Chipper Jones #10
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Chipper
Jones
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Height:6-4
Weight:210
Born:4/24/72 at Deland, FL
Resides:Alpharetta, GA
Bats:Both
Throws:Right
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1999 Season: Named MVP by the BBWAA...Was first on 29 of the 32 ballots and earned 432 points to outpace runner-up Jeff Bagwell of Houston by 156 points...He is the first third baseman to win the award since 1991 when another Atlanta Brave, Terry Pendleton, was honored...Became the third switch hitter in the 1990's to be named MVP, joining Pendleton and the Padres Ken Caminiti in 1996...Became the first Major League player in history to hit .300 (.319), score 100 runs (116), have 40 doubles (41 - tying his Atlanta mark set in 1997), hit 40 HR (45), drive in 100 (110), have 100 walks (126) and steal 20 bases (25)...Offensive prowess earned him his first Silver Slugger Award...Named Major League Position Player of the Year and 1st Team All-Star by Baseball America...Also named to TSN's National League All-Star team and the AP All-Star Team...Set the NL record for most home runs by a switch-hitter when he hit two on September 21 vs. the Mets to give him 43; Todd Hundley held the mark when he hit 41 in 1996...Mantle holds the Major League record with 54 in 1961...Is the first Brave to post 4 straight 100-RBI seasons since Dale Murphy 1982-85...The first Brave to score at least 100 runs in four straight seasons since Hank Aaron did it 13 consecutive times from 1955 through 1967...Set Atlanta record with 87 extra base hits, breaking Aaron's mark of 79 in 1967...Aaron holds the franchise mark of 92, set in 1959...Drew at least 1 walk in 16 straight games August 19- to September 5, setting a franchise mark and tying the NL record set by the Cardinals' Jack Clark in 1987…Hit .336 in August (36 x 107) with 10 HR and 23 RBI... Reached base safely in an Atlanta-record 39 straight games June 30-Aug. 14…Chipper in '96 co-held the old mark of 34, along with David Justice ('94) and Rowland Office ('76)...Finished T2nd in the NL with 87 extra-base hits, 4th with 359 TB and a .633 SLG% and a .441 OB%, T3rd with 45 HR, 3rd with 126 BB, T7th with 41 2B, T10th with 54 multi-hit games, 7th with 116 runs, and 10th with a .319 BA...Finished the season112-for-last-323 (.347) with 30 HR and 69 RBI over his last 94 games, starting June 16 at Houston...Had a 10-G hitting streak July 1-10 (17 x 34, .500, 7 HR, 10 RBI), hit in 21 of 25 games in July (33 x 80, .413, 11 HR, 17 RBI)...Had 21 HR in last 55 games after a 21-game HR drought; had 13 HR in 26 games July 2-Aug. 1...Had six two-homer games this year: May 1 vs. Cinci, July 2 at NYM, Aug. 1 vs. the Phillies, Aug. 13 at LA, Sep. 5 vs. the Diamondbacks and Sep. 21 vs. the Mets; now has 12 for his career...May 1 game vs. Cinci marked the first time in his career that he'd homered from both sides of the plate in one game; performed the feat again Aug. 1 vs. the Phillies and September 21 vs. the Mets....Had 15 HR in 142 AB (every 9.5 AB) off left-handers this year…Had only 12 homers in 678 lifetime AB (every 56.5 AB) against lefties before this season…Led the team with HR vs. lefties...Had four extra-inning GW home runs: May 26 at Milwaukee, July 25 at Philadelphia, August 29 at St. Louis and September 17 vs. Montreal...Set career highs in average (.319), home runs (45), walks (126) and stolen bases (25)...Hit .366 with 25 HRs and 59 RBI while posting a .732 SLG% and a .467 OBP at Turner Field...Hit 33 solo home runs to lead the team...Hit over .300 against both lefties and righties, posted a .352 (5th in NL) average (50 x 142) with 15 HR and 35 RBI against lefties and a .308 average (131 x 425) with 30 HR and 75 RBI vs. righties...Hit .349 over the last 3 months of the season, (July, August, September/Oct.) in 81 games (96 x 275), 31 HR, 65 RBI and 17 SB...Hit well in all clutch situations: RISP (.308, 10 HR, 70 RBI), RISP/2 out (.317, 1 HR, 19 RBI) and bases loaded (.333, 5 RBI)...Hit .367 from the 7th inning on to rank 1st in the NL with a .484 OBP and a .678 SLG%...Posted a .360 average (36 x 100) when putting the 1st pitch in play to rank 8th in the NL, with 10 HR and 22 RBI...Based on 1000career AB currently ranks 25th with a .301 average, a .394 OBP% and a .529 SLG% among active players. 1999 Post Season Highlights: Division Series: Batted .231 (3 x 13) with 1 RBI…Drew 5 walks…NLCS: Hit .263 (5 x 19) with 2 2B and 1 RBI…Drew 9 BB and stole 3 bases…World Series: Held again to a 3 x 13 showing (.231) with 1 HR and 2 RBI…Solo homer in the bottom of the 4th in Game 1 in Atlanta gave Braves a 1-0 lead which lasted through 7 innings, before the Yankees struck for a 4-run 8th.
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