1995 Season - Atlanta Braves

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Saught to become the Braves' first Rookie of the Year since David Justice won the award in 1990

Jones led all major league rookies in RBI with 86, games played with 140, games started with 135, plate appearances with 600, at-bats with 524 and runs scored with 87

Also, he was second amongst rookies with 23 home runs, 139 hits and 73 walks, and third with 48 extra-base hits

Last season's National League Rookie of the Year Raul Mondesi of the Los Angeles Dodgers batted .306 with 16 home runs, 56 RBI, 63 runs scored and 16 walks in 112 games

Jones' 86 RBI are one shy of tying Earl Williams' Atlanta rookie record set in 1971

The franchise record for rookie RBI is 119 by Wally Berger in 1930

Chipper, who exhibited great power in the first half of the season with 13 home runs and 14 doubles (.249), batted .274 after the All-Star break (72-for-263, 10 home runs and 38 RBI) to raise his final batting average to .265

Surpassed all power expectations with a professional-high 23 home runs

Jones' previous high came in 1991, when he hit 15 home runs for Class A Macon

His 73 walks tied David Justice for the team lead and tied for 7th in the National League

His 87 runs scored led the team

A multi-faceted defensive player, he started at three different positions for the Braves (third base-121 games; left field-13 games; right field-4 games)

His diving stop of the Astros' Tony Eusebio's ground ball with the bases loaded saved an August 22 game at the Astrodome for the Braves

Hit his first major league home run off the Mets' Josias Manzanillo May 9 at New York

Slugged four home runs in five days May 9-May 13 and five home runs in eight days May 9- May 16...Twenty of his 23 home runs came as a left-handed batter

Had four hits in a game four times (July 12 and July 24 at Pittsburg, June 20 at Cincinnati, June 6 vs. Chicago)

Hit three game-winning home runs in the 9th inning: May 9 at New York, May 20 vs. Florida and July 5 vs. Los Angeles

Had a nine-game hitting streak May 15- May 24

Batted .317 (33-for-104) in August

Hit .299 with Runners in scoring position (36-for-121), .327 with runners on third (17-52) and .364 with the bases loaded (4-for-11)

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