Carlos Martínez

Carlos Alberto Escobar Martinez
born Carlos Alberto Escobar Martinez

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 11, 1965 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1988
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Angels 1988-1995

Final Game: July 20, 1995
Died: January 24, 2006 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
Buried: Cementerio Municipal de La Guaira, La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
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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
1984	18	NYY-min	Rk	31	100	91	9	14	1	1	0	4	3	0	6	15	.154	.204	.187	.391		17		0	2	1	0		YNK · GULF
1985	19	NYY-min	A	93	333	311	39	77	15	7	6	44	8	4	14	65	.248	.283	.399	.681		124		2	4	2	1		FTL · FLOR
1986	20	NYY-CHW-min	AA,AAA,A	91	340	323	41	87	19	2	10	45	2	3	8	64	.269	.294	.433	.728		140		5	0	4	0		ALC,BFL,FTL · EL,AA,FLOR
1987	21	CHW-min	AAA,AA	92	353	334	34	82	16	1	3	36	5	4	15	56	.246	.276	.326	.602		109		0	1	3	1		HAW,BIR · PCL,SOUL
1988	22	CHW-min	AA	133	544	498	67	138	22	3	14	73	25	7	36	82	.277	.325	.418	.742		208		2	2	6	2		BIR · SOUL
1988	22	CHW	AL	17	55	55	5	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	.164	.164	.182	.345	-3	10	1	0	0	0	0	5/D
1989	23	CHW-min	AAA,A	21	83	75	14	31	6	1	2	12	4	2	6	15	.413	.446	.600	1.046		45	0	0	0	2	0		VAN,SBN · PCL,MIDW
1989	23	CHW	AL	109	379	350	44	105	22	0	5	32	4	1	21	57	.300	.340	.406	.746	113	142	14	1	6	1	2	537/D
1990	24	CHW	AL	92	283	272	18	61	6	5	4	24	0	4	10	40	.224	.252	.327	.579	63	89	8	0	1	0	2	3/D7
1991	25	CLE-min	AA	80	326	295	48	97	22	2	11	73	11	4	22	47	.329	.371	.529	.900		156	7	2	0	7	3		CAK · EL
1991	25	CLE	AL	72	275	257	22	73	14	0	5	30	3	2	10	43	.284	.310	.397	.707	94	102	10	2	1	5	2	D3
1992	26	CLE-min	AAA	9	36	32	7	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	5	.313	.333	.344	.677		11	0	1	0	2	1		CSP · PCL
1992	26	CLE	AL	69	241	228	23	60	9	1	5	35	1	2	7	21	.263	.283	.377	.661	86	86	5	1	1	4	0	35/D
1993	27	CLE-min	AAA	20	84	79	17	29	7	1	3	12	2	0	4	15	.367	.405	.595	1.000		47	2	1	0	0	0		CHR · IL
1993	27	CLE	AL	80	285	262	26	64	10	0	5	31	1	1	20	29	.244	.295	.340	.634	71	89	5	0	0	3	3	53D

1995	29	ANA-min	AAA	25	106	97	17	24	3	0	1	6	1	2	7	17	.247	.311	.309	.621		30	4	2	0	0	2		VAN · PCL
1995	29	CAL	AL	26	68	61	7	11	1	0	1	9	0	0	6	7	.180	.265	.246	.511	35	15	2	1	0	0	2	5/3D
1996	30	PZR	AAA																										PZR · MEX
7 Yrs				465	1586	1485	145	383	63	6	25	161	10	10	74	209	.258	.293	.359	.652	81	533	45	5	9	13	11
162 Game Avg.				162	553	517	51	133	22	2	9	56	3	3	26	73	.258	.293	.359	.652	81	186	16	2	3	5	4

