Robin Ventura - Highlights

Highlights

• Golden Spikes Award (nation's best amateur player) (1988)
• 2-time All-Star (1992, 2002)
• 6-time Gold Glove winner at third base (1991–93, 1996, 1998–99)
• Hit two grand slams in one game (September 4, 1995)
• Only player to hit one grand slam during each end of a double-header (May 20, 1999)
• Hit 18 career grand slams, placing him in a tie with Willie McCovey for 5th on the all-time list, behind Lou Gehrig (23), Alex Rodriguez (22), Manny Ramírez (21), and Eddie Murray (19). 6.1% of his career home runs were grand slams, the highest ratio of any player with at least 250 career home runs.
• Hit a "Grand Slam Single" in the 1999 NLCS against the Atlanta Braves (see walk-off home run)
• Named American League Player of the Month, July 1991
• Was one of the first class of inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on July 4, 2006
• Inducted into Oklahoma State University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 17, 2009, along with Barry Sanders, and Garth Brooks.