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2013 TIGERS
career lead-off home run on August 17 at Yankee Stadium off New York’s CC Sabathia.
• Compiled a 10-game hitting streak April 28-May 9, batting .478 (22x46).
• Collected a career-high five hits on April 30 versus the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim -- became the first Tigers
rookie with five hits in a game since Curtis Granderson did so on September 18, 2005 at the Los Angeles Angels of
Anaheim.
• Tabbed the American League Rookie of the Month for April after hitting .364 (36x99) with 20 runs scored, six doubles,
two triples, a home run and seven RBI in 23 games -- led all American League players with 36 hits during the month,
while he finished third with a .364 batting average and tied for third with 20 runs scored.
• Established a career high with an 11-game hitting streak June 26-July 7, batting .333 (15x45).
• Recorded a 10-game hitting streak July 16-25, batting .444 (20x45).
• Hit .314 (32x102) with 16 runs scored, seven doubles, four triples and six RBI in 24 games during July.
• Batted .317 (144x454) versus righthanded pitchers -- 10th-best in the American League...hit .226 (37x164) versus
lefthanded pitchers.
• Hit .310 (92x297) in 75 games at home...batted .277 (89x321) in 76 games on the road.
• Tied for eighth among all American League outfielders with nine assists.
Named the International League’s Rookie of the Year with Triple A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as he led the league with nine
triples during the 2009 season.
• Second in the International League with 151 hits, while he finished third with 504 at-bats and tied for third with 132
games played.
• Selected to the International League’s mid-season all-star squad.
• Tabbed the best hitting prospect in the International League by Baseball America.
• Hit .386 (17x44) over a 10-game hitting streak April 9-25.
• Sixth in the International League with a .371 batting average (23x62) in 16 games during April.
• Compiled an 11-game hitting streak May 17-28, batting .395 (17x43) with four doubles, a triple and seven RBI.
• Seventh in the International League with a .339 batting average (37x109) in 30 games during May.
• Batted .320 (8x25) with three doubles and two RBI in seven games during the International League playoffs.
• Named the third-best prospect and best defensive outfielder in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball
America.
Earned Eastern League mid-season all-star honors as he spent the entire 2008 season with Double A Trenton.
• Second in the Eastern League with 520 at-bats, while he tied for third with 148 hits and tied for fourth with 75 runs
scored and 33 doubles.
• Tabbed the best defensive outfielder in the Eastern League by Baseball America.
• Compiled a season-high 12-game hitting streak April 12-23, batting .340 (18x53).
• Collected a season-best seven RBI on May 21 at Reading -- equaled the high with seven RBI on June 1 at New Britain.
• Tied for third in the Eastern League with five home runs during June, while he tied for fourth with 21 RBI.
• Batted .553 (21x38) over an 11-game hitting streak July 11-24.
• Tabbed the Eastern League Player of the Week for July 14-20 after hitting .643 (9x14) with three doubles, a home run
and two RBI in four games.
• Tied for seventh in the Eastern League with a .330 batting average (35x106) in 28 games during July.
• Sidelined August 23-30 with a left lumbar spine muscle strain.
• Selected the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern League playoffs after hitting .259 (7x27) with two doubles, two home
runs and seven RBI in seven games as Trenton captured the league’s championship.
• Named the top prospect in the Yankees organization and 10th-best prospect in the Eastern League following the
season by Baseball America.
• Saw action in 28 games for Peoria in the Arizona Fall League following the season, batting .246 (28x114) with six
doubles, three triples, a home run and 18 RBI.
Combined to hit .304 (151x496) with 88 runs scored, 32 doubles, seven triples, 13 home runs, 59 RBI and 33 stolen bases
in 128 games with Single A Charleston, Single A Tampa and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre during the 2007 season to earn the
Kevin Lawn Award as the Yankees top minor league position player.
• Sidelined April 18-28 with a right hip strain.
• Batted .405 (15x37) over the course of a 10-game hitting streak April 30-May 10.
• Compiled a 12-game hitting streak May 23-June 4, batting .306 (15x49).
• Transferred from Charleston to Tampa on June 22 -- posted a 16-game hitting streak July 1-17, batting .387 (24x62)
with four doubles, two triples, four home runs and 11 RBI.
• Hit .357 (40x112) with eight doubles, three triples, six home runs and 16 RBI in 29 games during July -- led the Florida
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