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Mickey Morandini
#1 | Second Base | Toronto Blue Jays | Roster

Career Notes

1996
Set a career high in leading the club with 140 games played ... Ranked 7th among NL second baseman with a .982 fielding average ... Made just two errors over final 46 games ... Also led club with 26 stolen bases and nine times hit by a pitch ... Was successful in first 19 stolen base attempts ... Reached bases safely in 27 straight games from May 8-June 8. Placed on DL from June 15-29 with an injured shoulder.

1995
Had a career season finishing fifth in NL with .346 average with runners in scoring position (min. 100 AB), behind Tony Gwynn, Dante Bichette, Mike Piazza and Barry Larkin ... Also led the team and finished among NL leaders in doubles and triples; fourth straight season led Phillies in triples ... Reached career-highs in AB, runs, hits, doubles, triples, homers, RBI, walks and strikeouts and tied his best with 127 games ... Selected to first All-Star team ... Had surgery to remove a bone spur and loose badies from his right elbow, October 6.

1994
His .292 batting average was a career-best ... His 10-game hitting streak (May 15-29) was the team's longest of the season ... Tied for the team lead with five triples, good for ninth in the NL ... Tied a career-high with four hits July 31 at Atlanta.

1993
His .990 fielding percentage was the second best in the National League among second basemen ... Hit nine triples, leading the club and ranking third in the NL ... Posted five RBI with his first ever grand slam on July 10 ... Compiled a 12-game hitting streak (Aug. 27-Sept. 29) ... Caught only twice in 15 stolen base attempts ... Notched a triple and two RBI in Game 6, clinching the NL Championship Series against Atlanta.

1992
Committed only five errors in 124 games at second ... Registered the ninth unassisted triple play in the history of the game on Sept. 20 ... Posted a 10-game hitting streak ... Collected a 56-game errorless string from July 9 to Sept. 29.

1991
Began the year with Scranton of the Class AAA International League hitting .261 in 12 games ... Promoted to the big leagues on April 23 and compiled a .986 fielding percentage in 95 games at second for Philadelphia ... Swiped 13 bases in 15 attempts.

1990
Committed just one error in 25 games with the Phillies after his call-up from Scranton on Aug. 31 ... His first major league hit came in his first game on Sept. 1 and his first homer was registered on Sept. 22.


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