Outfielder with the Colorado Rockies, 2004 - 2009, Oakland Athletics, 2009, St. Louis Cardinals, 2009 - present.
Traded on July 24, 2009 from the Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Minor Leaguers Brett Wallace, Shane Peterson, and Clayton Mortensen.
Re-signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in January, 2010 for 7 years/$120 million.
Won his fourth Silver Slugger Award in 2010.
Has a great following among the fans on the St. Louis Cardinals message board. It is from them that he got his nickname, "The Stillwater Stinger". Any time he would hit a home run, fans would post the following message: "It's a dinger for The Stillwater Stinger!".
Led the National League in Batting Average (.340), Hits (216), Total Bases (386), Doubles (50), RBI (137), Runs Created (151) and Extra Base Hits (92) in 2007.
(November 12) Traded to the Oakland Athletics. (2008)