Chart: Justin Morneau timeline

May 15, 1981: Born in Westminster, British Columbia.

Spring 1999: Selected by the Twins in the third round (89th overall) of the MLB draft. As a catcher.

June 10, 2003: Made major league debut; batted cleanup as DH. Had two of Twins' three hits in 5-0 loss to Colorado at the Metrodome. Got first major league hit, a single, off Colorado's Jason Jennings.

June 17, 2003: Hit his first career home run, a solo shot off Albie Lopez in Kansas City. It was as a pinch hitter.

June 22, 2003: Hit his second career home run, a solo shot to center field off Mike DeJean in Milwaukee. The ball, which hit off the center-field scoreboard at Miller Park, went an estimated 460 feet.

July 16, 2004: Promoted from Class AAA Rochester to become the Twins everyday first baseman for good; Doug Mientkiewicz was traded two weeks later.

June 8, 2006: Morneau, hitting .236 with 11 homers and 38 RBI, had a heart-to-heart talk with manager Ron Gardenhire in Seattle where the manager apparently didn't pull any punches. Both Morneau and the Twins took off soon after that.

Nov. 21, 2006: Named American League MVP after batting .321 with 34 home runs and 130 RBI. Morneau earned 15 of the 28 votes, with the Yankees' Derek Jeter picking up 12 and Twins pitcher Johan Santana one.

July 6, 2007: Hit career home runs Nos. 100, 101 and 102 in a 12-0 romp over the White Sox in Chicago, his only three-home run game.

July 10, 2007: Played in the first of three consecutive All-Star Games in San Francisco. He was also an All-Star in 2010 but was injured.

Jan 25, 2008: Signed a six-year, $80 million contract.

July 14-15, 2008: Won the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, defeating Texas' Josh Hamilton in the finals. One night later went 2-for-4 and scored the winning run in the AL's 4-3 victory over the NL in 15 innings.

Sept. 3, 2010: Honored as one of the 50 greatest Twins of all time.

Aug. 6, 2012: Hit career home runs Nos. 199 and 200 in a 14-3 victory at Cleveland.

Aug. 30, 2013: Hit the winning home run off Texas' Yu Darvish in the seventh inning of a 3-2 victory.

Aug. 31, 2013: Traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates.