Kevin is a career .274 hitter with 170 home runs and 699 RBI during his 12-year major league career
with Florida (1998-2002), Boston (2003-05), Baltimore (2006-08) and Toronto (2009) ... he signed
a minor league deal with the Cubs in February of 2010 with an invite to major league Spring Training...Has played 1,427 major league games in his career, more than any
undrafted player who began his career in the independent leagues ... Rey
Ordonez (973 games) held the previous record before Millar passed him
in 2006...Owns a .285 career batting average (360-for-1265) with 506 RBI and a
.388 on-base percentage with runners in scoring position...Is a career .346 hitter (46-for-133) with 15 doubles, three triples, four
home runs, 134 RBI and a .990 OPS with the bases loaded...Played in 105 or more games in 10-straight seasons, 1999-2008 ...
included a career-high 150 in 2004...Attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas...Graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, Calif...His uncle, Wayne Nordhagen, was an
outfielder who batted .282 with 39
homers in eight seasons with the White
Sox, Blue Jays, Pirates and Cubs from 1976-83...He received the Jackie Jensen Award, presented annually by the Boston
chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America to the player who
best embodies the spirit and desire of the former Red Sox outfielder, after
the 2003 campaign...Following the 2001 season, he was presented with the Charlie Hough
Good Guy Award from the Florida chapter of the BBWAA...Went undrafted ... following college, played for the independent St. Paul
Saints in 1993 before he was signed by Florida as a non-drafted free
agent.
2009
Kevin batted .223 (56-for-251) with 29 RBI in a career-low 78 games in his first year as a Blue Jay ... it marked the first time
he had not played in at least 105 games in 10 seasons...Appeared in 46 games (44 starts) at first base, four games (two starts)
at third base and 22 games (21 starts) as the designated hitter...Hit at a .375 clip (9-for-24) when putting the first pitch in play ... he batted
.291 (23-for-79) with no outs in an inning...Went 7-for-17 (.412) when putting a 0-1 pitch into play...Finished April with a .343 batting average (12-for-35), three doubles, a
home run, seven RBI and a .909 OPS in nine games ... four of his nine
April contests were multi-hit affairs...Made his debut as a Blue Jay April 10 at Cleveland, going 2-for-4 with
one double and a RBI...Was a defensive replacement at third base May 16 vs. the White Sox,
representing his first appearance at third since 2002...Rode a season-high five-game hitting streak, September 27-October 3,
going 7-for-17 (.412) with two walks, two runs, a double, a homer, two
RBI and a 1.121 OPS during the run.
2008
In his third season with the Orioles, batted .234 (124-for-531) with 20 home runs and 72 RBI in 145 games ... he hit 20 or more
home runs for the third time in his career and the first since collecting a career-high 25 in 2003 while with Boston...Batted .296 (72-for-243) with 14 home runs, 48 RBI and a .912 OPS in
63 Oriole victories ... had a .181 average (24-for-80) with six home runs,
24 RBI and a .550 OPS in 82 Baltimore losses...Hit .300 (24-for-80) with an .888 OPS in 21 games batting sixth in the
lineup...Had three multi-homer games: May 27 vs. New York (A.L.), July 25 vs.
Los Angeles (A.L.) and August 8 vs. Texas...Scored a season-high three runs three times: April 5 vs. Seattle, May 20
at New York (A.L.) and July 25 vs. Los Angeles (A.L.)...Tied a career high with three extra-base hits May 27 vs. New York (A.L.)
- a double and two home runs...Hit safely in a season-high seven games, June 1-7, batting .370 (10-for-
27) with three home runs and seven RBI in that stretch...Had a game-winning RBI-single with one out in the 10th inning, June 18
vs. Houston...Matched a career-high with four knocks, July 6 vs. Texas.
2007
Appeared in 140 games in his 2nd year as an Oriole, making starts at 1B (101), DH (31) and LF (2)...Set a team record by reaching base safely in 52 consecutive games, June 21-August 25...Broke Ken
Singleton's 1977 club record of 49 straight games on August 23...The streak is tied for 7th longest in the
majors in the last 51 years...Started 74 of the final 81 games after starting 60 of the first 81...Batted .277 (61-220) with a .395 on-base percentage before the All-Star break...Tied for 9th in the American League with 8 home runs against left-handed pitchers and was 16th with
76 walks...Had a 9-game hitting streak, April 7-16, over which he batted .414 (12-29)...Singled in the 7th inning on May 5 against Cleveland for his 1,000th career hit...Reached base safely all 4 trips to the plate without an official at-bat on May 31 at Los Angeles, drawing
3 walks and being hit by a pitch...Hit safely in 15 of 21 games with an at-bat in May, batting .290 (20-69)...Went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI on July 2 at Chicago and drove in the game-winning run in the 9th...Had 3 hits, including a home run, and 3 RBI on July 13...Added a solo HR on July 14, both vs.
