Starling Marte

Starling Javier Marte

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 9, 1988 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Signed
by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 2012 (Age 23)   vs. HOU 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Pirates 2012-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.070, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2012 23 PIT NL 47 182 167 18 43 3 6 5 17 12 5 8 50 .257 .300 .437 .737 104 73 5 3 2 2 0 7/8
2013 24 PIT NL 46 206 184 35 57 9 2 5 17 11 5 10 46 .310 .377 .462 .839 140 85 3 10 2 0 0 *7/8
2 Yrs 93 388 351 53 100 12 8 10 34 23 10 18 96 .285 .341 .450 .791 123 158 8 13 4 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 676 611 92 174 21 14 17 59 40 17 31 167 .285 .341 .450 .791 123 275 14 23 7 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2012 23 PIT NL 47 182 2 -1 -1 6 -2 5 0.6 6 11 1.1 .511 .503 0.4 0.5 5 7/8
2013 24 PIT NL 46 206 11 -0 -0 8 -2 17 1.8 6 23 2.4 .540 .511 1.5 0.6 15 $500,000 *7/8
2 Seasons 93 388 13 -1 -1 14 -3 22 2.3 12 34 3.5 .526 .507 1.9 1.1 20 $500,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2012 23 PIT NL 182 138 20 3.9 95 .333 .257 .253 .300 .317 .437 .401 .737 .718 104 .431 -0.1 -0.0 .679 .269 .180 7.1
2013 24 PIT NL 206 137 32 6.2 90 .391 .310 .247 .377 .312 .462 .389 .839 .701 140 .659 10.1 1.0 .822 .239 .152 6.9
2 Yrs 388 275 52 5.1 93 .364 .285 .250 .341 .314 .450 .395 .791 .709 123 .560 10.0 1.0 .751 .254 .165 13.9
162 Game Avg. 676 479 91 5.1 93 .364 .285 .250 .341 .314 .450 .395 .791 .709 123 .560 17 2 .751 .254 .165 24

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2012 23 PIT NL 182 2.8% 27.5% 4.4% 7.7% 33% 6.25 3.3 33.4 9.8 1.33 2.04 63% 17% 11.6% 12%
2013 24 PIT NL 206 2.4% 22.3% 4.9% 7.8% 28% 4.60 4.0 36.8 10.8 1.23 1.63 65% 18% 9.6% 13%
2 Yrs 388 2.6% 24.7% 4.6% 7.7% 30% 5.33 3.7 35.1 10.3 1.28 1.81 64% 18% 10.5% 13%
MLB Averages 2.7% 19.8% 8.0% 7.7% 34% 2.47 4.5 33.4 8.3 0.83 1.12 68% 19% 8.1% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2012 23 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 202 -0.0 3.4 -3.4 .99 -0.2 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.93 -1.7 1.11 2
2013 24 PIT NL 10.1 1.0 225 1.6 4.8 -3.2 .95 0.9 0.8 12.8 1.3 0.90 8.9 0
2 Yrs 10.0 1.0 427 1.6 8.2 -6.6 .97 0.8 0.9 11.0 1.1 0.91 7.2 1.11 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2012 23 PIT NL 4 0 27% 45 12 5 71% 12 3 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 4 42% 5 2 3 3 2 1 4 3 1
2013 24 PIT NL 3 0 42% 91 11 5 69% 9 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 2 7 64% 12 6 6 4 1 3 9 2 7
2 Yrs 7 0 36% 136 23 10 70% 21 8 2 0 0 2 6 2 6 1 0 2 3 11 57% 17 8 9 7 3 4 13 5 8

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2012 23 PIT NL 182 27% 43 8 2 2 0 0 0 1.11 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 0 2 2 100% 21 5 24% 16 4 25% 77 12 16% 9 4 44% 3 0 0% 0
2013 24 PIT NL 206 20% 57 11 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 4 1 3 2 0 2 2 100% 27 3 11% 8 2 25% 77 14 18% 6 2 33% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 388 24% 100 19 4 2 0 0 0 1.11 10 0 5 6 4 6 4 0 4 4 100% 48 8 17% 24 6 25% 154 26 17% 15 6 40% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 70% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2012 23 PIT NL 182 712 3.91 487 68% 30% 20% 25% 25% 70% 0% 48% 72% 24% 3% 5 0 9% 16 7 4% 8 3 24% 0 0 0
2013 24 PIT NL 206 769 3.73 535 70% 26% 18% 30% 26% 74% 0% 51% 76% 25% 3% 7 0 11% 22 8 5% 10 5 22% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 388 1481 3.82 1022 69% 28% 19% 27% 26% 72% 0% 49% 74% 24% 3% 12 0 10% 38 15 5% 18 8 23% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 63% 28% 16% 27% 29% 72% 1% 46% 78% 27% 5% 14% 8% 24%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2012 23 47 182 167 18 43 3 6 5 17 12 5 8 50 .257 .300 .437 .737 104 73 5 3 2 2 0
2013 24 93 388 351 53 100 12 8 10 34 23 10 18 96 .285 .341 .450 .791 123 158 8 13 4 2 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2012 23 47 186 170 20 46 3 6 5 19 13 9 50 .271 .315 .447 .762 24 47
2013 24 46 212 188 39 61 10 2 5 19 12 11 46 .324 .395 .479 .874 33 46
2 Yrs 93 398 358 59 107 13 8 10 38 25 20 96 .299 .358 .464 .822 57 93
162 Game Avg. 162 693 624 103 186 23 14 17 66 44 35 167 .299 .358 .464 .822 99 93

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
2013 NL  2.4 (6th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
2013 NL  0.7 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL  46 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
2013 NL  184 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2013 NL  206 (5th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
2013 NL  35 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
2013 NL  57 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
2013 NL  2 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2013 NL  11 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
2013 NL  41 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
2013 NL  77 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2013 NL  10 (2nd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2013 NL  5 (3rd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
2013 NL  6.9 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)s c a p y
2013 NL  1.6 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
2013 NL  1.3 (10th)


Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 11 (1366), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS Left Field (412th), 1.7 career WAR/1.7 7yr-peak WAR/1.7 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 64.9 career WAR/41.2 7yr-peak WAR/53.1 JAWS

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Name and misspellings: Starling Javier Starling Marte

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