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◆ Hit five home runs in first five games as a Brave...Per ELIAS, was the first player ever with five home runs in his first
five games with a team.
◆ Named National League Player of the Month in April after batting .298 (28/94) with 22 runs score and an N.L.-leading
12 home runs.
2012
◆ Completed sixth and final season with Arizona, setting a new career high with 107 runs scored...The 107 runs ranked
second in the National League.
◆ Connected for 100th career home run Aug. 3 at Philadelphia...Became the fifth player in Diamondbacks history to tally
100 homers, joining Steve Finley, Luis Gonzalez, Mark Reynolds and Chris Young...Brother B.J. also hit 100th home run
on the same evening...Became the sixth pair of brothers to reach the 100-homer plateau: Roberto and Sandy Alomar
Jr., Bret and Aaron Boone, Ken and Clete Boyer, Joe and Vince DiMaggio and Bob and Irish Meusel.
2011
◆ In fifth season with the Diamondbacks, was tabbed as a National League All-Star for the second time in career...
Finished fourth in the N.L. MVP vote (Ryan Braun).
◆ Captured first Louisville Silver Slugger Award and was named to The Sporting News’ N .L . All-Star Team .
◆ Logged a career-best 31 home runs to become just the 10th player in franchise history to reach the 30-homer mark...
Finished in the National League’s top 10 in several categories, including doubles (39, 2nd), runs scored (105, T-3rd),
extra-base hits (75, T-3rd), home runs (9th) and slugging (.529, 1st).
◆ Became the 15th player all-time to record 20 steals and 30 home runs prior to age-24 season...He and brother, B.J.,
were the first set of brothers to reach the 20 HR/20 SB mark in the same season.
◆ Won first career N.L. Player of the Week Award for the period ending June 19 after batting .552 (16/29) with a home
run and seven RBI...Shared N.L. Player of the Week honors with Cameron Maybin for the period ending July 24.
2010
◆ Played in 133 games in fourth season with Arizona...Named the Diamondbacks nominee for the Roberto Clemente
Award .
◆ Recorded a career-best .985 fielding percentage after committing just four errors...Had a career-best 47-game
errorless streak from Apr. 23-June 16. upton
2009
◆ In third big league season (first full) with Arizona, set career highs in batting average (.300), slugging percentage (.532)
and triples (7).
◆ Joined Orlando Cepeda (1959) as the only player in MLB history to hit at least .300 with 25 home runs, 80 RBI and 20
stolen bases in a season prior to their age-22 season.
◆ Named to first career All-Star Team after batting .301 (95/316) with 19 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 51 RBI
in the first half of the season.
◆ Named the National League Player of the Month for May after batting .373 (41/110) with 25 runs scored, eight doubles,
four triples, seven home runs and 21 RBI.
◆ Placed on the disabled list Aug. 6-26 with a right rib cage muscle strain.
2008
◆ Limited to 108 games in second season with the Diamondbacks but was the youngest player in franchise history to
tally 15 doubles and 15 home runs in a season.
◆ Logged five home runs through the Club’s first 11 games...Only third player in Major League history under 21 to turn
the trick .
◆ Placed on the D.L. from July 9-Aug. 29 with a left oblique muscle strain.
2007
◆ Appeared in 103 games between Double-A Mobile and Single-A Visalia before making Major League debut with
Arizona Aug. 2 in San Diego...At 19 years, 342 days, was the youngest Diamondback to ever appear in a game.
◆ Tallied first hit Aug. 4 at Los Angeles (N.L)...Hit first home run Aug. 7 vs. Pittsburgh and finished a single shy of becoming
the youngest player in Major League history to hit for the cycle.
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
◆ Has made appearances in three different postseasons, going 11-for-48 (.229) with two doubles, a triple, two
home runs and four RBI...In 2013, started in all four of Atlanta’s games during the Division Series against the Dodgers,
batting .143 (2/14) with a double and four walks...During the 2011 NLDS vs. Milwaukee, went 4-for-20 (.200), including
his first two career postseason home runs...Homered in Game 2 and Game 5 in Milwaukee...Made postseason debut
with the Diamondbacks in 2007 at age 20...Went 3-for-5 (.600) with an RBI in Arizona’s Division Series win over the
Cubs...Batted .222 (2/9) with a double and triple in four games during the NLCS vs. Colorado.

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