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Félix Martínez

Felix (Mata) Martinez

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 18, 1974 in Nagua, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, D.R.
High School: Nagua (Nagua, DO) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1997
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Royals 1997-2001

Final Game: September 30, 2001
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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
1993	19	KCR-min	Rk	57	186	165	23	42	5	1	0	12	22	5	17	26	.255	.335	.297	.632		49	2	3	1	0	0		ROY · GULF
1994	20	KCR-min	A+	117	447	400	65	107	16	4	2	43	19	8	30	91	.268	.322	.343	.664		137	10	3	12	2	0		WMT · CARL
1995	21	KCR-min	AA	127	468	426	53	112	15	3	3	30	44	20	31	71	.263	.321	.333	.654		142	5	6	4	1	0		WCH · TL
1996	22	KCR-min	AAA	118	454	395	54	93	13	3	5	35	18	10	44	79	.235	.320	.322	.641		127	11	5	10	0	0		OMA · AA
1997	23	KCR-min	AAA	112	452	410	55	104	19	4	2	36	21	11	29	86	.254	.313	.334	.647		137	11	7	5	1	0		OMA · AA
1997	23	KCR	AL	16	38	31	3	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	8	.226	.351	.323	.674	78	10	1	0	1	0	0	6/D
1998	24	KCR-min	AAA	51	186	164	27	41	8	3	2	16	6	2	15	40	.250	.315	.372	.687		61	1	1	5	1	0		OMA · PCL
1998	24	KCR	AL	34	95	85	7	11	1	1	0	5	3	1	5	21	.129	.187	.165	.352	-7	14	1	1	4	0	0	6/4
1999	25	KCR-min	AA,AAA	95	404	350	59	95	27	2	4	39	19	13	39	49	.271	.347	.394	.741		138	8	3	9	3	0		WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
1999	25	KCR	AL	6	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-27	1	1	0	0	0	0	/64
2000	26	TBD-min	AAA	42	165	149	17	36	7	2	3	17	3	3	7	28	.242	.288	.376	.663		56	4	3	5	1	0		DHM · IL
2000	26	TBD	AL	106	353	299	42	64	11	4	2	17	9	3	32	68	.214	.305	.298	.603	56	89	4	8	12	2	0	6
2001	27	TBD-min	AA	3	10	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300		2	2	0	0	0	0		ORL · SOUL
2001	27	TBD	AL	77	238	219	24	54	13	1	1	14	6	5	10	46	.247	.294	.329	.622	67	72	8	5	3	1	0	64
2002	28	KCR-LAD-min	AA,AAA	109	436	386	57	95	15	4	5	43	6	4	30	70	.246	.317	.345	.662		133	12	11	7	2	1		WCH,LVG · TL,PCL
2003	29	TAB	AAA	36	154	141	15	39	5	5	0	15	1	1	7	22	.277	.322	.383	.705		54	1	3	2	1	1		TAB · MEX
2004	30	CHC-min	AAA	7	21	21	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.190	.190	.381	.571		8	2	0	0	0	0		IWA · PCL
2005	31	CHW-min	AAA	97	379	346	36	87	22	0	3	27	3	3	23	57	.251	.301	.341	.642		118	7	3	3	4	1		CHR · IL
5 Yrs				239	731	641	77	137	26	7	3	39	18	9	53	143	.214	.287	.290	.577	51	186	15	14	20	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	495	434	52	93	18	5	2	26	12	6	36	97	.214	.287	.290	.577	51	126	10	9	14	2	0

KCR (3 yrs)				56	140	123	11	19	2	2	0	8	3	1	11	29	.154	.230	.203	.433	14	25	3	1	5	0	0
TBD (2 yrs)				183	591	518	66	118	24	5	3	31	15	8	42	114	.228	.300	.311	.611	60	161	12	13	15	3	0

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
1997	23	KCR	AL	16	38	-1	0	-0	2	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.511	.501	0.1	0.3	1	$	6/D
1998	24	KCR	AL	34	95	-14	0	1	-1	2	-12	-1.2	3	-9	-0.9	.465	.493	-0.8	0.1	-8	$170,000	6/4
1999	25	KCR	AL	6	7	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/64
2000	26	TBD	AL	106	353	-18	-0	1	17	5	5	0.6	12	17	1.7	.505	.503	0.1	2.1	0	$	6
2001	27	TBD	AL	77	238	-10	1	-1	-6	4	-13	-1.2	8	-5	-0.4	.484	.492	0.2	-0.2	2	$255,000	64
5 Seasons				239	731	-44	1	1	12	11	-19	-1.7	24	5	0.6	.492	.498	-0.5	2.3	-7	$425,000

