EDGAR MARTINEZ Designated Hitter Born: January 2, 1963 in New York City, raised in Puerto Rico Bats: Right / Throws: Right Hall of Fame Induction: 2019 Team: Seattle Mariners 1987-2004 MLB debut: September 12, 1987, for the Seattle Mariners Last MLB appearance: Oct. 3, 2004, for the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame plaque: "One of
Edwin Encarnacion saved the best for last in his final season with the Toronto Blue Jays. On this day in beisbol, October 4, 2016 the veteran outfielder-first baseman slugged an 11th-inning, three-run homer against the Orioles in the one-game AL Wild Card face-off. The dramatic walk-off dinger came off of Baltimore’s Ubaldo Jimenez and lifted
Aroldis Chapman’s performance in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card series between the Yankees and the Red Sox in the Bronx this week was a remarkable sight to behold. The Boston closer, enjoying one of the best seasons of his long and well-traveled career, somehow wriggled out of a no-out, based-loaded hole in
Carlos Baerga was a rising star in 1992 and only in his second full season with the Indians when on this day in beisbol, October 2, he set an American League record as the first second baseman to hit .300 with 200 hits, 20 home runs and 100 RBI. The Santurce, Puerto Rico native, 23, led a
A national TV audience got to witness what San Diego fans had been enjoying all year on this day in beisbol, October 1, 2020. Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. turned in a clutch postseason performance, hitting two home runs in an 11-9 victory in Game 2 of the NL Wild Card series against the Cardinals.
Cal Raleigh’s historic 2025 season — 60 home runs and counting, only the seventh player to reach that hallowed milestone — would be phenomenal even without the Mariners slugger being a full-time catcher for a playoff-caliber team. But within Raleigh’s remarkable performance is his breaking the record for most homers in a season by a
