For the Venezuelan baseball pitcher, see David Martínez (baseball). For other people with similar names, see David Martínez (disambiguation).
Baseball player
Dave Martinez
Martinez with the Nationals in 2022
Washington Nationals – No. 4
Outfielder / Manager
Born: (1964-09-26) September 26, 1964 (age 59) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 15, 1986, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 2001, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average
.276
Home runs
91
Runs batted in
580
Managerial record
412–499
Winning %
.452
Teams
As player
Chicago Cubs (1986–1988)
Montreal Expos (1988–1991)
Cincinnati Reds (1992)
San Francisco Giants (1993–1994)
Chicago White Sox (1995–1997)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000)
Chicago Cubs (2000)
Texas Rangers (2000)
Toronto Blue Jays (2000)
Atlanta Braves (2001)
As manager
Washington Nationals (2018–present)
As coach
Tampa Bay Rays (2008–2014)
Chicago Cubs (2015–2017)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (2016, 2019)
David Martinez (born September 26, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach and former outfielder who is the manager for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as the bench coach for the Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago Cubs. He played in MLB for the Cubs, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Atlanta Braves from 1986 to 2001. Martinez had a .276 career batting average, 1,599 hits, 91 home runs, 795 runs scored, and 580 runs batted in.
Martinez became the bench coach for the Rays in 2008, under manager Joe Maddon. When Maddon became manager of the Cubs after the 2014 season, Martinez joined him there as bench coach. The Nationals hired Martinez as their manager after the 2017 season, and he led the team to a 2019 World Series championship in his second season.
World Series presented by YouTube TV. Managers A. J. Hinch (left) and DaveMartinez (right) This was the first World Series appearance for the franchise...
contract was not renewed after the 2017 playoff loss, and the team hired DaveMartinez as their sixth manager in ten years. In 2018, the All-Star Game was...
team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Nationals are led by DaveMartinez in his seventh year as manager. They are members of the National League...
baseball operations Mike Rizzo nonetheless declared confidence in manager DaveMartinez and his coaching staff, all under contract for the 2019 season. The...
6–13) Dave Roberts 2018 Boston Red Sox (13, 9–4) Alex Cora 4–1 Los Angeles Dodgers (20, 6–14) 2019 Washington Nationals[W] (1, 1–0) DaveMartinez 4–3 Houston...
Maalaala Mo Kaya.[citation needed] In 2014, he played the main role of DaveMartinez in the afternoon TV series entitled Pure Love, alongside Alex Gonzaga...
2015 season, firing Renteria and hiring Joe Maddon. Maddon brought DaveMartinez to the Cubs from the Tampa Bay Rays to be his bench coach, and moved...
Nationals hired DaveMartinez in October 2017 to take the helm in 2018; along with leading the team to its first World Series championship, Martinez has the most...
memorable at-bat of his pitching career. Maddux said it was striking out DaveMartinez to end a regular season game. Nightengale was surprised Maddux hadn't...
Detective Martinez in El Chicano (2018), Hector Salazar in FX's Sons of Anarchy, Caesar Martinez in AMC's The Walking Dead, Duff in Standoff, and Dave in Taken...
Series, the franchise's first title in its 51 seasons, under manager DaveMartinez, who had played with the Expos from 1988 to 1991. The Expos logo consists...
third baseman Anthony Rendon after the 2019 season, Nationals manager DaveMartinez said in January 2020 that Kieboom would move to third base full time...
(attended) Puerto Rican senator, Majority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate DaveMartinez, baseball coach and manager for the Washington Nationals. Aaron Jackson...
Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2010. Sheinin, Dave (June 18, 2010). "Nationals rookie Stephen Strasburg's first two major league...
was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Nationals were led by DaveMartinez in his sixth year as manager. They were members of the National League...