Baseball

BASEBALL

  • National and state records in careeer home runs (70), runs batted in (290), grand slams (10) and runs scored (250).
  • No. 1 with 257 career hits, finishing two short of the national record.
  • No. 1 in career strikeouts (528), how many times he was walked (129) and doubles (68).
  • Single-season records in strikeouts, home runs (23, 1997), RBIs (83, 1998) and runs scored (83, 1998).
  • No. 2 in single-season (.605, 1998), career batting average (.527) and 71 hits in single-season (1997).
  • No. 3 in career wins (40).
  • Tied the single-game records for strikeouts (20 in a no-hitter against Walled Lake Western in June, 1997) and grand slams (2).
  • Only player to win all four National Player of the Year Awards in the same year. (USA Today, Baseball Coaches of America, Collegiate Baseball, Gatorade)