#28: david justice | dh

2000 highlights:
hit .286 with a career high 41hr and 118rbi in 146 games between the yankees and cleveland - made 78 starts (41 in left field, 19 at dh, 16 in right field) after joining new york... after being acquired on 6/30, led the yankees with 20hr , 60 rbi and a .585 slugging percentage... entering the 2000 post-season, he has made the most plate appearances in post-season history, is tied for the most games played with reggie jackson (77) and is second in post season rbi with 42 (reggie jackson has 48)...with his two run home run in the fourth inning of 9/25 loss vs. detroit, brought his season total to 41hr (20 as a yankee and 21 with cleveland) - only two other players have hit that many homers in a season in which they played for more than one major league club (mark mcgwire in 1997, 58, oak-stl; greg vaughn in 1996, 41 mil-sd)... made 66 starts for cleveland before being traded (24 lf, 20 dh, 22 rf)... hit 250th career hr on 6/6 (with cleveland) at milwaukee... was acquired by the yankees on 6/29 from the cleveland indians for of ricky ledee and two players to be named later (rhp zach day and rhp jake westbrook)... made yankee debut on 6/30 at tampa bay starting as the dh and going 0-for-3 with 1r... collected first hit as a yankee with second-inning rbi single and was 1-for-4 with 2rbi in 6/31 win at tampa bay... hit first home run as a yankee (#22 on the season), a solo shot in the fourth and was 1-for-3 with 2r and 1bb in 7/6 win vs. baltimore... hit game winning 10th inning rbi single and was 2-for-4 in 7/16 win vs. philadelphia... had season high 10 game hitting streak from 7/8-22 and batted .485 (16-for-33) with 10r, four doubles, 5hr, 17rbi and 9bbduring that span... recorded two outfield assists in the fourth inning of 8/1 win over kansas city - it was the first time a yankee outfielder had recorded two assists in one game since chad curtis on 6/19/98 at cleveland... equaled his career high with two solo home runs (#28 in the second and #29 in the fourth) and was 2-for-4 in 8/7 loss vs. seattle - was his first multi hr game as a yankee, 19th of his career and third of 2000... in 8/8 win vs. oakland, hit ninth inning solo walk off hr (#30) after bernie williams hit a solo gu to tie the game - it was the second walk off hr of his career (also 6/28/95 with atlanta vs. montreal) - it was the third time in the major leagues this season that games have ended on back to back home runs (also 4/16, cleveland vs. texas, manny ramirez and jim thorne; and 5/14, anaheim vs. texas, troy glaus and scott spiezio)... hit solo home runs in the fourth and eight innings (#33 an 34) in 8/19 win vs. anaheim - it was his second multi home run game as a yankee the fourth of 2000 and the 20th of his career... had a stretch of six straight games (7/25-8/1) with multiple hits... was scratched from 8/21 line up with stiff neck and missed next two games (8/21-23)... notched his 100th rbi of the season with fourth inning rbi single on 8/1 vs. kansas city - is the third 100-rbi season of his career (had career high 120 rbi in 1993 with atlanta and 101rbi in 1997 with cleveland)... equaled his career high with two home runs (#39 and 40) and was 2-for-4 with 4rbi and 1bb in 9/23 win vs. detroit - was the third multi homer game as a yankee (also 8/7 vs. seattle and 8/19 vs. anaheim) fifth of the season and 21st of his career... established a single season career high with his 41st home run of the season in the fourth inning (2-run hr) on 9/25 vs. detroit.

personal:
single...resides in cincinnati, oh...has one son, david, jr. (12/27/99)...attended thomas more college in crestview hills, ky...a 1982 graduate of covington latin high school in kentucky...played baseball, basketball, soccer and ran track and field...was member of basketball all-catholic and all-american teams his senior year...studies karate in off-season...other hobbies include swimming, golf, basketball and billiards...donates his time to several worthy causes, including juvenile diabetes foundation and the boys and girls clubs of america... served as team spokesperson for the braves\ mci/huggins reading program...delivered frozen turkeys he had purchased to area hunger centers in cleveland around thanksgiving after the 1997 season.