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Career Highlights
 4th round pick by the Braves in the 1983 draft  Carolina League utility IF of the year in 1986
 Named Class-A All-Star by Baseball America in 1986  First Major League HR off Nolan Ryan on 9/24/87
 Finished 4th in NL Rookie of the Year voting in 1988   Led all rookies in HR, RBI, R, Extra base hits and 3B
 Named 1990 Comeback Player of the Year by USA Today and SI  Became 12th member of 30 HR-30 SB club in 1990
 Named to Sporting News Silver Slugger Team in 1991  Finsihed 6th in 1991 NL MVP voting
 In 1991, became the 3rd player to post back-to-back 30-30 seasons  In 1992, became first Brave to steal 30 bases in 3 straight seasons
 Made 1st All-Star appearance in 1992  Set post-season record with 11 straight SB's
 Finished 5th in 1993 NL MVP voting  Set career highs in HR (36)& RBI (117) in 1993
 Set Major League record with 4 extra inning GW HR's in 1995  Tied Pete Rose's NLCS record for runs scored (17) in 1996
 Became 1st Cardinal LF to hit 30 HR's since Stan Musial in 1951  In 1999, becam 1st Phillies LF to score 100 runs since Lefty O'Doul in 1930
 Hit 250th HR of career on 4/21/99  Scored 900th career run on 9/23/99
 Traded to Anaheim for Kent Bottenfield on 7/30/00  Signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Rockies on 12/10/00
 Recorded 1,500th career hit on 4/4/01 vs. St. Louis  Hit 300th career HR on 6/18/01 off Shane Reynolds
 Traded to Oakland for OF Robin Jennings on 7/4/01  



Personal
 Full name is Ronald Edwin Gant
 Married to Heather Campbell. Has one son, Ryan Edwin (4/1/95) and one daughter, Alexus (7/31/98)
 Graduated from Victoria H.S. (TX) in 1983, where he lettered in baseball and football
 Was MVP of baseball team his senior season
 Hobbies include golf, fishing and weightlifting



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