625 (10 hits, 3 doubles, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, and 3 walks)! Mariano once said on MLB Network, 'I will put it like this: The only guy that I didn't want to face, when a tough situation comes, was Edgar Martínez. 300/.400/.500 slash line - Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Mel Ott, Lou Gehrig, Stan Musial, and Hank Greenberg.ĭid you know that Edgar Martinez had 16 regular season at-bats against Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera, the greatest closer in Major League history? Why mention this here? Because Martinez' batting average versus Rivera was. 312/.418/.515 when he retired? Seven previous players (before 2004), with 300-or-more career home runs, in baseball history also had a. What teammate had 54 doubles in 1996? ĭid you know that Edgar Martinez had a career slash line of.

(42 doubles in 1991)? Edgar broke his own record in 1995 (52 doubles), tied it again in 1996 (52 doubles), but lost the record that same year. 356 batting average, he was a designated hitter - the first DH in baseball history to ever win a batting title?ĭid you know that when Edgar Martinez signed a mid-season contract in 1992, the three-year (1993-1995) $10 million dollar deal with the largest ever given to a player in Mariners history?ĭid you know that when Edgar Martinez collected 46 doubles in 1998, he set a new single season Mariners record for doubles, once held by Ken Griffey Jr. 343, and became the first Seattle Mariners' batting champion? Did you know that when Papi won his second batting title in 1995, leading the league with a.

Did you know that Edgar Martinez, who began his career as a third baseman, won an American League batting title in 1992, hitting an American League leading.

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