Autographs of Tino Martinez
Constantino "Tino" Martinez (born December 7, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1990 through 2005. He also served as a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins in 2013. He was also nicknamed "The Bam-tino" after his home run in Game 1 of the 1998 World Series. Formerly a third baseman, Martinez was the first round draft pick for the Seattle Mariners in 1988 out of the University of Tampa, where he starred during his time on campus. During his 16-year MLB career, he scored 1,009 runs, drove in 1,271 runs, and hit 339 home runs. He had 100 or more RBI in six different seasons and was twice named to the All-Star team.
Tino Martinez was born and raised in the neighborhood of West Tampa in Tampa, Florida, to a Cuban-American father with Spanish roots and a mother with Italian and Greek ancestry. His grandfather owned a small cigar factory, in which Martinez and his brothers, as well as childhood friend and fellow future major-leaguer Luis Gonzalez, worked as young boys. Martinez attended St. Joseph School in West Tampa until 8th grade, then attended Tampa Catholic High School for 9th and 10th grades, before transferring to and graduating from Jefferson High School. Martinez led both of his high schools to state baseball championships. With Tampa Catholic, he had future Major Leaguers Lance McCullers and Rich Monteleone as teammates.
Martinez enrolled at the University of Tampa, where he played college baseball for the Tampa Spartans in NCAA Division II. He played three years for Tampa, and was an All-American each year. In 1986, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. As of 2011, Martinez still held school records in career home runs (54), career batting average (.399), career slugging percentage (.736), single season batting average (.452) and single season slugging percentage (.957). In 1988, he was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, which has never been given to any NCAA Division II player. One year after graduating he was inducted into the University of Tampa's athletics hall of fame. Since 2010, the Tino Martinez Award has been given to the most outstanding NCAA Division II baseball player. In 2013, Martinez was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Tino Martinez (Paul O'Neill Bernie Williams Tino Martinez Signed 11x14 Photo NY Yankees JSA) was sold in March 2025 for £439.89 while the cheapest item (TINO MARTINEZ Signed Autographed 1996 FLEER Baseball Card Mariners) found a new owner for £1.53 in August 2024. The month with the most items sold (15) was July 2024 with an average selling price of £10.48 for an autographed item of Tino Martinez. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with £114.51 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £10.48 was July 2024. In average, an autographed item from Tino Martinez is worth £21.42.
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