• Bobby led the NL in batting average with runners in scoring position in 1998, his first full major league season.
• Bobby’s .335 average in 1999 was the highest by a Phillie since Tony Gonzalez hit .339 in 1967.
• Bobby hit triple digits in doubles, triples and walks in 1999 and 2000. The only other NL player to do this was Neifi Perez.
• In 2000, Bobby became the first Phillie outfielder since Greg Luzinski with back-to-back 20 homer seasons.
• In 2001, Bobby became the first Phillie since Sherry Magee in 1910 to steal 30 bases and knock in 100 runs in the same year.
• In 2004, Bobby became the first Phillie since Ed Delehanty in 1895 with 40 doubles and 40 steals in the same season.
• Bobby led the majors with 124 walks in 2006, splitting his time between the Phillies and Yankees.
• If Bobby draws 100 walks in 2007, he will become the first player in history to do so nine years in a row. In 2006, he tied Mel Ott, Frank Thomas and Jeff Bagwell, each of whom did it eight straight times.
• Bobby and Hall of Famers Ed Delehanty and Chuck Klein are the only Phillies to hit 50 doubles in a season.
• Bobby makes pitchers work to get him out. Every season, he finishes among the leaders in pitches seen.
• Bobby was the first Venezuelan player to join the 30-30 club.
• Bobby hit the first home run in Citizens Bank Park.
  Bobby and Von Hayes are the only Phillies to knock in five runs in one inning.
• Bobby is the first player not named Bonds to have seven straight 20-20 seasons.
• Bobby is unmarried. He has one child, a daughter named Paola.
• All four Abreu brothers played professional baseball, but Bobby was the only one to make it to the majors. Dennis played with the Cubs, Nielsen with the Phillies, and Nelson with independent teams in the minors.
• Bobby is so beloved in Venezuela that he often causes stampedes when he is spotted in public. He must travel with bodyguards because of the country’s kidnapping problem.
• Bobby purchased huge blocks of seats for Friday night games with the Phillies for "Abreu’s Amigos." The kids received free jerseys and got to meet with Bobby during batting practice.
• Bobby’s best friend in baseball is fellow Venezuelan Ugueth Urbina.
• Bobby plays Santa Claus every Christmas in Venezuela, and hands out presents to sick children.
• Bobby is the godfather of ex-Phillie teammate Tomas Perez’s son.
• Bobby once dated 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
  
  
  

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