| Player History |
| 06/01/1998 | Selected in the amateur draft (Round 9, 265 overall) by the Boston Red Sox. |
| 11/01/1998 | 1st team High School All-American IF |
| 11/01/1999 | Freshman 1st team All-America 3B (NCAA) |
| 11/01/2000 | Baseball America College Player of the Year (NCAA) |
| 11/01/2000 | 1st team College All-American 3B (NCAA) |
| 11/01/2000 | Atlantic Coast Conference (NCAA) All-Star 3B |
| 06/01/2001 | Selected in the amateur draft (Round 1, 5 overall) by the Texas Rangers. |
| 11/01/2002 | Texas Rangers Minor League Player of the Year |
| 11/01/2002 | Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star 3B |
| 11/01/2003 | AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #5) |
| 07/31/2004 | AL Player of the Month (July 2004) |
| 07/12/2005 | Was selected to the 2005 ML All-Star game. |
| 11/01/2005 | Wins the 2005 ML AL Gold Glove at 1B. |
| 11/01/2006 | Wins the 2006 ML AL Gold Glove at 1B. |
| 07/31/2007 | Traded by the Texas Rangers along with Ron Mahay to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Jarrod Saltalamacchia , Elvis Andrus , Neftali Feliz , Matt Harrison , Beau Jones. |
| 08/31/2007 | NL Player of the Month (August 2007) |
| 06/09/2008 | Was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for SP J. Howell, SP J. Hellickson, SP A. Cobb. |
| 07/18/2008 | Injured (strained calf muscle), day-to-day for 5 days. |
| 11/13/2008 | Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $5,711,440 through arbitration. |
| 01/01/2009 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 7 (7). |
| 08/18/2009 | Injured (sore knee), day-to-day for 6 days. |
| 08/24/2009 | Wins the BLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
| 12/26/2009 | Signed a 5-year contract worth a total of $116,750,000 with the Boston Red Sox organization. |
| 01/01/2010 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 6 (7). |
| 01/01/2011 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 6 (6); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 6 (6). |
| 05/09/2011 | Wins the BLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
| 06/01/2011 | Wins the BLB AL Batter of the Month Award. |
| 01/01/2012 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 6 (6). |
| 06/03/2012 | Collects his 1000th career BIg League Baseball RBI! |
| 06/23/2012 | Hits his 300th career BIg League Baseball home run! |
| 01/01/2013 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 5 (6); Power: 7 (8); Eye: 6 (6). |