ESPN.com: Mike Stanley Career Notes

Mike Stanley
#10 | First Base | Oakland Athletics | Roster

Career Notes

1996
Established career highs with 73 runs and 69 walks despited missing final 19 game sof the season with a herniated disc in neck ... Season-best eight-game hitting streak from Apr. 24-May 4, batting .467 with eight runs and eight RBI during that span ... Hit 21 of his 24 home runs as a catcher, the most by a Boston catcher since Rich Gedman's 24 in 1984.

1995
Led the Yankees in strikeouts, batting average with runners in scoring position and batting average with the bases loaded ... Finished first in the AL in batting average with bases loaded; second in lowest percentage of runners caught stealing as a catcher; sixth in sacrifice flies and lowest batting average on the road; and eighth in batting average in the clutch ... Signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent on Dec. 14, 1995.

1993
Batted .305 with 26 home runs and 84 RBI, becoming one of only 10 catchers in the history of the game to hit .300 with at least 25 home runs ... Paced the American League in fielding (.996) ... Slugged three grand slams during the year ... Had a four-hit game April 9 ... Hit .400 with three home runs and 10 RBI in May to become the regular catcher ... Posted eight home runs and 21 RBI in his final 12 games in July ... Homered in four straight games (July 20,22,23,25) ... Posted a nine-game hitting streak Sept. 3-15.

1992
Signed by New York (AL) as a free agent Jan 21, 1992 ... Saw action in 69 games with the Yankees, hitting .249 with eight home runs and 27 RBI ... Made his debut in pinstripes April 9 ... Registered his third career grand slam July 9 ... Threw out 7-of-10 runners Aug. 22-29.

1991
Appeared in 95 games with Texas ... Finished with a .249 average with three home runs and 25 RBI ... Compiled a .372 on-base percentage ... Hit .375 with the bases full.

1990
Hit .249 again for Texas ... Hit eight doubles in 103 games ... Hit .350 June 17-Aug. 31 for his best stretch of the season ... Amassed a .985 fielding percentage in 63 games behind the plate.

1989
Played in 67 games for Texas and hit .246 ... Started 34 games (18 of his final 28 contests) ... A strained left knee landed him on the DL Aug. 19-Sept. 2.

1988
Was the starting backstop for the Rangers in 44 of the team's initial 88 games ... Started only 4 games the rest of the way ... Saw time on the disabled list with a left hamstring pull July 23-Aug. 13.

1987
Started the year with Class AAA Oklahoma City of the American Association when he was called up by Texas June 2 ... Started more games (54) than any other Texas catcher ... Notched two grand slams during the season ... Was out of commission most of Sept. with the chicken pox and pneumonia.


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