78 Facts About Jeff Bagwell

Jeff Bagwell was named the National League Rookie of the Year in 1991 and won the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1994.

Jeff Bagwell hit 449 home runs for the Astros, the most in club history, and set numerous other franchise career and single-season records.

Jeff Bagwell is a four-time MLB All-Star, a three-time Silver Slugger winner and a Gold Glove recipient.

Jeff Bagwell is the only first baseman with at least 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases.

Jeff Bagwell was elected to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Much of Jeff Bagwell's family is from the Greater Boston area, including both his parents, and are avid fans of the Boston Red Sox.

Jeff Bagwell's favorite player, Carl Yastrzemski, was a longtime left fielder for the Red Sox.

Jeff Bagwell graduated from Xavier High School, a private all-male Catholic school located in Middletown, Connecticut.

In early 1989, Jeff Bagwell was honored by Xavier for his character and generosity.

Jeff Bagwell excelled in American Legion Baseball under coach Fred Tremalgia for Post 75 in Middletown and went on to be named the 2003 American Legion Baseball Graduate of the Year.

Jeff Bagwell was the school's career home run and run batted in leader when he was drafted, and a two-time Eastern College Athletic Conference player of the year.

Jeff Bagwell finished first in the league in hits and doubles, second in batting, OBP and OPS, fourth in walks, fifth in SLG, ninth in runs scored and tenth in RBI.

Jeff Bagwell had seen some time in the minors at first base, but he was blocked from that position by Mo Vaughn.

Disproportionate results of the trade notwithstanding, Jeff Bagwell eventually became acquainted with Andersen and they formed a friendship.

Jeff Bagwell said, 'you're making me look bad, you have to step it up.

Jeff Bagwell spent his entire major league career in a Houston uniform and, along with teammate Craig Biggio in their 15 seasons playing together, were a prodigious offensive and defensive unit known as the "Killer B's", synonymous with the Astros throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Jeff Bagwell stepped back with his front foot as he began his swing.

Jeff Bagwell was named the 1991 National League Rookie of the Year, the first Astros player to win the award, Baseball America's Rookie of the Year, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year and postseason All-Star and on the Topps' Rookie All-Star Team.

Jeff Bagwell exhibited extraordinary plate discipline for a rookie: while ranking tenth in the league in walks with 75, his OBP placed fifth at.

Jeff Bagwell recounted one conversation that occurred during an Astros pitching change in a game against St Louis.

Jeff Bagwell's production accelerated in 26 games after the All-Star break, batting.

Jeff Bagwell led the major leagues in SLG, OPS+, RBI, and total bases, and the NL in runs scored and OPS, but fell short of winning the batting Triple Crown, finishing second for the batting title to Tony Gwynn, who, after batting.

Jeff Bagwell finished second in home runs to Matt Williams, who hit 43.

Jeff Bagwell set the record for the fewest plate appearances in a season reaching 100 of both runs scored and runs driven in and became the first National Leaguer to finish first or second in batting average, home runs, RBI, and runs scored since Willie Mays in 1955.

Jeff Bagwell hit 23 home runs in 56 games at the Astrodome, setting a record that stood for the stadium that was famed to be pitcher-friendly until the Astros moved out following the 1999 season.

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Jeff Bagwell won his first Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, and Player of the Year Awards from The Sporting News, Associated Press, Baseball Digest, and USA Today Baseball Weekly.

Jeff Bagwell had tied the previous record one year earlier to the month.

Rather than change his successful style, Jeff Bagwell resorted to wearing a heavily padded protective batting glove.

Jeff Bagwell missed a total of 30 games, appearing in 114 and batted.

Jeff Bagwell won the 1995 ESPY Awards for Best Breakthrough Athlete and Outstanding Baseball Performer.

Jeff Bagwell enforced accountability and preparation which fostered camaraderie and incorporated all players as instrumental to the success of the team.

Jeff Bagwell was named NL Player of the Month, his fourth career monthly award.

Jeff Bagwell reached base 324 total times and in all but 11 games.

Jeff Bagwell led the NL in doubles with 48 while earning his second All-Star selection and finishing ninth in the MVP voting.

Jeff Bagwell finished second in the league with both 43 home runs and 135 RBI — the RBI total was a career high — and was third in the MVP balloting.

Jeff Bagwell made the playoffs for the first time in 1997 when the Astros won the National League Central division, the club's first appearance in 11 years.

In 1998, Jeff Bagwell informed a Houston Chronicle reporter that he was using androstenedione, which at the time the United States Food and Drug Administration classified it as a nutritional dietary supplement, finding it benign and authorized for non-medicinal purposes.