Chicago...Batted .355 (11-31) with 3 HR and 10 RBI against the White Sox this season...Went 3-for-5 and hit a 3-run game-winning HR in the 10th inning on August 12 vs. Boston...Was 3-for-3 with a home run, 2 walks and career-high 4 runs scored August 14 at New York...Batted
.355 (22-62) with four home runs against the Yankees this season, his most homers against any opponent
in 2007...Went 3-for-4 with a double and his first stolen base of the year on September 23 at Texas.
2006
Reached base via hit, walk or hit by pitch in 103 of 132 games and finished 2nd on the Orioles with a .374 on-base percentage...Ranked 4th on the club with 15 home runs and 26 doubles...Is one of 23 players to hit at least 25 doubles
in each of the last six seasons, starting in 2001...Was hit by pitch 12 times, 2nd on the team and tied for 6th most in the American League...Has been
hit 37 times over the last 3 seasons, tied for 3rd most in the AL in that time...Hit 2 home runs on April 12 at Tampa Bay, his 5th career 2-homer game and 6th multi-homer
game...Had a total of 3 home runs over the first two months of the season before hitting three in a 4-
game span, June 1-5...Had a game-winning, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the 9th inning on May 14 against Kansas
City...Beginning with that at-bat, hit .305 (11-36) over a 12-game stretch through June 1...Drove in at least one run in 7 straight games, May 31-June 7, with a total of 10 RBI over that time...Snapped an 0-for-22 streak with a double on August 12 at Boston...Homered in consecutive games August 13 and 15, the 2nd time he accomplished the feat during the season...Also homered in back-to-back games, June 4-5...Hit 2 doubles and matched his career high with 5 RBI on August 19 in a 15-0 win vs. Toronto...Matched
his career high with his 8th 4-hit game on September 26 at New York...Had a season-high 9-game hitting streak, August 22-31, in which he batted .423 (11-26)...Hit safely in 29 of his final 35 games of the season, increasing his batting average from .238 to a season-
high .272...Batted .344 in September and tied Ramon Hernandez for the team lead with 16
RBI...Was 2nd to only Hernandez on the club with 5 home runs in the final month...Hit just .170 (8-47) in 15 interleague games, lowering his career batting average to .303 (122-403) in
127 interleague games with Florida, Boston and the Orioles...Tied for 8th in the AL with a .545 batting average with the bases loaded, going 6-for-11 with 3 walks, a
HBP and 15 RBI...Has a career .396 average (40-101) with 14 doubles, 3 triples, 3 homers and 113 RBI
with the bases loaded...Hit .274 (34-124) with runners in scoring position...In his career, is a .298 hitter with runners in scoring
position...Has hit 46 of his 126 career homers in the 7th inning or later...Has played 1,064 major league games in his career, more than any undrafted player who began his
career in the independent leagues...Rey Ordonez had the previous record with 973 games.
2005
In his third year in Boston, batted .237 through May before hitting .293 the remainder of the season...
His .272 batting average and .355 on-base percentage were both the second-lowest totals of his
major league career, although his OBP would have finished 2nd on the Orioles in 2005...Hit just 4
homers over his first 107 games, then went deep 5 times in his last 26 contests...Endured the two longest
homerless droughts of his career, going 121 at-bats (dating to 9/28/04) before hitting his first homer in
Boston's 32nd game of the season on 5/9 vs. Oakland, then went 182 homerless at-bats between 6/4
and 8/24...Homered 5 times in a 13-game stretch, 8/24-9/7...Hit his 2nd career game-winning home run
on 5/10 vs. Oakland, a 2-run shot off Octavio Dotel to give the Red Sox a 3-2 win...His first game-winning
homer came on 9/29/01 with Florida vs. Philadelphia...Had a pair of 2-homer games, 6/4 vs. Los
Angeles/Anaheim and 8/31 vs. Tampa Bay...Batted .429 (21-49) over a 15-game span, 5/26-6/15, to
raise his average from .231 to .278...Hit .377 in June and .292 in July...Combined to hit just .247 before
and after those months, and did not hit over .267 in any other month...Had a season-high 13-game hitting
streak, 8/30-9/16, in which he hit .356 (16-45) with 7 doubles, 4 homers and 8 RBI, to raise his average
from .270 to .279...Hit .283 (87-307) off right-handers and .246 (35-142) off lefties...Tripled on 4/29
vs. Texas, his first in 2 years and 2nd since hitting five for Florida in 2001...Hit .412 (14-34) in interleague
play.
