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Travis Hafner

Hafner is intentionally walked by the Detroit Tigers on August 25, 2006
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Designated hitter
Born: June 3, 1977 (1977-06-03) (age 31)
Jamestown, North Dakota
Bats: LeftThrows: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
August 6, 2002 for the Texas Rangers
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Batting average    . In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Jamestown is a city in Stutsman County, North Dakota in the United States. North Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions of the United States of America. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 290
Home runs    142
Runs batted in    480
Teams

Travis Lee Hafner (pronounced /ˈhæfnɚ/, born June 3, 1977) is a left-handed hitting designated hitter in Major League Baseball. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 Hafner currently plays for the Cleveland Indians of the American League Central Division. The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in He attended Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, Kansas. Cowley County Community College and Area Vocational-Technical School (usually referred to as just Cowley College) is a two-year college located in Arkansas City, Arkansas City is a City situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers in the southwestern part of Cowley County, located in south-central Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " His nickname, "Pronk", was given to him by former teammate Bill Selby during spring training of 2002 when people would sometimes refer to him as "The Project" and other times "Donkey" for the way he looked when running the bases. William Frank Selby (born June 11, 1970 in Monroeville Alabama) was a utility player from to with the Boston Red Sox, In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: [1]

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Major League career

2002-2003

Hafner was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 31st round of the 1996 draft. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball 's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools In the winter of 2002, the Rangers traded him to the Indians along with Aaron Myette for catcher Einar Diaz and right-handed pitcher Ryan Drese. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Aaron Kenneth Myette (born September 26 1977 in New Westminster British Columbia) is a Major League Baseball Canadian Right-handed Pitcher Ryan Thomas Drese (born April 5, 1976 in San Francisco California) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher who currently plays for Hafner enjoyed moderate success with the Indians in 2003, splitting time between first base and designated hitter. First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a Baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a baserunner in order to score a run In Baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6 On August 14, he hit for the cycle in Minnesota, the first Indian to accomplish the feat since Andre Thornton in 1978. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures In Baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a Home run in the same game though not necessarily The Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome, often simply called The Metrodome, is a domed sports Stadium in downtown Minneapolis Minnesota. André Thornton (born August 13 1949 in Tuskegee Alabama) nicknamed "Thunder" is a former First baseman and Designated hitter Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP [2]

2004

In 2004, Hafner had a breakout offensive season. Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. As the primary DH in the Indians line-up, he finished the season in the top ten in the league in on-base percentage (. In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage) 410, 3rd), slugging percentage (. In Baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is a popular measure of the power of a hitter. 583, 4th), doubles (41, 6th), extra base hits (72, 7th), RBI (109, 9th) and batting average (. In Baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching Second base without being called out by the Umpire In Baseball, an extra base hit ( EB, EBH or XBH) also known as a long hit, is any base hit on which the batter Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 311, 10th). He also hit 28 home runs (16th in the AL) and scored 96 runs (20th in the AL). In Baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around first second and third base and returns safely to Home plate, touching He topped the . 300 mark in batting average each month of the season except August–when he hit a respectable . 274–and was particularly hot in July, hitting . 360 with 8 HR and 28 RBI. He hit his first career grand slam in the Indians' home opener on April 12 against Kyle Lohse of the Minnesota Twins. In the Sport of Baseball, a grand slam (or just slam for short is a Home run hit with all the bases occupied by baserunners, thereby Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Kyle Matthew Lohse (loʊʃ (born October 4, 1978 in Chico, California) is a Right-handed Starting pitcher for the The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [3]

