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1996
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as a free agent on Dec. 5, 1996, following Paul Molitor's 1995 example and signing with his hometwon team ... Played entire season with the Oakland Athletics ... Hit 100th career home run on Apr. 15 at Texas ... Had a season-high nine-game hitting streak from May 3-13 ... Hit in 18 of 20 games from July 4-28 ... Established career highs with 514 at-bays, 140 hits, 79 runs, 35 home runs and 100 RBI ... 34 home runs by a catcher set an American League record.

1995
Reached double figures in homers for the fourth consecutive season and his 15 HR fell one short of his career high 16 in 1987 ... His .278 average was three points above his career mark, but it improved to .328 (44 for 134) from the seventh inning on which was the eighth best mark in the league ... Committed 5 errors and ranked fourth in the league with a .993 fielding percentage ... Threw out 33 of 93 (35.5%) on the base paths to finish third among AL catchers ... Collected his 1000th career hit on September 28 at California, a seventh inning single off Mark Langston ... His 913 games caught are an on-going Oakland record and are fourth most in Athletics history..

1994
In the very first inning of the year on Opening Day, he clubbed his fourth career grand slam ... Tied his career-high with a .285 batting average ... His 57 RBI was third best on the club ... Led all AL backstops with a .998 fielding percentage ... Also led AL catchers in throwing out 44% of base runners.

1993
Started 82 of the first 115 games before he sustained a broken wrist Aug. 15 ... Still managed to hit .285 in 104 games ... Gunned down 33 percent of potential base runners from behind the plate ... Posted four hits June 26 ... Appeared in his third All-Star Game (collected a hit and an RBI in two at-bats).

1992
Threw out 42 percent of potential base stealers .... Started 116 games behind the plate ... Missed 14 games after suffering a fractured wrist in the third game of the season ... Hit .294 from May 12th to the end of the season ... His .340 average with runners in scoring position ranked fourth in the league ... Threw out almost half (5-of-12) of the Blue Jay runners trying to steal in the AL Championship Series ... Posted seven hits, a homer and five RBI against Toronto in the Series ... Re-signed by the Oakland Athletics as a free agent on Dec. 14, 1992.

1991
Tallied 125 hits, 31 doubles and 67 RBI and gunned down 31 percent of would-be base runners ... Collected four hits in seven pinch-hit at-bats ... His 50 runs scored were his highest total since his rookie season in 1987.

1990
The A's posted a 47-30 record in his 77 starts ... Hit .579 (11-for-19) with the bases loaded ... Was the backstop when Dave Stewart tossed a no-hitter June 29 ... Hit at a .455 clip during the AL Championship Series against Boston.

1989
Started behind the plate in the All-Star Game for the second consecutive season ... Hit .322 before the All-Star Game, but only .205 after the break ... Threw out 40 percent of the runners trying to steal on the year ... His seven RBI against San Francisco in the World Series was a team best ... Slugged a three-run homer in Game 2 of the Series.

1988
Selected as the Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game ... Homered of Dwight Gooden and compiled two RBI in his All-Star Game appearance to help propel the NL to victory ... Missed 22 games with a fractured bone around his left eye which he suffered May 6 ... Slugged first career grand slam July 2 ... Hit .364 with a double against the Dodgers in the World Series.

1987
Hit .284 with 16 homers and 56 RBI ... Threw out 47 percent of the runners trying to steal ... Posted his first four-hit game May 30 with five RBI ... Registered two home runs in a game for the first time June 13 ... Collected four hits in seven pinch-hit appearances with two homers and four RBI.

1986
Had a monster year in the minor leagues before his Sept. 12 call-up to the A's ... Played 138 games with Huntsville of the Class AA Southern League and hit .325 with 24 home runs and 132 RBI ... Hit .333 in six games with Oakland following his promotion.


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