MEET YOUR NEW YANKEE: 12 FUN FACTS ABOUT MARK TEIXEIRA

1. Spaniards, beware! Mark is Portuguese!

2. Growing up near Baltimore, Mark liked to wear number 23, because of Don Mattingly.

3. Drafted out of high school by the Redsocks, Mark scorned the bastards!

4. Mark won the 2001 Dick Howser Trophy as the nation’s best college player.

5. In 2001, the Phillies passed on Mark in the draft rather than deal with his agent, Scott Boras.

6. Mark is one of five players in MLB history to hit 100 HRs or more over his first three seasons. The others: Joe DiMaggio, Ralph Kiner, Eddie Matthews and Albert Pujols.

7. Mark has only two Golden Gloves.

8. In July 2007, after rejecting an 8-year, $140 million contract, Mark was dealt by the Rangers to Atlanta.

9. Mark homered in his first three games as a Brave.

10. Last July, the Braves traded Mark to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, where he hit .358 with 13 HRs.

11. Mark’s contract with the Yankees is the third biggest in MLB history.

12. Mark will wear number 25, because 23 is retired.