KCR (3 yrs)				56	140	-17	1	1	2	2	-12	-1.1	4	-7	-0.7	.480	.498	-0.8	0.4	-9	$170,000
TBD (2 yrs)				183	591	-27	1	0	10	9	-7	-0.6	20	12	1.3	.496	.498	0.3	1.9	2	$255,000

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
1997	23	KCR	AL	38	26	4	4.1	110	.304	.226	.272	.351	.342	.323	.431	.674	.773	78	.398	-1.0	-0.1	.640	.290	.097
1998	24	KCR	AL	95	80	3	1.0	111	.172	.129	.273	.187	.342	.165	.434	.352	.776	-7	.047	-14.1	-1.3	.289	.118	.035	.0
1999	25	KCR	AL	7	7	0	0.0	115	.143	.143	.276	.143	.349	.143	.442	.286	.791	-27	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
2000	26	TBD	AL	353	256	31	3.2	114	.268	.214	.274	.305	.346	.298	.441	.603	.787	56	.273	-20.2	-1.8	.558	.211	.084	3.3
2001	27	TBD	AL	238	182	19	2.8	104	.306	.247	.264	.294	.330	.329	.423	.622	.753	67	.252	-10.4	-1.0	.494	.132	.082	1.7
5 Yrs				731	551	57	2.8	110	.269	.214	.270	.287	.340	.290	.433	.577	.774	51	.232	-47.0	-4.4	.496	.173	.076	5.1
162 Game Avg.				495	373	39	2.8	110	.269	.214	.270	.287	.340	.290	.433	.577	.774	51	.232	-47.0	-4.4	.496	.173	.076	3

KCR (3 yrs)				140	113	7	1.7	111	.202	.154	.273	.230	.342	.203	.434	.433	.776	14	.110	-16.4	-1.5	.361	.154	.049	.0
TBD (2 yrs)				591	438	50	3.0	110	.285	.228	.270	.300	.340	.311	.433	.611	.773	60	.264	-30.6	-2.8	.531	.178	.083	5.0

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
1997	23	KCR	AL	38	0.0%	21.1%	15.8%	5.3%	29%	1.33	3.9		10.3	1.10	1.25	61%	21%	0.0%	20%
1998	24	KCR	AL	95	0.0%	22.1%	5.3%	2.1%	18%	4.20	4.0		17.0	1.42	1.85	67%	12%	0.0%	27%
1999	25	KCR	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					6.00	6.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
2000	26	TBD	AL	353	0.6%	19.3%	9.1%	4.8%	27%	2.13	4.4	149.5	17.6	0.98	1.47	65%	22%	2.1%	15%
2001	27	TBD	AL	238	0.4%	19.3%	4.2%	6.3%	28%	4.60	4.8	219.0	15.6	0.87	1.32	73%	24%	1.3%	12%
5 Yrs				731	0.4%	19.6%	7.3%	4.9%	26%	2.70	4.5	213.7	16.4	1.01	1.48	68%	21%	1.5%	15%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.86	5.3	31.2	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.4%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	23	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	39	0.3	0.8	-0.5	1.11	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-2.0	0.39	1
1998	24	KCR	AL	-14.1	-1.3	103	-1.0	0.6	-1.6	.82	-1.1	-0.1	-12.9	-1.2	0.92	-14.0	0.01	2
1999	25	KCR	AL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.52	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.88	-1.0		0
2000	26	TBD	AL	-20.7	-1.9	374	-1.0	5.1	-6.1	.96	-1.1	0.0	-16.0	-1.5	0.93	-16.9		0
2001	27	TBD	AL	-10.7	-1.0	258	-1.4	3.0	-4.4	.87	-1.0	-0.6	-20.0	-1.9	0.90	-14.4	0.16	2
5 Yrs				-47.9	-4.4	781	-3.2	9.5	-12.7	.92	-3.5	0.0	-50.5	-4.8	0.92	-48.3	0.14	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	23	KCR	AL	0	23%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1998	24	KCR	AL	1	41%	32	3	1	75%	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	60%	0	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	1
1999	25	KCR	AL	0	100%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	26	TBD	AL	6	39%	131	9	3	75%	9	2	0	1	3	2	4	13	39%	20	16	4	4	1	3	12	5	7
2001	27	TBD	AL	3	34%	95	6	5	55%	6	5	0	0	1	1	2	7	59%	7	4	3	2	1	1	8	2	6
5 Yrs				10	37%	277	18	9	67%	18	7	1	1	5	3	7	25	46%	28	21	7	11	4	7	22	8	14