2004
SUMMARY: Rode a big second half to a .297 average, 36 doubles, 18 home runs and 74
RBI in a career-high 150 games for the World Champions...posted a personal-best .383
on-base percentage and tied Cleveland's Travis Hafner for the A.L. lead with a careerhigh
17 hit-by-pitches...started 67 games at first base, 53 in right field, 11 in left field
and 7 as designated hitter.
A TALE OF TWO SEASONS: Millar was batting .269 (80-for-297) with 5 homers, 25 RBI,
a .348 on-base percentage and a .384 slugging percentage in 85 games through July 19,
but in 65 games the rest of the way, he hit .336 (71-for-211) with 13 homers, 49 RBI, a
.429 on-base percentage and a .602 slugging percentage.
HOME, SWEET HOME: Excelled at Fenway Park, where he hit .350 with 12 homers and 53
RBI in 77 games...batted .242 with 6 homers and 21 RBI in 73 road games...his .350 home
average was 3rd-best in the A.L. behind Baltimore's Melvin Mora (.356) and Detroit's Ivan
Rodriguez (.354).
CLUTCH: Hit .313 (40-for-
128) with runners in scoring
position, .339 (21-for-62)
with men in scoring position
and 2 outs and .350 (7-for-
20) with 18 RBI with the
bases loaded.
BEAST OF THE EAST: 13 of
his 18 homers and 47 of his
74 RBI came against A.L.
East foes...batted .322 (19-
for-59) with 5 homers and 10
RBI in 17 games against the
Yankees...hit 4 homers and
knocked in 14 vs. Tampa
Bay, and went deep 4 times
with 12 RBI vs.
Baltimore...didn't homer but knocked in 11 in 19 games vs. Toronto.
GOOD THINGS COME IN THREE'S: Millar slammed 3 solo home runs July 23 vs. New York,
becoming just the 24th player in Red Sox history to register a 3-homer game, the first
since Bill Mueller July 29, 2003 at Texas...the 3-homer game was the 13th by a Boston
player at Fenway Park, the first in exactly 2 years, since Nomar Garciaparra celebrated
his birthday with 3 homers in game one of a July 23, 2002 doubleheader vs. Tampa
Bay...Millar became just the 2nd Red Sox player to hit 3 home runs in a game against the
Yankees...Mo Vaughn turned the trick May 30, 1997 at Fenway...the only New York player
to ever slam 3 home runs in a Red Sox-Yankees game was Lou Gehrig in 1927...Millar
homered in each of his last 3 at-bats, the 4th player in club history to go deep in 3
straight trips to the plate in the same game...also turning the trick: Ken Harrelson June
14, 1968 at Cleveland, Mo Vaughn September 24, 1996 vs. Baltimore and Nomar
Garciaparra July 23, 2002 vs. Tampa Bay (game one).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 9 of his 18 homers were hit in 2-strike counts...batted .325 (77-
for-237) with 11 homers and 42 RBI when playing first base...hit .273 (65-for-238) with
6 homers and 26 RBI in the outfield...posted a .349 average (37-for-106) with 4 long
balls when leading off an inning...hit 5 homers and knocked in 25 in 81 games before the
break and 13 homers and 49 RBI in 69 games after...the Sox were 33-11 (.750) when
Millar had an RBI in 2004 and are 77-23 (.770) when he has an RBI over the last 2 years.
