- Holds Major League record for doubles by a switch-hitter (55 in 2001)
- Three-time National League All-Star
- Attended Rice University, where he was named the 1997 National College Player of the Year
- Outfielder/first baseman with the Houston Astros (1999-2010[start]), New York Yankees (2010[end]), and St. Louis Cardinals (2011-present).
- Made major league debut on 16 July 1999.
- Graduated from Canyon High School in New Braunfels, TX (1994)
- Has been given the nickname, "Fat Elvis" - a reference to one of the proposed designs for the Elvis Presley postage stamp.
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
- Acquired by the New York Yankees from the Houston Astros. (July 2010)
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