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2013 TIGERS
• Tabbed the National League Rookie of the Month with the Brewers in April of 2006.
• Selected to participate in the Futures Game held prior to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in 2004.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Elected the American League’s starting first baseman for the All-Star Game in his first season with the Tigers in 2012 -marked
the fourth all-star selection of his career and the third time he has been elected a starter (also, 2007 and 2011).
• Belted 28 home runs as he won the State Farm Home Run Derby on July 9 in Kansas City, marking the second time
he has won the home run hitting contest (also, 2009 in St. Louis) -- joined Ken Griffey, Jr. as the only players to win the
contest multiple times.
• Second in the American League with a .412 on-base percentage, while he finished fifth with 108 RBI, sixth with 85
walks, tied for sixth with a .313 batting average, finished seventh with a .528 slugging percentage, tied for ninth with
182 hits and finished 10th with 307 total bases.
• Saw action in all 162 games during the season, one of three players in the American League to do so -- has played in
343 consecutive games dating back to September 14, 2010...marks the longest active streak in the major leagues.
• Hit by a pitch 17 times, tied for the lead in the American League -- his 17 hit by pitches are tied for fifth-most in
franchise history.
• Earned the third Silver Slugger Award of his career, his first in the American League.
• Named to The Sporting News’ American League all-star squad following the season.
• Belted 30 home runs, marking the sixth consecutive season he has hit 30-or-more home runs.
• Belted a season-high two home runs on April 7 versus Boston -- matched the high with two home runs on August 17
versus Baltimore.
• Singled off Clay Buchholz in the first inning on April 8 versus Boston for the 1,000th hit of his major league career.
• Hit .309 (25x81) with two doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI in 22 games during April.
• Compiled a season-best 14-game hitting streak May 24-June 7, batting .423 (22x52) with four doubles, a triple, two
home runs and 12 RBI.
• Collected a season-high four hits on May 26 at Minnesota -- matched the high with four hits on October 1 at Kansas
City.
• Selected the Tigers Player of the Month for May -- batted .330 (38x115) with nine doubles, a triple, five home runs and
22 RBI in 29 games during the month...tied for fifth in the American League with 22 RBI during May, while he tied for
sixth with nine doubles and finished ninth with a .330 batting average.
• Posted a 12-game hitting streak July 1-16, batting .348 (16x46) with two doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI.
• Batted .315 (28x89) with three doubles, four home runs and 20 RBI in 26 games during July -- tied for sixth in the
American League with 20 RBI during the month.
• Tabbed the Tigers Player of the Month for August -- hit .370 (34x92) with six doubles, seven home runs and 21 RBI in
27 games during the month...topped the American League with a .370 batting average during August, while he tied for
third with seven home runs and tied for eighth with 21 RBI.
• Hit .337 (94x279) in 81 games at home...batted .291 (88x302) in 81 games on the road.
• Batted .299 (96x321) in 86 games prior to the all-star break...hit .331 (86x260) in 76 games following the all-star break.
• Batted .328 (119x363) with righthanded pitchers on the mound...hit .289 (63x218) with lefties on the mound.
• Hit .338 (51x151) with runners in scoring position, 10th-best in the American League.
Garnered the second Silver Slugger Award of his career as he finished second in the National League with 38 home
runs and 120 RBI for the Milwaukee Brewers during the 2011 season.
• Selected to the National League’s all-star squad for the third time in his career, starting at first base for the second time
in his career -- belted a three-run home run off Texas’ C.J. Wilson and he was selected the Most Valuable Player of the
All-Star Game in Arizona.
• Led the National League with 162 games played, while he finished second with 107 walks and a .415 on-base
percentage, third with 322 total bases and a .566 slugging percentage, tied for third with 75 extra-base hits, tied for
seventh with 95 runs scored and tied for ninth with 36 doubles.
• Belted 38 home runs for Milwaukee, marking the fifth straight season he connected for 30-or-more home runs --
became the first player in Brewers franchise history to hit 30-or-more home runs in five straight seasons.
• Drew 107 walks during the season, the third consecutive season he walked 100-or-more times -- marked the first time
a player in Brewers history drew 100-or-more walks in three straight seasons.
• Selected to Baseball America’s First-Team Major League all-star squad following the season.
• Named to The Sporting News’ National League all-star squad following the season.
• Rated as possessing the best power and the third-best strike-zone judgement in the National League by Baseball
America.
• Tabbed the National League Player of the Week for April 4-10 after hitting .440 (11x25) with four doubles, two home
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