Married to Sarah...The couple has 4 children: Adam, Alex, Luke, and Audrey. Graduated from Centralia (WA) High School, where he played basketball, football, baseball, and golf...Attended the University of Nevada-Reno.
2014
Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 1/20...Enters the 2014 season a career .299 hitter (166-for-556) with 18 HR and 85 RBI at Miller Park.
2013
Signed as a free agent with Boston on 1/30.....released on 3/26...Signed as a free agent with New York-AL on 3/26...Made 4 starts in right fi eld with the Yankees last season.....had previously not played any defensive position other than fi rst base in the majors.
2012
Combined to hit .259 (30-for-116) with 2 home runs and 10 RBI in 65 games between
the Diamondbacks and Braves.
Began the year with ARI where he finished tied for the team lead in pinch hits (6).
Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and a home run in his season debut, 4/8 vs. SF.
Hit .366 (26-for-71) over his 1st 31 games.
Had 5, 3-plus hit games...Finished 4-for-4 with a home run and 3 runs scored, 5/22 vs. LAD.
Missed 2 games while on the Paternity Leave List, 6/6-6/8.
Designated for assignment on 7/30 and granted his unconditional release on 8/5.
Was signed by ATL on 8/21 and was assigned to Triple-A Gwinnett.
Appeared in 7 games for Gwinnett before having his contract selected by the Braves on 9/1.
2011
Combined to hit .234 (92-for-394) with 21 doubles, 9 home runs and 47 RBI in 121 games with the Pirates and D-backs...Began the season with the Pirates and batted .227 (80-for-352) in 103 games before his release on Aug. 9...Signed by the D-backs as a free agent on Aug. 13, becoming
the 15th player to play two separate stints with
the D-backs after spending the 2001-03 seasons with the club (Elias Sports Bureau)...Hit .286 (12-for-42) in 18 games with the D-backs...flied
out as a pinch-hitter on Aug. 14 vs. Mets, his first game with the D-backs since Sept. 28, 2003 vs. Cardinals...Slugged a game-tying home run in the ninth inning on Sept. 10 vs. Padres and drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th...game was played in midst of the 10th anniversary celebration for the 2001 World Series championship...POSTSEASON: Was 0-for-4 in 2 NLDS games vs. Brewers.
2010
Made 153 appearances (150 starts) at first base and posted his seventh consecutive season of 30+ doubles while spending fifth and final season with Toronto...Ranked second among American League first basemen with a .996 fielding percentage, making just six errors in 1417 chances...Led A.L. first basemen in double plays (150) and assists (101) while ranking second in putouts
(1301) and total chances...Ranked fourth among A.L. first basemen in extra-base hits (58) behind Detroit's Miguel Cabrera (83), New York's
Mark Teixeira (67) and Chicago's Paul Konerko (61)...Hit 20 home runs for the second time in his career and for the first time since
smacking a career-high 22 in 2006...Swiped lone base (13th career) on 4/24 at Tampa Bay...Hit .314 (48-for-153) over a 44-game span
from 5/28 thru 7/19 with 10 doubles, one triple, six home runs and 13 RBI...Homered twice on 5/29 at Baltimore and again the following
night...Recorded 1,000th career hit with a single in the 7th inning off Aaron Laffey at Cleveland on 6/30...Went homerless and knocked in
four runs in 26 games during the month of June...Rebounded to hit .301 with five homers and 12 RBI the following month...Went 4-for-5
with two home runs and a career-high seven RBI on 8/20 at Boston - was his third career multi-homer game off a LHP and he became
only the second left-handed batter ever to hit two home runs off Jon Lester in a game (also Ichiro Suzuki)...Hit a walkoff home run on 9/25
vs. Baltimore (his second career walkoff homer).
2009
Posted fewest amount of at bats in any of his full seasons in the Majors, but posted a .372 on-base percentage (tied for the second-highest
total in his career)...Batted .282 against right-handed pitchers and .190 against lefties...Hit first career walkoff home run on 4/18 vs. Oakland; a two-run shot off Dan Giese in the 12th inning...Was named A.L. Player-of-the-Week for the week ending 6/7 after hitting a
Major League-high .533 (8-for-15) with two home runs and eight RBI...Hit .329 (24-for-73) in 22 games during the month of August and
.281 after the All-Star break...Connected off Tommy Hunter at Texas on 9/2 for 100th career home run...Was one of only two A.L. first
basemen to post over 100 assists (he had 102), despite playing only 130 games at first base.
