2016 Topps Now #158 Victor Martinez Tigers Print Run 336 BGS 10 PRISTINE RARE For Sale

On April 6, 2016, Martínez became the first player in modern Major League history to hit a pinch-hit home run in his team\'s first two regular-season games of the season. He is the first player to do so since at least 1914, and the only player to achieve this feat hitting one home run from each side of the plate.[31]On April 20, Martínez recorded his 1,000th career RBI, becoming just the fifth Venezuelan-born player in MLB history to reach the milestone.[32]

Martínez was named theAmerican League Player of the Weekfor the week ending May 1, 2016. Martinez batted .519 (14-for-27) for the week with three home runs, five doubles, eight RBIs and eight runs scored. It\'s the first Player of the Week award for Martínez since May 15, 2011, and his fifth award overall.[33]On June 16 against theKansas City Royals, Martinez hit three home runs in a game for the second time in his career. The first two came from the right side of the plate against Royals starterDanny Duffy, and the third was hit from the left side against relieverChien-Ming Wang. Victor\'s only other three-homer game came on July 16, 2004 against theSeattle Mariners. Martínez became the first Tigers player to hit a home run from each side of the plate in the same game sinceCarlos Guillénin2009.[34][35]