Mark Charles Teixeira (born April 11, 1980 in
Annapolis, Maryland) is a Major League Baseball
player with the Atlanta Braves. He is mainly a first
baseman, but has also played at third base and in
the outfield.
Teixeira, of Portuguese ancestry, grew up in Severna
Park, Maryland and attended Mount Saint Joseph High
School in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played for
the school's varsity baseball team.
Teixeira was originally chosen in the ninth round of
the MLB amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox in 1998,
straight out of high school. Teixeira chose not to
sign with the Red Sox, however, opting instead to
play college baseball for Georgia Tech.
Mark and his wife, the former Georgia Leigh
Williams, were married on Dec. 7, 2002.
