Victor Martinez Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 2" / 210 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 12/23/1978 (45)
- Experience
- 16
Victor Martinez Season Stats
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Victor Martinez News
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez will play in the final game of his career this Saturday. He will not be in the lineup on Sunday. He will travel with the team on their road trip to close out the year next week but will not play. It's been an illustrious career for V-Mart, but Father Time remains undefeated. The 39-year-old has hit just .249/.296/.353 with nine home runs and 54 RBI on the season. Martinez was a five-time All-Star and was one of the better pure hitters as a switch-hitter in his prime.
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez provided some excitement for the scuffling Tiger offense on Thursday, clubbing two homers to lead the team to victory. The veteran DH, who will retire at season's end, took J. A. Happ deep in the fifth inning for a two-run blast, then did the same thing to Dellin Betances in the ninth inning to force a tie ball game. That tie was broken in the next at-bat, when Niko Goodrum also took Betances deep. Martinez has just eight homers on the year, so it was a bit of an unexpected power outburst for him. He'll look to keep it rolling from here to put a productive ending on what has been an ultimately productive career.
Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez will retire at the end of the season. V-Mart had alluded to the fact that this could be his last rodeo earlier in the year, but made his intentions pretty clear on Tuesday, saying "This is going to be it. I'm just enjoying these last six weeks and then finally go home." The 39-year-old slugger is in the midst of his worst professional season, but is a career .295 hitter with 243 lifetime home runs. His best season came in 2014 with the Tigers, when he slashed 335/.409/.565 and belted 32 homers with 103 RBI.