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2013 TIGERS
• Collected the 1,000th RBI of his career on April 27 at New York’s Yankee Stadium -- according to the Elias Sports
Bureau, he became the sixth-youngest player in major league history to reach 1,000 RBI, trailing Mel Ott (27), Jimmie
Foxx (27), Alex Rodriguez (28), Ken Griffey, Jr. (28) and Lou Gehrig (28).
• Selected the Tigers Player of the Month for April -- batted .298 (25x84) with two doubles, seven home runs and 20 RBI
in 22 games during the month...tied for fourth in the American League with seven home runs and 20 RBI during April.
• Collected a season-high four hits on May 10 at Oakland -- equaled the high with four hits on May 30 at Boston, June
28 at Tampa Bay and October 1 at Kansas City.
• Hit .331 (41x124) with 11 doubles, two home runs and 22 RBI in 29 games during May -- led the American League
with 41 hits during the month, while he tied for second with 11 doubles, tied for fifth with 22 RBI and finished eighth
with a .331 batting average.
• Batted .311 (33x106) with 10 doubles, seven home runs and 20 RBI in 27 games during June -- fourth in the American
League with 10 doubles during the month, while he tied for eighth with seven home runs and 20 RBI and tied for 10th
with 33 hits.
• Belted the 300th home run of his major league career on July 22 versus the Chicago White Sox, a solo shot off Philip
Humber -- according to STATS LLC, he became the 14th player in major league history to hit his 300th home run prior
to turning 30 years old...he became the second player born in Venezuela to collect 300 home runs during his career,
joining Andres Galarraga.
• Selected the Tigers Player of the Month for July -- hit .344 (33x96) with five doubles, nine home runs and 23 RBI in 26
games during the month...third in the American League with nine home runs during July, while he tied for third with 23
RBI, tied for sixth with 33 hits and tied for eighth with a .344 batting average.
• Tabbed the American League Player of the Month for August -- hit .357 (35x98) with six doubles, eight home runs and
24 RBI in 26 games during the month...second in the American League with eight home runs during August, while he
tied for second with 24 RBI, finished fifth with a .357 batting average and tied for seventh with 35 hits...marked the
second time he earned American League Player of the Month honors with Detroit (also, July of 2008) to join Alan
Trammell as the only two players in Tigers history to win the award multiple times...Trammell earned the honors in April
of 1984 and September of 1987.
• Selected the American League Player of the Week for September 10-16 after hitting .407 (11x27) with two doubles,
three home runs and seven RBI in six games during the week.
• Posted a season-high 14-game hitting streak September 10-24, batting .368 (21x57) with six doubles, seven home
runs and 17 RBI.
• Belted a grand slam on September 18 versus Oakland -- matched a career high with six RBI.
• Garnered Tigers Player of the Month honors for September after hitting .308 (32x104) with six doubles, 10 home runs
and 27 RBI in 28 games -- led the American League with 27 RBI during the month, while he finished third with 10 home
runs.
• Batted .332 (98x295) with 28 home runs in 80 games at home -- established a Comerica Park record with 28 home
runs and it marked the most home runs hit at home by a Tigers player since Hank Greenberg connected for 29 home
runs at home during the 1946 season...hit .327 (107x327) with 16 home runs in 81 games on the road.
• Hit .356 (62x174) with runners in scoring position -- fourth-best in the American League.
• Established a club record for an American League Division Series game with two doubles on October 7 in Game Two
versus Oakland -- matched a franchise record for an American League Division Series game with three hits and two
extra-base hits during that game.
Selected to the American League’s all-star squad for the second time with the Tigers as he led the league with a .344
batting average during the 2011 season -- became the 10th Tigers player to lead the American League in hitting, the
first since Magglio Ordonez did so with a .363 batting average during the 2007 season.
• Led the American League with 48 doubles and a .448 on-base percentage, while he finished second with 108 walks,
22 intentional walks and a .586 slugging percentage, third with 335 total bases and 78 extra-base hits, fourth with 111
runs scored, fifth with 197 hits, tied for sixth with 105 RBI and tied for 10th with 30 home runs.
• Collected a career-high 108 walks, marking the first time in his career he has walked more than 100 times -- first Tigers
player to draw 100-or-more walks during a single season since Tony Phillips and Mickey Tettleton both did so in 1993.
• Finished the season with 111 runs scored, 105 RBI and 108 walks to become just the fifth player in Tigers history to
reach a total of 100-or-more in all three categories during a single season -- joined Hank Greenberg (1937, 1938),
Charlie Gehringer (1938), Rocky Colavito (1961) and Norm Cash (1961) in accomplishing the feat.
• Finished with 30 home runs and 105 RBI, marking the fourth consecutive season he has posted both 30-or-more home
runs and 100-or-more RBI for the Tigers -- first Tigers player with 30-or-more home runs and 100-or-more RBI in at
least four straight seasons since Cecil Fielder accomplished the feat in four straight seasons with the club (1990-93).
• Recorded 48 doubles during the season, marking the second straight season he has posted 40-or-more doubles for
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2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE