Drafted: Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in
4th round (114th overall) of
2001 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)
2001-08-03 - signed
2004-07-30 - Traded by Pirates with Kris Benson to Mets for Matt Peterson, Ty Wigginton and Jose Bautista.
2006-07-19 - Traded by Mets to Royals for Ruben Gotay
2007-01-10 - Traded by Royals to Reds for Russ Haltiwanger
2008-02-25 - Signed by Reds (1-year)
2009-03-31 - Traded by Reds to Astros for a player to be named later (Drew Sutton)
2011-07-19 - Traded by Astros to Braves for Henry Sosa and Jason Stoffel
2011-12-12 - Granted free agency
2012-01-27 - Signed by Rays
1999 - Freshman 1st team All-America SS; 2000 - Southeastern Conference All-Star SS; 2001 - 2nd team College All-American SS; Athens Regional MVP (College World Series); 2002 - South Atlantic League All-Star 2B; 2004 - Eastern League All-Star 2B;
2006-2006 - Signed by KC to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (
3/3/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by CIN to 1-year contract worth $0.3825m (
3/1/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by CIN to 1-year contract worth $0.4025m (
2/25/2008)
2009-2009 - Signed by CIN to 1-year contract worth $0.4275m (
2/24/2009)
2010-2010 - Signed by HOU to 1-year contract worth $1.15m (
1/15/2010) -- avoided arbitration
2011-2011 - Signed by HOU to 1-year contract worth $2.3m (
1/18/2011) -- Avoided arbitration
2012-2012 - Signed by TB to 1-year contract worth $1.525m (
1/27/2012)
$300,000
$327,000
$382,500
$402,500
$427,500
$1,150,000
$2,300,000
$1,525,000
Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.