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2013 TIGERS
York Yankees.
• Hit .317 (32x101) with nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and 16 RBI in 26 games during April.
• Connected for the 200th home run of his major league career on June 9 versus Tampa Bay, a two-run shot off of Edwin
Jackson in the fourth inning.
• Compiled a 15-game hitting streak July 12-August 4, batting .375 (21x56) with four doubles, six home runs and 17 RBI.
• Tied for the lead in the American League with nine home runs during July, while he tied for ninth with 21 RBI -- hit .314
(27x86) with four doubles in 23 games during the month.
• Hit .304 (45x148) versus lefthanded pitchers...batted .268 (108x403) against righthanded pitchers.
Established a career high with 107 RBI as he was selected to the American League all-star squad for the second time
during his career with the Minnesota Twins during the 2007 season.
• Won his seventh consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
• Tied for fourth in the American League with 45 doubles, while he tied for sixth with 160 games played and 74 extrabase
hits, tied for seventh with 28 home runs and finished 10th with 107 RBI.
• Fifth among all American League outfielders with a .995 fielding percentage.
• Tabbed the second-best defensive outfielder in the American League by Baseball America.
• Established a career high with a 23-game hitting streak April 11-May 9, batting .372 (35x94) with 12 doubles, five home
runs and 19 RBI.
• Connected for the seventh grand slam of his career on April 17 at Seattle -- belted the eighth grand slam of his career
on May 18 at Milwaukee and the ninth grand slam of his career on August 15 at Seattle.
• Hit .326 (28x86) with 13 doubles, five home runs and 18 RBI in 23 games during April -- tied for the lead in the American
League with 13 doubles during the month, while he tied for seventh with five home runs.
• Established a career high with seven RBI on May 13 versus Detroit -- belted a season-best two home runs during the
game...equaled the high with two home runs on June 28 versus Toronto.
• Tied for second in the American League with 27 RBI during May -- batted .311 (33x106) with four doubles and six home
runs in 27 games during the month.
• Compiled a 13-game hitting streak August 13-26, batting .389 (21x54) with five doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI.
• Batted .325 (37x114) with 11 doubles, five home runs and 21 RBI in 29 games during August -- tied for third in the
American League with 11 doubles during the month.
• Hit .314 (53x169) versus lefthanded pitchers...batted .276 (119x431) against righthanded pitchers.
• Batted .301 (98x326) in 86 games prior to the all-star break...hit .270 (74x274) in 74 games following the all-star break.
• Hit .341 (60x176) with runners in scoring position.
Belted a career-best 31 home runs for the Twins during the 2006 season.
• Won his sixth consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
• Fifth among all American League outfielders with 343 putouts, while he tied for fifth with 355 total chances.
• Tabbed the second-best defensive outfielder in the American League by Baseball America.
• Established season bests with four hits and six RBI on April 5 at Toronto -- connected for the fifth grand slam of his
career during the game...belted the sixth grand slam of his career on June 28 versus the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Compiled a 10-game hitting streak May 3-13, batting .436 (17x39) with four doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI.
• Posted an 11-game hitting streak May 15-27, batting .350 (14x40) with two doubles, a home run and five RBI.
• Hit .336 (36x107) with six doubles, four home runs and 21 RBI in 28 games during May -- tied for ninth in the American
League with 21 RBI during the month, while he finished 10th with a .336 batting average.
• Sidelined July 16-31 with a left foot fracture.
• Collected the 1,000th hit of his major league career on August 22 at Baltimore, a single off Adam Loewen.
• Posted a 10-game hitting streak September 16-26, batting .381 (16x42) with two doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI.
• Shared American League Player of the Week honors for September 18-24 with Seattle’s Raul Ibanez -- hit .423 (11x26)
with a double, three home runs and nine RBI in six games during the week.
• Batted .314 (37x118) with four doubles, nine home runs and 27 RBI in 29 games during September -- tied for second
in the American League with nine home runs during the month, while he tied for fourth with 27 RBI.
• Hit .319 (51x160) versus lefthanded pitchers...batted .262 (104x397) against righthanded pitchers.
Limited to 98 games with the Twins during the 2005 season after landing on the disabled list for the remainder of the
season on July 30 with a left ankle tendon strain.
• Won his fifth consecutive Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
• Tabbed the second-best defensive outfielder and rated as possessing the third-best outfield arm in the American
League by Baseball America.
• Established a career high with five hits on June 1 versus Cleveland -- collected a season-best six RBI as he belted the
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2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE