Drafted: Selected by Oakland Athletics in
1st round (16th overall) of
2002 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)
2002-06-14 - signed
2007-05-11 - Signed by Athletics (5-years, team option for 2012)
2008-01-03 - Traded by Athletics to White Sox for Ryan Sweeney, Gio Gonzalez and Fautino de los Santos
2008-11-13 - Traded by White Sox with Kaneoka Texeira to Yankees for Wilson Betemit, Jeff Marquez and Jhonny Nunez
2000 - Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year; 2001 - Big Ten Conference All-Star 1B; 2002 - Big Ten Conference All-Star OF; 2004 - Baseball America 2nd team Minor League All-Star OF; Oakland Athletics Minor League Player of the Year; Triple-A All-Star OF; 2005 - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #6); 2010 - Played in MLB All-Star Game (AL);
2005-2005 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.3165m (
2/23/2005)
2006-2006 - Signed by OAK to 1-year contract worth $0.335m (
3/3/2006)
2007-2011 - Signed by OAK to 5-year contract worth $26.75m (
5/11/2007) -- Club option for 2012 ($10.25m)
2012-2012 - Signed by NYY to 1-year contract worth $10.25m (
10/29/2011) -- Option year from prior contract
$300,000
$316,500
$335,000
$400,000
$3,600,000
$5,400,000
$6,850,000
$9,100,000
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