CLE (3 yrs)				221	801	747	71	197	33	1	15	96	5	5	37	93	.264	.297	.371	.667	83	277	20	3	2	12	5
CHW (3 yrs)				218	717	677	67	175	29	5	9	56	5	5	31	109	.258	.292	.356	.648	83	241	23	1	7	1	4
CAL (1 yr)				26	68	61	7	11	1	0	1	9	0	0	6	7	.180	.265	.246	.511	35	15	2	1	0	0	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1988	22	CHW	AL	17	55	-6	0	0	2	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.3	.474	.497	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	5/D
1989	23	CHW	AL	109	379	4	-0	-1	-7	-2	-6	-0.5	12	5	0.6	.494	.496	1.3	-0.9	12	$68,000	537/D
1990	24	CHW	AL	92	283	-15	-1	-1	-0	-5	-22	-2.3	10	-12	-1.4	.474	.485	-1.4	-0.5	-12	$100,000	3/D7
1991	25	CLE	AL	72	275	-4	1	-2	-3	-6	-15	-1.5	9	-6	-0.6	.478	.490	-0.3	-0.9	-2	$	D3
1992	26	CLE	AL	69	241	-2	-1	-1	-2	-3	-8	-0.8	8	-0	-0.1	.487	.495	0.2	-0.4	2	$	35/D
1993	27	CLE	AL	80	285	-11	0	0	-7	-3	-21	-2.0	10	-11	-1.2	.474	.487	-0.4	-1.0	-4	$500,000	53D

1995	29	CAL	AL	26	68	-5	0	0	2	-0	-4	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	-0.3	0.2	-3	$150,000	5/3D
7 Seasons				465	1586	-40	-1	-3	-16	-19	-80	-7.9	52	-28	-3.1	.482	.493	-1.4	-3.4	-11	$818,000

CLE (3 yrs)				221	801	-17	0	-2	-12	-12	-44	-4.3	27	-17	-1.9	.480	.491	-0.5	-2.4	-4	$500,000
CHW (3 yrs)				218	717	-17	-1	-1	-5	-7	-32	-3.2	23	-9	-1.1	.484	.493	-0.6	-1.2	-4	$168,000
CAL (1 yr)				26	68	-5	0	0	2	-0	-4	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.487	.498	-0.3	0.2	-3	$150,000

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
1988	22	CHW	AL	55	47	2	1.1	94	.209	.164	.259	.164	.324	.182	.391	.345	.715	-3	.078	-7.7	-0.8	.234	.036	.018	.0
1989	23	CHW	AL	379	267	45	4.5	91	.346	.300	.257	.340	.322	.406	.379	.746	.700	113	.518	5.8	0.6	.642	.174	.106	4.4
1990	24	CHW	AL	283	224	19	2.3	93	.250	.224	.257	.252	.325	.327	.384	.579	.709	63	.231	-15.4	-1.6	.426	.125	.103	.0
1991	25	CLE	AL	275	202	29	3.9	98	.318	.284	.261	.310	.330	.397	.397	.707	.727	94	.426	-2.4	-0.2	.587	.156	.113	3.8
1992	26	CLE	AL	241	180	23	3.4	93	.267	.263	.257	.283	.326	.377	.382	.661	.707	86	.389	-5.2	-0.5	.531	.140	.114	1.7
1993	27	CLE	AL	285	207	26	3.4	103	.255	.244	.267	.295	.337	.340	.408	.634	.745	71	.341	-11.3	-1.1	.534	.172	.095	1.7

1995	29	CAL	AL	68	52	4	2.0	109	.189	.180	.269	.265	.343	.246	.425	.511	.768	35	.153	-6.0	-0.6	.423	.164	.066	.0
7 Yrs				1586	1179	148	3.4	96	.283	.258	.260	.293	.328	.359	.391	.652	.719	81	.368	-42.2	-4.2	.529	.151	.101	14.3
162 Game Avg.				553	411	52	3.4	96	.283	.258	.260	.293	.328	.359	.391	.652	.719	81	.368	-42.2	-4.2	.529	.151	.101	5

CLE (3 yrs)				801	589	78	3.6	98	.280	.264	.262	.297	.331	.371	.396	.667	.727	83	.384	-18.8	-1.8	.551	.157	.107	7.5
CHW (3 yrs)				717	538	66	3.3	92	.296	.258	.257	.292	.323	.356	.382	.648	.705	83	.373	-17.3	-1.8	.515	.143	.097	6.4
CAL (1 yr)				68	52	4	2.1	109	.189	.180	.269	.265	.343	.246	.425	.511	.768	35	.154	-6.0	-0.6	.423	.164	.066	.0