Jeff Bagwell ranked third in the league in runs scored and walks, fifth in OPS+, sixth in OBP, and eighth in OPS.

Jeff Bagwell was honored with the third Silver Slugger Award of his career.

Jeff Bagwell joined Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson and Ted Williams as the fifth player in major league history to record 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons.

Jeff Bagwell finished the 2000 season with a career-high 47 home runs,.

In spite of Jeff Bagwell reaching base in eight of 12 plate appearances by single or by walk, he did not score any runs, and the Braves swept the Astros in three games.

Jeff Bagwell underwent surgery to remove bone spurs and to reconstruct a partially torn labrum on October 26,2001.

Jeff Bagwell had began to develop arthritis in his right shoulder, which gradually worsened and diminished his playing ability.

Jeff Bagwell scooped a ground ball batted from Hideki Matsui and relayed it to Billy Wagner covering first base, the final of a record six pitchers participating in the feat.

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On September 18,2004, Jeff Bagwell collected his 1,500th career RBI with a single in the third inning against the Brewers.

Jeff Bagwell finished with 27 home runs, stopping a streak of eight consecutive seasons with at least 30, but extending a streak of 12 with at least 20.

Once possessing great ability to throw out the lead runner at third base ahead on bunt plays, Jeff Bagwell found it difficult to practice with the other infielders between innings.

Jeff Bagwell was the Astros' designated hitter in the first two games against the White Sox at US Cellular Field, and was a pinch hitter in the two games played in Houston at Minute Maid Park.

Together with Biggio, Jeff Bagwell received Baseball America's Lifetime Achievement Award after the 2005 season.

Days earlier, orthopedic surgeon Dr James Andrews had performed a physical examination on Jeff Bagwell and determined that he had become "completely disabled" and was unable to play baseball again.

On March 28, Cigna rejected the claim, contending that because Jeff Bagwell had played during 2005 World Series he could not have become more disabled during the period of baseball inactivity characteristic of the offseason.

Nonetheless, Jeff Bagwell still reported to spring training hoping he could contribute in some way during the upcoming 2006 campaign, and to test the injured shoulder.

Jeff Bagwell never had to make any difficult throws that would place notable stress on his shoulder, as the other infielders shifted toward him.

Jeff Bagwell disclosed that he was only in good enough condition to play every several days, rather than every day.

Jeff Bagwell was eventually paid the full amount of his contract.

Jeff Bagwell filed for free agency in November 2006 but announced his retirement one month later.

Jeff Bagwell made his first public appearance at Minute Maid Park since the end of his career on June 28,2007.

Jeff Bagwell was the eighth player in Astros history to have his number retired.

Jeff Bagwell was a superstar who always put the team before himself.

In 2009, Jeff Bagwell received the Bill Shea Distinguished Little League Graduate Award.

Jeff Bagwell was eligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time in 2011.

Jeff Bagwell has not been connected with any of the 104 positive samples in the 2003 survey tests that were leaked.

Jeff Bagwell was not among the 89 players named in the Mitchell Report released in 2007.

Jeff Bagwell spent the first nine seasons of his career playing home games at the Astrodome, notorious for its reputation as the toughest park in which to hit when baseball was still played there.

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Jeff Bagwell is the only player in history to achieve six consecutive seasons with each of 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 runs scored, and 100 walks.

Jeff Bagwell had seven seasons with 30 home runs and 100 walks; the only players with more are Gehrig, Ruth, Williams, Jim Thome, and Thomas.

Jeff Bagwell is one of 12 players in MLB history to hit at 400 home runs and attain a career on-base percentage of at least.

Jeff Bagwell is the only first baseman to reach both 400 home runs and 200 stolen bases.

Jeff Bagwell is just one of 21 players in history to win both a Rookie of the Year Award and an MVP.

Jeff Bagwell is the Astros' all-time leader in home runs and RBI and is the first Astro to win an MVP.

Jeff Bagwell is married to Rachel Bagwell, his third wife, with whom he has five children in a blended family.

Jeff Bagwell later married Ericka Bagwell, with whom he had his two daughters.

Rachel Jeff Bagwell is the widow of Greater Houston-area hand surgeon Dr Michael Brown, the owner and founder of Brown Hand Center.

In spite of his professional success, Jeff Bagwell has stated that he "doesn't enjoy too much of the spotlight" that follows.

Jeff Bagwell hit three fewer home runs than his boyhood idol, Carl Yastrzemski — 452 to 449.

In January 2015, Jeff Bagwell reportedly sold his home in the Memorial neighborhood of Houston.

Jeff Bagwell struggled with addiction for several years until 2017.