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Jacob Brumfield
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Career Notes

1996
Split season between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Toronto Blue Jays, combining for career highs in home runs (14) and RBI (60) ... Traded by Pittsburgh to Toronto for D.J. Boston on May 15 ... Hit .360 in first eight games with Toronto, including his first AL home run on May 29.

1995
Set career highs in nearly every offensive category ... Led club with 22 stolen bases ... Served time on the D.L. with a strained left quadriceps muscle between May 19 and June 3 ... Suffered facial lacerations and deep thigh bruise as a result of an outfield collision with Dave Clark on July 25 vs. Atlanta.

1994
Hit above .300 for the first time in his big league career ... Saw action in 68 games as a reserve outfielder ... Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Clyburn on Oct. 13, 1994.

1993
Promoted to Cincinnati May 17 after hitting .325 at Indianapolis (AAA) ... Had a ninth-inning tie-breaking RBI single to propel Cincinnati to a 5-4 victory over Atlanta on May 27, his 28th birthday ... After seeing limited playing time with the Reds, he started 25 consecutive games in center field July 2-30, playing for the injured Roberto Kelly ... Hit his first major league homer in Game 2 of the July 2 doubleheader against Pittsburgh, off Tim Wakefield, and proceeded to hit two more homers in the next six games ... Hit three homers in four games Sept. 12-16 ... Stole 20 bases in 28 attempts.

1992
Made his big league debut Opening Day as a pinch-runner against San Diego ... Appeared in 24 games, primarily as a pinch-runner and late-inning defensive replacement ... Singled off Jose Boever of Houston April 12 for his first major league hit ... Stole six bases in six attempts ... Was optioned to Nashville (AAA) May 29 and spent the rest of the season in the minors.

1991
Granted free agency by the Kansas City Royals on Oct. 15, 1991 ... Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent on Nov. 12, 1991.

1986
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as a free agent to a minor-league contract on Aug. 16, 1986.

1985
Released by the Chicago Cubs on April 9, 1985.


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