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Career Notes

1996
Led Kansas City with 24 saves despite blowing 10 opportunities ... Tied Dan Quisenberry's club record for career saves on July 17 with his 238th. He broke the record three day later ... Surrendered a career-high 14 home runs ... Converted 16 of 19 save opportunities before blowing seven of his last 15 chances.

1995
Tied for fifth in the American League with 31 saves and was ninth with 46 games ... Registered his 200th career save at California on June 21 ... Had save opportunities in twelve consecutive appearances from August 24- September 17 converting ten of those opportunities.

1994
Second in American League with 27 saves ... Was runner-up to Baltimore's Lee Smith for the AL Rolaids Relief Man award ... Took the Rolaids' Relief Award for July, when he was 10-for-10 in save opportunities ... Was hampered at times by soreness in his right shoulder during first half of season.

1993
Tied for the American League lead with 45 saves ... Earned first Rolaids Relief Man award ... Notched a win or a save in 61.9 percent of Kansas City's wins ... Registered saves in 45 of 51 opportunities ... Ran off a club-best 24 straight saves May 25-Aug. 13 ... Was the only player on the Royals to make the AL All-Star squad ... Allowed only eight of 29 inherited runners to score.

1992
Amassed the third most saves (39) in baseball ... Finished fourth in the Rolaids' Relief Man standings ... Saved games in six straight appearances June 2-10 ... Saved 11 games in June ... Was the only Royal representative at the All-Star Game ... Saved 39 of 46 opportunities.

1991
Saved 33 of 39 opportunities, posting a 2.90 ERA in 67 games ... Ranked fifth in the AL in saves ... Saved nine games in nine opportunities to start the year ... Posted a 0.87 ERA in final 41 1/3 innings pitched.

1990
Ended the year as the team's closer after starting the year as a setup man ... His 24 saves were tops on the club ... Shared second place in the AL with 73 appearances ... Saved 24 of 34 opportunities ... Saved 16 games after the All-Star break ... Registered his first save on the year May 22.

1989
Shared the club lead with 18 saves ... Went 4-0 in May with a 0.96 ERA ... Posted victories in five straight decisions May 5-July 8 ... Saved games in seven consecutive appearances Aug. 16-25 ... Lefties hit .211 against him (10th best mark in the AL) ... Finished the year with a 1.37 ERA.

1988
Made Baseball Digest's All-Rookie team as a relief pitcher ... Appeared in 45 contests on the year and won seven games ... Recorded first big-league save June 8.

1987
Saw action in 14 games with Cincinnati ... Made his major-league debut Aug. 1 and won his first game the next day.


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