) represent the most in back-to-back seasons since Willie Stargell hit 77 in 1972-73.
2001
Established career highs in games played, at bats, runs and hits...Tied
career highs in doubles, triples and stolen bases...Ranked tenth among N.L.
players in runs, on-base percentage (.404) and slugging percentage
(.590)...Led Pirates in batting, home runs and walks...Tied club record for
most total bases (340) by a left-handed hitter (also Dave Parker in
1978)...His 116 runs scored were the most by a Pittsburgh player since
Ralph Kiner scored 124 in 1951...Became just the third Bucco ever to homer
30 times or more in three straight seasons (Ralph Kiner from 1947-1952 and
Willie Stargell from 1970-73)...Has homered 111 times in his first three
seasons with the Pirates; only Ralph Kiner (114) homered more times in his
first three seasons with the Bucs (1946-48)...Was selected to play in the All-
Star Game for the second consecutive year (grounded out in lone at bat in
9th inning)...Was the club's opening day starter in left field...Made a total of
102 starts in left field and 57 in center field...Had a team-high seven outfield
assists and committed 10 errors (seven in left and three in center)...Had two-
homer games on 4/12 vs. Cincinnati, 7/4 at Cincinnati and 9/28 at St.
Louis...Batted just .240 in his first 26 games thru 5/3, but hit .323 (155-for-
480) in his final 134 contests...Connected off Houston's Billy Wagner for
fourth career grand slam on 7/28 (day game); the homer came with two outs
in the 9th inning and capped a seven-run frame in which the Pirates erased
an 8-2 deficit to win 9-8...Reached base safely in 35 straight games from 7/
12 to 8/18...Batting average peaked at .347 following three-hit game at
Cincinnati on 7/4...Had three straight three-hit games from 7/2-4...Reached
base safely 10 straight times (3 singles, 1 double, 3 homers, 3 walks) from 7/
3-5...Hit 100th career home run as a member of the Pirates on 8/9 (one of
just 17 players to homer 100 times as a Bucco)...Went hitless in his final 10
at bats and finished the season in a 1-for-16 streak...Led club with a .338
batting average at PNC Park; reached base safely in 72 of his 81 home
games, including 30 straight from 6/17 thru 8/12...Led club with 53 multi-hit
games and 26 multi-RBI games...Homered against every National League
opponent except Atlanta (24 at bats) and Colorado (25 at bats).
2000
Spent second straight full season with Pittsburgh ... Led club in doubles,
triples, home runs, RBI and walks ... His 123 RBI were eight shy of Paul
Waner's club record of 131 set in 1927 ... Became the first Bucco ever to hit
at least .300 with 30+ home runs and 100+ RBI in back-to-back seasons ...
Became third player in club history with 100 runs, 100 RBI and 100 walks in
same season (Barry Bonds in 1992 and Ralph Kiner from 1948-51) ... His
114 walks were the most by a Pirate since 1992 (Bonds with 127) ... His 74
home runs in two seasons with club represent the most in back-to-back
seasons since Willie Stargell hit 77 in 1972-73 ... Was named National
League Player-of-the-Week after hitting .400 with two doubles, three home
runs and 12 RBI between 5/2-7 and shared Player-of-the-Week honors with
Colorado's Todd Helton after hitting .523 with three doubles, one triple, three
home runs, eight RBI and six runs scored between 8/12-20 ... Named to All-
Star team for first time in career (finished 9th in voting among National
League outfielders); entered game in 6th inning (RF) and went 0-for-2 at the
plate ... Ranked second in the National League in walks, fourth with a .432
on-base percentage, ninth with 79 extra-base hits and ninth with 332 total
bases ... Also tied for fifth in RBI and tied for sixth with 13 intentional walks ...
Made 72 appearances (71 starts) in center field, 46 (45 starts) in left field and
39 (38 starts) in right field ... Committed six errors (four in center, one in right
and one in left) and led club with 14 assists (tied for second in N.L.) ... Made
103 consecutive starts to begin the season (did not start Game One of DH vs.
Los Angeles on 8/1) ... Was club's Opening Day starter in right field and
started first 16 games there ... Had first of two career-high, five-hit games -
and hit first two home runs of the year - on 4/6 vs. Houston ... Made first start
in center field @ Atlanta on 4/22. ... Batted cleanup for first time on 4/25 ...
Signed contract extension on 5/19 (thru 2005) ... Hit two home runs @
Kansas City on 6/9 ... Blasted career home run #100 on 7/17 @ Los Angeles
off Darren Dreifort ... Was in a 9-for-46 (.196) slump between 7/13-26 ...
