06-22-2008, 11:14 PM
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The Official Site of The Pittsburgh Pirates: Team: Player Information : Biography and Career Highlights Quote:
2007 Career Highlights:
Hit .328 with 45 doubles, 31 home runs and 119 RBI in 157 minor/major league games...Was named Minor League Player-of-the-Year by MiLB.com and captured the J.G. Taylor Spink Award as the Topps/Minor League Player-of-the-Year. ...Combined to hit .333 with 31 home runs and 113 RBI in 134 minor league games between Lynchburg (A), Altoona (AA) and Indianapolis (AAA)...Ranked third among all minor league players in total bases (303), fourth in RBI, fifth in extra-base hits (75), fifth in slugging percentage (.622) and tied for seventh in home runs...Led all Pittsburgh farmhands in home runs, RBI and extrabase hits (75)...Became first position player in the Pirates organization to make the jump from Class-A to the major leagues in the same season since catcher Yamid Haad in 1999
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