Attended Arizona State University, where he was one of 5 finalists for the 2004 Golden Spikes Award...was a 3-time First-Team All-Pac 10 selection, the 2003 Pac-10 co-Player of the Year and the 2003 National Defensive Player of the Year...hit .384 with 212 runs, 71 doubles, 14 homers, and 146 RBI in 3 seasons at ASU, and had a .466 on-base percentage, a .544 slugging percentage and a .972 fielding percentage, committing just 23 errors in 819 total chances...played in all 185 Sun Devils games over his 3 seasons in Tempe...born in Sacramento, CA, Pedroia is a 2001 graduate of Woodland (CA) High School, where he was a 3-time Delta League Selection...hit .445 with 18 doubles and 5 homers in his senior year to capture league MVP honors...Spends time in the off-season at the Athletes Performance Institute in Tempe, AZ...enjoys movies, reality shows and PlayStation 2...is a fan of the Sacramento Kings and San Francisco 49ers...Dustin and his wife Kelli got married on November 11, 2006.

Led the majors with 54 doubles, tied Ichiro Suzuki for first with 213 hits and was 2nd with 118 runs and 61 multi-hit games, both A.L. highs...Had the A.L.'s 2nd-highest average at .326, 2 points behind Minnesota's Joe Mauer, and also ranked among the league leaders in at-bats (3rd, 653), sac flies (T3rd, 9), singles (T3rd, 140), total bases (4th, 322), extra-base hits (7th, 73), and games (T9th, 157)...Topped the Sox in average, games, at-bats, runs, hits, and doubles, was 2nd in on-base percentage (.376), slugging (.493), and steals (20-tied), and placed 3rd in RBI (83).

LEADER OF THE PACK: Was the first player to top the majors in hits and doubles in the same season since the Yankees' Don Mattingly in 1986...Became the first Red Sox to lead the majors in hits since Wade Boggs (240) in 1985...Was Boston's first A.L. doubles leader since Nomar Garicaparra (56) in 2002 and the first A.L. runs leader since Boggs (113) in 1989.

DOUBLES AND HITS: Was the 3rd Red Sox player ever with 200 hits and 50 doubles in one season, joining Tris Speaker (222 hits/53 doubles) in 1912 and Wade Boggs (205 hits/51 doubles) in 1989... Is one of 36 players (45 times) in major league history to accomplish the feat...His 54 doubles were the 2nd most ever for an A.L. 2B to 60 for Detroit's Charlie Gehringer in 1936...Were the 3rd most 2-baggers ever by a Red Sox: Earl Webb (67) in 1931 and Garciaparra (56) in 2002...His 213 hits tied for 4th highest in club history.

SECOND TO NONE: Became the 9th major league 2nd baseman to record 200 hits, 50 doubles, and 100 runs in a season...Was just the 5th 2nd baseman with 200 hits, 50 doubles, 100 runs, and 15 homers, joining Charlie Gehringer in 1936; Craig Biggio in 1998; Jose Vidro in 2000; and Alfonso Soriano in 2002...Established Red Sox records by a 2nd baseman for runs, hits, doubles, total bases, and extra-base hits, and had the most multi-hit games since 1956...Also had the highest batting average ever for a Sox 2nd sacker at .326, just ahead of Bobby Doerr (.325) in 1944...Is the first Sox 2nd baseman ever to reach 15 homers and 15 stolen bases in a season.

BATTING BREAKDOWN: His .326 average was the highest by a Red Sox righthanded batter since Manny Ramirez (.349) in 2002...The 2nd-place finish in A.L. batting race was the best for a Red Sox since Bill Mueller and Manny Ramirez placed 1-2 in 2003...Hit safely in 121 of 157 games...Led the majors with 23 games of 3+ hits and 7 games with 4+ hits, the latter being the most by a Red Sox since Boggs (8) in 1986.

