Ted Martínez

Shortstop

Born: December 10, 1947
Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

July 18, 1970, for the New York Mets

Last MLB appearance

September 30, 1979, for the Los Angeles Dodgers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.240

Home runs

Runs batted in

108

Teams

New York Mets (1970–1974)
St. Louis Cardinals (1975)
Oakland Athletics (1975)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1977–1979)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Encarnación.

Teodoro Noel Martínez Encarnación (born December 10, 1947 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball, mostly as a shortstop and second baseman, for the New York Mets (1970–74), St. Louis Cardinals (1975), Oakland Athletics (1975) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1977–79).

He helped the Mets win the 1973 National League pennant, the Athletics win the 1975 American League West and the Dodgers win the 1977 and 1978 National League pennant.

In 9 seasons he played in 657 games and had 1,480 at bats, 165 runs, 355 hits, 50 doubles, 16 triples, 7 home runs, 108 RBI, 29 stolen Bases, 55 walks (12 intentional), .240 batting average, .270 on-base percentage, .309 slugging percentage, 458 total bases, 25 sacrifice hits and 6 sacrifice flies.

Sources

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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