Treadway hit .333 at the end of 1987, when he replaced Ron Oester at second base after Oester suffered a career-threatening injury. He dropped off to .252 in 1988, and near the end of the year Oester won his job back.
Sold to the Atlanta Braves in 1989, Treadway took over the starting 2B job when the team decided to move the erratic-fielding Ron Gant to the outfield. He held the job for the better part of three years, before finally losing it to Mark Lemke in 1992. A steady hitter throughout most of his career, Treadway finished his major league tenure with a .281 batting average.
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»June 3, 1995: Pitching against the Padres, Expos P Pedro Martinez (4–1) retires the first 27 batters, only to see the Pods Bip Roberts lead off the 10th inning with a double. Reliever Mel Rojas then retires the next three batters. San Diego starter Joey Hamilton is almost as good, giving up just three hits and no runs through nine innings. Reliever Brian Williams yields Jeff Treadway's RBI single in the top of the 10th. With the rules regarding no-hitters revised in 1991, Martinez receives credit for neither a perfect game nor a no-hitter. The win moves the Expos to within three games of the National League East-leading Phillies.
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