Dave Martinez

Dave Martinez
Outfielder
Born: September 26, 1964 (1964-09-26) (age 47) Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 15, 1986 for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 2001 for the Atlanta Braves
Career statistics
Batting average	.276
Home runs	91
Runs batted in	580
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1986–1988) Montreal Expos (1988–1991) Cincinnati Reds (1992) San Francisco Giants (1993–1994) Chicago White Sox (1995–1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000) Chicago Cubs (2000) Texas Rangers (2000) Toronto Blue Jays (2000) Atlanta Braves (2001)

David Martinez (born September 26, 1964) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1986 to 2001. He is currently the bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays.

Career

After playing high school baseball in Orlando, FL, Martinez attended Valencia Community College in Orlando during the fall of 1982, where he was drafted in the January phase of the MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs. After several years in the minors, he made his major league debut in 1986. In 1988, amid rumors that he was sleeping with the wife of teammate Ryne Sandberg, Martinez was traded to the Montreal Expos.^[1][2] Over the next decade, he established himself as one of the better defensive outfielders in the game. He was among the league leaders in assists, range factor, and fielding percentage several times.

Martinez is one of only a handful of players to play for four major league teams in the same season.(See July 30, 2004 in baseball) This happened in 2000, when he played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (from opening day till May 12), the Chicago Cubs (from May 12 to June 9), the Texas Rangers (from June 9 until August 4), and finally the Toronto Blue Jays (from August 4 through the end of the season). He never played in a postseason series until his final year in the majors, when the Atlanta Braves reached the NLCS.

On October 11, 2007, he was hired by the Tampa Bay Rays to be their bench coach.

Martinez resides in the Tampa Bay area with wife Lisa and four children - Josh, Jagger, Dalton, and Angelica.

See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases

References

1. ^ ChicagoNow.com: "Could the next Cubs manager be Dave Martinez?"
2. ^ BleedCubbieBlue.com: "The Top 100 Cubs Of All Time - #4 Ryne Sandberg"

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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Name	Martinez, Dave
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Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	September 26, 1964
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