Career HighLights

Constantino Martinez was picked by Seattle in the first round of the 1988 draft ... named USA Today's 1990 Minor League Player of the Year ... made his Major League debut August 20, 1990, collecting his first hit off of Bobby Witt ... Pacific Coast League MVP, 1991 ... missed last 50 games of 1993 with torn knee cartilage ... finished second in fielding percentage, 1994 ... ranked fifth in American League with 111 RBI, 1995 ... traded to New York, December 7, 1995 ... appeared in 1995 and 1997 All-Star Games ... has career .309 average in 14 Division Series games ... attended the University of Tampa.

 

1997 Season -Led the American League in sacrifice flies, and was second in home runs and RBI ... ranked third in total bases, and fourth in home run frequency and fielding percentage at first base ... had 46 mult-hit games, including a 5-for-5 performance ... hit the most home runs by a Yankee first baseman since Lou Gehrig in 1936 ... his RBI total was the highest by a Yankee since Don Mattingly had 145 in 1985 ... set a Major League record with 34 RBI in April ... hit .350 with 20 home runs against American League Central Division teams.

Career Statistics - Batting YR 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 TM Sea Sea Sea Sea Sea Sea Nyy Nyy Nyy G 24 36 136 109 97 141 155 158 142 AB 68 112 460 408 329 519 595 594 531 R 4 11 53 48 42 92 82 96 92 H 15 23 118 108 86 152 174 176 149 2B 4 2 19 25 21 35 28 31 33 3B 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 HR 0 4 16 17 20 31 25 44 28 RBI 5 9 66 60 61 111 117 141 123 BB 9 11 42 45 29 62 68 75 61 SO 9 24 77 56 52 91 85 75 83 SB 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 2 CS 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 OBP .308 .272 .316 .343 .320 .369 .364 .371 .355 SLG .279 .330 .411 .456 .508 .551 .466 .577 .505 AVG .221 .205 .257 .265 .261 .293 .292 .296 .281   Totals     G 998 AB 3616 R 520 H 1001 2B 198 3B 9 HR 185 RBI 693 BB 402 SO 552 SB 10 CS 9 OBP .348 SLG .490 AVG .277

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