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10 interesting facts about Servais

• Servais spent much of his Major League career in a backup role, but was the Cubs' primary catcher from 1996-98. His best season was '96, when he hit .265/.327.384 with 11 homers and 63 RBIs in 129 games, and he was second in the National League in catcher assists with 72.

• Servais played college baseball at Creighton, where his coach was former Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, and he was inducted into the Creighton Hall of Fame in 2003.

• Servais was a member of the U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, and he also played for the silver-medal U.