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1996
Ranked sixth among American League catchers with a .993 fielding percentage while throwing out 35% of potential basestealers ... Earned Royals Player of the Month honors for Juner after hitting five home runs and compliling a .754 slugging average ... Put together a career-high 11-game hitting streak from May 15-June 2, hitting .412 during tha stretch ... Belted his 100th career home run on Aug. 1 off Cleveland's Charles Nagy.

1995
The Sox No. 1 catcher was an important clutch hitter early in 1995 ... Hit first Sox home run May 1 at New York ... Signed by the Kansas City Royals as a free agent on Dec. 16, 1995.

1994
Became the team's leader in all-time games caught, surpassing John Wathan's club record ... Was hit by a Major League leading 18 pitches, surpassing his own club record of 16 set the previous year ... Royals were 42-35 with him starting behind the plate ... Threw out 18 out of 81 runners attempting to steal ... Hit only .222 with runners in scoring position ... Regained starting job after splitting time behind the plate last season with Brent Mayne.

1993
Began the season as Brent Mayne's understudy at catcher but grabbed the regular job with his best season to date ... Led the team with 20 home runs, equalling Darrell Porter's 1979 team record for catchers ... Had a great May, hitting .338 with six home runs and 20 RBI in 20 games to earn Royals Player of the Month honors for the first time ... Threw out 38 percent (42 of 112) of baserunners attempting to steal ... Was plunked by 16 pitches.

1992
Led Kansas City with 17 home runs and a .445 slugging percentage ... Tied for the league lead by being hit by 15 pitches ... Beat Texas May 21 with a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Jeff Russell ... 48 of his 94 hits went for extra bases.

1991
Was on his way to a great season before being injured in a home plate collision with Toronto's Joe Carter July 15 ... Did not return to action Sept. 14, and did not catch the rest of the year ... Hit 13 home runs in only 267 at-bats and posted a career-high .277 batting average ... Threw out 15 of 36 runners attempting to steal (41 percent) ... Hit two homers and drove in five runs July 14 at Detroit.

1990
Stepped into duty as Kansas City's regular catcher when Bob Boone was injured and responded with a solid year ... Connected off Pete Harnisch of Baltimore Aug. 4 for his first career grand slam and finished the game with a career-high five RBI ... Threw out only 12 of 78 runners attempting to steal (15 percent).

1989
Spent his first full season in the majors as Bob Boone's backup ... Threw out 11 of 26 runners attempting to steal ... Hit .314 with runners in scoring position.

1988
Became the first Royals rookie catcher to start on Opening Day since Ellie Rodriguez in 1969 ... Hit his first career homer on May 21 off Cleveland's Scott Bailes ... Threw out only 11 of 54 runners attempting to steal, but two of his 11 successful throws nailed Rickey Henderson.

1987
Saw his first major league action after Jamie Quirk was injured ... Debuted at Baltimore July 23 ... Collected his first hit, a two-run single, off Baltimore's Dave Schmidt July 25.


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