Improved upon his "Comeback Player of the Year" numbers of 2005, hitting .253 with 92R, 37HR, 113RBI and 110BB in 139 games with the Yankees...ranked 2nd in the AL with 110 walks and 21 hit by pitch, tied for 6th with a .413 on-base percentage, 7th with 37 home runs and a .558 slugging percentage, and tied for 9th with 113 RBI...Drove in 113 runs on 113 hits in 2006, becoming only the second player in MLB history to record as many as 100 RBI while posting as many or fewer hits.

Continued his evolution into one of baseball's most dynamic young hitters in only his sophomore season, hitting .342 with 41 doubles, 15HR and 78RBI in 122 games with the Yankees in 2006...Earned his first Silver Slugger Award while leading the American League with a .364 road batting average and a .363 average versus right-handed pitchers, ranked 3rd with a .342 batting average and tied for 9th with 41 doubles...His .342 batting average is the third-highest for a Yankee in his second season in the Majors...his .349 average (191-for-548) on the road over the last two seasons is the highest in the Majors over that span...Had five hit streaks of at least nine games in 2006...Was selected to his first American League All-Star Team in 2006...since his Major League debut on 5/3/05, he has the second most hits as a second baseman (311) in the Majors, trailing only Philadelphia's Chase Utley (332).

Continued to display his multi-dimensional talents in his third season with the Yankees, hitting .290 with 113R, 35HR, 121RBI and 15SB in 154 games...ranked 4th in the American League with 121 runs batted in, 5th with 113 runs scored and a .340 average versus lefthanders, seventh with 139 strikeouts, 8th with 90 walks, tied for 8th with 35 home runs and 9th with 1RBI every 4.7 at bats...was elected to the 2006 American League All-Star Team, the 10th All-Star selection of his career...

However Rodriguez only hit .071 (1-for-14) in four Division Series games vs. Detroit...OUCH

In arguably his finest all-around season, finished 2nd in the AL MVP voting while earning his first Silver Slugger Award and third consecutive Gold Glove Award...hit .343 with 118R, 39 doubles, 14HR, 97RBI and a career high 34SB in 154 games...Ranked 2nd in the American League with a .343 batting average, 118 runs, .381 average with runners in scoring position and .390 average vs. left-handed pitchers, ranked 3rd with a .354 home batting average, tied for 3rd with 214 hits, 4th with a .417 on-base percentage, tied for 5th with 12 HBP, 7th with 34SB and 9th with 623 at bats...Became only the fifth player over the past 75 seasons to hit .340-or-higher, drive in at least 90 runs and steal 30-or-more bases in the same season...was elected to the 2006 American League All-Star Team, the seventh All-Star selection of his career...hit in a career-high 25 straight games from 8/20-9/16...Hit .377 (40-for-106) with 21R, 3HR and 21RBI during the streak...it was the longest hitting streak by a Yankee since Joe Gordon hit in 29 straight games in 1942

...hit .500 (8-for-16) while leading the team with 4R and four doubles in four Division Series games vs. Detroit...tied the Major League record for hits in a single postseason game with five in Game One of the ALDS (sixth time, including Hideki Matsui in Game Three of the 2004 ALCS at Boston), but became only the second player to go 5-for-5 (Atlanta's Marquis Grissom went 5-for-5 in Game Four of the 1995 NLDS vs. Colorado).

Brought his dynamic abilities to the Yankees' lead-off position in his first season in pinstripes, batting .285 with 115R, 35 doubles, a career-high 24 HR, 80 RBI and 25 SB in 149 games with the Yankees in 2006...Was tied for 3rd in the American League with 115 runs scored and was tied for 9th with 25 stolen bases...has scored at least 100 runs and posted at least 30 doubles in 9 consecutive seasons (1998-2006)...Became the fourth player in franchise history to hit at least 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in his first season with the Yankees.

Despite missing four months of the season with a fractured left wrist, hit .302 with 8HR and 29RBI in 51 games...played in 1,768 consecutive professional games before his injury on 5/11 vs. Boston (1,250 with Yomiuri Giants, 518 with Yankees)...With 518 consecutive games played to start his Major-League career, surpassed Ernie Banks (424) for the all-time record of consecutive games played to begin a career...in final 19 games of the season after being reinstated from the disabled list he hit .396 (21-for-53) with 11R, 3HR and 10RBI...hit .250 (4-for-16) with 1RBI in four Division Series games vs. Detroit.

Continued to cement his name as one of baseball's most talented and durable catchers, hitting .277 with 23HR and 93RBI in 143 games...has now hit at least 20 home runs and driven in at least 80 runs in six of his last seven seasons...ranked 10th in the American League with 1RBI every 5.0 at-bats...threw out 38-of-102 base stealers in 2006 (37%)...hit .500 (7-for-14) with 1HR and 2RBI in four Division Series games vs. Detroit.