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2013 TIGERS
• Batted .317 (51x161) versus lefthanded pitchers...hit .257 (101x393) with righties on the mound.
• Hit .290 (84x290) in 75 games prior to the all-star break...batted .258 (68x264) in 74 games following the all-star break.
• Suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal in his left hand after being hit by a pitch in Game Four of the
World Series on October 28 versus San Francisco.
Tied for seventh in the National League with eight triples as he completed his first season with the Florida Marlins in 2011.
• Topped all National League second basemen with 466 assists.
• Equaled a career high with two home runs on August 2 at New York’s Citi Field against the Mets -- matched the high
with two home runs on September 9 at Pittsburgh.
• Sidelined August 5-20 with a right finger fracture -- assigned to Single A Jupiter for an injury rehabilitation assignment
on August 17...collected three hits during his lone game with Jupiter.
• Second in the National League with a .382 batting average (21x55) in 13 games during August.
• Established a career high with five RBI on September 9 at Pittsburgh.
• Connected for the first walk-off home run of his career on September 19 versus Atlanta.
• Hit .314 (72x229) in 57 games following the all-star break...batted .251 (88x350) in 91 games prior to the all-star break.
Selected to the National League’s all-star squad as he finished third in the league with a .321 batting average with the
Atlanta Braves during the 2010 season.
• Equaled a career high with four hits on May 14 versus Arizona -- finished with four hits three more times during the
season to match the high, doing so on July 9 at New York’s Citi Field against the Mets, July 18 versus Milwaukee and
August 22 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field against the Cubs.
• Posted a 12-game hitting streak July 29-August 9, batting .377 (20x53).
• Second in the National League with a .429 batting average (27x63) in 21 games during July.
• Established a career high with a 14-game hitting streak August 11-25 -- batted .410 (25x61) with two doubles, two
triples, four home runs and nine RBI during the streak.
• Tabbed the National League Player of the Week for August 16-22 -- batted .433 (13x30) with a double, two triples, three
home runs and five RBI in seven games during the week.
• Matched a career high with two home runs on August 22 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field against the Cubs -- connected for
a home run to lead off the game, the seventh time during his career he has belted a lead-off home run.
• Batted .344 (43x125) with four doubles, two triples, five home runs and 11 RBI in 29 games during August -- led the
National League with 43 hits during the month, while he finished 10th with a .344 batting average.
• Hit .342 (109x319) versus righthanded pitchers...batted .276 (42x152) with lefties on the mound.
• Batted .332 (64x193) in 63 games prior to the all-star break...hit .313 (87x278) in 71 games following the all-star break.
• Hit .345 (38x110) with runners in scoring position.
• Acquired by Florida from Atlanta in a three-player deal on November 16.
Limited to 70 games with Atlanta during the 2009 season as he was sidelined May 21-August 11 with a left hand fracture.
• Batted .349 (30x86) over his first 29 games of the season April 8-May 20 before landing on the disabled list on May 21.
• Assigned to Single A Rome on an injury rehabilitation assignment on August 4 -- saw action in five games with Rome
before his injury rehabilitation assignment was transferred to Triple A Gwinnett on August 10.
• Connected for a lead-off home run on August 22 versus Florida, the sixth time he has belted a lead-off home run
during his career.
• Hit .323 (20x62) versus lefthanded pitchers...batted .298 (42x141) against righthanded pitchers.
• Batted .349 (30x86) in 29 games prior to the all-star break...hit .274 (32x117) in 41 games following the all-star break.
• Hit .333 (19x57) with runners in scoring position.
Completed his first season with Atlanta in 2008, batting .293 in 96 games.
• Opened the season on the disabled list, being sidelined March 21-May 8 due to left wrist surgery -- assigned to
Triple A Richmond for an injury rehabilitation assignment on May 5.
• Sidelined July 7-22 with a right hamstring strain.
• Batted .364 (16x44) with four doubles, two home runs and seven RBI in 12 games during July.
• Hit .313 (30x96) with 10 doubles and 14 RBI in 27 games during August.
• Equaled a career high with four hits on September 2 at Florida.
• Hit .325 (40x123) against lefthanded pitchers...batted .273 (53x194) versus righthanded pitchers.
• Batted .300 (62x207) in 55 games following the all-star break...hit .282 (31x110) in 41 games prior to the all-star break.
• Hit .341 (31x91) with runners in scoring position.
• Saw action in 44 games with Anzoategui in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season, batting .258 (42x163)
with nine doubles, a triple, two home runs and 13 RBI.
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