You've heard lots and lots about Mark Teixeira over the last few weeks. Here's something you hadn't heard before. Teixeira has the most career homers through his first 6 seasons for a guy to play for at least 3 teams during that period. It's exceptionally rare for someone with his level of production to change teams so often before reaching free agency for the first time.

  Cnt Player             **HR**  Tms From  To   Ages   G    PA    AB    R    H   2B  3B  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
+----+-----------------+-------+----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+---------+-----------+
    1 Mark Teixeira       203      3 2003 2008 23-28  904  3931  3414  566  989 223  13  676  442  60  694  53   0  22  79   13   3  .290  .378  .541  .919 *3/D957   TEX-ATL-LAA 
    2 Roger Maris         191      3 1957 1962 22-27  842  3522  3053  539  793 117  28  557  414  28  427  22   7  26  41   17   9  .260  .350  .504  .854 *98/7     CLE-KCA-NYY 
    3 Jason Bay           149      3 2003 2008 24-29  771  3259  2782  476  785 164  20  491  397  27  734  38   5  37  51   53  11  .282  .375  .516  .891 *7/8D9    SDP-PIT-BOS 
    4 Preston Wilson      140      3 1998 2003 23-28  751  3033  2716  412  724 153  12  472  255  10  750  37   4  21  80  102  45  .267  .335  .486  .821 *8/79     NYM-FLA-COL 
    5 Kevin Mitchell      135      3 1984 1990 22-28  688  2688  2378  369  661 125  19  412  274  52  439  13   2  21  39   24  26  .278  .353  .517  .870 *75/9683  NYM-SFG-SDP 
    6 Jason Thompson      130      3 1976 1981 21-26  803  3206  2739  374  718 109  10  466  427  30  484   4   5  31  67    6   6  .262  .359  .452  .811 *3/D      DET-CAL-PIT 
    7 Tony Batista        125      4 1996 2001 22-27  700  2644  2437  349  634 125  13  385  156   7  462  22   6  23  53   24  12  .260  .308  .476  .784 56/4D     OAK-ARI-TOR-BAL 
    8 Dolph Camilli       122      3 1933 1938 26-31  734  3142  2672  478  759 130  40  459  447   0  485  12  11   0  35   33   0  .284  .389  .500  .889 *3        CHC-PHI-BRO 
    9 Cory Snyder         118      3 1986 1991 23-28  728  2772  2597  312  624 117  10  357  142  16  702   6   6  21  51   19  14  .240  .279  .429  .708 *9/6735D8 CLE-TOR-CHW 
   10 Jimmie Hall         116      3 1963 1968 25-30  801  2814  2523  355  656  88  19  359  259  31  461   2  12  18  53   29  15  .260  .327  .448  .775 *879      MIN-CAL-CLE 
   11 Leon Wagner         113      3 1958 1963 24-29  642  2317  2063  306  571  66  11  344  207  26  300  20   7  20  21   18  14  .277  .345  .484  .829 *7/9      SFG-STL-LAA 
   12 Zeke Bonura         112      3 1934 1939 25-30  789  3481  3089  539  966 202  26  639  354   0  163  16  22   0  22   16   7  .313  .386  .504  .890 *3        CHW-WSH-NYG 
   13 Paul Konerko        111      3 1997 2002 21-26  673  2677  2413  349  692 131   5  410  207   8  343  33   1  23  86    3   1  .287  .348  .483  .831 *3/D57    LAD-CIN-CHW 
   14 Jermaine Dye        110      3 1996 2001 22-27  706  2846  2577  376  735 151  12  425  220  18  494  16   2  31  62   16  12  .285  .341  .481  .822 *9/7D8    ATL-KCR-OAK 
   15 Jeff Kent           107      4 1992 1997 24-29  757  2981  2705  386  728 156  13  439  188  15  548  48   9  31  54   27  21  .269  .324  .455  .779 *45/3D6   NYM-TOR-NYM-CLE-SFG 
   16 Wally Westlake      107      4 1947 1952 26-31  762  2904  2611  394  705  89  30  450  246   0  374  29  18   0  82   17   6  .270  .340  .450  .790 98/75     PIT-STL-CIN-CLE 
   17 Shea Hillenbrand    104      4 2001 2006 25-30  870  3538  3303  438  947 197  13  459  133  17  434  68   1  33 113   16   9  .287  .325  .449  .774 *53/D     BOS-ARI-TOR-SFG 
   18 Curt Blefary        103      3 1965 1970 21-26  821  3199  2697  364  645  96  20  358  419  42  405  28  32  23  39   24  23  .239  .345  .404  .749 739/2     BAL-HOU-NYY 
   19 Lee Thomas          103      5 1961 1966 25-30  860  3297  2932  375  766 103  21  394  303  26  353  28  18  16  76   22  10  .261  .335  .416  .751 39/78     NYY-LAA-BOS-CHC-ATL 
   20 Dale Long           101      3 1951 1959 25-33  705  2554  2248  292  610 100  28  361  265  32  372   5   7  29  56    4   2  .271  .346  .476  .822 *3/27     PIT-SLB-PIT-CHC 
   21 Andre Thornton      100      3 1973 1978 23-28  616  2332  1919  316  494  93  19  321  354  22  322  30   8  21  40   16  15  .257  .378  .482  .860 *3/9D5    CHC-MON-CLE 
   22 Woodie Held         100      3 1954 1961 22-29  609  2287  2015  269  499  77  13  299  223  18  448  19  14  16  46    6   6  .248  .326  .448  .774 *68/574   NYY-KCA-CLE 
   23 Sammy Sosa           95      3 1989 1994 20-25  658  2510  2317  330  587  93  24  304  140  16  585  20  17  16  46  125  58  .253  .300  .437  .737 *98/7D    TEX-CHW-CHC 
   24 Ken Harrelson        95      3 1963 1968 21-26  672  2460  2176  262  535  77  10  314  253  24  450   4  11  16  71   35  21  .246  .323  .421  .744 *39/7     KCA-WSA-KCA-BOS 
   25 Brad Fullmer         94      3 1997 2002 22-27  668  2540  2325  322  655 175  13  374  163  28  312  32   0  20  60   26  15  .282  .335  .489  .824 *D3/7     MON-TOR-ANA 

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