In, he broke Eddie Yost's career record of 28 leadoff home runs ; his eventual record of 35 stood until Rickey Henderson broke it in, and his NL record of 30 was broken by Craig Biggio in.

Bagwell spent his fifteen-year career in a Houston uniform and, along with teammate Craig Biggio, was synonymous with the Astros throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s.

Bagwell was a teammate of Craig Biggio for the entirety of his Major League career.

Bagwell made his first public appearance at Minute Maid Park since the end of his career on June 28, 2007, when he was pulled out of the Astros ' dugout after the seventh inning by his former teammate and long-time friend Craig Biggio, who had just logged his 3000th career hit.

Most notably, after the 1983 season, Biggio was awarded the Hansen Award, which recognized him as being the best football player in Suffolk County.

Biggio was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round ( 22nd overall ) in 1987.

Biggio was called up as a catcher midway through the 1988 season, having batted. 344 in his minor league career.

Biggio was a very speedy runner, and an adept base stealer.

In the play in which Biggio was injured, the Florida Marlins ' Preston Wilson ( who would later become Biggio's teammate ) slid into second base, trying to stop a double play, and hit Biggio's planted left leg, tearing the ACL and MCL in Biggio's knee.

Biggio moved to yet another new position, left field, midway through the 2004 season to accommodate Carlos Beltrán, who was acquired in a trade to help bolster the Astros ' struggling offense.

On June 28, 2007, Biggio became the 27th player in the history of Major League Baseball to join the 3000 hit club, with a single against Colorado Rockies pitcher Aaron Cook, even though he was tagged out on the play as he tried to stretch it into a double to draw a throw and allow a run to score.

In his final season, however, Biggio was only hit three times.

Biggio was the ninth player in Astros history to have his number retired ; most recently, Biggio's longtime teammate Jeff Bagwell had his No. 5 retired in 2007.

Part of the reason Biggio was given the award was for his multiple position changes, but also because of his work in the community and inspiring other teammates to participate as well.

This edict was big news in Houston, and Houstonians, long known for their charitable nature and unconditional love of Biggio, reacted very negatively to MLB.

After the public uproar, MLB relented and Biggio was allowed to wear the Sunshine Kids pin as he had done since becoming a spokesperson.

He was widely considered the best Astros second baseman in team history until the emergence of Craig Biggio who eclipsed Doran in offensive statistics but never approached Doran's defensive capacity.

During the trial, Jimmy uses information from his past as a DA to discredit his former co-workers ; for example, Detective Biggio sent an innocent man to prison where he was killed before his release, and he uses a forensic examiner's attention deficit disorder ( ADD ) to try to convince the jury that he may have been confused at the crime scene

* 1965 – Craig Biggio, American baseball player

* Craig Biggio ( born 1965 ), Houston Astros baseball player.

Biggio has been named one of the 5 greatest second baseman of all time by renowned baseball statistician Bill James.

He then moved on to play baseball at Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, along with seven-time All-Star Craig Biggio.

Biggio made the All-Star team for the second time in 1992, becoming the first player in the history of baseball to be an All-Star at both catcher and second base.

Biggio is the only player in the history of baseball with 3000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases, and 250 home runs.

Biggio hosts an annual party at Minute Maid Park for about 100 Sunshine Kids to play baseball with Biggio and some of his teammates.

Biggio coached St. Thomas to back-to-back Texas Class 5A state baseball titles in 2010 and 2011.

On June 28, second baseman Craig Biggio became the 27th MLB player to accrue 3, 000 career hits.

Cruz had played in more games than any other player in the history of the Houston franchise ( 1, 870 ) before being passed by Craig Biggio in 2001.

On May 23, 2006, Biggio became the 23rd player in MLB history with 10, 000 at-bats.

Biggio became the first player in Astros history to accumulate 3, 000 hits.

Every Major League player with 2, 800 hits or more is presently enshrined in Cooperstown, with the following exceptions: Harold Baines, Pete Rose ( current hit record-holder, who is banned from appearing on the official ballot Rose earns write-in votes, they are declared invalid ); Rafael Palmeiro ; Craig Biggio, Ivan Rodriguez and Barry Bonds ( none of whom have been out of Major League Baseball for the prerequisite five years ); and Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and Omar Vizquel ( all of whom are still active ).

On July 24, Biggio announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

An infielder in school, Biggio switched to catcher at Seton Hall University because his team needed one.

On July 24, 2007, Biggio announced his retirement, effective at the end of the season ( his 20th season with the club, a franchise record ).

( Although 3000-hit-club member Craig Biggio played his first three full seasons as a catcher, he played his remaining sixteen seasons at second base and in the outfield.

Zeile's span is now the third longest, since Craig Biggio started the final game of his career at catcher after a 16 year span.

Biggio is a member of the Astros Hall of Fame, and his lifetime stats are similar to many Baseball Hall of Famers.

Biggio sent an arm guard to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his high hit-by-pitch total.

Craig Biggio graduated from Kings Park High School on Long Island, New York, where he excelled as a multi-sport varsity athlete.

Biggio played 1, 800 games without a trip to the disabled list until August 1, 2000, when he suffered a season-ending knee injury.

Biggio played in the World Series in 2005 for the first time in his eighteen-year career.

Biggio, a fan of the musical group U2, often had their song " Mysterious Ways " played as he stepped up to the batter's box.