Edgar Martinez
Edgar Martinez (Gar and Papi)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 2, 1963 in New York, NY
High School: Dorado (Dorado, PR)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1987
Final Game: October 3, 2004
Relatives: Cousin of Carmelo Martinez
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 SEA AL 24 3B 12 10 93.0 32 13 19 0 1 1.000 -1.7 -21.9 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 3.10 2.67 .950 2.77 2.31
1987 SEA AL 24 DH 1
1988 SEA AL 25 3B 13 8 80.0 14 5 8 1 1 .929 -2.0 -30.0 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 0 1.46 1.00 .957 2.71 2.36
1989 SEA AL 26 3B 61 45 425.1 118 40 72 6 9 .949 4.3 12.1 3.3 4.8 -1.5 1 2.37 1.84 .942 2.73 2.34
1990 SEA AL 27 3B 143 139 1196.1 375 89 259 27 16 .928 12.9 12.9 13.9 3.0 10.9 -1 2.62 2.43 .945 2.75 2.32
1990 SEA AL 27 DH 2
1991 SEA AL 28 3B 144 143 1239.2 398 84 299 15 25 .962 5.7 5.5 5.7 4.8 0.9 0 2.78 2.66 .955 2.79 2.33
1991 SEA AL 28 DH 2
1992 SEA AL 29 3B 103 102 869.2 298 72 209 17 24 .943 -4.6 -6.3 -4.6 0.8 -5.4 0 2.91 2.73 .950 2.78 2.40 AS,MVP-12,SS
1992 SEA AL 29 DH 28 AS,MVP-12,SS
1992 SEA AL 29 1B 2 2 18.0 18 16 2 0 1 1.000 -0.6 -40.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.00 9.00 .994 9.70 8.35 AS,MVP-12,SS
1993 SEA AL 30 DH 24
1993 SEA AL 30 3B 16 16 119.0 18 5 11 2 1 .889 -2.3 -23.2 -2.3 -2.1 -0.2 0 1.21 1.00 .956 2.69 2.31
1994 SEA AL 31 3B 64 65 549.0 181 44 128 9 13 .950 6.9 15.1 6.9 1.9 5.0 0 2.82 2.69 .948 2.64 2.34
1994 SEA AL 31 DH 23
1995 SEA AL 32 DH 138 AS,MVP-3,SS
1995 SEA AL 32 3B 4 4 30.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -1.5 -60.0 -1.5 -0.1 -1.4 0 1.20 1.00 .960 2.61 2.20 AS,MVP-3,SS
1995 SEA AL 32 1B 3 3 26.0 31 29 1 1 0 .968 -0.1 -4.6 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 10.38 10.00 .994 9.62 8.33 AS,MVP-3,SS
1996 SEA AL 33 DH 134 AS
1996 SEA AL 33 1B 4 4 33.0 30 28 1 1 3 .967 -0.8 -29.1 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 0 7.91 7.25 .993 9.25 7.92 AS
1996 SEA AL 33 3B 2 1 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.20 AS
1997 SEA AL 34 DH 144 AS,MVP-14,SS
1997 SEA AL 34 1B 7 7 59.0 73 68 4 1 5 .986 0.4 8.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 10.98 10.29 .992 9.31 8.04 AS,MVP-14,SS
1997 SEA AL 34 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 AS,MVP-14,SS
1998 SEA AL 35 DH 147
1998 SEA AL 35 1B 4 4 31.0 28 22 6 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -15.5 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 8.13 7.00 .993 9.44 8.30
1999 SEA AL 36 DH 143
1999 SEA AL 36 1B 5 5 38.0 31 29 2 0 2 1.000 0.8 25.3 0.8 0.2 0.6 0 7.34 6.20 .994 9.50 8.32
2000 SEA AL 37 DH 146 AS,MVP-6
2000 SEA AL 37 1B 2 2 14.0 13 12 1 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 8.36 6.50 .992 9.39 8.15 AS,MVP-6
2001 SEA AL 38 DH 127 AS,MVP-16,SS
2001 SEA AL 38 1B 1 1 5.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 14.40 8.00 .988 9.36 8.30 AS,MVP-16,SS
2002 SEA AL 39 DH 91
2003 SEA AL 40 DH 140 AS,SS
2004 SEA AL 41 DH 122
16 Seasons DH 1412
11 Seasons 3B 563 533 4605.1 1440 354 1008 78 90 .946 17.7 4.6 17.7 10.1 7.6 0 2.66 2.42 .949 2.75 2.34
8 Seasons 1B 28 28 224.0 232 212 17 3 17 .987 -0.5 -2.7 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 0 9.20 8.18 .993 9.42 8.18
18 Seasons TOT 591 561 4829.1 1672 566 1025 81 107 .952 17.2 4.3 17.2 10.5 6.7 0 2.97 2.69 .907 3.06 2.62
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 SEA AL 24 13 10 13 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1988 SEA AL 25 14 8 14 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SEA AL 26 65 45 65 60 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1990 SEA AL 27 144 141 144 143 0 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1991 SEA AL 28 150 145 150 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0
