Mark Teixeira
- Texas Rangers (2003 - 2007)
- Atlanta Braves (2007 - 2008)
- Los Angeles Angels 2008
- New York Yankees (2009 - present)
- All-Star Game 2005, 2009
- Gold Glove in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
- Silver Slugger Award in 2004, 2005, 2009
- World Series Champion in 2009
Mark Charles Teixeira ( born April 11, 1980 in Annapolis, Maryland) is an American baseball player in the major leagues. Since 2003 he has been active in various clubs in the MLB and plays for the 2009 season for the team the New York Yankees in the American League.
Biography
High School and College
Teixeira grew up in Severna Park, Maryland, where he played baseball for the Mount Saint Joseph High School in Baltimore. He was still drawn in 1998 as a high school player of the Boston Red Sox in the draft, the contract but refused and opted to play for Georgia Tech College Baseball. In 2001 he achieved a batting average of .427 there and won the Dick Howser Trophy as the best college baseball players in the country.
Texas Rangers
Was 2001, Teixeira again take to the Draft and was selected as the fifth pick by the Texas Rangers. Teixeira started his professional career in the 2002 season in the Florida State League and quickly rose in the Double - A League. Already in 2003, attracted the Rangers Teixeira in the Major League squad; In his rookie season he scored a batting average of .259 and 26 home runs. In 2004, he was able to improve these values to .281 batting average and 38 home runs. In the 2005 season he won both the Silver Slugger Award as the best hitter on the first- base position and the Gold Glove as the best defender in this position. This year he was also first elected to the All- Star team, in which he directly hit a home run. In total, Teixeira 2005, a .301 batting average, 43 home runs and 144 RBI.
Teixeira signed before the 2006 season, a two-year contract for 15.4 million U.S. dollars. The 2006 season started slowly for Teixeira, before the All -Star break he was only nine home runs. At the end of the season he still had back more than 30 homers and 100 RBIs and was one of the best batsmen.
Teixeira played until June 9, 2007, after another 507 major league games, which is the second most games in a row after Miguel Tejeda were at this time; but this series ended by an injury ( sprain of the quadriceps ).
Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels
In June 2007, Teixeira turned down an eight- year contract for 140 million U.S. dollars, the Texas Rangers and moved to the Atlanta Braves.
His debut for the Braves completed Teixeira on 1 August 2007; he met in this game against the Houston Astros a three -run home run and scored 4 RBIs in the 12-3 victory .. In the next two games, he hit a home run.
In the 54 games he has played for Atlanta in 2007, Teixeira reached a .317 batting average with 17 homers and 56 RBI. The Braves extended his contract for another year for 12.5 million U.S. dollars, but Teixeira was transferred to the Los Angeles Angels in July 2008. For the Angels, he scored 2008 batting average of .358 with 13 home runs 43 RBI and helped us the Angels thus to their first season with 100 victories in its history. According to the Post Season Teixeira Free was Agent.
New York Yankees
In December 2008, Teixeira agreed in advance to a deal with the New York Yankees: For 180 million U.S. dollars, he signed an eight- year contract and was formally on 6 January 2009 for the Yankees. The contract also contained a no -trade clause and an extra signing bonus of 5 million U.S. dollars. In addition to the Yankees and the Angels, Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles offered for Teixeira. Orioles fans were outraged by his decision not to play for the team of his home; in the first game of the Yankees against the Orioles Orioles fans booed him and threw him out of Monopoly money after.
In the 2009 season, Mark Teixeira led the American League with respect to home runs (39, tied with Carlos Pena ) and RBIs (122 ) at. He also won his third Gold Glove for outstanding defensive performance.
The 2010 season began aggressively initially weak; in April Teixeira had a batting average of just .136. In the course of the season but he could still increase and bring his batting average to .256 with 33 home runs and 108 RBIs. With 113 runs, he led the American League in home runs, he was ranked fourth defensive he showed with only 3 errors and a fielding percentage of .998 very strong performances and was the fourth time won a Gold Glove.
Special Services
Mark Teixeira was. 2005 after Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones the third player, who scored more than 20 home runs in each of his first three seasons He is also one of five players who could achieve more than 100 home runs in the first three seasons. The 2005 total reached 144 RBI are a major league record for a switch hitter. The 180 - million - dollar contract is the third most expensive transfer in the history of Major League.
Except Sporting Life
Mark Teixeira is married and has two children. He lives with his family in Greenwich, Connecticut. His uncle Pete Teixeira also played baseball (for the minor league team of the Atlanta Braves ).