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
1988	22	CHW	AL	55	0.0%	21.8%	0.0%	1.8%	11%		4.6			0.72	1.13	78%	26%	0.0%	40%
1989	23	CHW	AL	379	1.3%	15.0%	5.5%	7.1%	26%	2.71	6.1	70.0	10.9	0.94	1.56	76%	18%	4.1%	18%
1990	24	CHW	AL	283	1.4%	14.1%	3.5%	5.3%	25%	4.00	6.8	68.0	11.3	0.95	1.14	81%	18%	3.8%	13%
1991	25	CLE	AL	275	1.8%	15.6%	3.6%	6.9%	26%	4.30	6.0	51.4	8.6	0.63	0.94	78%	26%	4.6%	19%
1992	26	CLE	AL	241	2.1%	8.7%	2.9%	6.2%	25%	3.00	10.9	45.6	6.5	0.71	0.91	85%	18%	5.3%	23%
1993	27	CLE	AL	285	1.8%	10.2%	7.0%	5.3%	23%	1.45	9.0	52.4	8.5	0.84	0.98	81%	22%	4.3%	10%

1995	29	CAL	AL	68	1.5%	10.3%	8.8%	2.9%	18%	1.17	8.7	61.0	6.8	0.93	1.26	78%	17%	5.0%	29%
7 Yrs				1586	1.6%	13.2%	4.7%	5.9%	25%	2.82	7.1	59.4	9.2	0.82	1.11	80%	20%	4.3%	18%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.8	8.3	0.81	1.06	72%	21%	6.7%	20%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1988	22	CHW	AL	-7.7	-0.8	56	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	1.04	-0.9	-0.1	-8.7	-0.9	0.89	-9.6		0
1989	23	CHW	AL	5.8	0.6	393	-0.4	6.7	-7.1	1.09	-0.3	-0.1	-10.6	-1.1	1.01	-4.5	2.07	5
1990	24	CHW	AL	-15.4	-1.6	288	-1.2	3.8	-5.0	.92	-1.6	0.3	-15.1	-1.6	0.95	-17.3	1.92	10
1991	25	CLE	AL	-2.4	-0.2	286	-1.0	4.4	-5.4	1.05	-0.7	-0.3	-5.6	-0.6	0.93	-7.4	1.61	2
1992	26	CLE	AL	-5.4	-0.6	247	-0.3	4.6	-4.8	1.15	-0.6	0.3	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-2.2	2.95	9
1993	27	CLE	AL	-11.3	-1.1	292	-1.6	4.1	-5.7	1.01	-1.1	-0.5	-14.4	-1.4	0.97	-12.2	2.55	10

1995	29	CAL	AL	-6.0	-0.6	68	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.81	-0.4	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	1.01	-4.4	1.73	4
7 Yrs				-42.4	-4.2	1630	-5.5	25.0	-30.5	1.03	-5.5	0.2	-61.5	-6.2	0.97	-57.5	2.29	40

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1988	22	CHW	AL	2	0	56%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1989	23	CHW	AL	2	0	32%	143	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	32%	32	24	6	3	3	0	19	7	11
1990	24	CHW	AL	2	0	21%	61	0	4	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	56%	11	7	4	2	1	1	5	0	5
1991	25	CLE	AL	1	0	21%	91	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	5	33%	11	7	4	3	3	0	4	2	2
1992	26	CLE	AL	6	0	29%	73	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	6	40%	8	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	3
1993	27	CLE	AL	4	0	27%	105	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	39%	13	7	6	2	1	0	8	5	3

1995	29	CAL	AL	2	0	35%	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	6	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1
7 Yrs				19	0	28%	512	10	10	50%	8	8	2	0	0	2	2	1	17	43	39%	82	53	27	12	9	1	44	17	26

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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1988	22	CHW	AL	55	60%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	7	0	0%	30	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1989	23	CHW	AL	379	37%	105	16	2	5	2	0	1	2.07	5	0	11	3	2	2	3	0	7	6	86%	87	14	16%	38	14	37%	265	27	10%	24	11	46%	14	7	50%	0
1990	24	CHW	AL	283	52%	61	8	0	10	3	0	2	1.92	4	0	4	2	2	2	2	0	1	1	100%	65	8	12%	20	2	10%	179	22	12%	10	3	30%	10	5	50%	0
1991	25	CLE	AL	275	33%	73	19	0	2	0	0	0	1.61	5	0	4	1	4	3	2	0	1	1	100%	53	10	19%	28	9	32%	158	25	16%	14	12	86%	12	9	75%	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	241	42%	60	26	1	9	3	0	2	2.95	5	1	11	4	1	2	3	0	2	1	50%	49	5	10%	26	12	46%	165	32	19%	17	13	76%	7	3	43%	0
1993	27	CLE	AL	285	46%	64	9	1	10	1	1	2	2.55	5	0	9	3	2	2	3	0	0	0		54	5	9%	26	8	31%	208	26	13%	22	8	36%	6	4	67%	0

