Dominican baseball playerIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Encarnación.Baseball player

Teodoro Noel Martínez Encarnación (born December 10, 1947, in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball, mostly as a shortstop and second baseman, for the New York Mets (1970–74), St. Louis Cardinals (1975), Oakland Athletics (1975) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1977–79).

Career

He helped the Mets win the 1973 National League pennant, the Athletics win the 1975 American League West and the Dodgers win the 1977 and 1978 National League pennant.

In 9 seasons he played in 657 games and had 1,480 at bats, 165 runs, 355 hits, 50 doubles, 16 triples, 7 home runs, 108 RBI, 29 stolen Bases, 55 walks (12 intentional), .240 batting average, .270 on-base percentage, .309 slugging percentage, 458 total bases, 25 sacrifice hits and 6 sacrifice flies. Defensively, he finished with an overall .968 fielding percentage.

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or:Baseball Reference (Minors)