BIO NOTE : Teixeira spend his first four season with the Texas rangers before splitting 2007 with Texas and Atlanta . For his career , he is hitting .285 and has 899 hits, 183 homers, and 610 RBIs.
RECENT NEWS : On Sunday, Teixeira hit three home runs and had four RBIs to lead the Braves to an 8-3 victory against the Seattle Mariners. It was the second time in his career he had hit three homers in one game .
QUOTE : " My faith helps me keep grounded. I know that no matter what I do here ---my success or my failure on the field---that there's a higher thing going on for me with God [ Jesus]. To be able to have that kind of faith, it makes the failures , especially here , not as important . The most important thing is my faith and my relationship with God . "
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