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
1997	23	KCR	AL	38	100%	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	4	1	25%	30	3	10%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1998	24	KCR	AL	95	100%	11	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	19	1	5%	10	5	50%	52	5	10%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1999	25	KCR	AL	7	100%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2000	26	TBD	AL	353	100%	64	7	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	12	2	0	0	2	0	16	12	75%	74	4	5%	38	16	42%	217	16	7%	18	9	50%	24	12	50%	0
2001	27	TBD	AL	238	100%	54	9	4	2	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	46	8	17%	22	6	27%	133	14	11%	13	5	38%	11	6	55%	0
5 Yrs				731	100%	137	22	7	5	0	0	0	0.14	3	0	17	2	1	0	3	0	24	20	83%	148	15	10%	74	28	38%	435	38	9%	38	17	45%	40	21	53%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			10%			34%			15%			53%			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
1997	23	KCR	AL	38	136	3.58	80	59%	29%	14%	28%	30%	71%	0%	42%	81%	37%	3%	1	0	18%	7	4	13%	5	3	50%	0	0	0
1998	24	KCR	AL	95	301	3.17	199	66%	28%	19%	19%	34%	72%	0%	48%	74%	52%	4%	4	0	11%	10	4	5%	5	1	33%	0	0	0
1999	25	KCR	AL	7	27	3.86	19	70%	26%	5%	32%	37%	74%	0%	52%	93%	29%	0%	0	0	29%	2	1	0%	0	0		0	0	0
2000	26	TBD	AL	354	1282	3.62	784	61%	29%	14%	26%	31%	71%	0%	43%	80%	37%	6%	22	0	14%	49	14	12%	42	15	35%	-1	0	0
2001	27	TBD	AL	238	788	3.31	532	68%	31%	16%	20%	33%	69%	0%	46%	77%	39%	1%	3	0	9%	22	8	6%	14	6	37%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				732	2534	3.46	1614	64%	30%	15%	23%	32%	70%	0%	45%	79%	39%	4%	30	0	12%	90	31	9%	66	25	36%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

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
1997	23	16	38	31	3	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	6	8	.226	.351	.323	.674	78	10	1	0	1	0
1998	24	50	133	116	10	18	2	2	0	8	3	1	11	29	.155	.234	.207	.441	16	24	2	1	5	0
1999	25	56	140	123	11	19	2	2	0	8	3	1	11	29	.154	.230	.203	.433	14	25	3	1	5	0
2000	26	162	493	422	53	83	13	6	2	25	12	4	43	97	.197	.284	.270	.554	44	114	7	9	17	2
2001	27	239	731	641	77	137	26	7	3	39	18	9	53	143	.214	.287	.290	.577	51	186	15	14	20	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	23	16	36	30	3	6	1	1	0	3	0	5	8	.200	.314	.300	.614	3	16
1998	24	34	94	84	6	10	1	1	0	4	3	5	21	.119	.178	.155	.333	2	34
1999	25	6	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
2000	26	106	347	295	37	60	10	4	2	15	8	30	68	.203	.293	.285	.577	23	106
2001	27	77	238	219	24	54	13	1	1	14	6	10	46	.247	.294	.329	.622	20	77
5 Yrs		239	722	635	70	130	25	7	3	36	17	50	143	.205	.276	.280	.557	48	239
162 Game Avg.		162	489	430	47	88	17	5	2	24	12	34	97	.205	.276	.280	.557	33	239

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 2000 AL 2.1 (6th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2000 AL 12 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2000 AL 2.1 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2000 AL 12 (4th)

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