Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1945... Traded from Brooklyn to Boston (A) on 3/1/1945 (Going to BRO: 1B Arlen Taggart, 1B Pony Ragland. Going to BOS: RF Ken Heinz)... Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1945, off Coltrane Monk (CHA)... Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1945, off Melvin Winesap (PHA)... Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1946, hitting .536 with 0 HR, 5 RBI... Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .361 with 8 HR, 26 RBI... Hit 3 homeruns against St. Louis (A), driving in 5 runs on 6/2/1951... Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis (A) on 6/17/1951... Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1951, hitting .464 with 6 HR, 12 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1951, hitting .422 with 16 HR, 42 RBI... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/3/1951... Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1951, hitting .476 with 6 HR, 8 RBI... Won BATTER OF THE YEAR in 1951, hitting .325 with 46 HR, 123 RBI... Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1952, hitting .443 with 3 HR, 18 RBI... Traded from Boston (A) to New York (N) on 6/1/1953 (Going to NY1: LF Ken Heinz, 1B Luke Fender. Going to BOS: P Clarence Morrow, CF Buck Russell, 2B Irvin Bussel, 1B Don Draper)... Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1953, hitting .293 with 5 HR, 20 RBI... Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Brooklyn on 5/1/1954... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1954, hitting .412 with 3 HR, 9 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1954, hitting .342 with 10 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1955, hitting .364 with 8 HR, 13 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1955, hitting .531 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1955, hitting .414 with 13 HR, 31 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1955, hitting .519 with 7 HR, 11 RBI... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 6/4/1955... Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/21/1955... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... Hit 4 homeruns against Brooklyn, driving in 8 runs on 7/27/1955... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1955, hitting .379 with 5 HR, 11 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1955, hitting .300 with 9 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Had 2000th career hit on 7/13/1957, off Eugene Roddenberry (SLN)... Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1958, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 14 RBI... Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 6/12/1958... Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1958, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 11 RBI... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1958, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 6 RBI... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1959, hitting .327 with 11 HR, 31 RBI... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Milwaukee on 5/3/1960... Hit for the cycle against Milwaukee on 4/28/1961... Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1961, hitting .517 with 3 HR, 10 RBI... Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game... Drove in 8 runs against Brooklyn on 9/2/1961... Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at First Base in 1962... Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1970... Had first career hit on 4/14/1976, off Ford Young (LAD)... Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1976, off Fernando Liriano (CIN)... Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 4/22/1977... Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 5/2/1977... Traded from St. Louis to Oakland on 7/1/1978 (Going to SLN: 3B Pedro Navaja. Going to OAK: 3B Gordon Meyers)... Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/22/1978... Traded from Oakland to Chicago (A) on 2/28/1981 (Going to OAK: P Tiago Splitter, 2B Randy Ghiglieri, P Reggie Smythe. Going to CHA: P Eiji Wakabayashi, 3B Gordon Meyers, 2B Cristobal Zubillaga)... Released by Chicago (A) on 6/1/1985... Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Oakland in 1986... Traded from Oakland to Minnesota on 3/1/1986 (Going to MIN: 3B Craig Bronkowski, CF Vinnie D'Agosta, LF Chris Abbott. Going to OAK: CF Jimmy Trickle)... Had first career hit (double) on 9/3/1993, off Alvaro Sepulveda (MIL)... Hit first career homerun on 10/1/1993, off Casey Cannon (CAL)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1996, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 6 RBI... Injured on 7/20/2001 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days... Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Baltimore in 2004... Earned first career win on 5/22/2004... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2005, going 5-0, 1.67...
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