June 3, 1993: First-round draft pick (20th overall) by the Twins.
Aug. 27, 1997: Made major league debut as a pinch runner.
May 1, 1998: Got first major league hit, a single off Arthur Rhodes at Camden Yards.
April 15, 1999: Hit first career homer off Brian Moehler at Tiger Stadium.
April 26, 1999: Hit his first home run at the Metrodome off Boston's Tim Wakefield. It was a two-out grand slam in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Hunter hitting ninth in the lineup.
2001: At age 25, won the first of nine straight American League Gold Glove Awards for his prowess in center field. Also the year he reached the majors to stay; he spent 55 games the previous season in the minors.
April 1, 2002: Ran down a ball hit by Neifi Perez to end a game in Kansas City, giving Ron Gardenhire his first win as a MLB manager.
2002: Selected to the first of five All-Star Games. Starting in center field for the AL, he robbed Barry Bonds of a first-inning home run when he scaled the wall at Milwaukee's Miller Park.