Cleveland Indians Jason Kipnis
kipnis in game against baltimore orioles
kipnis made major league debut on july 22, 2011, starting @ second base against chicago white sox. first career hit came in next game 3 days later on july 25th 2011 – game-winning walk-off single bases loaded , 2 outs in ninth inning against los angeles angels of anaheim. on august 3, 2011, kipnis became first indians second baseman hit home run in 4 consecutive games, , indian other former indians mvp al rosen in rookie year. first time in major league history player had homered in 4 consecutive games within 2 weeks of major league debut. on august 10, kipnis had five-hit, four-run game, first time rookie had done since jim fridley in 1952. in 2011, played 36 games in major leagues , batted .272 7 home runs , 19 rbis.
jason kipnis got opening day starting job @ second base 2012. on may 3, 2012, in game against chicago white sox, kipnis had triple, home run, , career-high 4 rbis in 7–5 indians victory. on june 1, kipnis hit first major league grand slam off minnesota twins starting pitcher carl pavano. kipnis played 152 games in 2012, batting .257 14 home runs , 76 rbis, , finished tied 6th in american league in steals (with 31).
in 2013 season kipnis continued improve on 2012 performance, winning player of week honor twice in month of june. kipnis batted .419 in june, ops of 1.216, in addition stealing 9 bases in 10 attempts. named american league player of month june. kipnis later named member of 2013 american league star team. in 2013, finished among al leaders in sacrifice flies (tied 2nd, 10), walks (tied 7th, 76), , steals (tied 9th, 30).
kipnis signed 6-year, $52.5 million contract indians on april 4, 2014.
in may 2015 kipnis broke indians team record hits in single month 51 total hits. ended month 30 runs made him 1 of 3 people ever in mlb have 50+ hits , 30+ runs in month of may. behind ty cobb , al simmons.
on june 1, kipnis voted al player of month may.
on july 9th, kipnis placed on disabled list hamstring injury. activated on august 6th continue feel discomfort in hamstring. on august 23, 2017, kipnis placed on 10-day disabled list due hamstring injury.
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