1995	29	CAL	AL	68	47%	11	1	0	4	1	0	1	1.73	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		18	2	11%	13	3	23%	55	8	15%	9	5	56%	4	2	50%	0
7 Yrs				1586	42%	383	79	4	40	10	1	8	2.29	25	1	44	13	12	11	14	0	11	9	82%	335	45	13%	158	48	30%	1060	140	13%	103	52	50%	55	31	56%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

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
1988	22	CHW	AL	55	178	3.24	129	72%	17%	22%	28%	33%	83%	0%	60%	74%	47%	0%	0	0	5%	3	3	0%	0	0	67%	0	0	0
1989	23	CHW	AL	361	1217	3.37	813	67%	15%	19%	31%	35%	85%	1%	56%	77%	45%	4%	14	0	11%	39	21	7%	26	20	23%	18	0	3
1990	24	CHW	AL	271	904	3.34	623	69%	14%	17%	33%	36%	86%	3%	59%	80%	51%	3%	9	0	10%	26	12	6%	15	10	11%	12	0	5
1991	25	CLE	AL	275	925	3.36	638	69%	18%	21%	26%	34%	82%	1%	56%	74%	39%	1%	4	0	9%	24	16	3%	8	4	16%	0	0	0
1992	26	CLE	AL	243	831	3.42	549	66%	23%	13%	25%	39%	77%	0%	51%	83%	30%	4%	10	0	12%	30	13	7%	17	13	24%	-2	0	0
1993	27	CLE	AL	282	1000	3.55	634	63%	25%	13%	25%	37%	75%	2%	48%	82%	28%	4%	11	2	14%	40	23	8%	23	14	31%	3	0	0

1995	29	CAL	AL	50	158	3.16	97	61%	21%	10%	27%	42%	79%	13%	49%	87%	32%	8%	4	0	10%	5	1	8%	4	4	0%	18	0	0
7 Yrs				1537	5213	3.39	3483	67%	19%	17%	28%	36%	81%	2%	54%	79%	39%	3%	52	2	11%	167	89	6%	93	65	23%	49	0	8
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

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
1988	22	17	55	55	5	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	.164	.164	.182	.345	-3	10	1	0	0	0	0
1989	23	126	434	405	49	114	23	0	5	32	5	1	21	69	.281	.318	.375	.693	97	152	15	1	6	1	2
1990	24	218	717	677	67	175	29	5	9	56	5	5	31	109	.258	.292	.356	.648	83	241	23	1	7	1	4
1991	25	290	992	934	89	248	43	5	14	86	8	7	41	152	.266	.297	.367	.664	86	343	33	3	8	6	6
1992	26	359	1233	1162	112	308	52	6	19	121	9	9	48	173	.265	.294	.369	.663	86	429	38	4	9	10	6
1993	27	439	1518	1424	138	372	62	6	24	152	10	10	68	202	.261	.294	.364	.658	83	518	43	4	9	13	9
1994	28	439	1518	1424	138	372	62	6	24	152	10	10	68	202	.261	.294	.364	.658	83	518	43	4	9	13	9
1995	29	465	1586	1485	145	383	63	6	25	161	10	10	74	209	.258	.293	.359	.652	81	533	45	5	9	13	11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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
1988	22	17	56	56	6	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	.179	.179	.196	.375	2	17
1989	23	109	390	359	50	114	24	0	5	36	4	23	57	.318	.359	.426	.786	55	109
1990	24	92	288	276	20	65	6	5	4	27	0	11	40	.236	.265	.337	.602	25	92
1991	25	72	277	259	23	75	14	0	5	31	3	10	43	.290	.315	.402	.717	33	72
1992	26	69	244	231	25	63	9	1	5	39	1	7	21	.273	.292	.385	.677	27	69
1993	27	80	286	263	26	65	10	0	5	32	1	20	29	.247	.297	.342	.639	27	80

1995	29	29	77	69	8	13	1	0	1	11	0	7	8	.188	.273	.246	.519	4	26
7 Yrs		468	1618	1513	158	405	65	6	25	176	10	78	210	.268	.303	.368	.671	173	465
162 Game Avg.		162	560	524	55	140	23	2	9	61	3	27	73	.268	.303	.368	.671	60	465

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Jim Russell (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bruce Bochte (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Doc Gessler (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Charlie James (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danny Heep (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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