Edgar Martínez (born January 2, 1963), nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player who is currently the senior director of hitting strategy coach for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Became clubbs all-time leader in total bases with single April 24 vs. Cleveland, giving him 3,317 total bases. Batted .362 (25x69) with 15 RBI in April, hitting safely in 16 of 21 games. Homered on a 3-0 count May 10 vs. Chicago, the Mariners first 3-0 …

He led the AL in RBI in 2000 with 145, powered the Mariners to 116 wins the following year and was named the winner of the Outstanding Designated Hitter Award five times in a seven-year period. In 2004, that award was renamed the Edgar Martinez Award. “He’s going to beat you,” said former Mariners teammate Mike Cameron.

Edgar Martinez, the best designated hitter in Major League Baseball history, retired at the end of the 2004 season after playing his entire 18-year Major League career for the Seattle Mariners. Edgar was inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame on June 2, 2007.

Did you know that Edgar Martinez, who began his career as a third baseman, won an American League batting title in 1992, hitting an American League leading .343, and became the first Seattle Mariners' batting champion?

Martinez finished his career as one of only six players in history with at least 300 homers, 500 doubles, a career batting average of at least .300, a career OBP of at least .400, and a career slugging percentage of at least .500.