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Dave Nilsson
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Career Notes

1996
Sidelined for most of April with a stress fracture in his left foot ... Hit two HR in the same inning on May 18 in Brewers 7-3 win at Minnesota ... Smacked two home runs the next night ... Hit a league-best .359 against right-handed pitching ... Homered in three straight at-bats from July 23-24 ... Had three separate nine-game hitting streaks, the longest of his career.

1995
With Ross River Fever, a rare disease he contracted in Australia when he was bitten by a mosquito that carried the virus, began the season on the disabled list ... Was activated from the D.L. on June 24 ... Set career high in batting average (.278) and matched his career high in homers (12) ... Matched his career-high with an eight-game hitting streak (11-29, .379) from July 14-21 ... Played in right field, left field, first base, catche and designated hitter.

1994
Became the first Brewers catcher since 1987 (Bill Schroeder) to hit double figures in home runs with 12 ... Led the team in RBI (69), hits (109), and doubles (28) ... Hit the first homer in The Ballpark at Arlington, the Rangers new stadium ... Had 4 RBI April 22, June 16, and July 27 ... His four four-hit games this year are the most by a Brewer since Paul Molitor had seven games in 1991 ... Threw out nine of 69 baserunners (15 percent).

1993
Set personal major league highs in virtually every category ... Was part of the first-ever all-Aussie battery when he caught fellow Australian Graeme Lloyd April 14 against California ... Hit .275 with five homers and 28 RBI after the All-Star break ... Had three hits in a game three times.

1992
Split the season between Denver (AAA) and Milwaukee ... First hit was a three-run double off Detroit's Kevin Ritz in his major league debut May 18 ... Hit his first major league home run May 22, off New York's Melido Perez.

1987
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent to a minor-league contract on Jan. 28, 1987.


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