Mark Teixeira

MARK TEIXEIRA CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS 4 Three-time American League All-Star (2005, ‘09 and ‘15) 4 Five-time AL Gold Glove Award Winner (2005-06, ‘09-10, ‘12) 4 Three-time AL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2004-05, ‘09) 4 World Series Champion with the Yankees in 2009 4 The only player in Major League history with at least five Gold Glove Awards at first base, 400 doubles and 400HR 4 One of only two 1B in Baseball history with at least five Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Sluggers (also Don Mattingly, nine and three, respectively) 4 One of only two infielders in Baseball history with at least five Gold Glove Awards and 400HR, joining Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt (credit: ESPN) 4 During his 14-year Major League career, has played for the Rangers (2003-07), Braves (‘07-08), Angels (‘08) and Yankees (2009-16) 4 A Team USA member in the 2006 and ‘13 World Baseball Classics PLAYERS WITH 400+ HR, 4 Has 409HR and is one of five switch-hitters in Baseball history to reach 400HR (Mickey Mantle-536, FIVE-OR-MORE GOLD GLOVES Player .........HRs .. Gold Gloves Eddie Murray-504, Chipper Jones-468 and Carlos Beltran-421)…hit his 400th and 401st career home Barry Bonds .....762 ..............8 runs in 7/3/16 win at San Diego, becoming the ninth player to hit his 400th HR while playing for the Willie Mays ......660 .............12 Ken Griffey Jr. ....630 .............10 Yankees (also Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, R. Jackson, Sheffield, A. Rodriguez, A. Soriano and Beltran). Mike Schmidt ....548 .............10 4 Ranks 13th in franchise history with 206HR as a Yankee…hit his 200th home run as a Yankee in Dave Winfield ...465 ..............7 Carl Yastrzemski . 452 ..............7 7/24/16 win vs. San Francisco. Andre Dawson ...438 ..............8 4 Owns 42 career multi-HR games, second-most all-time among switch-hitters (Mickey Mantle-46) Andruw Jones ...434 .............10 4 Mark Teixeira ....404 ..............5 Is one of four active players with at least nine seasons of 30HR-or-more, joining Albert Pujols (14), Credit: YES Network Miguel Cabrera (10) and David Ortiz (10). 4 Has 10 seasons of at least 25HR, tied with C. Jones and M. Mantle for second all-time among MOST TIMES HOMERING FROM BOTH switch-hitters behind only E. Murray (12)…reached 25HR in each of his first nine Major League SIDES OF PLATE, SAME GAME, ALL-TIME seasons (2003-11)…according to Elias, was just the fourth player in Baseball history to 1. MARK TEIXEIRA �� 14 times Nick Swisher. 14 times accomplish the feat, joining A. Pujols (12 seasons), E. Mathews (11) and D. Strawberry (9). 3. Carlos Beltran . 12 times 4 Owns eight 100RBI seasons, tied with Carlos Beltran for the second-most all-time among 4. Chili Davis .......................11 times switch-hitters, trailing only Chipper Jones (9). Eddie Murray �� 11 times SAME, AS A YANKEE 1. Mickey Mantle .................. 10 times GLOVE WORK 2. MARK TEIXEIRA ............... 9 times 3. Jorge Posada ..................... 8 times Mark Teixeira leads all active first basemen—and ranks third all-time—with a .99655 career fielding Bernie Williams. 8 times percentage at 1B…according to Elias, Teixeira is the all-time AL leader in fielding percentage by a 1B (min: 1,000G) with a .99660 mark. 4Recorded a career-best 109-game errorless streak from 7/10/14-6/10/15…was the second-longest errorless streak by a Yankees first baseman in franchise history (Mattingly-155G from 1984-85)—credit: Elias. IN THE COMMUNITY 4 In May 2010, partnered with Harlem RBI, making a $100,000 donation to the Harlem RBI Futures Fund to support its college-bound seniors…Harlem RBI is a nonprofit organization in East Harlem, N.Y., that provides more than 1,700 boys and girls with year-round academic, sports and enrichment programs…is a member of the Harlem RBI Board of Directors and serves as a co-chair of Harlem RBI’s $20 million Capital Campaign…is also the chair of its Home MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS SINCE 2003 HOME RUNS Run Leadership Council and works with Major League Baseball to connect fellow MLB players 1. Albert Pujols ........................ 520 in support of local RBI programs around the country…in 2011, made a $1 million donation 2. David Ortiz ......................... 483 3. Miguel Cabrera ......................446 to Harlem RBI as part of the Dream Team Campaign, designed to help the organization build 4. Adam Dunn ..........................417 a state-of-the-art facility for the children that Harlem RBI and its partner, DREAM Charter 5. MARK TEIXEIRA . 409 School, serve each year…the groundbreaking project includes a 450-seat public charter school RBI facility, a new community center, 87 units of low-income housing and a rebuilt public park. 1. Albert Pujols .......................1,560 2. Miguel Cabrera ....................1,553 4 Received the “Joan Payson Award” for community service at the annual BBWAA dinner on 3. David Ortiz ........................1,530 1/24/15 in Manhattan, as selected by members of the New York Chapter of the BBWAA…was 4. MARK TEIXEIRA . 1,298 named the Yankees’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award in both 2012 and ‘15, given 5. Adrian Beltre ......................1,262 EXTRA-BASE HITS annually to the player who best represents the game of baseball through positive contributions 1. Albert Pujols .......................1,045 on and off the field, including sportsmanship and community involvement. 2. David Ortiz. 1,023 4 3. Miguel Cabrera ..................... 986 Established the Mark C. Teixeira Athletic Scholarship Fund at his alma mater, Georgia Tech, and 4. Adrian Beltre ....................... 866 makes annual donations to the school’s baseball scholarship fund. 5. MARK TEIXEIRA . 835 *All statistics are through games on October 1, 2016.

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