11/19/1995 |
Drafted in the 1995 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 4, 4th overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals. |
11/28/1995 |
Signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals organization with a signing bonus of $2,000,000. |
01/01/1996 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 60 (60). |
03/31/1996 |
Named the #80 prospect in the MLB |
06/16/1996 |
Was selected to the 1996 International League All-Star Game. |
06/30/1996 |
Named the #59 prospect in the MLB |
07/07/1996 |
Was selected to the 1996 BALCO-92 All-Star Futures Game. |
10/27/1996 |
Named the #56 prospect in the MLB |
01/01/1997 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 55 (55). |
04/06/1997 |
Named the #73 prospect in the MLB |
06/16/1997 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
08/01/1997 |
Wins the MLB NL Rookie of the Month Award. |
11/25/1997 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $139,200. |
01/01/1998 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 60 (60). |
05/18/1998 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/23/1998 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $142,000. |
01/01/1999 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 60 (60). |
11/25/1999 |
Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $1,680,000. |
01/01/2000 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 60 (60). |
07/16/2000 |
Was selected to the 2000 BALCO-92 All-Star Game. |
09/18/2000 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/17/2000 |
Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $4,250,000. |
11/18/2000 |
Wins the 2000 MLB NL Silver Slugger Award at LF. |
11/18/2000 |
Wins the 2000 MLB NL Most Valuable Player Award. |
11/24/2000 |
Signed a 6-year contract extension worth a total of $37,000,000 with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. |
01/01/2001 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45). |
01/01/2002 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 40 (45). |
01/01/2003 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 40 (45). |
01/01/2004 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
04/10/2004 |
Suspended 4 games after ejection following a brawl. |
01/01/2005 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
01/01/2006 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
10/28/2006 |
Decided not to opt out of the remaining portion of his contract. |
01/01/2007 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
11/23/2007 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2008 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
01/14/2008 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
07/16/2008 |
Collects his 2000th career BALCO-92 hit! |
08/05/2008 |
Scores his 1000th career BALCO-92 run! |
11/30/2008 |
Signed a 1-year contract (qualifying offer) worth a total of $8,000,000. |
01/01/2009 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45). |
12/01/2009 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2010 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/26/2010 |
Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $5,600,000 with the Houston Astros organization. |
08/08/2010 |
Collects his 1000th career BALCO-92 RBI! |
08/09/2010 |
Wins the MLB NL Player of the Week Award. |
11/03/2010 |
Wins the 2010 World Series with the Houston Astros. |
11/04/2010 |
Exercised his contract opt-out. |
11/04/2010 |
Released by the Houston Astros. |
11/04/2010 |
Houston Astros have executed the contract year option. |
01/01/2011 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/29/2011 |
Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,000,000 with the Detroit Tigers organization. |
09/27/2011 |
Released by the Detroit Tigers. |