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Reggie Jefferson
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1996
Hit a three-run homer off closer Mike Henneman in the bottom of the ninth inning to defeat the Texas Rangers 10-9 on June 16 ... Established career highs in 10 offensive categories, including doubles (30), home runs (19), RBI (74) and average (.347) ... Named AL player of the week for June 24-30, batting .571 with two doubles, two triples, two home runs and seven RBI ... Hit safley in 18 straight games from Aug. 22-Sept. 20.

1995
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as a free agent on April 9, 1995. ... was very effective as the regular DH while Jose Canseco was on the D.L. ... during that 32 game stretch, he appeared in 28 games (22 starts), hitting .304 (24-79) and slugging .519 with 5 doubles ... first home run as a Sox was a grand slam May 26 at Cal. ... had a season-high three hits at SkyDome in Toronto on June 13.

1994
Was a pinch-hitting savior for the M's, leading the league with a .438 average (7-for-16), tying for second in pinch hits (7) and ranking fifth in PH RBI's (5) ... Started the season on a blistering pace, hitting .490 with four homers and 13 RBI's in his first 21 games through May 16 ... Stopped switch-hitting in mid-May after going 0-for-4 from the right side of the plate ... Went on the 15-day D.L. with a strained hamstring May 21 ... Struggled to find his stroke, going .176 in his first 21 games after returning from the D.L. June 10 ... Notched the first two-homer game of his career June 21 at California ... Finished the season with a .471 (8-for-17) August average ... Excelled with runners in scoring position, hitting .476 with 22 RBI's.

1993
Spent his first full season in the major leagues ... Started quickly, hitting .291 with three homers and nine RBI in April ... Equalled his career high with four hits June 5 at Minnesota ... Beat David Cone and Kansas City with a ninth-inning home run June 27 ... Put together a career-high 18-game hitting streak July 27-Aug. 22 (.310, 22-71) ... The streak was the fourth-longest in the AL in `93 ... Hit .270 with nine of his 10 homers against right-handed pitchers ... His sole southpaw long ball came against Boston's Frank Viola Aug. 20 ... Traded by Cleveland with Felix Fermin and cash to Seattle for Omar Vizquel Dec. 20, 1993.

1992
Hit .231 in seven games with Cleveland in July, then exploded for a .380 mark in 17 September contests ... Went 17-for-29 (.590) during a seven-game hitting streak Sept. 23-29, a span that included his first-ever four hit contest (Sept. 28 against New York).

1991
Spent the year with five different clubs ... Played for Cincinnati, Cleveland, and three of their minor league affiliates ... Collected his first major league hit with Cincinnati, a home run May 19 off San Diego's Andy Benes ... Was traded to Cleveland June 14 ... Hit .198 in two stints with the Tribe ... Both of his home runs for Cleveland came against Milwaukee's Bill Wegman.


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