MORE 2004 HIGHLIGHTS: Matched his career high with 4 hits May 6 in Cleveland, his first
4-hit effort since June 24, 2003 vs. Detroit...posted a 9-game hitting streak from May 1-
10, during which he hit .485 (16-for-33)...hit a solo homer off Baltimore's Eddy Rodriguez
May 31, his first long ball in 32 games and 116 at-bats since April 23, then went deep
again off Anaheim's Bartolo Colon the next night...homered in 3 straight games July 21-
23 for the first time since August 19-22, 2001 with Florida with 5 blasts in that span...was
named the American League co-Player of the Week for the week of July 19-25 after
batting .583 (14-for-24) with 6 homers, 11 RBI, a .615 on-base percentage and 1.333
slugging percentage in 6 games...shared the honor with Baltimore's Miguel Tejada...had
an RBI in 6 straight games from July 21-26 (13 RBI)...August 11 vs. Tampa Bay, matched
his career highs with 4 hits and 3 runs...hit safely in a season-best 10 straight games
August 9-18...batted .438 (14-for-32) with 10 runs, 2 homers, 5 doubles and 11 RBI
during the tear...fell a triple shy of the cycle September 7 at Oakland, clubbing his 99th
career home run and matching his career-high with 3 runs scored...crushed his 100th
career homer September 15 vs. Tampa Bay as part of a 2-for-4 effort with a double and
2 RBI... September 16 vs. Tampa Bay, went 2-for-4 with a homer, double and 4 RBI (to
match his season high) to cap a 3-game series vs. the Devil Rays in which he went 6-for-
11 with 2 homers, 3 doubles and 6 RBI...was the hero September 28 at Tampa Bay,
slugging a 2-run homer off Tampa Bay's Danys Baez in the 11th inning to lead the Sox to
the 10-8 victory.
IN THE POSTSEASON: Posted a .238 (10-for-42) average with 4 doubles, a home run, 6
RBI, 8 walks and 7 strikeouts in 14 post-season contests as the Red Sox won their first
World Championship in 86 years...started the first 12 games of the postseason at first
base before David Ortiz played first in Games 3 and 4 of the World Series in St. Louis,
where there was no designated hitter...Millar went 3-for-10 (.300) with a homer, 4 RBI
and 2 runs scored in the ALDS against the Angels...was 2-for-4 with a homer and 2 RBI
in the Red Sox' 9-3 Game 1 win at Angel Stadium...his 2-run homer off Jarrod Washburn
gave the Sox a 3-0 lead and ignited a 7-run 4th inning...went 1-for-3 with a run scored in
Game 2...batted .250 (6-for-24) with 3 doubles, 2 RBI, 5 walks and 4 runs scored in 7
ALCS games against the Yankees...was 1-for-4 with a 2-run double off Mike Mussina to
ignite a 5-run 7th in Game 1...went 2-for-13 in Games 2-5 before a 2-for-4 effort with a
double and a run scored in Game 6...added a hit, a walk and a run scored in the pennantclinching
Game 7 win in the Bronx...was 1-for-8 with a double and 2 runs scored in 4
games in the World Series vs. St. Louis...started Games 1 and 2 at first base before
appearing as a pinch hitter in Games 3 and 4...his lone hit of the Series came in the first
inning of Game 1, a double high off the Green Monster off Woody Williams, part of a 4-run
inning that got the Sox off and running.
2003
Millar begins his 2nd season with the Red Sox after playing for the Marlins from 1998-2002...enters the year a .290 career hitter in 648 big league contests...undrafted out of Lamar University, he made his pro debut with the St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League in 1993 before signing with the Marlins in '94...Acquired from the Marlins for cash considerations on February 15, 2003, Millar enjoyed his finest major league season in his first Boston campaign...established career bests in virtually every category, including 25 home runs and 96 RBI...also registered personal bests with 148 games, 544 at-bats, 83 runs, 150 hits, 60 walks, 3 stolen bases and 9 sac flies (6th-most in the A.L.)...appeared in 148 games: 101 games (96 starts) at first base, 19 games (12 starts) in left field, and 12 games (10 starts) in right field...Singled in his first Red Sox at-bat March 31 at Tampa Bay, the
1,500th at-bat of his M.L. career...went 3-for-5 with a double, a homer, 4 RBI and 2 runs
in a 14-5 win April 3 at Tampa Bay...went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run in his April 12
Fenway Park debut vs. Baltimore...drove in 4 in his 2nd career 2-homer game in a 9-1 win
June 8 at Milwaukee...hit a 3-run homer in the 3rd and a solo shot in the 8th...drew a
career-high 4 walks June 12 vs. St. Louis...matched career highs with 4 hits and 5 RBI in
a 10-1 win June 24 vs. Detroit...Posted a .996 fielding percentage at first base, charged with only 4
errors in 943 total chances in 101 games (96 starts)...came within 2 putouts of tying the
major league record for putouts by a first baseman in a 9-inning game June 14 vs.
