| Jacque signed a three-year contract
with the Cubs in December 2005 ... he had spent his entire career
with Minnesota ... has appeared in 18 postseason contests, seeing
action in the American League Division Series (2002-2004) and
the AL Championship Series (2002) ... has recorded at least 22
doubles every season of his career - including a career-high 37
in 2002 ... has hit 20 leadoff home runs ... won a bronze medal
as part of the USA Olympic team in 1996 at the Olympic Games in
Atlanta ... began his professional career in 1996 after being
selected in the second round of the June draft out of the University
of Southern California ... was a two-time PAC-10 all-conference
selection and a third-team all-American selection in 1996 ...
tied for third in the NCAA in hits (106) in 1995 and was second
in the NCAA in hits the following season (93) ... is a 1993 graduate
of San Diego (CA) High School, where he played baseball, basketball
and football.
2006 Highlights:
Jones found his hitting stroke again after a dropoff in 2005.
He matched his career high in home runs (27), and finished strong,
hitting .310 over his final 12 games. He had 43 multi-hit games,
including nine three-hit games and two four-hit games. He was
a triple shy of the cycle on Sept. 26 against Milwaukee, going
3-for-5 with his 27th homer, a double, three RBIs and three runs
scored. He's totaled at least 22 doubles every season of his career.
2005 Highlights:
Jacque batted .249 with 22 doubles, 23 homers and 73 RBI in 142
games for Minnesota ... the outfielder led the Twins in homers,
runs scored (74) and total bases (229) ... tied a career high,
collecting 13 stolen bases ... batted .353 (24-68) and had a .471
on-base percentage and a .603 slugging percentage in 21 games
in the month of April ... had a 13-game hitting streak May 31-June
14, batting .345 (19-55) over the stretch ... recorded his second
career double-digit assists season, collecting 10 ... was tied
for fourth among American League outfielders ... had 31 multi-hit
games and 18 multi-RBI affairs ... doubled and homered in the
same game five times, including a 3-hit affair on August 5 in
a 12-0 defeat of Boston ... hit a game-winning pinch-homer May
10 off Baltimore's Steve Kline ... the 10th-inning blast put the
Twins up 5-4 in their 6-4 win ... it was his second career pinch-homer
... hit a one-out, solo walkoff homer off Baltimore's Jason Grimsley
on July 20 ... made his sixth career Opening Day start ... found
a groove when facing National League pitching June 8-10, homering
in three straight games for the first time in his career ... hit
a 2-run homer off Arizona's Claudio Vargas on June 8, followed
up with another 2-run blast off Arizona's Javier Vazquez on June
9 and hit a solo shot off Los Angeles Dodger Brad Penny on June
10.
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