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Andre Dawson

Birthdate:

7/10/1954

Height / Weight:

6' 3" / 195 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Miami, FL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Voted Rookie of the Year in 1977, Montreal's Andre Dawson slugged 19 home runs, batted .282 and stole 21 bases. His 19-game hitting streak in 1980 lifted his average to .308, 17 HR's and 87 RBI's, and he was second in the league with 41 doubles.

In 1981, this popular player finished second to Mike Schmidt in the MVP voting, won his second Gold Glove, second Silver Slugger award and led the Expos to the NLCS. In 1982, Andre Dawson was a starting outfielder in the All-Star game, captured another Gold Glove and was named "The Sporting News" Player of the Year. In 1983, Dawson belted 36 D's, 32 HR's, scored 104 runs with 113 RBI's, and he led all outfielders in putouts with 435, was voted by the fans a starting All-Star outfielder, for his third straight time and finished second to Dale Murphy in the MVP voting.

Andre Dawson became a free agent in March of 1987, signed with the Chicago Cubs and in his 1st season as a Cub, hit 49 homers, batted .287, 137 RBI's, started in another All-Star game and was voted the Most Valuable Player.

In 1992 Andre Dawson stole his 300 career stolen base, joining only Willie Mays as the only two players in history with at least 2,000 hits, 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases. He became a free agent and signed with the Red Sox in 1992, but his next few seasons were marred by knee surgery and a broken wrist.

Andre Dawson's career: .281 BA, 2630 hits, over 400 each in D's and HR's, over 1300 runs and over 1500 RBI's. Andre Dawson, we honor your great all-around play and outstanding charity giving of your time and money; a true 'man's man' and an true American Hero.

Andre Dawson was a remarkable athlete possessing speed, a strong throwing arm, long-ball power and team leadership. He won eight Gold Gloves, four Silver Slugger awards. Always aware of game situations, while with the Cubs, on a hard hit line drive to right field, with his rifle of a throwing arm, Andre threw a batter out at first base.

In 1988, Dawson set a still-unbroken major league record of 12 consecutive season in double figures in both homers and stolen bases.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
21 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1976	MON (NL)	24	85	9	20	4	1	0	7	5	13	1	2	1	0	2	0	.235	.278	SLG
1977	MON (NL)	139	525	64	148	26	9	19	65	34	93	21	7	4	2	1	4	.282	.326	SLG
1978	MON (NL)	157	609	84	154	24	8	25	72	30	128	28	11	3	12	4	5	.253	.299	SLG
1979	MON (NL)	155	639	90	176	24	12	25	92	27	115	35	10	5	6	8	4	.275	.309	SLG
1980	MON (NL)	151	577	96	178	41	7	17	87	44	69	34	9	7	6	1	10	.308	.358	SLG
1981	MON (NL)	103	394	71	119	21	3	24	64	35	50	26	4	14	7	0	5	.302	.365	SLG
1982	MON (NL)	148	608	107	183	37	7	23	83	34	96	39	10	4	8	4	6	.301	.343	SLG
1983	MON (NL)	159	633	104	189	36	10	32	113	38	81	25	11	12	9	0	18	.299	.338	SLG
1984	MON (NL)	138	533	73	132	23	6	17	86	41	80	13	5	2	2	1	6	.248	.301	SLG
1985	MON (NL)	139	529	65	135	27	2	23	91	29	92	13	4	8	4	1	7	.255	.295	SLG
1986	MON (NL)	130	496	65	141	32	2	20	78	37	79	18	12	11	6	1	6	.284	.338	SLG
1987	CHC (NL)	153	621	90	178	24	2	49	137	32	103	11	3	7	7	0	2	.287	.328	SLG
1988	CHC (NL)	157	591	78	179	31	8	24	79	37	73	12	4	12	4	1	7	.303	.344	SLG
1989	CHC (NL)	118	416	62	105	18	6	21	77	35	62	8	5	13	1	0	7	.252	.307	SLG
1990	CHC (NL)	147	529	72	164	28	5	27	100	42	65	16	2	21	2	0	8	.310	.358	SLG
1991	CHC (NL)	149	563	69	153	21	4	31	104	22	80	4	5	3	5	0	6	.272	.302	SLG
1992	CHC (NL)	143	542	60	150	27	2	22	90	30	70	6	2	8	4	0	6	.277	.316	SLG
1993	BOS (AL)	121	461	44	126	29	1	13	67	17	49	2	1	4	13	0	7	.273	.313	SLG
1994	BOS (AL)	75	292	34	70	18	0	16	48	9	53	2	2	3	4	0	1	.240	.271	SLG
1995	FLA (NL)	79	226	30	58	10	3	8	37	9	45	0	0	1	8	0	3	.257	.305	SLG
1996	FLA (NL)	42	58	6	16	2	0	2	14	2	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.276	.311	SLG
21 years		2627	9927	1373	2774	503	98	438	1591	589	1509	314	109	143	111	24	118	.279	.323	.SLG

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