Houstonwith Derek Lowe on the hill, Millar had 20the record is 22, shared by 4
American Leaguers (last by Seattles Alvin Davis on May 28, 1988) and a lone National
Leaguer (Chicagos Ernie Banks on May 9, 1963)...made one error in 54 total chances in
31 games (26 starts) in the outfield, good for a .981 fielding percentage...had 3 outfield
assists, 2 from left field and one from right...The Red Sox went 44-12 (.786) when he drove in a run with wins
in 30 of his last 35 games with an RBI...hit .356 (21-for-59) with 6 doubles, a triple, 3
homers and 17 RBI in 16 interleague games...batted .289 with 5 homers vs. lefthanders
and .268 with 19 homers vs. righthanders...hit .288 with 10 homers at Fenway Park and
.258 with 14 long balls on the road...posted 36 multi-hit games, including 6 games with
3 hits and a 4-hit game...drove in 2 or more runs 26 times, including 5 games with 3 RBI,
3 games with 4 RBI and his 2nd career 5-RBI game June 24 vs. Detroit...hit 7 homers
and knocked in 13 runs in 18 games vs. Toronto, and added 5 long balls and 12 RBI in 14
games against Tampa Bay...homered in back-to-back games 3 times: April 17 vs. Tampa
Bay and April 18 vs. Toronto, June 7 and June 8 (2 homers) at Milwaukee and July 19-20
vs. Toronto...June was his finest month of the season, as he hit .373 (31-for-83) with 9
doubles, a triple, 5 homers and 24 RBI in 22 games...Appeared in all 12 post-season games against the Athletics and
Yankees and hit .240 (12-for-50) with a home run and 3 RBI in his first career playoff
action...batted .238 (5-for-21) in the ALDS vs. Oakland...hit .241 (7-for-29) with a
homer and 3 RBI in the ALCS against New York...was 2-for-5 with an RBI in Boston's wins
in Game 1 and 6...hit a 4th-inning solo homer off Roger Clemens to give Boston a 4-0
lead in Game 7.
2002
Played in 126 games, hitting .306 with a career-high 41 doubles, 16 HR, 57 RBI...Ranked seventh in the N.L. in doubles, the fourth highest total in Marlins history...Tied for 2nd in N.L. with 24 doubles after the All-Star break...Recorded a career-high 25 game hitting streak from 8/24-9/19, the third longest streak in the M.L (45-102, .441)) with 17 doubles, 3 HR and 17 RBI that included 18 multi-hit games...Had career-best six straight multi-hit games from 9/5-10...Reached base safely in 43 straight games from 8/10-9/28 with a .408 on-base pct. and .608 slugging pct....Ranked 8th in N.L. with .333 batting avg. at home...Hit .269 with 17 doubles, 5 HR and 19 RBI in 58 games before the All-Star break; hit .335 with 24 doubles, 11 HR, and 38 RBI in 68 games after the All-Star break...Hit .385 with RISP after 7/1...Recorded a hit in 29 of last 33 games...Raised batting avg. 57 points (from .249 to .306) over last 50 games...Was fifth different Opening Day RF for Fla. in last five years...Placed on D.L. from 5/4-27 with left abdominal strain...Had three-game rehab stint w/Portland (AA) 5/25-27...Had first career multi-HR game 7/15 at NYM...Matched career-high with four hits 9/14 vs. Atl.... Made 110 starts, including 87 in LF, 21 in RF, one at 1B and one at 3B...Acquired by Red Sox from Fla. for cash considerations on 2/15/03.
2001
Became first Marlin to receive two postseason awards from the So.
Florida chapter of BWAA in same season as Most Improved Player and
Charlie Hough "Good Guy," awarded annually to the player who best
fosters positive relations with the media...Set career highs in many
offensive categories, including avg. (.314), G (144), H (141), 3B
(five), HR (20), RBI (85), R (62) and AB (449)...Had 39 doubles,
second on the team...Surpassed his M.L. doubles total entering the
season (31)...Led Fla. with a .368 batting avg. (39-106) with RISP,
7th in the N.L....Collected 64 extra-base hits, second on the
team... Had 35 multi-hit games and 21 multi-RBI games...Collected
season-high four RBI four times...Ranked 12th in N.L. with .320 (81-
253) batting avg. in 73 games after the All-Star break... Hit .306
(60x196) in 71 games prior to the break...Hit 20th HR on 10/2 vs.
