Dustin Pedroia
American baseball player
Follow Dustin Pedroia on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2025 | Eligible to appear on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, with voting expected to be distributed in late 2024. |
| June 25 2021 | The Boston Red Sox honored Pedroia in a pre-game ceremony at Fenway Park and announced his induction to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame for the class of 2022. |
| February 1 2021 | Officially announced his retirement from professional baseball. |
| 2020 | Pedroia and his family sold their home in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and moved to Chandler, Arizona. |
| February 23 2020 | Placed on the 60-day injured list by the Boston Red Sox, effectively ending his participation in the 2020 season. |
| January 21 2020 | Reported to have suffered a 'significant setback' with his left knee injury, which would significantly impact his playing career. |
| August 6 2019 | Underwent left knee joint preservation surgery. |
| May 27 2019 | Announced uncertainty about his future playing career and was moved to the 60-day injured list. |
| May 24 2019 | Resumed rehabilitation with Double-A Portland, but was removed from the game due to left knee soreness. |
| May 17 2019 | Restarted rehabilitation with Triple-A Pawtucket. |
| May 11 2019 | Scratched from a start due to knee discomfort, halting his Portland rehabilitation assignment. |
| May 2 2019 | Began rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Portland. |
| April 18 2019 | Returned to the injured list due to left knee irritation. |
| April 9 2019 | Activated for Boston's home opener, appeared in six games, batting 2-for-20 (.100/.143/.100). |
| April 4 2019 | Sent to the Class A Greenville Drive for rehabilitation, playing three games and batting 3-for-9. |
| March 7 2019 | Pedroia made his spring training debut, hitting a single in his lone at bat and playing for two innings, marking his first game action since May 2018. |
| 2018 | Received 2018 World Series ring despite not being on the team's World Series roster or playing in the postseason. |
| September 7 2018 | Red Sox announced Pedroia would not participate in any further action for the remainder of 2018. |
| August 4 2018 | Transferred to the 60-day disabled list. |
| May 26 2018 | Activated from disabled list, but returned to disabled list after just three games due to left knee inflammation. |
| May 14 2018 | Pedroia was optioned to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox for a rehabilitation assignment after late 2017 knee surgery. |
| October 25 2017 | Underwent surgery for a complete cartilage restoration in his knee, which would cause him to miss the start of the 2018 season. |
| August 12 2017 | Placed on the disabled list for the third time in the season due to continued knee soreness. |
| August 1 2017 | Placed on the 10-day disabled list for left knee soreness after being spiked by Orioles player Manny Machado. |
| May 30 2017 | Pedroia was placed on the 10-day disabled list due to a left wrist sprain. |
| 2016 | Awarded Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award at second base in MLB and Fielding Bible Award at second base. |
| 2016 | Won the 2016 Fielding Bible Award for defensive excellence. |
| October 13 2016 | Underwent left knee surgery, specifically a partial medial meniscectomy and chondroplasty. |
| August 25 2016 | Began a remarkable hitting streak where Pedroia hit safely in 11 consecutive at-bats over three games (August 25-27), falling just one hit short of tying the major league record. During this streak, he hit 10 singles, one double, scored two runs, drove in three runs, and walked once, reaching base safely over 12 consecutive plate appearances. |
| 2015 | Began the MLB season with two home runs in the Red Sox opening game at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia. |
| June 25 2015 | Placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Red Sox due to a right hamstring strain. |
| 2014 | Pedroia won his fourth American League Gold Glove award at second base, becoming the first Red Sox infielder to achieve this distinction. He also earned his third Fielding Bible Award the same year. |
| June 2014 | Pedroia and his wife welcomed their third son. |
| May 2014 | Dustin Pedroia hit his 100th career home run and 300th career double, marking significant milestone achievements in his baseball career. |
| 2013 | Played 160 games in the regular season, the most of any Red Sox player, and won his third Gold Glove, second Fielding Bible Award, and Wilson Overall Defensive Player of the Year Award for the American League. |
| 2013 | Named AL Defensive Player of the Year and won another World Series championship with the Boston Red Sox. |
| November 2013 | Underwent thumb surgery to repair a torn UCL, an injury sustained on opening day when sliding to first base. |
| July 23 2013 | Pedroia signed an eight-year contract extension with the Boston Red Sox worth $110 million, negotiated by his agents Sam and Seth Levinson of ACES Inc. |
| September 2012 | Pedroia's wife Kelli had their second son. |
| September 30 2012 | Dustin Pedroia broke his left ring finger during a game but chose to continue playing through the pain in the season-ending series at Yankee Stadium after being reassured the injury would not worsen. |
| 2011 | Batted .307 and hit 21 home runs over 159 games, delivering an MVP-caliber performance with 7.6 Wins Above Replacement. |
| August 16 2011 | Participated in a rare triple play started by teammate Jed Lowrie during a game. |
| July 2011 | Named American League Player of the Month for July and won the Fielding Bible Award at second base in all of MLB. |
| June 2011 | Began a remarkable 25-game hitting streak, the longest for a Red Sox second baseman, spanning June and July. |
| 2010 | Selected as American League All-Star Reserve and nominated for the Heart & Hustle Award. |
| August 17 2010 | Returned to the lineup against the Angels, but was quickly placed back on the disabled list after playing only 2 games. |
| June 25 2010 | Suffered a broken foot after fouling a ball off his foot during a game against the Giants, which led to being placed on the 15-day disabled list. |
| June 24 2010 | Pedroia achieved an outstanding performance against the Rockies, going 5 for 5 with 5 RBI and hitting three home runs in a 13-11 extra-inning victory. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Dustin Pedroia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.