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2013 TIGERS
triples, two home runs and eight RBI over the course of the streak.
• Scored a run in 13 straight games June 30-July 16 -- longest such streak by a Tigers player since Johnny Groth also
scored a run in 13 consecutive games August 14-26, 1950.
• Selected the Tigers Player of the Month for June -- hit .317 (26x82) with six doubles, a triple, three home runs and 17
RBI in 20 games during the month.
• Equaled a career high with four RBI on July 21 versus the Chicago White Sox.
• Batted .304 (31x102) with two doubles, two triples, three home runs and 13 RBI in 26 games during July.
• Connected for the first inside-the-park home run of his career on August 10 at Texas -- first inside-the-park home run
by a Tigers player since Curtis Granderson did so on August 26, 2007 versus the New York Yankees...Jackson added
a triple in the game at Texas to become the first Tigers player with both a triple and an inside-the-park home run in the
same game since Steve Kemp did so on September 4, 1977 versus Oakland.
• Batted .332 (84x253) in 64 games prior to the all-star break...hit .272 (79x290) in 73 games following the all-star break.
Completed his second season with the Tigers in 2011, establishing career highs with 11 triples and 10 home runs.
• Tied for the lead in the American League with 11 triples -- first Tigers player to lead the league in triples since Curtis
Granderson did so with 13 triples during the 2008 season...second in the league with 181 strikeouts, while he tied for
fourth with 14 sacrifice hits.
• Finished the season with 22 doubles, 11 triples, 10 home runs and 22 stolen bases -- marked the 18th time a Tigers
player has posted double-digit totals during a single season in those four categories...he is first Tigers player to
accomplish the feat since Curtis Granderson did so in both 2007 and 2008.
• Compiled a career-best 12-game hitting streak May 6-20, batting .346 (18x52) with five doubles, two home runs and
eight RBI.
• Established a career high with four RBI on May 9 at Toronto.
• Led off the game on May 13 versus Kansas City with a home run off Luke Hochevar, his third career lead-off home run
-- connected for his fourth career lead-off home run on August 25 at Tampa Bay off Jeremy Hellickson.
• Collected two triples on June 11 versus Seattle to establish a career high -- matched the high with two triples on
September 3 versus the Chicago White Sox.
• Batted .291 (32x110) with three doubles, four triples, a home run and nine RBI in 28 games during June.
• Tabbed the American League Player of the Week for August 29-September 4 -- hit .529 (18x34) with 13 runs scored,
three doubles, three triples, two home runs and five RBI in seven games during the week.
• Collected a season-best four hits on August 31 versus Kansas City -- equaled the best with four hits on September 3
versus the Chicago White Sox.
• Hit .271 (76x280) in 75 games at home...batted .228 (71x311) in 78 games on the road.
• Collected three hits in Game Three of the American League Championship Series on October 11 versus Texas --
matched the franchise record for hits by a Tigers player during an American League Championship Series game.
In his first season with the Tigers organization in 2010, he topped all American League rookies with 103 runs scored,
181 hits, 247 total bases, 48 extra-base hits, 34 doubles, 10 triples and 27 stolen bases.
• Named the American League Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News, as well as being tabbed the American League
Outstanding Rookie in the Players Choice Award balloting.
• Selected to the TOPPS Rookie All-Star squad.
• Tabbed the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association Tigers Rookie of the Year.
• Tied for second in the American League with 10 triples, while he tied for sixth with 103 runs scored and finished ninth
with 618 at-bats and 181 hits...led the league with 170 strikeouts.
• Became just the fourth player in major league history since 1901 to collect at least 100 runs scored, 180 hits, 30
doubles, 10 triples and 25 stolen bases as a rookie -- joined Joe Jackson (1911), Juan Samuel (1984) and Hanley
Ramirez (2006) in accomplishing the feat.
• Scored 103 runs to become just the sixth rookie in Tigers history to score at least 100 runs -- his 103 runs scored
marked the most by a Tigers rookie since Barney McCosky scored 120 runs in 1939.
• His 181 hits marked the most by a Tigers rookie since Harvey Kuenn finished with 209 hits in 1953.
• Registered 16 games with three-or-more hits, marking the most by a Tigers rookie since Harvey Kuenn finished the
1953 season with 21 such games.
• Made his major league debut for the Tigers on April 5 at Kansas City, hitting lead-off and playing center field -- first
Tigers player to bat lead-off in his major league debut on Opening Day since Jake Wood did so in 1961, while he
became the first Tigers player to make his major league debut on Opening Day as the starting center fielder since
Barney McCosky did so in 1939.
• Collected his first major league hit on April 5 at Kansas City, a run-scoring double off Robinson Tejeda.
• Led off the game on April 25 at Texas with his first major league home run off Colby Lewis -- connected for his second
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