Originally signed by Los Angeles (AL) as non-drafted free agent, February 21, 2003…Signed by scout Leo Perez.
2013
Made his first Opening Day roster with the Orioles after being claimed off waivers from Minnesota in November, 2012...Had season-long five game hit streak, April 12-22, batting .333 (6-18) with two doubles and two runs scored...Collected season-high two stolen bases, May 10 @MIN...Hit eventual game-winning HR in the 7th inning, June 25 vs. CLE, adding season-high three RBI...Had five multiple-hit games (last on August 18 vs. COL)...Scored game-winning run as pinch runner, September 17 @BOS...Did not play again after colliding with Nick Markakis in short right field, September 23 @TB.
2012
... Made Twins Opening Day roster for fourth consecutive season
... Was Twins Opening Day second baseman April 6 @BAL
... Recorded three three-hit games in a nine-game span, April 18-30
... Finished with five three-hit games: April 18 @NYY, April 25 vs. BOS, April 30 @LAA, May 27 vs. DET, and June 30 vs. KC
... Tied career-high with four RBI July 28 vs. CLE
... Was successful in 21 of 22 SB attempts (95.5%), raising his career totals to 71-for-80 (89%)
... Ranked second in baseball in stolen base percentage and set a club record
... Hit first and only home run of season August 8 @CLE off Justin Masterson.
... Finished with a season-high 10-game hitting streak, batting .464 (13-for-28) during the stretch
2011
Made the Twins Opening Day roster as the Twins shortstop...went 1-for-3 with a double and an rbi in his first game, April 1 at Toronto...Batted just .169 (13-for-77) from April 2-May 14, but batted .331 (39-for-118) from May 15-June 21...also batted .288 (70-for-243) from
May 15 through the rest of the season...Tied a career-high with four hits, June 4 at Kansas City (last done in 2007)...Scored nine runs in a 10-game span, June 9-21...recorded an rbi in five of eight games, June 11-21...Hit his first and second homer (in back-to-back games), June 19 vs. San Diego and June 21 at San Francisco...Recorded his 50th career stolen base (second of the game), July 26 at Texas...Set a new single-season career-high with his 16th double, July 18 vs. Cleveland (Game 2)...recorded seven doubles in his final 13 games,
July 17-August 12, including two two-double games: July 20 vs. Cleveland and July 27 at Texas...finished the season with 21 doubles...Batted .423 (11-for-26) with a .448 on-base percentage and five multi-hit games in a six-game stretch, July 6-14...Placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain, July 29...reinstated, August 12...Played in one game August 12 at Cleveland but reaggravated his right hamstring and was placed on the 15-day disabled list again, August
13...played in one rehab game, August 29 with Single-A Ft. Myers but did not return to the Twins...Played in 92 games defensively for the Twins, 56 games (53 starts) at second base and 36 games (all starts) at shortstop...Transferred to the 60-day disabled list when the Twins claimed right-handed pitcher Esmerling Vasquez off waivers from Arizona, September
27...Reinstated from the 60-day disabled list, October 14...Played in the Dominican Winter Leagues with Gigantes del Cibao, batting .336 (40-for-119) with seven doubles, one triple, 15 walks and
22 runs scored in 31 games.
2010
Made the Twins Opening Day roster for the second time in his career and second time in
as many seasons...Played 3.0 innings in center field, making the first outfield appearance of his career, May
23 vs. Milwaukee...recorded one putout...Placed on the disabled list and had surgery to remove bone chips in right elbow, June 1-July
21...played in 14 rehab games with GCL Twins, Ft. Myers and New Britain...Became Twins regular second baseman after the club placed Orlando Hudson on the
disabled list, July 25...batted .296 (8-for-27) with seven runs scored, two triples, one home
run and five rbi in his first six games in that role...Scored three runs and drove in three runs, going 2-for-4 with a triple, July 26 at Kansas City...First home run of the season, July 30 vs. Seattle...finished July batting .321 (9-for-28) in seven games...Had first career four-rbi game, going 2-for-5 with a double, August 6 at Cleveland...doubled five times in seven games, August 5-14...Played in 61 games in the field for the Twins, 30 at shortstop (20 starts), 24 at second base (16 starts), six at third base (one start) and
one in center field...Posted two three-hit games on the season: July 25 at Baltimore and September 22 vs. Cleveland...Had game-winning walk-off single, driving in two runs in the bottom of the ninth, October 2 vs. Toronto...tied a season and career-high
with four rbi in the game...Played in the Dominican Winter Leagues with Gigantes del Cibao, batting .303 (47-for-155) with five doubles, two triples, two home runs,
18 rbi and 17 walks in 40 games.
2009
Made the Twins Opening Day roster for the first time in his career as the Twins starting second baseman...hit walk-off single, April 7 vs. Seattle off Brandon Morrow...hit safely in four of his first five games, including a three-hit game, April 10 at Chicago (AL)...optioned to Triple-A Rochester, May 6...played in 20 games for the Red Wings, batting .316 (25-for-79) with three triples, eight rbi, five walks and six stolen bases before being recalled by Minnesota, May 29...played in 10 games for the Twins and was optioned back to Rochester after the Twins reinstated Nick Punto from the 15-day DL...recalled by Minnesota, July 12...had season-high five-game hit-streak (including four multi-hit games), going 9-for-17 (.529), August 21-25...hit a walk-off rbi-single in the bottom of the 12th inning, in the AL Central tiebreaker game, October 6 vs. Detroit.