1992 SEA AL 29 135 132 135 105 0 0 2 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 0
1993 SEA AL 30 42 40 42 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 0
1994 SEA AL 31 89 88 89 65 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1
1995 SEA AL 32 145 145 145 7 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 0
1996 SEA AL 33 139 139 139 6 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0
1997 SEA AL 34 155 151 155 8 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 144 3 0
1998 SEA AL 35 154 151 154 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 3 0
1999 SEA AL 36 142 139 142 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 134 3 0
2000 SEA AL 37 153 148 153 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 5 0
2001 SEA AL 38 132 128 132 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 4 0
2002 SEA AL 39 97 91 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 6 0
2003 SEA AL 40 145 138 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 7 0
2004 SEA AL 41 141 118 141 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 118 23 0
18 Seasons 2055 1957 2055 592 0 0 28 0 564 0 0 0 0 0 1396 75 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1987 SEA AL 24 430 49% 78% 26% 30 93% 0 13 11 1 1 19 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 100%
1988 SEA AL 25 350 56% 74% 27% 13 92% 0 5 5 0 0 8 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1989 SEA AL 26 1856 51% 78% 33% 116 90% 1 39 34 0 5 73 52 15 3 2 6 1 4 1 5 9 8 0 8 1 0 1 2 50%
1990 SEA AL 27 5318 61% 73% 32% 382 87% 3 89 74 7 9 261 209 46 2 1 27 2 19 6 18 16 13 0 15 0 0 0 16 63%
1991 SEA AL 28 5522 60% 74% 31% 414 88% 1 85 62 5 18 300 228 68 2 6 15 1 13 1 13 26 20 1 23 3 3 0 11 82%
1992 SEA AL 29 4038 64% 76% 31% 310 84% 3 72 52 4 16 209 140 62 4 4 17 1 10 6 10 24 20 0 20 3 2 1 13 62%
1993 SEA AL 30 542 55% 71% 31% 17 71% 1 5 1 0 4 11 8 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 33%
1994 SEA AL 31 2570 62% 72% 31% 179 87% 3 42 31 4 7 128 94 25 5 4 9 0 6 3 9 13 6 0 7 5 2 2 2 0%
1995 SEA AL 32 140 52% 66% 30% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SEA AL 33 13 54% 77% 23% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 34 4 50% 75% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 20783 60% 74% 31% 1468 87% 12 352 272 21 60 1012 755 222 16 19 78 5 54 19 58 91 69 1 75 13 8 4 49 63%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 64%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 SEA AL 29 94 66% 72% 23% 3 100% 0 16 3 12 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SEA AL 32 117 46% 76% 36% 8 100% 0 29 1 29 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SEA AL 33 150 45% 79% 27% 3 67% 0 27 0 26 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 34 299 47% 78% 33% 14 100% 0 68 4 62 2 8 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0
1998 SEA AL 35 138 47% 77% 32% 10 80% 0 22 1 21 0 2 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
1999 SEA AL 36 154 60% 79% 30% 5 100% 0 29 1 28 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 SEA AL 37 67 57% 79% 25% 4 75% 0 13 0 13 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2001 SEA AL 38 24 21% 92% 42% 1 100% 0 8 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1043 50% 78% 31% 48 92% 0 212 10 199 4 22 17 9 3 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 17 0 1 1 16 3 1 0 1 3 67%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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