Opened the year with a .250 (11-for-44) average in his first 11 games through April 11...Had a 14- game hitting streak from April 12-25 at .407 (24-for-59)...Hit .213 (37-for-174) in his next 43 games and was at .260 through June 13...Beginning June 14, batted .375 (141-for- 376) with 37 doubles, 13 homers, and 54 RBI in final 89 games, the top average in the majors in that span...Had a .401 (119- for-297) clip in the first 68 games of that period, reaching .333 on September 3...Hit .278 (22-for-79) in his final 21 games. Had a career-high 17-game hitting streak from June 22-July 9 and hit safely in 10 straight games from July 29-August 10... Tied a career best with 5 hits, August 12 vs. Texas, becoming the first Red Sox player ever with 5 runs and 5 hits in the same game...Reached base safely in 11 straight plate appearances with 9 hits and 2 walks, August 29-31.

HOME OR AWAY : Had the A.L's 4th-best home average at .344 (110-320)...His .309 (103-333) road average was 7th highest in the league...Hit safely in 29 consecutive road games, May 31- August 11, matching the 2nd longest streak in club history...Tris Speaker had road streaks of 32 games in 1912 and 29 games in 1913...Was the 2nd longest ever for a big league 2nd baseman to 33 games for Cleveland's Johnny Temple in 1960 (4)-61 (29).

POWER AND PRODUCTION: Ranked 3rd among A.L. 2nd basemen with 17 homers behind Chicago's Alexei Ramirez (21) and Texas' Ian Kinsler (18)...Matched the most homers for a Red Sox 2nd baseman in the last 43 years with Mike Andrews (1970) and Mark Bellhorn (2004)...Hit his first career grand slam, August 27 at New York...Was the 17th Red Sox grand slam at Yankee Stadium and the 2nd by a 2nd baseman joining Bill Regan (1928)...Did not go deep in his final 21 games. Topped A.L. 2nd basemen with 83 RBI, the 2nd most by a Red Sox since 1996 to 85 for Todd Walker in 2003...Drove in 28 runs over a 26-game span, August 5-September 3...Tied career best with 5 RBI on September 2 vs. Baltimore.

STOLEN BASES: Was successful on 95.2 percent (20-of-21) of his stolen base attempts, the best in team history among players with at least 20 tries and tied with Philadelphia's Jason Werth for the best ratio among qualifying major leaguers...Had a pair of steals on both August 29 & 31...Became one of 13 players in Red Sox history (21 times) to record 15 homers and 15 steals in a season, the first since Johnny Damon in 2004.

WITH THE GLOVE: Finished 2008 with a .992 fielding percentage, 2nd among qualifying major league 2nd basemen behind only Oakland's Mark Ellis (.993), the 3rd-highest ever by a Red Sox 2nd basemen, trailing Mark Loretta (.994 in 2006) and Bobby Doerr (.993 in 1948)...Made just 6 errors in 733 total chances, tied with Doerr (1948) for the fewest ever by a Red Sox 2nd baseman with at least 700 total chances in a season...Committed one miscue over his final 91 games, including a span of 61 consecutive errorless contests from June 12-August 24, 12 shy of Doerr's club record of 73 games (1948)...Ranked among A.L. leaders at his position in starts (1st, 155), games (2nd), assists (3rd, 448), total chances (4th), double plays (4th, 101) and putouts (5th, 279).

BY THE NUMBERS: Was 2nd in the A.L. with a .331 (162-for-490) average against righties...Hit .307 (50-for-163) with runners in scoring position and was 8-for-16 with the bases loaded...Had a .462 (36-for-78) interleague average...His 124 hits at the All-Star break were one shy of the team record... In 4 starts in the cleanup spot was 11-for-17 with 2 homers and 7 RBI...Fanned once every 13.96 plate appearances, the 3rd best ratio in the A.L.

MISCELLANEOUS: Was ejected on August 19 at Baltimore by Bob Davidson...Ended a no-hit bid for John Lackey of the Angels with one-out single in the 9th inning, July 29 at Fenway Park.