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Batted .274 (135-for-493) with 19 HR and 90 RBI in 135 games with Tulsa (AA) in the Rangers organization...Finished No. 3 in Texas League with 135 games and No. 5 with 88 BB and 90 RBI...1999 - Played with Charlotte (A) and Tulsa (AA)...Batted .313 (136-for-434) with 12 HR and 87 RBI in 123 games with Charlotte...Named to Florida State League Post-season All-Star Team...Finished No. 2 in league with .407 OBP and No. 3 with .313 AVG...Batted .167 (1-for-6) in two games with Tulsa...Played for San Bernardino in the California Fall League...Batted .237 (14-for-59) in 19 games...1998 - Hit .270 (95-for-352) with 14 HR and 52 RBI in 104 games with Savannah (A) in the South Atlantic League...1997 - Batted .293 (51-for-174) with 4 HR and 24 RBI in 50 games with Pulaski (Rookie). Played entire season with Tacoma (AAA) in the Mariners organization...Batted .297 (117-for-394) with 9 HR and 58 RBI in 114 games...Stole seven bases...Hit .298 (93-for-312) with 7 HR and 48 RBI against right-handed pitching and .293 (24-for-82) with 2 HR and 10 RBI against left-handed pitching...Had 33 multi-hit games...Had six three-hit games and one four-hit game...Went 4-for-6 with 1 RBI May 17 at Calgary...Had nine-game hitting streak from Aug. 9-17...Batted .323 (10-for-31) with 1 HR and 4 RBI during streak...Hit in eight consecutive games from July 20-27...Batted .375 (12-for-32) with 2 HR and 8 RBI during streak...Batted .333 (30-for-90) with 12 RBI in 27 games in May...Hit .325 (25-for-77) with 3 HR and 15 RBI in 23 games in July...Appeared at 3B(58), 1B(20), LF(16), DH(14), RF(8) and SS(1)...Batted .286 (6-for-21) with 1 HR and 4 RBI in five post-season games against Sacramento...Played for Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific League (winter)...Batted .318 (42-for-132) with 7 HR and 33 RBI in 36 games. Spent the entire season at Triple-A Sacramento and was called up to Oakland on September 4 when the River Cats season concluded...went 3 for 8 (.375) in four games with the A's...made his major league debut on September 22 against Texas with a start in left field...struck out in his first at bat and walked in his second at bat...made two more starts in left field, including September 27 at Texas when he doubled off Chan Ho Park in the seventh inning for his first major league hit...had his first multiple hit game on September 28 against the Rangers when he also collected his first career RBI with a seventh inning triple...was selected in the Rule 5 draft prior to the season, became a free agent on March 26 and then signed a minor league contract with the A's on March 28...hit .294 with 12 HR and 52 RBI in 73 games at Sacramento...tied for second on the River Cats in home runs...added 39 walks for a .387 on-base percentage...hit eight of his 12 home runs at Raley Field but hit just .265 (36 for 136) at home compared to .326 (42 for 129) on the road...batted .392 (20 for 51) when leading off an inning but his average dropped to .222 (20 for 90) with runners in scoring position, including .171 (6 for 35) with RISP and two outs...was 3 for 16 (.188) with the bases loaded...played every position except pitcher, second base and shortstop...appeared in 21 games in right field, 18 at catcher, 16 in left field, six at third base, five at first base and one in center field...was also 13 for 47 (.277) in 13 games at designated hitter and 1 for 4 (.250) with two RBI as a pinch hitter...saw most of his playing time hitting out of the five spot in the order (23 for 102, .225) and hit .337 (55 for 163) in all other spots in the order...including .385 (25 for 65) in the six spot...had his lone two home run game of the season on April 12 against Nashville when he also drove in a season high four runs...was hitting .277 with four home runs and nine RBI over his first 12 games before going on the disabled list from April 18 to May 29 with a fractured left hamate bone...returned and hit .419 (26 for 62) with 16 RBI in 19 games in June, boosting his average to a season high .345...landed on the disabled list for the second time on June 29 with a strained right hamstring...returned on July 19 and batted .265 (9 for 34) in July...then started August with a 15-game hitting streak (19 for 63, .302) through August 16...followed that up by going 1 for 24 over his next eight games...homered in three straight games, August 28-30, and finished August with a .248 average, 11 doubles, five home runs, 20 RBI and 20 walks in 29 games...played for Hermosillo in the Mexican Pacific Winter League and hit .310 (53 for 171) with 10 home runs and 30 RBI in 49 games...added 36 walks for a .433 on-base percentage.
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