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Did you know that Mike...?
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- Member, first United States Olympic baseball team [Tokyo, 1964]
- Still holds highest lifetime batting average at the University of California, Berkeley [.384]
- Class A California League Rookie-of-the-Year and Player-of-the-Year, League MVP [1965]
- Class AAA International League Rookie-of-the-Year and Player-of-the-Year, League MVP [1966]
- Sporting News and Topps Minor League Player-of-the-Year [1966]
- American League record, most putouts, first baseman one game, 32 [versus Chicago White Sox, 1967]
- Hit three home runs in one game [versus Chicago White Sox, 1969]
- Won prestigious Major League “Player Win Average” award in the American League, given to baseball’s most productive hitter. (Willie McCovey won it in the National League) [1969]
- One game, career-high eight runs-batted-in [versus Baltimore Orioles, 1970]
- Tied Major League record four consecutive home runs [versus Washington Senators, 1971]
- Member, World Champion Oakland Athletics. Led team in home runs [1972]
- Came in third in the American League home run race [1972]
- Washington Senators club record, most home runs by a left-handed hitter, season, 30 [1969]
- Coach, San Diego Crush, 3-time Amateur World Champions [1991, 1992, 1994]
- Coach, San Diego Area Code Team [1995]
- Minor League Manager and Roving Hitting Instructor, Milwaukee Brewers, [1993]
- Minor League Hitting Coordinator San Diego Padres [2000]
- Hitting columnist, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper [2001-current]
- Elected to Rochester Red Wings (AAA) Hall of Fame [2004]
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