Teodoro Noel Martínez Encarnación (born December 10, 1947) is a Dominican former

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. He played in

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, St. Louis Cardinals,

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, and

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for nine seasons.

Career

He helped the Mets win the 1973 National League pennant, the Athletics win the 1975

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and the Dodgers win the 1977 and 1978 National League pennants. In 9 seasons he played in 657 games and had 1,480 at-bats, 165 runs, 355 hits, 50 doubles, 16 triples, 7 home runs, 108 RBI, 29 stolen Bases, 55 walks (12 intentional), .240 batting average, .270 on-base percentage, .309 slugging percentage, 458 total bases, 25 sacrifice hits, and 6 sacrifice flies. Defensively, he finished with an overall .968 fielding percentage.

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