Manuel Martínez DeJesús (born October 3, 1970) is a Dominican
Minor League Baseball
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manager and former professional
baseball
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outfielder
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. He played during three seasons in
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) for the
Seattle Mariners
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,
Philadelphia Phillies
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,
Pittsburgh Pirates
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, and
Montreal Expos
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. He also played three seasons in the
Korea Baseball Organization
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(KBO) for the
Samsung Lions and
LG Twins. He is currently the manager of the DSL Mets1.
Playing career
Martínez was signed by the
Oakland Athletics
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as an amateur free agent in 1988. Martinez played his first professional season with the
Class A Short Season Southern Oregon A's in 1990. He played in MLB with the
1996 Mariners (nine games), the
1996 Phillies (13 games), the
1998 Pirates (73 games), and
1999 Expos (137 games). He played his last affiliated season in 2000 for the
Florida Marlins'
Triple-A affiliate, the
Calgary Cannons. In parts of three seasons with four teams, Martínez appeared in 232 MLB games, batting .245 with eight
home run
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s and 53
RBIs.
Martínez spent the 2001 through 2003 seasons playing in KBO in
South Korea
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, where he appeared in 368 games while batting .277 with 57 home runs and 235 RBIs. He spent 2005 playing for the
independent
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Long Island Ducks of the
Atlantic League, appearing in 10 games and batting .282. He also played in the
Mexican League from 2004 through 2008, and in the
Dominican Winter League during the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.
Post-playing career
Martínez spent several years in the
New York Mets
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' organization as a coach, then became manager of the
Dominican Summer League Mets 1 squad in 2015. , he still holds the role.
References
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Retrosheet
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1970 births
Living people
Calgary Cannons players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
Dorados de Chihuahua players
Iowa Cubs players
LG Twins players
Long Island Ducks players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
20th-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
Mexican League baseball outfielders
Minor league baseball coaches
Minor league baseball managers
Modesto A's players
Montreal Expos players
Nashville Sounds players
Olmecas de Tabasco players
Pericos de Puebla players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Pittsburgh Pirates players
Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players
Samsung Lions players
San Bernardino Spirit players
Seattle Mariners players
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players
Southern Oregon A's players
Tacoma Rainiers players
Tacoma Tigers players
Tigres de la Angelopolis players
Tigres del Licey players