2008
Batted .270 with 15 home runs & 69 RBI in a Club high 158 games...Led Toronto with 74 walks (14th in AL) & on base percentage (.358)...Had walked in seven straight contests from Apr. 13-19...Ranked 2nd on the Club in hits (147), total bases (228), doubles (32) & T-2nd in home runs
(15) & ranked 3rd in runs (74) & RBI (69)... Hit his first home
run of the season on Apr. 25 at KC (23rd game of the season),
his first since hitting one off Jarod Washburn of SEA,
Aug. 31, 2007 at Rogers Centre (132 at-bats over that
span)... On May 12 in game #1 of a doubleheader in CLE,
lined into an unassisted triple play (A. Cabrera-2B)... It was
the 6th time in Club history that a Jay hit into a triple play (1st
unassisted)... The last time Toronto had hit into a triple play
occurred on Sept. 13, 2002 vs. TB... On May 18 at PHI, hit a
pinch-hit home run off Chad Durbin for the 2nd PH-HR of his
career (previous on Apr. 7, 2003 vs. LAD)...On May 25 vs. KC set a new Blue Jay record reaching
base in 12 straight plate appearances with a walk in the 2nd
inning... The previous record was 11 held by Tony
Fernandez from May 6-11, 1999... It was the longest such
streak in the majors since Brian Giles did so in 13 straight PA
with SD in 2005...From May 6-25 batted
.344 (21-61) with seven doubles & two home runs... Since
that time, ranked 6th in the AL with a .399 on base%...From
July 30-Aug. 4 scored a run in five straight contests &
knocked in at least one run in each of those contests (5-R &
7-RBI)... Had two multi-HR games this season (May 3 at
LAA & Sept. 6 vs. TB), seven for his career... From Sept.
18-27 went without a hit in 23 straight bats, the longest
streak of his career...Made just five errors in
156 games at first base (1476 total chances)... Among AL
first baseman, ranked 1st in games played (156) & in total
chances (1476)... Ranked 2nd in total innings played
(1354.2) & T-2nd in fielding % (.997).
2007
Recorded 30 doubles in an injury-plagued season, appearing in just 122 games...It marked the 4th straight season to record at least 30 doubles...May 9 vs. BOS had his 5th career multi-HR game (all 2-HR), previous was on June 30, 2006 vs. PHI (2-HR)...SEEING DOUBLE: May 24 at BAL matched a career high with three doubles,
2nd time (last on Apr. 22, 2005 vs. ARI)...Since the beginning
of 2004, ranks 7th in the Majors with 163 doubles...May
26 at MIN had the game-winning RBI in the 13th inning (single)...
ON THE SHELF: June 3 vs. CWS was struck in the
right hand by a pitch from John Danks...Was placed on the
15-day DL (fractured right hand) on June 5...OnJuly 12 was
activated off the 15-day DL after completing a rehab assignment
with New Hampshire (AA)...Appeared in four
games with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, going 4-for-15
in those contests...Hit a grand slam for the Fisher Cats on
July 7 vs. Portland...On Aug. 29 at OAK hit his 1st HR since
May 28 vs. NYY (a span of 51 games & 182 at bats)...The
next day vs. SEA, hit his 10th HR of the season (1R) off
Washburn...Sept. 1 vs. SEA had a season high 8-game hit
streak snapped...Sept. 10 at DET snapped a 0-for-20 career
long hitless streak...Batted .226 (49-217) after his return
from the DL...Sept. 25 had pins removed from his right
hand (season-ending procedure).
CAREERNOTES: Since the beginning of 2004, ranks 7th in
the Majors with 163 doubles...Led the MLin doubles with 53
in 2004...Broke the Brewers' record for doubles on Sept. 26
vs. Houston with his 50th double surpassing Robin Yount
(49, 1980), finishing the season with 53. 182 at bats)...The
next day vs. SEA, hit his 10th HR of the season (1R) off
Washburn...Sept. 1 vs. SEA had a season high 8-game hit
streak snapped...Sept. 10 at DET snapped a 0-for-20 career
long hitless streak...Batted .226 (49-217) after his return
from the DL...Sept. 25 had pins removed from his right
hand (season-ending procedure).
2006
His 22 home runs marked a career high surpassing
his previous high of 19 in 2005...Ranked 4th in the AL with 46 doubles, and 8th with a .322 average vs. RH pitchers...Led the Blue Jays with 157 games played...Was T-1st in the AL in August with 13 doubles... Was named AL player of the week (June 26-July 2)...April 21 vs. BOS, ended a
12-inning affair with a walk-off double...Became the 6th
Blue Jay to hit home runs in each of the first two innings of a
game June 30 vs. PHI...July 21 vs. NYY recorded his 500th
career hit (two run double)... Sept. 11 at SEA recorded his
150th career double.
2005
Notched his 100th career double in the 6th inning on Sept. 9 vs. HOU...Recorded a career-high six RBI on July 23 vs. CIN... In that game, hit a two run homer, 2nd career grand slam in the 4th inning, singled in the 6th inning and later scored on a Carlos Lee double... The six RBI were a
season high by a Brewer...Set career-high for hits going 5-5
on May 1 vs. CIN... Was the first Brewers hitter to collect five
hits in a game since Geoff Jenkins accomplished the feat on
April 11, 2003 at ARI...Recorded the first multi-homer game
of his career hitting a pair on April 29 vs. CIN.
