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1996
Led the Cubs in at-bats (624), runs scored (111), triples (5), walks (73) and stolen bases (37) ... Tied for sixth in the National League in stolen bases ... Set career highs in home runs, steals and runs scored ... Had his first career steal of home April 13 at San Francisco.

1995
Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones on April 4, 1995 ... His 580 at-bats led the National League and tied for second in the league with a career-high 38 doubles ... Also tied for fourth in hits (167) and for sixth in triples (7) and ranked fifth in multi-hit games (52) and eighth in runs scored (92) ... Led NL outfielders with 352 total chances and 345 putouts ... Committed just three errors for a .991 fielding percentage ... Recorded his 100th career steal May 29 vs. Atlanta ... Hit safely in twelve straight games May 28 - June 9, hitting .340 (17-50) ... Underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left wrist October 25

1994
Significant drop in power with home run total dropping from 12 in 1993 to eight ... Hit .307 right-handed and .259 left-handed ... The strike did not slow McRae down stealing a career-high 28 bases in only 36 attempts for a 78 percent success rate ... A career slow starter with a .214 average in April entering this season, he shot out of the blocks with a .359 average in April, including a league-leading 12 multi-hit games ... Hit .489 over an 11-game hitting streak from May 22-June 3.

1993
Put together his best offensive season to date and continued to play fine defense in center field ... A late-season slump lowered his average below .300, but his .282 final mark was still a 59-point improvement over 1992 ... Led the Royals with a 14-game hitting streak June 26-July 11 ... Royals Player of the Month for April and June ... Committed seven errors after totaling only six miscues in his previous 343 outfield games ... Ranked second on the team with 23 steals but was thrown out 14 times ... His team-leading 177 hits placed him ninth in the AL and he tied for fourth in the league with nine triples.

1992
Struggled mightily at the plate but continued to help the team with exceptional defensive play ... Finished the year with the lowest batting average (.223) of any AL player with enough at-bats to qualify for the batting title ... Ranked sixth among AL outfielders with a .993 fielding percentage, committing only three errors while handling the fifth-highest number of chances (430) in the league ... Led the Royals with eight outfield assists ... Recorded an unassisted double play Aug. 23 at Chicago, the first by an AL outfielder since Oakland's Bill North handled both ends of a twin killing in 1974 ... Hit two inside-the-park home runs during the year.

1991
Led the Royals in games, at-bats, runs, hits, triples (sixth in the AL with nine) and stolen bases in his first full season in the majors ... Put together the longest hitting streak in the AL when he hit safely in 22 straight games July 20-Aug. 13 (34-93, .366) ... The streak was the third-longest in franchise history ... Had two home runs, including his first major league grand slam, and a career-high six RBI July 14 at Detroit.

1990
Made the leap from Memphis (AA) to the majors in August ... Made his big league debut Aug. 7 as the starting center fielder against Chicago and tripled in his first at-bat against Alex Fernandez ... Finished his first game 2-for-4 with one run and one RBI ... Hit his first major league home run Aug. 26 off Seattle's Keith Comstock and finished the game with four RBI, a career high at the time.


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