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2013 TIGERS
• Played for Venezuela during the World Baseball Classic in 2006.
• Selected to participate in the Futures Game held prior to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in 2002.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Sidelined for the entire 2012 season after he underwent microfracture surgery and repairs to both the medial and lateral
meniscus in his left knee on January 27, a procedure performed by Dr. Richard Steadman in Vail, Colorado.
• Dr. Richard Steadman assessed the stability of the ACL in the left knee of Martinez on April 4 and decided
reconstruction surgery was not necessary...Dr. Steadman performed a procedure that day to help aid in the healing of
the ACL.
Finished fourth in the American League with a .330 batting average during his first season with the Tigers in 2011 after
signing as a free agent during the off-season.
• Tied for eighth in the American League with a .380 on-base percentage, while he tied for 10th with 103 RBI...secondtoughest
batter in the league to strike out, fanning once every 11.7 plate appearances...drove in a run every 5.2 at-bats,
tied for sixth-best in the league.
• Collected 103 RBI during his first season with the Tigers -- marked fourth time he has finished with 100-or-more RBI
during his major league career.
• Compiled a season-high 13-game hitting streak April 15-May 14, batting .468 (22x47) with six doubles, two home runs
and 15 RBI.
• Sidelined April 19-May 5 with a strained right groin -- joined Triple A Toledo for an injury rehabilitation assignment,
hitting .500 (3x6) with a double and two RBI in two games May 2-3.
• Drove in three-or-more runs in three straight games May 9-11 -- first Tigers player to do so since Dan Gladden
accomplished the feat for the club August 10-12, 1993...he accomplished the feat a second time during the season,
finishing with three-or-more RBI in three straight games September 5-7.
• Collected a season-best four RBI on May 10 at Minnesota -- equaled the high with four RBI on July 29 versus the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim, August 26 at Minnesota and September 7 at Cleveland.
• Tabbed the American League Player of Week for May 9-15 -- hit .579 (11x19) with four doubles, two home runs and 11
RBI in five games during the week.
• Hit .337 (29x86) with nine doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI in 24 games during May -- tied for third in the American
League with nine doubles during the month.
• Batted .429 (27x63) with four doubles, a home run and 16 RBI over a 17-game stretch June 10-28.
• Hit .370 (37x100) with eight doubles, a home run and 18 RBI in 27 games during June -- fifth in the American League
with a .370 batting average and 37 hits during the month, while he tied for seventh with eight doubles.
• Batted .344 (33x96) with five doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI in 26 games during August.
• Belted his second career grand slam on September 7 at Cleveland.
• Batted .360 (36x100) with 10 doubles, four home runs and 26 RBI in 26 games during September -- second in the
American League with 26 RBI during the month, while he tied for fourth with 10 doubles and finished eighth with a .360
batting average.
• Hit .316 (89x282) in 77 games prior to the all-star break...batted .345 (89x258) in 68 games following the all-star break.
• Batted .394 (61x155) with runners in scoring position, tops in the American League.
• Collected three hits in Game Six of the American League Championship Series on October 15 at Texas -- matched the
franchise record for hits by a Tigers player during an American League Championship Series game.
Selected to the American League’s all-star squad for the fourth time in his career during the 2010 season with the
Boston Red Sox.
• Fanned once every 10.3 plate appearances, the seventh-toughest batter to strike out in the American League.
• Collected the 1,000th hit of his major league career on May 8 versus the New York Yankees, a two-run home run off
CC Sabathia.
• Belted a season-high two home runs on May 17 at Yankee Stadium against New York -- equaled the high with two home
runs on August 27 at Tampa Bay and September 17 versus Toronto.
• Equaled a career high with five hits on June 1 versus Oakland.
• Sidelined June 28-July 26 with a left thumb fracture.
• Ninth in the American League with a .354 batting average (28x79) in 22 games during June.
• Compiled a season-high 13-game hitting streak September 14-28, batting .415 (22x53) with two doubles, a triple, four
home runs and 14 RBI.
• Batted .333 (36x108) with five doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 25 RBI in 27 games during September -- tied for
second in the American League with 25 RBI during the month, while he tied for fifth with seven home runs.
• Led all American League players with a .400 batting average (62x155) against lefthanded pitchers...batted .257
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2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE