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1996
Suffered a fracture of the fourth metacarpal and will miss four to six weeks when he was hit by a pitch from Montreal's Jeff Juden on July 16.

1995
Re-signed by the Atlanta Braves as a free agent on April 12, 1995 ... Plagued by injury throughout the season, missing 11 straight games with a sore left knee Aug. 5-15 and then 13 more games Aug. 30-Sept. 11 ... Originally suffered the injury diving for a ground ball on Aug. 4 in Montreal ... Sixteen of his 31 RBI came via the long ball ... Despite batting .211, Jeff hit double digits in home runs (12) for the fifth time in his seven seasons ... Eleven of his 12 home runs came off right-handed pitchers...Hit three home runs over a five-game period May 28-June 2 ... Led the Braves in strikeouts and highest percentage of pitches taken ... Tied for fourth in the NL by getting hit by a pitch 12 times.

1994
Tied his own Atlanta record with a .970 fielding percentage ... Spent May 2-20 on the Disabled List with a strained left oblique muscle ... Hit .314 during May ... Finished the season with an eight-game hitting streak ... Led team with four triples ... Was tied for ninth in the league with six sacrifice flies ... Stolen base total dropped from 16 in 1993 to 1 in 1994 ... Granted free agency by the Atlanta Braves on Oct. 15, 1994.

1993
Enjoyed the best year of his career in his first full season as a starting shortstop ... Became the first Braves shortstop to hit better than .300 (.305) since Alvin Dark (.322) in 1948 ... Set Atlanta record for highest fielding percentage by a shortstop (.970) ... Batted .370 through May 12 ... Posted career highs with his .305 batting average, 161 games, 15 homers, 110 runs, 85 walks, 16 stolen bases, 73 RBI and 182 hits ... His run total established a franchise record for shortstops ... Was hit by a pitch a league-leading 16 times, setting an Atlanta record ... Selected to his first All-Star Game, batting 0-for-1 ... Finished the season on a tear, hitting .339 from Aug. 19 on ... Tormented Philadelphia's Tommy Greene with two National League Championship Series homers, in Games 2 and 6.

1992
Raised his batting average from .211 on Aug. 7 to .262 at season's end with a .326, 43-game stretch ... Hit three homers July 12 at Chicago, joining Ernie Banks, Barry Larkin and Fred Patek as the only shortstops in major-league history to hit three HRs in one game ... His inside-the-park homer on Aug. 23 vs. St. Louis was the first by a Brave in Atlanta since Paul Casanova's on Aug. 5, 1973 ... Hit first postseason homer in Game 1 of NLCS ... Was 3-for-5 in Game 6 of the World Series.

1991
Hit .320 with runners in scoring position (31-for-97) ... Had a career-high and Braves season-high six RBI on June 4 vs. Philadelphia ... Hit his first career grand slam on Aug. 26 vs. Montreal ... Went 9-for-13 with three homers and 12 RBI in three-game June series vs. Philadelphia ... Was 0-for-2 in two NLCS games and 1-for-6 in five World Series contests.

1990
Limited by injuries ... Hit two homers on May 7 at Chicago, the second two-homer game of his career.

1989
Made a solid contribution in his first full season in the majors ... Ranked second on the team in games (146), slugging percentage (.410), doubles (24) and runs scored (63), and third in total bases (187) ... Had two 4-for-4 games, July 4 vs. Montreal and Sept. 14 at San Diego.

1988
Split time between Class AAA Richmond, Va., and Atlanta, with the bulk of his time in the minors ... Started nine major-league games at second base and eight at shortstop ... Hit .308 against left-handers (8-for-26).

1987
Played at AA Greenville, S.C., AAA Richmond and Atlanta ... Started every game for Atlanta from Aug. 11 on ... Made major-league debut on July 5 against St. Louis, grounding out in a pinch-hit at-bat ... Got first hit on Aug. 12, a single off San Diego's Eric Nolte, and his first homer on Aug. 16, off Houston's Jim Deshaies ... Batted .316 with runners in scoring position.


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