David Justice
American baseball player (born 1966)
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- ML Debut: 24 May 1989
- The Atlanta Braves send Justice and CF Marquis Grissom to the Cleveland Indians for CF Kenny Lofton and reliever Alan Embree (25 March 1997)
- The New York Mets send Justice and $1.2 million to the Oakland Athletics for Ps Mark Guthrie and Tyler Yates (14 December 2001)
- Hit a 3 run home run to take the lead in Game 6 of the 2000 ALCS to win the series.
- The New York Mets send 3B Robin Ventura to the New York Yankees for Justice (7 December 2001)
- He and wife Rebecca have a son, Dionisio (b. 7 June 2002)
- Named to Baseball Digest magazine's 1990 Rookie All-Star Team.
- Announced his retirement. In 1,610 regular season games with the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics, Justice had 1571 hits, including 305 homers with 1,017 RBI for a .279 batting average (6 February 2003)
- Hit a solo home run in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series for the Atlanta Braves against the Cleveland Indians. That turned out to be the only run of the game and the only run pitcher Tom Glavine needed as he pitched a complete-game, one-hit, 1-0 shutout to give the Braves the World Series championship.
- His 112 games, 398 at-bats, 63 RBI and 64 walks (as of 2002) are postseason records.
- Wife Rebecca is the founder and owner of the Exotic Spices calendar series.
- The New York Yankees obtain Justice from the Cleveland Indians for OF Ricky Ledee and two players to be named (29 June 2000)
- 2000 American League Championship Series MVP
- Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
- Has a son, David Jr. (b. 27 December 1999) by his ex-fiancé, Nicole Foster.
- 1990 National League Rookie of the Year (6 November 1990)