Victor Martinez, the 39-year-old designated hitter, is retiring after the 2018 season. Free Press sports writer Ryan Ford takes a look at his career. Wochit
Victor Martinez’s career is over.
And it ended in the most ironic of ways on Saturday evening at Comerica Park.
After a tearful pregame ceremony in which the Detroit Tigers honored him for an outstanding 16-year major league career, Martinez reached on an infield single in the bottom of the first inning.
The hit, No. 2,153 of Martinez’s career, was his last.