Brady Anderson

In his first at-bat, he hit his 50th homer off Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen, breaking Frank Robinson's record for most home runs in a season by a Baltimore Oriole.

He also became the only player in major league history to be in the 50–20 club and the 20–50 clubs.

Anderson also shattered a major league record by leading off four consecutive games with a home run.

The previous mark was two straight games, done 33 times.

In the annual Baseball America "Tools of the Trade" poll, Anderson was named as the league's third-best defensive outfielder, behind only Seattle's Ken Griffey Jr.. and Cleveland's Kenny Lofton.

Anderson also hit 37 doubles and five triples and led the American League in extra base hits with 92, breaking the Orioles club record previously held by Cal Ripken Jr..

Brady Kevin Anderson (born January 18, 1964) is an American former baseball outfielder and executive who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2002) for the Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians.

Anderson was born in Silver Spring, Maryland, on January 18, 1964, and attended Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, California.

He went on to study economics at the University of California, Irvine where he played outfield and first base for the Anteaters.

A native of Silver Spring, Maryland, Anderson was selected by the Red Sox in the tenth round of the 1985 amateur draft.

He left college following his junior season after being drafted in the 10th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball draft by the Boston Red Sox.

Anderson made his major league debut on April 4, 1988.

Batting .230 with 12 runs batted in (RBI) and 4 stolen bases, he was optioned on June 4, 1988 to the Pawtucket Red Sox where he hit .287 in 49 games.

He was traded along with Curt Schilling to Baltimore for Mike Boddicker on July 29, 1988, two days prior to the non-waivers trade deadline.

He was the key player acquired by the Orioles who needed a center fielder and leadoff batter.

Anderson hit his first major league home run on August 6, 1988 versus Milwaukee's Tom Filer at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

He spent the majority of his career as a center fielder and leadoff hitter for the Orioles in the 1990s, where he was a three-time All Star, and, in 1996, became the 15th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs in one season.

Anderson bats and throws left-handed, stands 6 ft tall, and weighs 199 lb.

With 53 stolen bases in 1992, Anderson became the first player in major league history to have achieved season totals of both 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases.

In only his first season as a full-time player in 1992, Anderson played in all but three of the Orioles games and led the major leagues with 749 plate appearances.

He earned his first of three All-Star nominations and played in the 1992 All-Star Game at San Diego on July 14.

By season's end, he had become the first player in American League history to reach 20 homers, 50 steals and 75 RBI in a season.

Anderson had more than doubled his previous best of 21 home runs in 1992, and his uncharacteristic power surge has since led to allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during the 1996 season.

The 1994 season was cut short two months by the player's strike.

Anderson led all American League left fielders with a 1.000 fielding percentage, and his 31 stolen bases in 32 attempts was a major league record for 25 or more steals.

On June 12, Anderson set an American League record with 34 consecutive stolen bases.

The streak ended on July 3 at 36 when he was caught by Minnesota Twins catcher Matt Walbeck.

His record was eclipsed by Chicago's Tim Raines later in the year and was matched by Toronto's Paul Molitor.

Anderson was the hardest to double up in the American League, grounding into only three double plays on the year: once every 184.7 at-bats.

He hit two home runs on September 5, the night teammate Cal Ripken Jr.. tied Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played record of 2,130.

His 50 home runs in 1996 set an Orioles team record until surpassed by Chris Davis in 2013.

Anderson went into the final game of the 1996 season (visiting the Toronto Blue Jays) with 49 home runs.

Despite playing most of the 1997 season with a broken rib, Anderson led the Orioles to a wire-to-wire American League East title with a record of 98-64.

Anderson made his third All-Star appearance at the 1997 All-Star Game in Cleveland, where he played the entire game in the leadoff spot for the American League and went 2 for 4 with a double high off the 19-foot left field wall against pitcher Curt Schilling.

He was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame in 2004.

On September 6, Anderson spoke on behalf of his teammates at a post-game ceremony honoring Ripken's 2,131st consecutive game.

Anderson finished 15th in AL MVP voting.

Despite missing 15 games with chicken pox and patellar tendinitis in both knees, Anderson led all American League leadoff hitters in extra-base hits (56) and RBI (62).

He also led the Orioles in eight offensive categories, including runs scored (87), stolen bases (24), walks (82), triples (8), and extra base hits (57).

He batted .571 (8-14) with the bases loaded, the fourth highest total in the American League.