Marcus Thames Autographed Baseball
Item Number: M1CAN09-013-GL
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Detroit Tigers Marcus Thames Autographed Baseball. Thames belted 25 home runs in his fifth season with the Tigers in 2008, second-most on the club...Connected for his fifth career grand slam on May 21 versus Seattle -- drove in a season-high four runs during the game...matched the high with four RBI on May 28 at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...Belted two home runs on May 28 at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to match a career high -- matched the high with two home runs on June 16 at San Francisco and September 5 at Minnesota...All eight of his hits during a 10-game stretch June 7-17 were home runs -- according the Elias Sports Bureau, it marked the longest such streak by a major league player since St. Louis' Mark McGwire posted a stretch of 11 straight home runs during the 2001 season...Homered in five straight games June 13-17 to match a Tigers record, homering six times during the stretch -- joined Rudy York (1937), Hank Greenberg (1940), Vic Wertz (1950) and Willie Horton (1969) in accomplishing the feat...Equaled a career high with three hits on June 29 versus Colorado -- matched the high with three hits on July 10 versus Minnesota...Tabbed the Tigers Player of the Month for June after hitting .306 (22x72) with three doubles, 10 home runs and 16 RBI in 22 games -- second in the American League with 10 home runs during the month...Belted his sixth career grand slam on September 14 against the White Sox at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field -- matched a season high with four RBI in the game...Hit .265 (49x185) with 17 home runs in 64 games prior to the all-star break...batted .206 (27x131) with eight home runs in 39 games following the all-star break.
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