Carlos Martínez (baseball player)

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Carlos Martínez
First baseman / third baseman
Born: August 11, 1965
La Guaira ,  VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela 
Died on: January 24th, 2006
La Guaira ,  VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela 
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
September 2,  1988  with the  Chicago White Sox
Last MLB assignment
July 20,  1995  with the  California Angels
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    .258
Home runs    25th
Runs Batted In    161
Teams
Last update: February 5th, 2020

Carlos "Café" Alberto Escobar Martínez (born August 11, 1965 in La Guaira , Vargas , † January 24, 2006 ibid) was a Venezuelan baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of first and third baseman . His son José also plays in the MLB.

biography

Carlos Martínez began his career in his hometown of La Guaria at the age of 18. In the same year he was hired by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent . In 1986 the Yankees sold him to the Chicago White Sox , and Ron Kittle joined the Yankees for him . For the White Sox he made his major league debut on September 2, 1988. Martínez was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as first and third baseman. After the 1990 season, he left the White Sox for the Cleveland Indians . The 1989 season was the most successful for him.

His last position in the MLB was the California Angels . From there he returned to Venezuela, where he had to end his career, which was accompanied by many injuries, after the 1998 season. He died in his home country at the age of 40 after a serious illness.

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personal data
SURNAME Martínez, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martínez, Carlos Alberto Escobar (full name); Martínez, Café (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH La Guaira , Vargas , Venezuela
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 2006
Place of death La Guaira , Vargas , Venezuela