Carl Everett's highlights and lowlights

Carl Everett, 34, was signed Wednesday by the Mariners. Everett, who hit .251 with 23 home runs last year with the White Sox, has played for seven major-league teams (including two tours with the White Sox). He has made as many headlines for controversial comments and run-ins with managers and umpires as he has for his play.

June 4, 1990: Everett is drafted by the Yankees in the first round, the 10th overall pick.

Nov. 17, 1992: Drafted by Marlins in expansion draft, makes his major-league debut during the 1993 season.

1994 season: Everett, playing for Marlins' Class AAA team in Edmonton, is suspended for lack of hustle and insubordination that included a verbal confrontation with his manager.

Nov. 29, 1994: Traded by the Marlins to the Mets.

1996: Playing winter ball in Venezuela, Everett was kicked off his team for charging into the stands pursuing fans he said were throwing beer at him.

1997: Everett and his wife Linda were charged with abusing Carl's 6-year-old daughter, Shawna, and the couple's 5-year-old son, Carl IV. Criminal charges were dropped, but a New York Family Court judge ruled that "excessive corporal punishment" was inflicted by Linda and that Carl did little to stop her. They eventually regained custody of Carl IV, but Shawna was placed in the care of her maternal grandmother.

Dec. 22, 1997: Traded by Mets to Astros.

1999 season: To date, his best year — .325, 25 home runs, 108 RBI, 27 stolen bases in just 123 games. Everett also ripped up a lineup card that didn't include his name and told manager Larry Dierker to make out a new one.

Dec. 14, 1999: Traded by Astros to the Red Sox.

July 15, 2000: Playing for the Red Sox, Everett bumps umpire Ron Kulpa twice after being told by Kulpa to stay inside the lines of the batter's box. He takes out a bat rack and water cooler on his way to the clubhouse, and is later fined $5,000 and suspended for 10 games.

2000 season: Another big year — .300, 34 HR, 108 RBI. He hasn't hit .300 or had 30 home runs or 100 RBI since.

Aug. 14, 2001: Everett, still with the Red Sox, was fined for spitting and grabbing his crotch after hitting a home run off the Mariners' Jamie Moyer, who had hit him with a pitch earlier in the game.

Dec. 12, 2001: Traded by Red Sox to the Rangers.

July 1, 2003: Traded by Rangers to the White Sox.

Dec. 19, 2003: Signed by Expos as a free agent.

July 18, 2004: Traded by Expos to the White Sox.

July, 2005: In a Maxim interview, Everett criticized gays, fans and Wrigley Field and affirmed his belief that dinosaurs never existed, an opinion that had earned him the nickname "Jurassic Carl" in Boston. His thoughts on homosexuality: "Gays being gay is wrong. Two women can't produce a baby, two men can't produce a baby, so it's not how it's supposed to be. There's no connection there. It's totally wrong. I don't care what anybody says. ... I don't believe in gay marriages; I don't believe in being gay."

Compiled by Bill Reader