Teddy Martínez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Encarnación.

Teddy Martínez
Infielder
Born: (1947-12-10) December 10, 1947 (age 76) 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	7
Runs batted in	108
Teams
New York Mets (1970–1974) St. Louis Cardinals (1975) Oakland Athletics (1975) Los Angeles Dodgers (1977–1979)

Teodoro Noel Martínez Encarnación (born December 10, 1947) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, and Los Angeles Dodgers for nine seasons.

Career

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 pennants.

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. Defensively, he finished with an overall .968 fielding percentage.

Sources

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