Jason Hart

Jason Wyatt Hart . . . wife Jenny (Hawkins) . . . daughter Kloe (11/11/04) . . . 1995 graduate of Fair Grove (MD) High School . . . attended Southwest Missouri State University where he led the conference in homers in 1997 and was named Missouri Valley Conference All-Star in 1998.

2000

Hit safely in 10 of 11 games, going 20-46 (.435), April 6-16 . . . homered in consecutive games, April 8-9, July 23-24 and August 21-23 . . . season-high 5 rbi, April 20 at Round Rock . . . homered in 3 consecutive games, April 20-22 . . . hit safely in 8 of 9 games, going 15-38 (.395), May 1-10 . . . had 10-game hit-streak, going 20-43 (.465), May 12-21 . . . homered in 4 consecutive games, May 13-16 . . . hit safely in 11 of 13 games, going 22-55 (.400), June 6-22 . . . played in Double-A All-Star Game, July 12 at Bowie . . . season-high 12-game hit-streak, going 22-48 (.458), July 27-August 8 . . . tied season-high 4 hits, August 21 vs. Shreveport . . . had 7-game hit-streak, going 14-32 (.438), August 21-28 . . . promoted to Sacramento, August 31 . . . led Texas League in at-bats, rbi, slugging percentage (.582), total bases (318) and extra-base hits (77), was second in batting, doubles and homers and third in games . . . led all minor leaguers in hits, extra-base hits and total bases and was second in rbi . . . named to Texas League Post-Season All-Star team and Class AA All-Star team by Topps and Baseball America . . . named Topps' Minor League Player of the Year.

2001

Homered in consecutive games, April 7-8, April 19-21 and July 25-26 . . . hit safely in 6 of 7 games, going 11-29 (.379), April 14-21 . . . season-high 4 hits, April 19 at Calgary . . . was 8-25 (.320) in 6 games, April 26-May 1 . . . had 9-game hit-streak, May 4-12 . . . hit safely in 10 of 12 games, going 14-42 (.333), May 15-25 . . . was 11-27 (.408) in 8 games, July 12-20 . . . season-high 10-game hit-streak, going 16-39 (.410), July 25-August 4 . . . had 2-homer game and tied season-high 4 rbi, August 23 vs. Calgary.

2002

Traded to Texas along with pitcher Mario Ramos, outfi elder Ryan Ludwick and catcher Gerald Laird in exchange for fi rst baseman Carlos Pena and pitcher Mike Venafro, January 14 . . . had 9-game hit-streak, going 13-41 (.317), April 14-22 . . . season-high 4 hits, May 4 at Omaha . . . homered in consecutive games, May 6-7, May 11-12 and May 17- 18 . . . hit safely in 10 of 11 games, going 16-44 (.364), May 28-June 8 . . . season-high 5 rbi, May 29 vs. Iowa . . . hit safely in 10 of 12 games, going 16-47 (.340), June 12-24 . . . was 10-27 (.370) in 6 games, July 14-19 . . . had 8-game hit-streak, going 12-27 (.444), July 25-August 2 . . . tied season-high 9-game hit-streak, going 13-38 (.342), August 9-19 . . . recalled August 17 . . . made major league debut, August 18 vs. Toronto . . . optioned August 19 . . . recalled September 9 . . . doubled off Mark Mulder for fi rst major league hit, September 22 at Oakland.

2003

Was 8-15 (.533) in 4 games, April 5-9 . . . had 5-game hit-streak, going 12-21 (.571), April 11-15 . . . had 2-homer game and season-high 6 rbi, April 12 at Albuquerque . . . hit safely in 7 of 9 games, April 21-30 . . . Rangers' Minor League Player of the Month for April . . . season-high 9-game hit-streak, May 28-June 7 . . . homered in consecutive games, June 28-29 . . . hit safely in 11 of 13 games, going 18-52 (.346), July 8-23 . . . was 8-23 (.348) in 6 games, August 1-7 . . . had 2-homer game, August 4 at Edmonton . . . tied season-high 4 hits, August 11 vs. Albuquerque . . . was third in league in games and at-bats.

2004

Missed entire season recovering from surgery to remove brain tumor.

2005

Had 8-game hit-streak, going 12-32 (.375), April 20-28 . . . homered in consecutive games, April 24-25 . . . hit safely in 7 of 8 games, May 7-15 . . . had 2-homer game, May 14 vs. San Antonio . . . was 11-19 (.579) in 5 games, May 17-21 . . . season-high 4 hits, May 20 vs. Midland . . . hit safely in 5 of 6 games, going 8-21 (.381), June 15-23 . . . was 7-16 (.438) in 4 games, July 21-24 . . . season-high 4 rbi, August 1 at Corpus Christi . . . season-high 11-game hit-streak, going 15-37 (.405), August 11-24.