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2013 TIGERS
• Compiled a 17-game hitting streak June 17-July 6, batting .358 (24x67) with five doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI.
• Batted .434 (23x53) during a 13-game hitting streak July 31-August 16.
• Tabbed the American League Player of the Week for August 22-28 after hitting .536 (15x28) with two doubles, three
home runs and six RBI in seven games.
• Topped all American League players with a .402 batting average (39x97) in 25 games during August.
• Posted a 13-game hitting streak September 17-30, batting .415 (22x53).
• Finished sixth in the American League with a .364 batting average (36x99) in 26 games during September.
• Batted .236 (67x284) in 76 games prior to the all-star break...hit .380 (100x263) in 71 games following the all-star break.
Completed his first full season at the major league level with Cleveland in 2004, earning Indians Man of the Year honors
from Cleveland’s chapter of the BBWAA.
• Selected to the American League’s all-star squad for the first time during his career.
• Finished eighth in the American League with an RBI once every 4.81 at-bats, while he tied for 10th with 108 RBI.
• Won his first Silver Slugger Award -- shared the honor with Detroit’s Ivan Rodriguez.
• Tabbed the American League Player of the Week for May 10-16 after hitting .429 (9x21) with four doubles, a home run
and 10 RBI in five games...won the honor a second time during the season, doing so July 12-18 after batting .500
(7x14) with four home runs and eight RBI in four games.
• Compiled a season-high 14-game hitting streak May 29-June 16, batting .415 (22x53).
• Led the American League with 30 RBI during May.
• Established career highs with five hits, three home runs and seven RBI on July 16 at Seattle.
• Hit .305 (50x164) with runners in scoring position.
Opened the 2003 season with Buffalo before he was recalled by Cleveland for the remainder of the season on June 27.
• Tabbed the International League Player of the Week for June 16-22 after hitting .412 (14x34) with four doubles, three
home runs and nine RBI in eight games.
• Hit .437 (45x103) with 12 doubles, three home runs and 22 RBI in 25 games during June with Buffalo.
• Compiled two 12-game hitting streaks with the Indians, August 1-September 9 and September 11-24...batted .405
(15x37) over the 12-game streak August 1-September 9, while he hit .311 (14x45) during the 12-game streak
September 11-24.
• Sidelined August 9-September 2 with a bone bruise in his right ankle -- saw action in three games with Akron during
an injury rehabilitation assignment August 30-31.
• Named the third-best prospect in the International League following the season by Baseball America.
Named the Eastern League Most Valuable Player after leading the league with a .336 batting average for Akron during
the 2002 season.
• Selected to the Eastern League’s mid- and post-season all-star squads.
• Named to Baseball America’s First-Team Minor League and Double A all-star squads following the season.
• Led the Eastern League with 84 runs scored, a .417 on-base percentage and .576 slugging percentage, while he
finished second with 40 doubles and 62 extra-base hits, tied for second with 22 home runs, finished third with 255 total
bases and tied for fifth with 149 hits.
• Tabbed the best batting prospect and defensive catcher in the Eastern League by Baseball America.
• Earned a spot on the World Team for the Futures Game held at Milwaukee’s Miller Park prior to Major League
Baseball’s All-Star Game.
• Selected the Eastern League Player of the Week for July 8-14 after hitting .600 (6x10) with two doubles, a home run
and two RBI in three games.
• Garnered TOPPS Eastern League Player of the Month honors for July after batting .414 (36x87) with 13 doubles, five
home runs and 19 RBI in 24 games.
• Received his first major league action after being recalled by Cleveland from Akron on September 9.
• Made his major league debut on September 10 versus Toronto, starting behind the plate -- collected his first major
league hit that night, a two-run single off Justin Miller.
• Belted his first major league home run on September 29 versus Kansas City, a solo shot off Darrell May.
• Named the second-best prospect in the Indians organization and third-best prospect in the Eastern League following
the season by Baseball America.
• Saw action with Oriente in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season -- named the third-best prospect in the
league by Baseball America.
Tabbed the Carolina League Most Valuable Player after leading the league with a .329 batting average for Single A
Kinston during the 2001 season.
• Selected to the Carolina League’s mid- and post-season all-star squads.
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