Recorded second five-hit game on 7/29 vs. San Diego ... Made first of 45
starts in left field on 8/7 ... Hit safely in season-high 10 straight games
between 8/12-22 ... Needed a single in final at bat (was hit by a pitch) to hit
for the cycle @ Houston on 8/15 ... Hit third career grand slam on 9/4 @ Los
Angeles ... Led team with 32 multi-RBI games and ranked second with 48
multi-hit games (Jason Kendall led with 55). ... Was team's recipient of the
2000 Roberto Clemente Award, an award given annually since 1973 by the
Pittsburgh chapter of the BBWAA (also won award in 1999).
1999
Led club in batting, runs scored, home runs and RBI ... His 39 home runs
represented the eighth-highest single-season total in club history and were
the most by a Pittsburgh player since Willie Stargell hit 44 in 1973 (only two
players have ever hit 40 or more homers with the Pirates - Ralph Kiner and
Stargell) ... His RBI total was the highest by a Bucco since Barry Bonds
knocked in 116 in 1991 ... Hit 28 home runs while playing center field, nine
while playing right and one while playing left ... His 28 home runs as a center
fielder fell two shy of tying the club record, set by Frank Thomas, who
smacked 30 homers while playing center field in 1953 ... Hit 24 home runs at
home, tying the club record for most home runs hit @ Three Rivers Stadium
in a single season (Stargell also hit 24 @ 3RS in 1973) ... Ranked fifth in the
N.L. with a .614 slugging percentage and eighth with a .418 on-base
percentage ... Homered once every 13.4 at bats; the seventh-best ratio in the
league ... Was named National League Player-of-the-Week twice; after
hitting .481 with three homers and 11 RBI between 5/3-9 and again for
hitting .421 with four home runs in six games between 8/30 and 9/5 (the last
Pittsburgh player to garner the award twice in a season was Johnny Ray in
1984). ... Made 108 appearances (107 starts) in center field, 25 (23 starts) in
right field and eight (six starts) in left field ... Committed three errors (two in
center and one in right) and had eight assists ... Was Pittsburgh's opening
day left fielder, snapping Al Martin's six-year streak ... Hit safely in seven of
his first eight games (10-for-27, .370) and hit the club's first home run in
game #2 on 4/6 ... Homered off lefty Dan Serafini on 4/11 - his first home run
off a lefthander since 8/9/97 ... Had first of five two-homer games on 5/3 vs.
San Francisco ... Also tied career high (second time) with five RBI on 5/3 ...
Connected off Jose Jimenez @ St. Louis on 5/8 for second career grand
slam ... Had batting average as high as .339 following a two-hit performance
on 5/9 ... Missed game on 5/12 with an abdominal strain ... Went 10-for-60
(.167) in a 15-game stretch between 5/10-26, dropping average to .278 ... Hit
.332 (117-for-352) from 5/28 thru the end of the season ... Left game after two
innings on 6/1 vs. Los Angeles with a strained right hamstring ... Missed four
games with injury between 6/2-6 ... Returned to action as the DH for three
games in Detroit between 6/7-9 ... Eclipsed career high with 18th home run
on 7/11 @ Montreal ... Hit 20th home run on 7/18 vs. Los Angeles ... Tallied
an RBI in seven straight games (10 total) between 7/28 and 8/6 ... Homered
twice and knocked in four runs vs. Atlanta on 8/3 ... Homered nine times in a
14-game stretch between 8/18-31 ... Hit 30th home run on 8/25 vs. Colorado
... Hit safely in career-high 11 straight games between 8/22 and 9/1, going
15-for-35 (.429) with six home runs and 15 RBI ... Knocked in 31 runs in 29
games during the month of August ... Homered in three consecutive games
(four total) between 8/29-31 and tallied at least one RBI (13 total) in seven
straight games between 8/25-31 ... Matched career high (third time) with four
hits on 9/8 vs. San Diego ... Homered twice on 9/19 and went 8-for-13 with
six RBI in three-game span between 9/19-21 (his last three games) ...
Fractured middle finger on right hand while sliding into second base on 9/21
and missed remainder of the season (11 games) ... Shared club lead with 45
multiple-hit games (tied with Kevin Young) and led squad with 30 multi-RBI
games ... Hit .395 (15-for-38) in 11 games against American League teams
with four homers and nine RBI.
1998
Spent second full season with Cleveland ... Established career highs in
doubles and RBI ... Made 96 appearances (85 starts) in left field, six (five
starts) in right field and three (no starts) in center field ... Also went 2-for-20 in
six games as the designated hitter and 1-for-2 with three RBI as a pinch
hitter ... Collected four hits in his first four at bats ... Homered twice @
Anaheim on 4/3 ... Went 11-for-25 (.440) with six home runs and 13 RBI in
his first 13 games through 4/17 ... Homered four times in a six-game span
between 4/11-17 ... Shared team lead in home runs (six) at the end of April ...