2008
Began season at Triple-A Rochester and hit safely in each of his first three games (4-for-13)...appeared in 32 games, making 19 starts at shortstop and 10 at second base before being recalled, May 11...hit first Major League home run off Scott Feldman and first career three rbi game, May 19 vs. Texas...drove in two more runs the following day vs. Texas, as he went 2-for-4 with a walk...hit safely in five consecutive games, going 8-for-22 (.364), May 22-27...was 3-for-5 with a double and rbi, June 5 vs. Baltimore...had 13-game hit-streak, going 19-for-52 (.365), May 29-June 11...career-high 14-game hit-streak, going 21-for-56 (.375) with four doubles and 11 rbi, June 20-July 7...hit safely in 10 of 11 games, going 18-for-50 (.360), July 9-23...placed on 15-day disabled list with torn ligament in right thumb, July 30...reinstated from the disabled list, August 21 (missed 20 games)...hit his fifth home run of the season, August 23 at Los Angeles (AL) off Jon Garland...went 2-for-4 with a home run, three rbi and two runs scored, August 31 at Oakland...recorded his 10th three-hit game of the season (3-for-4), September 10 vs. Kansas City...hit his seventh home run, a ninth-inning two-run game tying home run off Tampa's Dan Wheeler, September 18 (triggered a five-run ninth that led to a Twins 11-8 win)...game-winning walk-off rbi-single in the bottom in the 10th vs. Chicago (AL) on September 25 off Bobby Jenks, moving the Twins into first place with three games to play...started 93 games for the Twins including 92 at second base and one at shortstop...his 50 rbi were the most for a Twins second baseman since Todd Walker had 62 in 1998...winner of the Charles O. Johnson Award, given to the Most Improved Twin.
2007
Began season at Triple-A Rochester...recalled April 10 and appeared in 13 games before being optioned back to Rochester May 1...hit safely in six of seven games, going 10-for-28 (.357), May 4-9...had six-game hit-streak, going 9-for-21 (.429), May 14-19...had seven-game hit-streak, going 13-for-29 (.448), June 8-15...had four-hit game (including three doubles), June 17 at Louisville...had eight-game hit-streak, going 14-for-36 (.389), July 12-19...started the streak off with a four hit game, July 12 vs. Indianapolis...finished hitting .337 (32-for-95) vs. lefties at Rochester...was recalled July 31 and made the start that night at second base and went 2-for-3 with an rbi and a run scored...had his first three-hit game with the Twins August 14 at Seattle...had a career-high four hits September 3 vs. Cleveland.
2006
Began season at Triple-A Rochester...recalled April 10 and appeared in 13 games before being optioned back to Rochester May 1...hit safely in six of seven games, going 10-for-28 (.357), May 4-9...had six-game hit-streak, going 9-for-21 (.429), May 14-19...had seven-game hit-streak, going 13-for-29 (.448), June 8-15...had four-hit game (including three doubles), June 17 at Louisville...had eight-game hit-streak, going 14-for-36 (.389), July 12-19...started the streak off with a four hit game, July 12 vs. Indianapolis...finished hitting .337 (32-for-95) vs. lefties at Rochester...was recalled July 31 and made the start that night at second base and went 2-for-3 with an rbi and a run scored...had his first three-hit game with the Twins August 14 at Seattle...had a career-high four hits September 3 vs. Cleveland.
2006
Started the season at Single-A Fort Myers...had a nine-game hit-streak from April 6-14 and went on to hit safely in 19 of his first 20
games...finished April hitting .286 with fiveve stolen bases...went 37-for-113 (.327) in May and stole 12 bases...hit safely in 20 of his final 22
games with the Miracle before being promoted to Double-A New Britain July 14...hit safely in his first seven games with the Rock Cats posting
a .355 average during the stretch...his only home run of the year came July 24 vs. Trenton...stole a season high three bases on two occasions,
including July 27 when he singled and walked three times...hit .302 vs. lefties while at New Britain and grounded into just one double play in 45
games...posted a .442 batting average (19-for-43) with runners in scoring position...earned a September call up and appeared in his first Major
League game as a pinch-hitter September 1 at New York...recorded first Major League hit off Luke Hudson, September 29...won Sherry Robertson Award for Twins' Minor League Player of the Year.
2005
Appeared in seven games for Double-A Arkansas from April 9-26...advanced to Triple-A Salt Lake on April 30...had three multi-hit games
including back-to-back 2-for-4 games May 1-2...spent the majority of the season with Single-A Cedar Rapids...hit safely in 16 of 17 games from
May 27-June 15...during the span went 28-for-73 (.384) with nine stolen bases...had a season high 22-game hit streak from July 10-August 5
where he hit .464 (38-for-82), including a 5-for-5 game July 30 vs. Dayton...finished with a .345 average at home with Cedar Rapids...acquired
from Los Angeles (AL) in exchange for pitcher J.C. Romero, December 9.
2004
Started the season in the Arizona League and hit safely in seven of his first eight games before being promoted to Cedar Rapids on July 4...
hit safely in five of nine games before rejoining the AZL Angels...had three-or-more hits on three occasions...was second in league in stolen bases.
2003
Played 33 games in the Dominican Summer League...stole 28 bases in 30 attempts.
