12/07/1995 |
Drafted in the 1995 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 6, 6th overall pick) by the Toronto Blue Jays. |
01/01/1996 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (80); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (55). |
01/20/1996 |
Signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays organization with a signing bonus of $100,000. |
04/08/1996 |
Named the #12 prospect in the MLB |
11/18/1996 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $184,000. |
12/14/1996 |
Was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles, along with RP Mike Perez, in exchange for SP Bryan Rekar and RP Mike Holtz. |
01/01/1997 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (80); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (60). |
04/07/1997 |
Injured (hamstring tightness),day-to-day for 5 days. |
11/18/1997 |
Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $194,000. |
01/01/1998 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (55). |
10/31/1998 |
Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $760,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
01/01/1999 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 35 (40); Eye: 45 (50). |
08/26/1999 |
Goes 5-5 against the Minnesota Twins, with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI and 2 R. |
10/26/1999 |
Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $1,860,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
01/01/2000 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 50 (55). |
07/29/2000 |
Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for one week. |
08/14/2000 |
Injured on 08/10/2000, diagnosed with a torn labrum, will miss 7 months. |
11/01/2000 |
Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $2,640,000 with the Baltimore Orioles organization. |
01/01/2001 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 55 (55). |
10/17/2001 |
Wins the 2001 MLB AL League Championship Series MVP Award. |
11/17/2001 |
Became a free agent. |
01/01/2002 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/06/2002 |
Signed a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,560,000 with the Boston Red Sox organization. |
07/01/2002 |
Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
11/03/2002 |
Wins the 2002 MLB AL Platinum Stick Award at DH. |
01/01/2003 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 70 (70); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50). |
04/06/2003 |
Successfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the Boston Red Sox development complex. |
08/03/2003 |
Injured on 08/01/2003, diagnosed with an elbow sprain, is day-to-day. |
08/09/2003 |
Injured on 08/05/2003, diagnosed with a strained abdominal muscle, will miss 4-5 weeks. |
11/13/2003 |
Wins the 2003 MLB AL Platinum Stick Award at SS. |
01/01/2004 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50). |
02/06/2004 |
Was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals, along with SP Colby Lewis, in exchange for SP Jerome Williams. |
06/17/2004 |
Goes 0-4 against the Oakland Athletics, ending his hitting streak at 20 games. |
07/05/2004 |
Was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for C Jeff Guffey. |
08/05/2004 |
Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks. |
11/06/2004 |
Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $13,200,000 with the Seattle Mariners organization. |
01/01/2005 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/01/2006 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (50). |
01/01/2007 |
OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 50 (50). |
03/22/2007 |
Injured (hip soreness),day-to-day for 5 days. |
06/25/2007 |
Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
06/25/2007 |
Was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for RP Ramon E. Ramirez. |
07/07/2007 |
Injured (intercostal strain),out for one week. |
09/11/2007 |
Goes 5-5 against the Oakland Athletics, with 1 RBI and 1 R. |