Was hitting .314 following a 3-for-4 performance vs. Baltimore on 5/6 ... Went
7-for-55 (.127) in his next 14 games, dropping average to .232 on 5/23 ...
Suffered a sprained left ankle running into the outfield wall in Toronto on 5/
30 ... Was placed on the 15-day disabled list the next day and was not
activated until the start of the second half on 7/8 ... Appeared in 13 games
with Buffalo (AAA) while on a rehab assignment which began on 6/23 ... Hit
.243 (35-for-144) with 10 homers and 35 RBI in 49 games prior to getting
hurt and .286 (59-for-206) with six home runs and 31 RBI in 62 games after
returning ... Hit safely in career-high, eight straight games between 7/9-18,
going 15-for-28 (.536) with 10 RBI ... Had first career four-hit game on 7/11
vs. Minnesota ... Picked up four more hits and tallied career-high five RBI on
7/18 @ Chicago (AL) ... Also connected off Chicago's John Snyder for first
career grand slam on 7/18 ... Batted .348 in July, hitting safely in 15 of his 18
starts ... Reached base safely in 34-of-35 games between 5/24 and 8/15;
reached base via hit or walk in 80 of his 95 starts (84.2%) ... Went 55 games
without making an error before doing so on 7/20 ... Did not play in three-
game series @ Anaheim between 8/3-5, due to a series of infected spider
bites on the lower part of his left leg ... Collected at least one RBI (seven
total) during a six-game hitting streak (8-for-23, .348) between 8/20-28 ...
Homered for the last time on 9/5 @ Detroit ... Hit just .193 (11-for-57) with two
RBI in his final 19 games ... Had seven assists and committed five errors ...
Went 2-for-10 with a double in three games during the A.L. Division Series
against the Red Sox and 1-for-12 in four games against the Yankees in the
A.L.C.S ... .
1997
Spent first full season in the majors and established career highs in games,
runs, hits, triples and home runs ... Made 73 starts in left field, 13 in center
field and 11 in right field ... Also went 4-for-20 in nine games as the
designated hitter and 3-for-12 with four RBI as a pinch hitter ... Appeared in
the leadoff spot of the batting order for 20 games between 8/8-31 and hit
.271 (23-for-85) with four doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI ... Had first
career two-homer game on 8/3 @ Texas ... His home run on 8/9 off Texas'
Eric Gunderson was the 20th of his career and his first off a LHP ... Had a
seven-game hitting streak between 9/15-20 (7-for-22, .318) ... Hit a
combined .222 (6-for-27) with two doubles and four RBI in 14 post-season
games with the A.L. Champion Indians ...
1996
Began season with Buffalo ... Was recalled from Triple-A on 7/12 ... At the
time of the recall his 20 home runs and 63 RBI were the third-highest totals
in the American Association, while his .315 average ranked sixth ... Despite
spending the remainder of the season at the big-league level, he was
selected to the American Association Post-Season All-Star Team as an
outfielder ... Also played in the Triple-A All-Star Game in Salt Lake on 7/10 ...
Homered off Dave Stevens as a pinch hitter @ Minnesota on the night of his
recall (7/12), tying the game at 5-5 in the 9th inning (Cleveland won the
game 7-5) ... Hit .463 (25-for-54) in his first 23 games with the Indians with
four home runs and 16 RBI and took over the full-time DH role until Julio
Franco was activated from the DL and Kevin Seitzer was acquired from
Milwaukee at the end of August ... Appeared in only 15 games in September,
but hit .500 (11-for-22) with four doubles and five RBI ... Made 28 starts with
Cleveland (20 as the DH, four in LF and four in RF) ... Did not make an error
in the outfield ... Went 4-for-14 with a homer and three RBI as a pinch hitter ...
Made playoff debut - and only appearance - on 10/1 @ Camden Yards in
Game 1 of the Division Series vs. Baltimore and struck out as a pinch hitter in
the 8th inning ...
1995
Spent full season at the Triple-A level ... Was named to the American
Association Post-Season All-Star Team for the second straight season ...
Shared the league lead in triples and ranked fifth in average and walks ...
Also ranked third with a .395 on-base percentage and fourth with 207 total
bases ... Hit two home runs and knocked in seven runs (equaled Buffalo
record) on 7/26 at Omaha ... Named American Association's Player-of-the-
Week after hitting .385 with five home runs and 11 RBI between 7/24-30 ...
Made 64 starts in right field and 45 in left field ... Hit safely in eight-of-nine
post-season games for the Herd, posting a .309 (12-for-39) average ...
