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Victor Martinez
Victor Jesus Martinez

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 10, 2002

Born December 23, 1978 in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 23 CLE AL  12   32    2    9   1  0   1    5   0  0   3   2  .281  .333  .406   99   13   0   1   0   0   1
 2003 24 CLE AL  49  159   15   46   4  0   1   16   1  1  13  21  .289  .345  .333   84   53   0   1   0   1   8
 2004 25 CLE AL 141  520   77  147  38  1  23  108   0  1  60  69  .283  .359  .492  125  256   0   6  11   5  16 SS,MVP-21,AS
 2005 26 CLE AL 147  547   73  167  33  0  20   80   0  1  63  78  .305  .378  .475  130  260   0   7   9   5  16 MVP-18
 2006 27 CLE AL 153  572   82  181  37  0  16   93   0  0  71  78  .316  .391  .465  121  266   0   6   8   3  27
 2007 28 CLE AL 147  562   78  169  40  0  25  114   0  0  62  76  .301  .374  .505  127  284   0  11  12  10  19 MVP-7,AS
 2008 29 CLE AL  26   98    7   33   6  0   0   11   0  0   4   8  .337  .365  .398  110   39   0   1   1   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      675 2490  334  752 159  1  86  427   1  3 276 332  .302  .373  .470  122 1171   0  33  41  25  93
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        598   80  180  38  0  21  102   0  1  66  80  .302  .373  .470  122  281   0   8  10   6  22
 Career High    153  572   82  181  40  1  25  114   1  1  71  78  .337  .391  .505  130  284   0  11  12  10  27
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 23 CLE AL   36   25    4   4.3   103| .281  .261| .333  .328| .406  .420| .739  .747|  99  .435   0.0   0.0   0%
 2003 24 CLE AL  174  123   17   3.7   103| .289  .263| .345  .328| .333  .421| .678  .749|  84  .362  -3.3  -0.3  50%
 2004 25 CLE AL  591  396   90   6.1   104| .283  .263| .359  .330| .492  .423| .851  .753| 125  .573  21.2   2.0   0%
 2005 26 CLE AL  622  404   98   6.5   102| .305  .263| .378  .326| .475  .418| .853  .743| 130  .625  26.2   2.5   0%
 2006 27 CLE AL  652  424  100   6.3   111| .316  .275| .391  .340| .465  .438| .856  .778| 121  .585  21.3   2.0   0%
 2007 28 CLE AL  645  423  105   6.6   110| .301  .274| .374  .343| .505  .429| .879  .772| 127  .622  24.2   2.3   0%
 2008 29 CLE AL  104   72   12   4.4    98| .337  .260| .365  .332| .398  .398| .763  .730| 110  .495   1.4   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2824 1867  426   6.1   106| .302  .268| .373  .334| .470  .425| .843  .760| 122  .584  91.0   8.6  25%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 23 CLE AL C 9 55 2 1 0 .983 .993 6.33 6.16 7.43 6.97 7 69.0 1 1 11 2 DH 1 2003 24 CLE AL C 40 231 23 1 2 .996 .991 6.35 5.88 6.68 6.79 40 342.0 3 10 20 9 DH 5 2004 25 CLE AL C 132 865 61 6 11 .994 .992 7.02 6.19 7.52 7.12 124 1108.0 9 35 89 30 AS DH 7 AS 2005 26 CLE AL C 142 904 58 5 6 .995 .992 6.77 5.96 7.02 6.80 139 1233.0 3 23 96 29 DH 2 2006 27 CLE AL C 133 755 44 8 5 .990 .992 6.01 6.32 6.48 7.09 127 1110.0 4 34 100 22 1B 22 149 5 0 15 1.000 .994 7.00 7.99 8.33 9.51 19 166.3 DH 3 2007 28 CLE AL C 121 779 53 4 8 .995 .991 6.88 6.41 7.18 7.28 118 1042.7 6 27 70 33 AS 1B 30 187 13 1 18 .995 .995 6.67 7.93 8.14 9.37 24 221.0 AS DH 3 AS 2008 29 CLE AL C 21 126 10 1 0 .993 .991 6.48 6.30 7.03 6.95 21 174.0 0 3 11 8 1B 2 20 0 0 2 1.000 .995 10.00 8.65 10.00 9.70 2 18.0 DH 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2006 27 CLE AL 1B 22 149 5 0 15 1.000 .994 7.00 7.99 8.33 9.51 19 166.3 2007 28 CLE AL 1B 30 187 13 1 18 .995 .995 6.67 7.93 8.14 9.37 24 221.0 2008 29 CLE AL 1B 2 20 0 0 2 1.000 .995 10.00 8.65 10.00 9.70 2 18.0 2002 23 CLE AL C 9 55 2 1 0 .983 .993 6.33 6.16 7.43 6.97 7 69.0 1 1 11 2 2003 24 CLE AL C 40 231 23 1 2 .996 .991 6.35 5.88 6.68 6.79 40 342.0 3 10 20 9 2004 25 CLE AL C 132 865 61 6 11 .994 .992 7.02 6.19 7.52 7.12 124 1108.0 9 35 89 30 2005 26 CLE AL C 142 904 58 5 6 .995 .992 6.77 5.96 7.02 6.80 139 1233.0 3 23 96 29 2006 27 CLE AL C 133 755 44 8 5 .990 .992 6.01 6.32 6.48 7.09 127 1110.0 4 34 100 22 2007 28 CLE AL C 121 779 53 4 8 .995 .991 6.88 6.41 7.18 7.28 118 1042.7 6 27 70 33 2008 29 CLE AL C 21 126 10 1 0 .993 .991 6.48 6.30 7.03 6.95 21 174.0 0 3 11 8 2002 23 CLE AL DH 1 2003 24 CLE AL DH 5 2004 25 CLE AL DH 7 2005 26 CLE AL DH 2 2006 27 CLE AL DH 3 2007 28 CLE AL DH 3 2008 29 CLE AL DH 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 598 3715 251 26 32 .993 .992 6.63 6.19 7.03 7.04 576 5078.7 26 133 397 133 1B* 54 356 18 1 35 .997 .995 6.93 7.98 8.30 9.44 45 405.3 DH 23 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 652 4071 269 27 67 .994 .992 6.66 6.34 7.12 7.22 621 5484
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   4  17   2   6  1  0  1   4   1   3  .353  .421  .588   0  0   0   0   1 
        ALCS  CLE BOS     L   7  27   4   8  1  0  1   3   3   5  .296  .367  .444   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1  11  44   6  14  2  0  2   7   4   8  .318  .388  .500   0  0   0   0   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2004   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2007   CLE AL       1   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   2   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500 2.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2004 *
2007 *

Silver Sluggers
2004-AL--C-Tie

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-21-0.01
2005-AL-18-0.01
2007-AL-7-0.26
Car-603-0.28 shares

Batting Average
2005 AL-.305-7
2008 AL-**.337-4

On-base %
2006 AL-.391-10

Slugging %
2007 AL-.505-10

RBI
2004 AL-108-10
2007 AL-114-7

Sac. Flies
2007 AL-11-1

Intentional Walks
2004 AL-11-7
2005 AL-9-7
2007 AL-12-5

Grounded into Double Plays
2006 AL-27-2
2008 AL-6-4

   
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 19 (1018) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 22.0 (531) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 32.5 (549) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July 15, 1996: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Cleveland Indians$304,500
2005Cleveland Indians$372,100
2006Cleveland Indians$1,000,000
2007Cleveland Indians$3,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,876,600

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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