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2013 TIGERS
runs and 11 RBI in seven games -- earned National League Player of the Week honors for a second time during the
season, doing so June 6-12 after batting .500 (10x20) with two doubles, six home runs and 13 RBI in seven games.
• Second in the National League with 26 RBI during April -- hit .333 (32x96) with nine doubles, a triple and six home runs
in 25 games during the month.
• Belted the 200th home run of his major league career on May 11 versus San Diego, a two-run home run off Tim Stauffer.
• Connected for two home runs on June 8 versus the New York Mets.
• Posted an 11-game hitting streak June 17-29, batting .371 (13x35) with two doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI.
• Selected the National League Player of the Month for June -- hit .337 (28x83) with four doubles, 10 home runs and 27
RBI in 27 games during the month...led the National League with 27 RBI during June, while he tied for the lead with 10
home runs.
• Compiled a 10-game hitting streak August 2-13, batting .447 (17x38) with four doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI.
• Third in the National League with 26 RBI during August.
• Collected a season-high four hits on September 2 at Houston.
• Recorded a season-high 12-game hitting streak September 6-19, batting .333 (14x42) with three doubles, three home
runs and five RBI.
• Established a career high with three home runs on September 27 versus Pittsburgh -- collected a season-best five RBI.
• Batted .330 (29x88) with six doubles, nine home runs and 18 RBI in 25 games during September -- led the National
League with nine home runs during the month.
• Hit .314 (49x156) with runners in scoring position.
Finished third in the National League with a .401 on-base percentage for the Brewers during the 2010 season.
• Topped the National League with 114 walks, while he tied for second with 161 games played and tied for sixth with
32 home runs...hit by a pitch 21 times, second-most in the league.
• Third among all National League first basemen with a .997 fielding percentage.
• Belted a season-best two home runs on June 13 versus Texas -- equaled the high with two home runs on June 29
versus Houston and August 28 versus Pittsburgh.
• Led the National League with 10 home runs during June.
• Established a career high with five hits on August 2 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field against the Cubs.
• Compiled a season-high 10-game hitting streak August 30-September 10, batting .361 (13x36) with four doubles, two
home runs and six RBI.
• Hit .307 (31x101) with five doubles, four home runs and 23 RBI in 27 games during August.
Selected as the Brewers Most Valuable Player by Milwaukee’s chapter of the BBWAA as he established a franchise
record with 141 RBI during the 2009 season.
• Named to the National League’s all-star squad for the second time during his career -- won the State Farm Home Run
Derby, defeating Texas’ Nelson Cruz.
• Led the National League with 162 games played, while he tied for the lead with 141 RBI, finished second with 46 home
runs, 356 total bases and a .602 slugging percentage, third with 84 extra-base hits, fourth with 110 walks, fifth with a
.412 on-base percentage and sixth with 103 runs scored.
• Selected to Baseball America’s Second-Team Major League all-star squad following the season.
• Rated as possessing the second-best power in the National League by Baseball America.
• Belted a season-high two home runs on April 25 at Houston -- matched the high with two home runs on May 12
versus Florida, June 6 at Atlanta, August 13 versus San Diego and October 4 at St. Louis.
• Selected Milwaukee’s Player of the Month for May after hitting .305 (29x95) with two doubles, nine home runs and 31
RBI in 28 games -- led the National League with 31 RBI during the month, while he tied for fifth with nine home runs.
• Connected for the first grand slam of his career on June 15 at Cleveland -- established a career best with six RBI.
• Garnered Milwaukee’s Player of the Month honors for the second straight month in June after batting .363 (37x102)
with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 26 RBI in 27 games -- topped the National League with 12 doubles during the
month, while he tied for third with eight home runs and 26 RBI and finished seventh with a .363 batting average.
• Named Milwaukee’s Player of the Month for a third consecutive month in July -- hit .315 (29x92) with six doubles, five
home runs and 17 RBI in 26 games during the month.
• Compiled a season-high 10-game hitting streak August 8-18, batting .405 (17x42) with two doubles, six home runs and
13 RBI.
• Tied for the lead in the National League with 11 home runs during August, while he finished second with 28 RBI.
Finished eighth in the National League with 34 home runs for the Brewers during the 2008 season.
• Tied for seventh in the National League with 159 games played.
• Connected for a season-best two home runs on April 23 versus Philadelphia -- equaled the high with two home runs
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