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1996
Returned to St. Louis, where he won batting title in his last season with the Cardinals (1990) ... Hit .350 in 40 at-bats as a pinch hitter ... Had four hits and three RBI, including the game-winner, on Sept. 2 vs. Houston ... Collected 2,000th career hit on Aug. 8 vs. San Fancisco ... Batted .432 in Sept. despite a chip fracture in right index finger ... Collected five hits vs. Atlanta in the NL Championship Series, setting the Cardinals career LCS record with 24 hits.

1995
Signed by the Boston Red Sox to a minor league contract and was sent to Class-AAA Pawtucket on June 6 ... Contract purchased by Boston on July 5 ... Made immediate impact, scoring winning run on July 7 vs. Minnesota after hitting pinch-hit single and stealing second base ... Had seven hits in back-to-back nights vs. Kansas City and Chicago on July 18 and 19 ... Saw action in two games of Division Series vs. Cleveland.

1994
Torn Achilles tendon kept him out of final 57 games of strike-shortened season ... Tendon was injured while chasing an Orlando Merced triple in Pittsburgh on June 7 ... Tied for club lead with four sacrifice flies ... First season in his career he did not hit a triple ... Underwent surgery on June 8.

1993
Patrolled right field and hit .301 for the Giants ... Hit .250 as the lead-off hitter and was moved to the number six spot on May 16 ... After the line-up change, he hit .327 and drove in 30 runs ... The Giants flourished with McGee in the number six spot posting a 36-14 record ... After his average dropped below .300 on Sept. 19, he exploded during a four-game stretch going 11-for-20 (Sept. 23-26) ... Hit .430 in 39 games prior to a disabled list stay (July 14) which caused him to miss 14 games with an upper-back inflammation ... Notched the lowest steal total (10) of his career (in 100-games or more).

1992
Batted .337 with men in scoring position (sixth in the National League) ... When the count was full, he hit .419 ... Recorded the most ground balls (3.61) in the NL for every fly ball hit ... His 11 outfield assists ranked fourth in the NL ... Went 16-for-30 in an 11-game stretch that began with a 3-for-4 day on April 30 ... Swiped his 300th base on June 13 ... Hit a liner on June 6 for his 1,600th career hit ... Suited up for his 1,400th game on July 11 ... Finished with a .297 average, 36 RBI, 13 steals in 138 games.

1991
His .312 average placed fourth in the NL (the first time he hit .300 without winning the batting race) ... Paced both leagues with a .345 average away from home ... Hit .339 with men on base (second in NL) ... Hit almost four grounders for every fly ball hit ... After the second game of the season, his average never slipped below .300 ... His average fell to .301 on Sept. 4, but caught fire over his next 20 games hitting .383 ... Tatered in consecutive games April 27 and 28 ... Posted a 19-game hitting streak May 26-June 15 ... Started in center in 66 of San Francisco's first 75 games ... Placed on the DL shortly after the All-Star break (July 12), after suffering a pulled muscle in his right rib cage during batting practice July 2 ... Made his return in right field Aug. 1 ... Notched his 1,500th hit Aug. 2 ... Ended the season with a .312 average and 17 steals.

1990
Became the only player to win the batting crown (hitting .335) in one league after being traded to a team in the other ... Notched a career best 22-game hitting streak July 5-Aug. 1 ... His 53 multi-hit games were ninth best in the NL and his 32 doubles were good for a share of 10th place ... Hit only 3.29 ground balls for every ball hit in the air (the best ratio in the NL) ... His .318 average with men in scoring position ranked 10th in the NL ... After being traded to Oakland, he started 3-for-24 before awakening to hit .354 in a 10-game span ... Gathered 199 hits with 99 runs between the Cardinals and the A's.

1989
Played in only 58 games because of injuries ... Appeared in his 1,000 career game May 21 ... Taken out of the line-up and placed on the DL June 17 with a sore left wrist ... Reactivated June 18 only to journey back to the DL July 25 after pulling his left hamstring while running the bases ... After returning Sept. 11, he suffered another hamstring pull while diving for a ball in the outfield and was deposited back on the DL where he remained.

1988
Second consecutive NL All-Star game appearance ... Placed ninth in the NL with a .292 average, sixth with 164 hits (both led all NL switch-hitters) ... His 49 multi-hit games were fifth best in the NL ... Swiped 41 of 47 bases for an 87 percent success rate (eighth best in the NL) ... Recorded his 1,000 career hit April 26 ... Hit .375 for the Major League All-Star Team that toured Japan at seasons end.

1987
His career high 105 RBI and 11 homers were partly due to his move to the fifth spot in the batting order ... Selected to the All-Star Team for the third time in his career ... Batted .345 in the post-season against the Giants and Twins collecting four multi-hit games in the process.

1986
Suffered three different right hamstring pulls ... Disabled Aug. 2-27 ... His 100th career double was recorded on Sept. 27 ... Underwent surgery Oct. 13 to repair torn knee cartilage sustained diving for a ball in the outfield ... His .991 fielding percentage paced all NL outfielders ... Awarded third Rawlings Gold Glove ... Played in 124 games (lowest total since `82).

1985
Awarded NL Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America and selected to The Sporting News and UPI All-Star Teams ... His .353 average, 216 hits, and 18 triples led all NL players ... Joined Pete Rose as the only NL switch hitting batting champion at that time ... Won NL Player of the Week honors June 3-9 and awarded NL Player of the Month for Aug. ... Established a record for being gunned down three times while trying to steal during the NL Championship Series against Los Angeles ... Had at least one hit in each of the first five games of the World Series against Kansas City ... Collected second Gold Glove and voted to his first Silver Slugger team.

1984
Hit for the cycle June 23 ... Tore right hamstring and was disabled July 12-27 ... Managed to hit .291 and steal 43 bases in 145 games for the Redbirds.

1983
Initial selection to the NL All-Star squad ... Began the season on the DL after sustaining a separated shoulder during Spring Training ... Was back in action on April 18 ... Had a string of 17-straight steals ... Earned first Gold Glove ... Batted .286 with 39 swipes and 75 RBI in 147 games.

1982
Received call-up from Class AAA Louisville of the American Association in May and won starting center field job with only 13 games of AAA minor league experience under his belt ... His .296 average paced all NL rookies ... Placed third in the Baseball Writers Association of America Rookie of the Year voting ... His first tater was a grand slam on July 20 ... His two triples in a three-game set vs. the Braves established an NLCS record ... Hit two homers in Game 3 of the World Series against the Brewers (a World Series record for homers in a game by a rookie).


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