Mark Teixeira
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"Mark Charles Teixeira" is an American Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees. Before playing in the MLB, he played college baseball at Georgia Tech, where in 2001 he won the Dick Howser Trophy as the national collegiate baseball player of the year.

Teixeira was 2001 Major League Baseball Draft/drafted in by the Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers, and made his MLB debut for them in . In mid- he was traded to the Atlanta Braves, and traded again in mid- to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In December 2008, he agreed to a contract with the New York Yankees. Teixeira has won five Rawlings Gold Glove Award/Gold Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards. Teixeira also holds the all-time major league record for most games with a home run from both sides of the plate, with 13.

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There's a ton of room for me to grow, ... I'm still working on a lot of things and trying to get better.

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It's a real honor to be included among the list of finalists, when you see the names that are there, ... Some of the guys who won the Hank Aaron Award in the past are thought of as some of the best players in the history of the game, so just to be included with those guys is really gratifying.

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Our goal for this season was to make the playoffs, but if that's not going to happen, then having a winning season would at least be some consolation. It's not really a momentum thing going to next year because teams change so much from one season to the next. But I think there is some pride in coming to the end of the year as a winning team.

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Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling, ... To see the careers those guys have had and the career that Pujols is going to have ... it's nice to be part of that group.

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What I like about this year compared to last year is that I really haven't had a lot of fluctuation from big highs to big lows, ... When you do that, your team can count on you pretty much every game to make a contribution.

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Any time you get named in a list like that, it's very humbling. You see the careers those guys have had, and the career Pujols is going to have, it's nice to be a part of that group.

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Those are three great players, ... You can feel good about your accomplishment when you're mentioned with those players. Hitting 40 homers is a great number that not many people get to.

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It doesn't mean that much unless the team wins, ... Individual goals are great, but when I'm watching the playoffs, it won't mean that much.

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