Mont. off T. Armas...Named N.L.'s Player of the Week for 7/9-15 when
he hit .600 (9-15) with two HR and five RBI...Started 111 of Fla.'s
final 128 games, splitting time at 1B, 3B, LF and RF...Overall, made
116 starts (65 in RF, 20 in LF, 15 at 1B, 10 at 3B and six as
DH)...Led Fla. with a .412 batting avg. (28x68) in Interleague play,
ranking 3rd in the M.L....Hit in 16 of 18 Interleague contests,
including 8 multi-hit games...Had 12-game hitting streak from 8/27-
9/7 and hit .395 (17-43) with four HR, two doubles, one triple, and
nine RBI... Hit in 20 of 21 games from 8/17-9/7...Hit first two
grand slams of career (6/23 vs. Phil, A. Telemaco; 9/4 vs. CHC, J.
Lieber)...Combined for a .993 fielding pct., including errorless
apps. at 1B (123 TC), 3B (16 TC) and LF (50 TC).
2000
Set then career highs with 14 HR and 123 games, including 62
starts..Set new career high with four hits in Fla.'s'4-3 win over R.
Johnson and Ariz.7/ 30...Started 62 games, including 31 at 1B, 12 at
3B, 13 in LF and six as DH...Hit safely in 12 of last 17 starts from
7/18-10/1, hitting .305 (18-59) with six HR, eight doubles and 14
RBI...Hit .375 (12-32) with two HR and six RBI in 20 games in
July...Began season as Fla's Opening Day 1B after hitting .400 (22-
55) with a team-high five HR and 13 RBI in Spring Training.
1999
Reached base by hit or walk in first 18 M.L. games, including one
game in 1998 and first 17 of 1999...Finished 5th in N.L. with .367
batting avg. with RISP...Had career-high five RBI 7/3 after two
three-RBI games...Had contract purchased 5/21 from Calgary (AAA) and
had double, triple, two RBI and run scored that night vs.
Pitts...Hit two-out, two-strike, three-run, inside-the-park HR for
game-winner in 9th of 6-5 win 5/24 at CHC, his first M.L. homer (off
R. Aguilera)...Had 9-game hit streak from 7/23-31 (.455, 15-
33)...Played 36 G at Calgary (.301, 7 HR, 26 RBI)...Extended his
streak of reaching base safely to 72 straight pro games from 7/11/
97-4/19/99...Included final 46 games in 1997 at Portland (AA), one
in 1998 with Fla., 14 in 1998 at Charlotte (AAA) and 11 in 1999 with
Calgary...Streak was snapped 4/25 at Albuquerque...Hit .342 (94-275)
over the 72-game streak.
1998
Contract purchased from Charlotte (AAA) 4/7...Made M.L. debut 4/11
at Pitts. as a PH and walked vs. F. Cordova in his first plate
app....Stayed in game defensively and singled off R. Loiselle to
lead off 9th inng. in first official AB...Made first start on 4/19
at Arizona...Fractured bone in left wrist while fouling off a ball
in his first at-bat...Placed on D.L. on 4/20... Transferred to
emergency D.L. 7/28...Played in 14 games at Charlotte from 6/14-
28 while on injury rehab assign. and hit .326 with four HR and 15 RB
I...Hit grand slam in first game 6/14 vs. Columbus and hit four HR
and 13 RBI in his first 5 G...Reached base safely in all 14 games.
1997
Named the Eastern Lg. Player of the Year and the Marlins
Organizational Hitter of the Year...Came within five HR of becoming
the fifth triple crown winner in the Eastern Lg.'s 75 seasons...Led
the league in batting avg. (.342), RBI (131), hits (175), total
bases (309), extra-base hits (68), doubles (34), on-base pct.
(.423), assists (93), and double plays turned (116)...His 131 RBI
were seven short of the league record set by Binghamton's Ken
Harrelson in 1962...Named the MVP of the Eastern Lg. All-Star
team..Hit safely in 18 straight games from 7/18-8/6...Reached base
safely by hit or walk in 25 consecutive games from 4/25-5/21.
1996
Ranked fourth in the Eastern Lg. in hitting with a .318 average.
1995
Twice named Florida State League Player of the Week (6/19-25; 8/28-
9/1)...Tied for third in league with 32 doubles...Ranked fourth in
the league in total bases (207)...Played for Navojoa in the Mexican
Winter League.
1994
Selected to Midwest Lg. All-Star Game and Postseason All-Star
Team...Led lg. with 240 total bases, finished second with 56 extra-
base hits and seventh with a .302 batting avg.
1993
Played for the St. Paul Saints of the independent Northern League.
