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2004—Hit .298 with 109 runs, 31 home runs and 108 RBI in 162 games…started 160 games in left field
and two in right field…the home runs were his best in the majors…was one of only four Major Leaguers
to play in all 162 games…his 325 consecutive games played over his first two seasons were most by any
player in Yankees history, surpassing the 323 straight games played by Bobby Richardson in 1961 and
1962…selected to the American League All-Star team, his second consecutive All-Star Game appearance
(selected by Internet voting for the 32nd and final roster spot)…named AL Player of the Week from
May 24-30, batting .524 (11-for-21) with 12 runs, two homers, seven RBI, 20 total bases, a .952 slugging
percentage and a .655 on-base percentage…hit a grand slam, July 25 at Boston, his second of the
season (also June 27 against the Mets)…homered in five of six games from Sept. 24-30…established a
ML record for most extra-base hits in a post-season series of any length with nine in the ALCS against
Boston…also tied the LCS record for most runs in a series (9) and established LCS records for most hits
(14), total bases (28) and doubles (6)…all told, hit .412 (21-for-51) with three home runs and 13 RBI in
11 post-season games…in Game 3 of the ALCS at Boston, was 5-for-6 with 5 runs, two doubles, two
home runs and five RBI, matching the MLB single-game post-season record for runs scored and RBI.
2003—Batted .287 with 16 home runs and 106 RBI in 163 games in his first season with the Yankees…
made 110 starts in left field, 46 in center and two at designated hitter…led ML rookies in RBI, which
was the highest single-season total by a Yankee rookie since 1936 (DiMaggio, 125)…his 42 doubles
were the second-highest total by a rookie in franchise history (DiMaggio, 44 in 1936)…played in each
of the Yankees’ 163 games, setting an all-time single-season record by a rookie…tied for second in the
AL with 13 outfield assists…elected to start the 2003 All-Star Game at U.S. Cellular Field…batted .493
in Interleague games…had a RBI single in the first inning in his Major League debut, Opening Day at
Toronto, March 31…hit a grand slam in the home-opener against the Twins to become the first Yankee
to hit a grand slam in his first game at Yankee Stadium…also became the fifth Yankee whose first Major
League home run was a slam…named American League Player of Week June 23-29, batting .500 (14for-28)
with three doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI…named AL Rookie of Month for June after leading
all rookies in average (.394), hits (41), doubles (11) and RBI (29)…hit his second career grand slam
and had five RBI in Game 1 of the June 28 doubleheader against. New York (NL), then went 4-for-4 in
Game 2…hit a walk-off home run, July 17 vs. Cleveland…batted .281 with a team-high 11 RBI in 17
post-season games, collecting at least one RBI in five consecutive post-season games.
2002—Won his third Central League Most Valuable Player Award, batting a career-high .334 with a
league-leading and career-best 50 home runs for Yomiuri in his final season in Japan…also led the league
with 107 RBI, 112 runs, a .461 on-base percentage and a .692 slugging percentage in 140 games…fell
nine points shy of the Triple Crown as he finished second to Chunichi’s Kosuke Fukudome in batting
(.343)…also had career highs in slugging and extra base hits (78)…it was his seventh consecutive season
with 30 or more home runs and his third straight 100-RBI season…extended his consecutive gamesplayed
streak to 1,250, which was the longest active streak and second only to that of the Japanese “Iron
Man” Sachiyo Kinugasa (2,215)…named to his ninth consecutive All-Star team…led the Giants to the
Japan Series Championship over the Seibu Lions, batting .333 with four RBI in four games.
2001—Led the Central League with a .333 batting average and 107 runs scored…ranked second in
home runs (36) and placed third in RBI (104)…added a career-high 120 walks for a career-best .463
on-base percentage…named to his eighth consecutive All-Star team.
2000—Earned his second Central League Most Valuable Player award after leading the league in runs
(116), home runs (42) and RBI (108)…the runs scored were a career high as were his 108 strikeouts…
hit .316, which was third best in the CL, and tied for second in doubles (32)…led Yomiuri to the Japan
Series Championship, beating defending champions Fukuoka in six games…homered three times in the
series…named to the All-Star team for the seventh time…honored with the Golden Spirit Award for the
second consecutive season.
1999—Batted .304 with 42 home runs and 95 RBI in 135 games with Yomiuri…finished second in the
Central League in home runs and ranked fifth in RBI…selected to his sixth All-Star team…honored with
the Golden Spirit Award, given to the Japanese Professional Baseball Player who combines on-field accomplishments
and off-field service in the community.
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