Played football, basketball and baseball Was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round of the amateur draft, but attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill instead Switched from shortstop to catcher his freshman year at UNC Earned All Atlantic Coast Conference honors three times Also earned All-America honors in '84 and ' Set a UNC record with a. His school records for runs scored 77 in '85 , batting average.
Tar Heels were during his career, winning ACC titles his freshman and sophomore seasons Olympic Team In January , B. His brother, Rich, played major league baseball for the Phillies and Rangers In November '98, B. Extremely active in community affairs, B. Surhoff hit. Hit his final home run of the season on Sept. Played 38 games in right field, 34 games in left field and 10 games at first base Started 18 games as a designated hitter and went 3-for-9 as a pinch-hitter.
After playing 9 games in April, batted. Hit safely in 15 of 19 games after Jay Gibbons was sidelined by injury for the first time on May 26, batting. Had a season-high 4 hits, including his 2nd home run of the year, on May 31 at Boston.
Hit safely in 8 straight games, June , batting. Also had an 8-game hitting streak, August , batting. Was placed on the disabled list on June 19 with a strained left calf suffered the night before at Colorado Was activated from the disabled list on July Missed 35 games while on the disabled list Aside from that time, played in 94 of games while on the active roster beginning on April Had a batting average above.
Went 6-for during the Orioles' game losing streak in August Hit safely in 23 of his final 31 games of the year, batting. Had a season-high 4 RBI on September 10 vs. Hit his 6th career grand slam on September 20 at Boston off Tim Wakefield Leads all active major league players at least at-bats with a. Ranks 7th on the Orioles' all-time list with a. Has home runs as an Oriole, the 5th highest total for a left-handed batter in club history Is also 10th in hits and doubles and tied for 10th in RBI Hit an impressive.