2005

At the beginning of the 2005 season, the Indians signed Hafner to a 3-year contract through 2007 with a club option for 2008. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball [4] He responded by exceeding his impressive offensive production of 2004. He was again among the league-leaders in on-base percentage (3rd, . 408), slugging percentage (3rd, . 595), doubles (5th, 42), walks (7th, 79), extra base hits (8th, 75), batting average (9th, . A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire 305), home runs (9th, 33) and RBI (9th, 108). He also scored 94 runs. The American League named him Player of the Month for June, when he posted a . The Player of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league every month of the regular season 345 batting average with 10 doubles, 8 HR and 29 RBI in 24 games. [5] He continued to swing a hot bat the first full week of July when he was named Player of the Week after hitting . The Player of the Week award is a Major League Baseball award named by each of the American and National Leagues each Week of the Regular 480 with 4 HR and 12 RBI in 8 games. [6] On July 16, he was hit in the face by a pitch thrown by the Chicago White Sox's Mark Buehrle and was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 26. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Mark Alan Buehrle (pronounced /ˈbɝˌli/) (born March 23, 1979 in St In Major League Baseball, the disabled list (DL is a method for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players [7] After returning from the DL on August 4, he hit . Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. 296 with 15 HR and 45 RBI over the remaining 54 games of the season. He finished the season with a flurry, hitting home runs in six straight games from September 18–24, the second longest such streak in Cleveland history. [8] After the season, the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) named him Indians Man of the Year[9] and he finished fifth in the AL Most Valuable Player voting. Baseball Writers' Association of America ( BBWAA) is a professional association for Baseball Journalists writing for daily Newspapers, Magazines [10]

2006

The 2006 season saw Hafner firmly establish himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success For the third straight season, he posted MVP-caliber numbers while anchoring the middle of one of the most potent offenses in baseball. His season was cut short when on September 1, he was hit on the hand by Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson. The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft This article is about the baseball player for the football player see C The Indians placed him on the disabled list for the rest of the season on September 9 after X-rays revealed a broken bone in his right hand. [11] At the time of the injury, he led the league in slugging percentage (. 659) and walks (100); was second in home runs (42), RBI (117), total bases (299), on-base percentage (. In Baseball statistics, total bases refers to the number of bases a player has gained with hits, i 439) and extra-base hits (74); and was third in runs scored (100). He also batted over . 300 (. 308) for the third consecutive season. He finished 8th in the league MVP voting by the BBWAA.

On June 7, a section in the right field mezzanine at Progressive Field was officially opened as "Pronkville. Progressive Field is a ballpark located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and is the home of the Cleveland Indians of the American " [12]

On July 7, Hafner became the first player in Major League history to hit five grand slams before the All-Star break and passed Al Rosen in the team's season record book when he connected off Kris Benson of the Baltimore Orioles. Albert Leonard Rosen (born February 29, 1924, in Spartanburg South Carolina) nicknamed " Al " " Flip " and the Kristopher James Benson (born November 7, 1974 in Superior Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball Right-handed Starting The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. He joined Hall-of-Famer Ernie Banks of the 1955 Chicago Cubs, Jim Gentile of the 1961 Orioles and Don Mattingly of the 1987 Yankees as the only players to hit at least five grand slams in a season. Ernest "Ernie" Banks (born January 31, 1931 in Dallas Texas) is an American former Major League Baseball player Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Brooklyn Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-3 Johnny Podres, MVP The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. James Edward Gentile (pronounced "jen-TEE-uhl" born June 3, 1934 in San Francisco California) also nicknamed "Diamond Jim" is a Headline Event of the Year Roger Maris hits 61 home runs breaking Babe Ruth 's record Donald Arthur Mattingly (nicknamed " Donnie Baseball " and " The Hit Man " (born April 20, 1961) is the Los Angeles Dodgers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins over St [13] In September 2006, the Seattle Mariners' Richie Sexson also joined the five grand slam club. The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Richmond Lockwood "Richie" Sexson (born December 29, 1974 in Portland Oregon) is an American First baseman who is currently [14]

A little more than a month later, on August 13, Hafner tied Mattingly's single-season record when he cracked his sixth grand slam of the season off Luke Hudson of the Kansas City Royals. Luke Stephen Hudson (born May 2, 1977, in Fountain Valley California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher with the Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. [15] His league-leading 13 home runs and 30 RBI combined with his . 361 average in the month of August earned him AL Player of the Month—the second time he has been honored as such in his career. [16]

