This approaching milestone will make him the fifth Venezuelan-born baseball player to reach 1000 RBIs. He will share the honor with current Tiger Miguel Cabrera, former Tiger Magglio Ordonez, Bobby Abreu, and Andres Galarraga. Miggy leads the group with his 1449 RBIs as of publication.
Unfortunately, since the next two games are against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Martinez will not reach the magic 1000 tonight or tomorrow – unless he gets to fill in during the late innings. With his current .313 batting average, those RBIs should come sooner rather than later.