Mark Charles Teixeira ( tay-SHAIR-ə; born April 11, 1980), nicknamed "Tex", is an American politician and former professional baseball first baseman who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and New York Yankees. Before his professional career, he played college baseball at Georgia Tech, where in 2000 he won the Dick Howser Trophy as the national collegiate baseball player of the year. One of the most prolific switch hitters in MLB history, Teixeira was a member of the Yankees' 27th World Series championship team in 2009, leading the American League (AL) in home runs and runs batted in (RBI) while finishing second in the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) balloting. Teixeira was a three-time All-Star, won five Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards, and holds the major-league record for most games with a home run from both sides of the plate, with 14. He was the fifth switch hitter in MLB history to reach 400 home runs.
Drafted fifth overall by the Texas Rangers in 2001, Teixeira made his MLB debut on Opening Day in 2003, and hit 26 home runs as a rookie. He hit career-highs of 43 home runs and 144 RBI in 2005. The centerpiece of consecutive mid-season trades in 2007 and 2008, the Rangers first sent him to the Braves for a prospect package centered around Elvis Andrus and Matt Harrison. He was later traded in July 2008 to the Los Angeles Angels, where he played for half a season and lost in the first round of the playoffs. In December 2008, he agreed to a lucrative eight-year contract with the Yankees, contributing his most productive season with the team the following year. Injuries limited his effectiveness afterward, including a calf strain in 2012, early season-ending wrist surgery in 2013, various ailments in 2014, a shin fracture in 2015, and neck spasms and torn cartilage in 2016. Teixeira retired at the conclusion of the 2016 season and contract with the Yankees. In each season from 2004 to 2011, Teixeira hit at least 30 home runs with 100 RBI.
Teixeira is the Republican nominee for Texas's 21st congressional district in the 2026 election, having received the support of President Donald Trump.
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Date: 11 April 1980
By DEIRDRE CARMODY Special to The New York Times
Deirdre Special
Turner defends use of journalists for secret intelligence operations, speech, American Society of Newspaper editors, Washington; says he personally approved use of journalists on 3 separate occasions; his portrait (M)
Date: 12 April 1980
By YOUSSEF M. IBRAHIM Special to The New York Times
2 gunmen shoot and kill Libyan journalist Mohammed Mustafa Ramadan outside London, Eng, mosque; diplomatic sources say assassination may be work of one of number of Libyan death squads sent to Europe and US to liquidate opponents of Libyan leader Col Muammar el-Qaddafi; gunmen are arrested (M)
Date: 11 April 1980
Former NY Times associate editor Harrison E Salisbury files suit against Govt, charging National Security Agency with illegally intercepting his international communications, including news dispatches; also invokes Freedom of Information Act in effort to see agency's file on him; agency confirms existence of file, but says it cannot be released without disclosing intelligence sources (S)
Date: 12 April 1980
Indian Supreme Court acquits Sanjay Gandhi and former Information Min V C Shukla of charges of theft and destruction of film parodying Prime Min Indira Gandhi (S)
Date: 11 April 1980
By JOHN KIFNER Special to The New York Times
John Special
ABC, CBS and NBC decline to buy film from Iranian militants in which Army Sgt Joseph Subic Jr allegedly confessed to espionage activities (M)
Date: 11 April 1980
Barresi is charged with planting bomb himself (S)
Date: 11 April 1980
By LES BROWN
Les BROWN
networks refused to buy filmed interview with Sgt Subic because Iranian militants insist that film be televised without editing; CBS vice pres John Lane comments (M)
Date: 11 April 1980
Wins Deadline Club's James Wright Brown Award for excellence in public service reporting
Date: 11 April 1980
By HOWELL RAINES Special to The New York Times
Howell Special
Ronald Reagan blames misinformation given him by 2 top-level military officers for recent statement that Vietnam veterans are not entitled to GI Bill benefits (S)