| Juan was acquired in December from
the Florida Marlins in exchange for pitchers Sergio Mitre, Ricky
Nolasco and Renyel Pinto ... in addition to the Marlins, Pierre
saw big league action with Colorado (2000-2002) ... was traded
to Florida as part of a six-player deal following the 2002 season
... was a member of the 2003 World Championship Florida Marlins
... is a two-time winner of the Lou Brock Award (2001 and 2003),
presented annually to the stolen base leader in the National League
... was honored by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in 2003,
receiving the James "Cool Papa" Bell Award ... has led
the National League or finished second in the league in stolen
bases every year since 2001 - as he has stolen at least 40 bases
each season ... leads all major leaguers in steals since the 2001
season, as he has 260 steals to Ichiro Suzuki's 190 ... ranks
second in the NL (dating back to 2000) in triples and third in
hits ... is third in bunt hits among all active players, trailing
Kenny Lofton (187) and Omar Vizquel (136) ... has hit .300 or
better in four seasons, doubled 20 or more times in four seasons
and played in all 162 games in three seasons ... began his professional
career in 1998 after being selected by Colorado in the 13th round
of the June draft out of the University of South Alabama ... graduated
from Alexandria (LA) High School and attended Galveston Junior
College (TX).
2005 Highlights:
Juan tied or set career marks in games (162) and triples (13)
in his final season with the Marlins ... was tied for the league
lead in games played and ranked second in triples and stolen bases
(57) and ninth in hits (181) ... batted .276 with 19 doubles,
2 homers and 47 RBI ... struck out just 45 times in 656 at-bats
and finished third in the league in fewest plate appearances per
strikeout (15.98) ... struck out for the first time in 2005 on
April 20 vs. New York (NL) ... it was his first strikeout in 82
plate appearances (dating back to 2004), the longest such active
streak in the majors and the second longest of his career (147)
... hit .625 (5-8) with 13 RBI with the bases loaded ... stole
2 or more bases in 10 games, including a 3-steal affair on May
8 against Colorado ... the 3 steals in a single game tied a career-high
... notched 53 multi-hit games, tying for seventh in the NL ...
hit his second career leadoff home run July 7 off Milwaukee's
Victor Santos ... tied a career-high when he collected 5 hits
on both May 8 and October 2 ... all 5 hits in each of the games
were singles ... they were Pierre's third and fourth career 5-hit
games and tied a club record for most hits in a game ... singled
off St. Louis' Matt Morris on August 30 for his 1,000th career
hit ... homered April 26 off Colorado's Jamey Wright ... it was
Pierre's first roundtripper at Coors Field, snapping a streak
of 728 at-bats in Colorado (which was the longest streak among
players) ... committed just 4 errors in 343 total chances (.988),
ranking ninth in the league in fielding percentage among center
fielders ... was third among NL center fielders in assists (7).
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