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in the A’s 4-3 win…had a career-high five RBI May 4 against Texas when he hit his only home run of
the season…that snapped a 51-game homerless streak dating back to his last home run Aug. 27, 2009
at Los Angeles…at the time, it was the longest homerless streak of his career but he finished the season
with a 54-game streak…has hit just one home run over his last 108 games…reached base safely in 37
consecutive home games from Aug. 14, 2009 to May 4, 2010…that tied for the second longest such
streak in Oakland history…matched his career-high with four hits May 18 against Seattle…finished
May with a .316 batting average, his best mark in 2010…had back-to-back three-hit games June 7-8
against Los Angeles to lift his batting average to a season-high .324…then went 6-for-42 (.143) over
his next 13 games through June 22…had his second four-hit game of the season and fifth of his career
July 1 at Baltimore to inch his average back over .300 (.303)…then went 6-for-29 (.207) over his final
eight games…was placed on the 15-day disabled list, July 19 retroactive to July 12, with right patella
tendinitis and was transferred to the 60-day DL July 30 when he underwent season-ending surgery…it
was his fourth career stint on the DL.
CAREER
2009—The 24-year old outfielder batted a team-leading .293 with 53 RBI in 134 games in his second
full season…the batting average is fifth best in Oakland history by a player younger than 25 years of
age…finished second on the club with 31 doubles but had just six home runs…averaged 80.67 at-bats
per home run, which ranked fourth highest in the American League…hit .326 with 23 of his 31 doubles
on the road…had the sixth best road batting average in the AL and tied for fifth in doubles…also hit four
of his six home runs on the road and slugged .469 in away games, compared to .336 in Oakland…batted
.319 with 20 doubles after the All-Star Break…had the 10 th best batting average in the AL after the break
and tied for eighth in doubles…hit .301 with five of his six home runs and 46 of his 53 RBI against righthanded
pitching…his home run June 29 off Detroit’s Fu-Te Ni is the only one of his 13 career home runs
off a southpaw…batted .314 in the seventh inning and later…hit .325 in interleague play…batted .314
when leading off an inning…his average slipped to .258 with runners in scoring position, including .220
with RISP and two outs…started a team-leading 63 games in right field but also made 53 starts in center
field and five in left field for a team-leading 121 starts in the outfield overall…had 11 assists, which
tied for fourth among AL outfielders…the breakdown included five assists in right field, four in center
field and two in left field…hit .341 in 85 games overall while playing right field and .246 in 57 games
in center field…started games at every spot in the order except second, fourth and ninth…compiled a
season-best 12-game hitting streak from April 18 to May 3 (17 for 56, .304)…was batting .246 in 49
games when he was placed on the 15-day disabled list June 8, retroactive to June 3, with a sprained left
knee…was reinstated June 18 and hit .324 in 85 games following his return…had the seventh-best batting
average in the AL from June 18 through the end of the season…homered June 29 against Detroit to
snap a 32-game homerless streak and then went another 31 games before his next home run, giving him
one home run over a 64-game span from May 9 to Aug. 6…walked July 24 at New York to snap a 27game
streak without a walk…that was the longest such streak by an Athletic since Miguel Tejada had a
29-game streak from May 29 to June 29, 2001…however, batted .311 during the streak…homered twice
in a three-game series at Kansas City, Aug. 7 to 9, to start a season-ending stretch where he collected 21
extra base hits (16 doubles, two triples, three home runs) over his final 44 games…had just 11 extra base
hits over his previous 64 contests…reached base safely via hit or walk in an A’s season-high 23 consecutive
games from Aug. 30 to Sept. 26…hit .367 (33 for 90) with 10 doubles and 10 walks (.427 on-base
percentage) during the streak…matched his career-high with four hits Sept. 8 at Chicago (third time)…
tied an Oakland record with three doubles Sept. 14 at Texas…hit .360 with 19 runs scored, 10 doubles
and 16 RBI in 22 games in September…tied for second in the AL in doubles in September and ranked
sixth in batting…his batting average was the highest one-month batting average of his career.
2008—Batted .286 with five home runs and 45 RBI in 115 games in a season interrupted by two stints
on the disabled list…ranked third among American League rookies in on-base percentage (.350), tied
for fourth in multiple hit games (31) and fifth in batting and stolen bases (9)…his stolen bases were the
most by an A’s rookie since 1997 when Jason McDonald had 13 and Scott Spiezio had nine…had just
one caught stealing and was successful in 90.0% of his attempts…missed 13 games while he was on the
DL from May 29 to June 12 with a left toe contusion and 15 games during a DL stint from Aug. 13 to
27 with a sprained right thumb…also missed three games from June 27 to 29 with a sprained left ankle
and three games from July 11 to 13 with a dislocated left pinkie…batted .307 with all five of his home
runs against right-handed pitching…hit four of his five home runs on the road, four at night and four
with the bases empty…batted .330 with runners in scoring position…started a team leading 102 games
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