He received a bunch of football offers but chose to play baseball at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. There he was a team mate of future Met Mo Vaughn & John Valentin. He earned All American Honors & was selected first round (22nd pick overall) by the Houston Astros in 1987.

Biggio would play in seven All Star Games, lead the league in plate appearances five times, games three times, doubles three times, runs scored twice, stolen bases once & hit by pitches five times. He broke Don Baylor's record of hit by pitches in 2005 finishing his career with 285.
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Biggio was a long time leadoff man, one of the best all time & is the NL leader in lead off HRs (2 During the 2007 season the Astros installed a digital counter scoreboard in left field keeping track of Biggio’s hits, counting down to 3000.
On June 28, 2007, he became the 27th player in MLB history to join the 3000 hit club. The hit came against Aaron Cook & the Colorado Rockies, even though he was tagged out trying to stretch a single to a double. The game was stopped while Biggio shared the moment with his wife, children &
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Biggio played in six different post seasons, playing in two NLCS & one World Series losing to the White Sox in 2004. In the 2004 NLDS against Atlanta he hit .400 with a HR in the five run 2nd inning of Game #4.
In 2005 he rolled through the post season batting .316 in the NLDS with four doubles. In the NLCS he was 8-24 batting .333 with three RBIs. In the World Series he batted only .222 driving in a run in Game #3 of the Series sweep.
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Biggio finished his career winning four Gold Gloves, made seven All Star teams & four Player of the Week Awards. He also won the 1997 Branch Rickey Award, 2005 Hutch Award & 2007 Roberto Clemente Award.
He had 3060 hits (22nd all time) 668 doubles (5th all time) 55 triples, 291 HRs (135th all time) 1175 RBIs (168th all time) 1844 runs scored (15th all time) 414 stolen bases (66th all time) 1160 walks (67th all time) a .281 batting average & a .363 on base % in 2850 games played (15th all time).
Honors: In 2015 Biggio was inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. His class included former Met Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz & Randy Johnson.
Biggio had his number 7 retired by the Houston Astros, and has won numerous awards through the years for his charity works.
At Shea Stadium the Mets also honored the Long Island native in his last series against the Mets. He is currently the head varsity baseball coach for St. Thomas High School in Houston, Texas.
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