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2013 TIGERS
the Tigers -- is the first Tigers player with back-to-back seasons of 40-or-more doubles since Hank Greenberg did so
for the club in 1939 and 1940.
• Finished with 335 total bases for the Tigers, marking the fourth straight season he surpassed 300 total bases for the
club -- became just the second player in franchise history to surpass 300 total bases in at least four straight seasons...
Hank Greenberg is the other Tigers player to do so, accomplishing the feat in four straight seasons (1937-40).
• His .448 on-base percentage marked the higest on-base percentage by a Tigers player since Norm Cash finished the
1961 season with a .487 on-base percentage -- his on-base percentage was the highest by a Tigers righthanded hitter
since Harry Heilmann posted a .475 on-base percentage in 1927.
• Second among all American League first basemen with 1,379 total chances, 1,263 putouts and 103 assists...led all
league first basemen with 13 errors.
• Won the Walter “Buck” Leonard Award from the Negro League Baseball Museum as the American League’s batting
champion.
• Selected as the Luis Aparicio Award winner as Venezuela’s top major league player.
• Tabbed the second-best hitter and rated as possessing the second-best strike-zone judgement in the American League
by Baseball America, while he and Texas’ Josh Hamilton were tied for having the second-best power in the league
according to the publication.
• Belted a season-high two home runs on April 3 at New York’s Yankee Stadium -- equaled the high with two home runs
on June 29 versus the New York Mets.
• Collected the 300th double of his career on April 11 versus Texas -- according to STATS LLC, he became the first major
league player since at least 1946 to reach 300 doubles prior to turning 28 years old.
• Tabbed the Tigers Player of the Month for March/April after hitting .333 (32x96) with eight doubles, seven home runs
and 19 RBI in 27 games -- scored 24 runs during that stretch to mark the most runs scored by a Tigers player prior to
May 1 since at least 1946.
• Posted a 12-game hitting streak May 18-30, batting .333 (15x45) with five doubles, three home runs and nine RBI.
• Selected the Tigers Player of the Month for June after batting .376 (35x93) with four doubles, seven home runs and 19
RBI in 28 games -- led the American League with a .496 on-base percentage during the month, while he finished fourth
with a .376 batting average, sixth with 35 hits and a .645 slugging percentage and tied for eighth with seven home runs.
• Collected the 1,500th hit of his major league career on July 15 versus the Chicago White Sox, a single in the fifth inning
off Gavin Floyd.
• Recorded a season-high 17-game hitting streak August 2-20, batting .380 (27x71) with seven doubles, a home run and
13 RBI.
• Hit .450 (18x40) with six doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI over the course of a 10-game hitting streak August 26-
September 4.
• Batted .390 (41x105) with 11 doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI in 27 games during August -- tied for the lead in the
American League with 41 hits, while he tied for second with 11 doubles, finished third with a .390 batting average and
fifth with a .454 on-base percentage.
• Drove in a run in a season-high seven straight games September 1-7, totaling 11 RBI.
• Tabbed the Tigers Player of the Month for September after hitting .429 (39x91) with 12 doubles, six home runs and 21
RBI in 26 games during the month -- led the American League with a .532 on-base percentage during the month, while
he tied for the lead with a .429 batting average and 12 doubles, finished second with 39 hits, third with a .758 slugging
percentage, tied for fifth with 21 RBI and tied for 10th with six home runs.
• Batted .353 (152x431) versus righthanded pitchers -- tops among all American League players...hit .319 (45x141) with
lefties on the mound.
• Hit .311 (98x315) with 21 doubles, 18 home runs and 59 RBI in 92 games prior to the all-star break...batted .385
(99x257) with 27 doubles, 12 home runs and 46 RBI in 69 games following the all-star break.
• Batted .388 (57x147) with runners in scoring position, second-best in the American League.
• Finished with three hits, including a home run, and three RBI in Game Two of the American League Division Series on
October 2 at New York’s Yankee Stadium -- became the fifth player in Tigers history to collect at least three hits, a home
run and three RBI during a post-season game...joined Hank Greenberg (Game Five of 1940 World Series), Al Kaline
(Game Six of 1968 World Series), Alan Trammell (Game One of 1984 American League Championship Series and
Game Four of 1984 World Series) and Kirk Gibson (Game Five of 1984 World Series) in accomplishing the feat.
• Belted two home runs in Game Six of the American League Championship Series on October 15 at Texas to match the
Tigers single-game post-season record for home runs -- marked the fifth time in franchise history a Tigers player has
hit two home runs during a post-season game...he joined Alan Trammell (Game Four of 1984 World Series), Kirk
Gibson (Game Five of 1984 World Series), Magglio Ordonez (Game Four of 2006 American League Championship
Series) and Delmon Young (Game Five of 2011 American League Championship Series) in accomplishing the feat.
• Finished with seven RBI during the American League Championship Series, marking the most RBI collected by a Tigers
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