2004
Was named the Brewers Most Valuable Player and
also earned the Harvey Kuenn Award for Batting Excellence after a breakout season for the Brewers setting a franchise record and leading the Major Leagues in doubles with 53...Was the Brewers Opening Day first baseman...Posted a career-
best 18-game hitting streak, the longest by a Brewer in
the National League, from April 27 - May 18...Was nominated
for the Bank of America National League Player of the
Week honor for three consecutive weeks from April 26-May
16 earning the award for the week of May 3-9 after batting
.520 with three home runs and 11 RBI...Posted a 16-game
hitting streak from June 1-19 to become the first Brewers hitter
to post two streaks of 15-or-more games in the same
season since Darryl Hamilton in 1991...Set the franchise record
for doubles on Sept. 26 vs. HOU with his 50th
two-bagger surpassing Robin Yount (49, 1980).
2003
Suffered an unfortunate facial injury in January when he was hit by a batted ball in a soft-toss accident, incurring a non-displaced fracture of the zygomatic arch on the left side of his face...Season began with the big league club
(Arizona) for the first time in his career serving as the everyday
first baseman for the majority of the first half, before
eventually landing back in Triple A in late-July, remaining
with the Sidewinders until the September big league roster
expansion... Made first career Opening Day start March 31
against the Dodgers, going 0-3 at the dish, and was just
1-10 in his first three games before embarking on a team
rookie record 12-game hitting streak April 5-19, which included
six consecutive games with an extra-base hit and
five straight multi-hit affairs... First career homer was a
memorable one as he came off the bench and took Andy
Ashby deep for a game-winning pinch-homer in the 12th inning
of a 6-4 win at Dodger Stadium on April 7...His single
on April 19 against the Cardinals upped his hitting streak to
a dozen games, eclipsing the previous team rookie best of
11 games set by Travis Lee in 1998...Clubbed the 1,000th
home run in franchise history on June 25 against Houston, a
two-run clout in the 2nd inning off Wade Miller, snapping a
personal 89 at bat homerless streak... Was leading all Major
League first basemen with a 1.000 fielding percentage before
mishandling a pickoff attempt at first base for his first
career error on July 9 against the Padres, snapping a streak
of 587 consecutive successfully handled chances at first
base...Optioned to Tucson on July 23 when Danny Bautista
was activated from the disabled list.
2002
Hit over .300 for the 4th consecutive season at Tucson, setting a Sidewinders franchise record with a .343 average to rank 2nd in the league and T-5th overall in the minors...Drove in 100-plus runs for the 4th consecutive season as his 109 RBI established a team record while ranking
2nd in the PCL and 4th among all minor leaguers...Was 1-2
as the designated hitter for the PCL team at the Triple-A
All-Star Game... Recognized as an up-and-coming prospect,
he started at first base and was 0-1 with a walk for the
U.S. squad in the Radio Shack All-Star Futures Game during
the 2002 All-Star festivities in Milwaukee... Honored as
the first baseman on the Pacific Coast League's post-season
All-Star team and was selected as the first baseman on
the Topps Triple-A All-Star team...For the second consecutive
season, he was called up to the Majors when rosters expanded,
this time appearing in 10 games during
September, all as a pinch hitter, going 1-for-10...Picked up
his first Major League RBI with a tie-breaking single off
Brandon Villafuerte in the 8th inning of an eventual 6-5
victory over San Diego on Sept. 11.
2001
Was named the Diamondbacks' Minor League
Player-of-the-Year, spending the entire campaign with El Paso, his first full season of Double A ball which culminated with his first September recall to the Majors...Led the minor leagues in hits and doubles, paced the Texas League in
batting average, games, at bats, hits, doubles and on-base
percentage...Named the Double A All-Star Game Most
Valuable Player, a Texas League Post-Season All-Star and
also nabbed USA Today Baseball Weekly Minor League
All-Star accolades... Batting and doubles titles were the
first by a Diablo since Mike Kinkade batted .385 and Darrell
Nicholas rapped 47 doubles in 1997... Batted .396
(107-270) with 35 doubles and 65 RBI in El Paso's Cohen
Stadium, featuring a 32-game home hitting streak (.460,
58-126) from June 14 - August 24, the stadium's longest
such streak since its opening in 1990...Got the chance to
experience a Major League pennant race when he was
called up on Sept. 4, just two days after his regular season
with El Paso ended...First at-bat resulted in his first Major
League hit, a pinch-hit single off Colorado's Jay Powell on
Sept. 19 at Coors Field (ML Debut)... Spent his off-season
playing for Mazatlan in the Mexican Pacific League... Arizona's
5th best prospect according to Baseball America,
the publication also ranked him as the 8th best prospect in
the Texas League.
2000
Led the Diamondbacks farm system in hits, doubles
(35), RBI (96) and total bases (259)... Organizational Co-Player-of-the-Month for August, hitting .365.
1999
Became the first short-season player to drive in 100 or more runs in season, he led the Pioneer League with 101 while playing for Missoula... Tabbed as the Short-Season Player-of-the-Year by Baseball America and was named Pioneer League Most Valuable Player, Howe Sportsdata "Star
of Stars" award winner and first baseman on the All-Star
team...Led the league in RBI, at bats (306), hits (105), total
bases (180), doubles (25) and extra-base hits (44).
