Last night he tripled, homered and drove in three runs against Kansas City. He has hit four home runs in his past five games, and has has been notching extra-base hits at an astounding rate: 18 of them in his last 14 games. Since his three-homer game against the Orioles on August 22, he has raised his slugging percentage 73 points, from .480 to .553.
1998 | 19 | LAD | NL | 77 | 214 | 195 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 37 | .215 | .278 | .369 | .648 | 73 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5/6 | |
1999 | 20 | LAD | NL | 152 | 614 | 538 | 84 | 148 | 27 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 61 | 105 | .275 | .352 | .428 | .780 | 102 | 230 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | *5 | |
2000 | 21 | LAD | NL | 138 | 575 | 510 | 71 | 148 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 85 | 12 | 5 | 56 | 80 | .290 | .360 | .475 | .835 | 114 | 242 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | *5/6 | |
2001 | 22 | LAD | NL | 126 | 515 | 475 | 59 | 126 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 60 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 82 | .265 | .310 | .411 | .720 | 91 | 195 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | *5/6 | |
2002 | 23 | LAD | NL | 159 | 635 | 587 | 70 | 151 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 96 | .257 | .303 | .426 | .729 | 97 | 250 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | *5 | |
2003 | 24 | LAD | NL | 158 | 608 | 559 | 50 | 134 | 30 | 2 | 23 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 103 | .240 | .290 | .424 | .714 | 88 | 237 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | *5/6 | |
2004 | 25 | LAD | NL | 156 | 657 | 598 | 104 | 200 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 121 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 87 | .334 | .388 | .629 | 1.017 | 163 | 376 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | *5/6 | MVP-2,SS |
2005 | 26 | SEA | AL | 156 | 650 | 603 | 69 | 154 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 108 | .255 | .303 | .413 | .716 | 93 | 249 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | *5/D | |
2006 | 27 | SEA | AL | 156 | 681 | 620 | 88 | 166 | 39 | 4 | 25 | 89 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 118 | .268 | .328 | .465 | .792 | 105 | 288 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | *5/4D | |
2007 | 28 | SEA | AL | 149 | 639 | 595 | 87 | 164 | 41 | 2 | 26 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 104 | .276 | .319 | .482 | .802 | 112 | 287 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | *5/D | GG |
2008 | 29 | SEA | AL | 143 | 612 | 556 | 74 | 148 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 77 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 90 | .266 | .327 | .457 | .784 | 109 | 254 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | *5/D | GG |
2009 | 30 | SEA | AL | 111 | 477 | 449 | 54 | 119 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 74 | .265 | .304 | .379 | .683 | 83 | 170 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | *5/D | |
2010 | 31 | BOS | AL | 154 | 641 | 589 | 84 | 189 | 49 | 2 | 28 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 82 | .321 | .365 | .553 | .919 | 141 | 326 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | *5 | AS,MVP-9,SS |
2011 | 32 | TEX | AL | 124 | 525 | 487 | 82 | 144 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 53 | .296 | .331 | .561 | .892 | 131 | 273 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | *5D | AS,MVP-15,GG,SS |
2012 | 33 | TEX | AL | 132 | 557 | 515 | 81 | 164 | 30 | 2 | 29 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 66 | .318 | .354 | .553 | .907 | 134 | 285 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | *5D | AS |