Born: April 16, 1981
Place of Birth: Evansville, Indiana
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200 lbs.
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Children:
Taylor Patrich, born March 17, 1985
Preston Michael, born August 28, 1987
Jordan William, born July 23, 1991
Martial Status: Married to Kim
Drafted: June 1979 in the 19th round by the NY Yankees
Time in the Major Leagues: 11 yrs, 122 days
Awards:
Gold Gloves: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
AL MVP: 1985
RBI Leader: 1985
Hits Leader: 1984, 1986
All Start team: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Carreer Highlights up to 1991:
Hit .349 at Oneonta, 1979
Yankee Minor League Player of the Year, 1981
Hit his first major-league home run, 1983
Led AL with .343 batting average, 207 hits, 44 doubles, 1984
Led majors with 145 RBI, 48 doubles, named AL MVP, hit career-high 35 homeruns, 1985
Led majors with 238 hits, 388 totall bases, 86 extra-base hits, 53 doubles; career-high .352 batting average, 1986
Hit 6 grand-slam home runs to set a major-league record; set AL record and tied ML by homering in 8 straight games, 1987
Got 1,000 career hit on July 3, 1988
Won 5th consecutive Rawlings AL Gold Glove Award, 1989
Seleved to 6th consecutive AL All-Star team, 1989
Named Yankee team captain, Spring 1991
Ranking on all-time Yankee lists:2nd in doubles (442), 5th in hits (2,153), 7th in average (.307), 7th in games played (1,783), 7th in home runs (222), and 8th in RBI's (1,099)
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