Recalled by Cleveland after the American Association playoffs on 9/15 ...
Made Major League debut the next day as a starter in right field vs. Boston
and collected first big league hit off Roger Clemens in his second at bat ...
Connected off Jeff Montgomery for first big-league homer on 9/24 @ Kansas
City (the two-run, pinch-hit blast in the 9th inning was the first and only PH-
homer of the '95 season by an Indian) ... Went 2-for-2 as a pinch hitter ...
Made all three defensive appearances (one start) in right field.
1994...
Spent entire season with Charlotte (Indians' AAA) ... Named as an outfielder
on the International League Post-Season All-Star Team ... His .313 average
was the fourth-highest total in the league ... Led club in runs and ranked
ninth in the circuit in that department ... Also tied for fifth in the International
League in on-base percentage (.390) ... Hit .433 in April ... Hit safely in 13
straight games between 7/24 and 8/6 (19-for-53, .358) ... Hit .282 (40-for-
142) for Sun Cities during the Arizona Fall League.
1993...
Spent entire season Canton-Akron (Indians' AA) and produced the fourth-
highest average in the Eastern League ... Ranked fifth in the league with a
.409 on-base percentage and 10th with a .452 slugging percentage ... Was
selected Topps' Eastern League Player-of-the-Month for August ... Hit a
grand slam at Bowie on 5/1.
1992...
Began season with Canton-Akron ... Was assigned to Kinston (Indians' A) on
6/21 ... Had a pair of four-hit games while playing with Kinston ... Reached
base safely in 18 straight games to close the season ... Led team with a .398
on-base percentage ... Batted a combined .248 with three homers and 21
RBI in 65 games with the two clubs.
1991...
Spent entire season with Kinston ... Ranked third in the Carolina League in
batting and second with a .411 on-base percentage ... Also tied for sixth in
runs ... Went 5-for-5 with a HR and two RBI @ Salem on 6/10 and 4-for-5
with a double, homer and four RBI the next game to earn Player-of-the-Week
honors ... Had team-high four RBI in the League Championship Series vs.
Lynchburg and delivered game-winning RBI in final game ... Named to the
Carolina League All-Star Team.
1990...
Spent entire season with Watertown (Indians' A) ... Led club in doubles and
walks ... Struck out just once every 12.83 PA, the second-best ratio in the
New York-Penn League ... Hit .300 in July (30-for-100) and again in August
(30-for-100).
1989...
Spent first professional season with Burlington of the Appalachian League ...
Ranked second on the club in hitting ... Participated in the Tribe's
Instructional League following the season.
1994
Spent entire season with Charlotte (Indians' AAA) ... Named as an outfielder
on the International League Post-Season All-Star Team ... His .313 average
was the fourth-highest total in the league ... Led club in runs and ranked
ninth in the circuit in that department ... Also tied for fifth in the International
League in on-base percentage (.390) ... Hit .433 in April ... Hit safely in 13
straight games between 7/24 and 8/6 (19-for-53, .358) ... Hit .282 (40-for-
142) for Sun Cities during the Arizona Fall League.
1993
Spent entire season Canton-Akron (Indians' AA) and produced the fourth-
highest average in the Eastern League ... Ranked fifth in the league with a
.409 on-base percentage and 10th with a .452 slugging percentage ... Was
selected Topps' Eastern League Player-of-the-Month for August ... Hit a
grand slam at Bowie on 5/1.
1992
Began season with Canton-Akron ... Was assigned to Kinston (Indians' A) on
6/21 ... Had a pair of four-hit games while playing with Kinston ... Reached
base safely in 18 straight games to close the season ... Led team with a .398
on-base percentage ... Batted a combined .248 with three homers and 21
RBI in 65 games with the two clubs.
1991
Spent entire season with Kinston ... Ranked third in the Carolina League in
batting and second with a .411 on-base percentage ... Also tied for sixth in
runs ... Went 5-for-5 with a HR and two RBI @ Salem on 6/10 and 4-for-5
with a double, homer and four RBI the next game to earn Player-of-the-Week
honors ... Had team-high four RBI in the League Championship Series vs.
Lynchburg and delivered game-winning RBI in final game ... Named to the
Carolina League All-Star Team.
1990
Spent entire season with Watertown (Indians' A) ... Led club in doubles and
walks ... Struck out just once every 12.83 PA, the second-best ratio in the
New York-Penn League ... Hit .300 in July (30-for-100) and again in August
(30-for-100).
1989
Spent first professional season with Burlington of the Appalachian League ...
Ranked second on the club in hitting ... Participated in the Tribe's
Instructional League following the season.
