Craig Biggio - Highlights

Highlights

• Led the Majors in runs scored in 1995 and 1997 and in doubles in 1998 and 1999.
• In 1997, became the first player in baseball history not to hit into a single double play while playing an entire 162 game season. Two players, Augie Galan (1935) and Dick McAuliffe (1968), had previously played an entire season with the same feat, but did not play in as many games in their respective seasons.
• In 1997, scored 146 runs, which is the most of any National League player since the Phillies' Chuck Klein scored 152 runs in 1932.
• Tops the Astros' career list in games played, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles and extra-base hits.
• Holds the record for most regular season games played before his first World Series appearance with 2,564.
• In 1998 became the second player to have 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles in the same season. The only other player to accomplish this is Baseball Hall of Fame member Tris Speaker for the Boston Red Sox in 1912.
• Holds the National League record for most lead-off home runs in a career with 53. He is third in MLB behind Alfonso Soriano and Rickey Henderson.
• 7-Time All Star.