| 02/17/1998 | Signed as an international Free Agent with the New York Mets |
| 08/30/2000 | Traded by the New York Mets to the Oakland Athletics for IF Jorge Velandia |
| 12/16/2004 | Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Milwaukee Brewers with P Justin Lehr for 3B Keith Ginter |
| 07/28/2006 | Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Texas Rangers with OF Carlos Lee for OF Kevin Mench, OF Laynce Nix, P Julian Cordero, and P Francisco Cordero |
| 07/10/2009 | Selected to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game |
| 07/16/2013 | Selected to the 2013 MLB All-Star Game |
| 02/24/2014 | Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles |
| 07/15/2014 | Selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game |
| 12/04/2014 | Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners |
| 07/27/2015 | Wins the MLB AL Player of the Week Award. |
| 09/04/2015 | Injured (oblique strain), out for 4 weeks. |
| 01/01/2016 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 60 (65); Eye: 50 (50). |
| 03/22/2016 | Injured (sore back), day-to-day for 4 days. |
| 05/31/2016 | Was traded by the Seattle Mariners to the San Francisco Giants, along with SP Hisashi Iwakuma, 1B Ji-man Choi, CL Carson Smith, SP Luiz Gohara, in exchange for 1B Joey Votto, 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr.. |
| 08/25/2016 | Injured (hamstring strain), out for 4 weeks. |
| 01/01/2017 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 60 (65); Eye: 50 (50). |
| 01/01/2018 | OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 50 (50). |
| 05/30/2018 | Released by the San Francisco Giants. |