Hafner set the single-season club mark with 39 home runs and 110 RBI as a DH, surpassing Andre Thornton's 1982 totals of 32 home runs and 109 RBI. Champions Major League Baseball World Series Champion St Louis Cardinals World Series MVP Darrell He became the second Indian ever to record 100 walks, 100 runs and 100 RBI in the same season (Jim Thome did so in 1997, 2001 and 2002). James Howard "Jim" Thome (ˈtʰoʊˌmeɪ born August 27 1970 in) is a Major League Baseball Designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: His . 659 slugging percentage was the sixth highest in team history.

2007

Hafner's 2007 regular season was sub-par, as his numbers dropped from the previous two seasons. He batted . 266 for the season, compared to . 308 in 2006 and . 305 in 2005. He also hit 24 home runs and 100 runs batted in, his 4th straight season of 100+ RBIs. [17] Some critics point to Hafner's sub-par performance being due to unfinshed contract negotiations, but Hafner denies this. Despite a lackluster first half, the Indians signed Hafner to a four-year, $57 million contract extension during the All-Star break, keeping him in Cleveland through the 2012 season. [18]

Career Statistics

Stats
SeasonTeamLeagueGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSOBPSLGAVG
2002TexasMLB2362615411681501. 329. 387. 242
2003ClevelandMLB9129135741931440228121. 327. 485. 254
2004ClevelandMLB14048296150413281096811132. 410. 583. 311
2005ClevelandMLB13748694148420331087912300. 408. 595. 305
2006ClevelandMLB1294541001403114211710011100. 439. 659. 308
2007ClevelandMLB152545801452522410010211511. 385. 451. 266
2008ClevelandMLB2493122140314122401. 324. 366. 226
Major League Totals69624134236931661014549439158066. 395. 545. 287

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References

  1. ^ Pronk Of the Plains. See also List of lifetime home run leaders through history This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball home run hitters. In Baseball, a player hits for the cycle when he hits a single, a double, a triple and a Home run in the same game though not necessarily Listed below are the occurrences of Major League Baseball players who have hit three Home runs in a single game SI. com (January 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a
  2. ^ Hafner hits for cycle as Indians whack listless Twins again. SI. com (August 14, 2003). Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  3. ^ Riske finally closes door on Indians win. Sportsline. com wire reports. The Associated Press (April 12, 2004). Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  4. ^ Hill, Justice B. (April 13, 2005). Indians sign Hafner to three-year deal. MLB. com. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
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  6. ^ Thesier, Kelly (July 11, 2005). Hafner latest AL Player of the Week. MLB. com. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop
  7. ^ "Headache sends Indians' Hafner to DL; Braves' Hampton down with bad back", USA Today, The Associated Press, July 27, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop  
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  9. ^ Pluto, Terry. Terry Pluto (born in Cleveland, Ohio) is an award-winning sportswriter who primarily writes columns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer "Hafner, Boone honored by baseball journalists", Akron Beacon-Journal, November 6, 2005, p.  C3.  
  10. ^ "A-Rod edges Ortiz for second AL MVP in three seasons", CBS SportsLine. com wire reports, The Associated Press, November 14, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-04-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop  
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  12. ^ Pronkville opens for business.
  13. ^ Indians DH blasts team record fifth grand slam. ESPN. com. The Associated Press (July 7, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor
  14. ^ Sexson records 5th grand slam of season in M's 7-2 victory. The Seattle Times. The Associated Press (September 8, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-04-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor
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  18. ^ Tribe, Hafner ink $57M, 4 -year extension mlive. com
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  20. ^ Castrovince, Anthony (April 9, 2006). Notes: Sweet start for Hafner. MLB. com. Retrieved on 2007-04-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
  21. ^ Castrovince, Anthony (November 17, 2006). Notes: Early posting results unhelpful. MLB. com. Retrieved on 2007-05-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
  22. ^ Pronk's Beef Jerky. Retrieved on 2007-10-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the

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