Tino Martinez

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games (non-medal events)
SexMale
Full nameConstantino "Tino"•Martinez
Used nameTino•Martinez
Born7 December 1967 in Tampa, Florida (USA)
AffiliationsTampa Spartans, Tampa (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Tito Martinez was a first baseman and third baseman who played baseball for the USA at the 1988 Olympic demonstration baseball tournament. Raised in Tampa, Florida he played college ball at the University of Tampa, where he was an All-American all three years he was at the school. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the first found (14th pick) in the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft.

Martinez played in the Major Leagues from 1990-2005. He was with the Mariners from 1990-95 and then played for the New York Yankees from 1996-2001, helping them win World Series titles in 1996 and 1998-2000. He played in two All-Star Games, in 1995 and 1997. After leaving the Yankees Martinez played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2002-03, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2004, and finished his career back with the Yankees in 2005. He later served as a special instructor to the Yankees, starting in 2008, and was a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2013. He also did some color commentary of Yankee games on the YES Network.

Martinez was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Since 2010, NCAA Division II has given the Tino Martinez Award to the most outstanding D-2 baseball player. He is also a member of the University of Tampa Athletics Hall of Fame.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Baseball (Baseball/Softball) USA Tino Martinez
Baseball, Men (Olympic (non-medal)) United States 1

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