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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, PR) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1997
Teams (by GP): DevilRays/Royals 1997-2001

Final Game: September 30, 2001
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
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
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 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 AL 106 353 299 42 64 11 4 2 17 9 3 32 68 .214 .305 .298 .603 55 89 4 8 12 2 0 6
2001 27 TBD AL 77 238 219 24 54 13 1 1 14 6 5 10 46 .247 .294 .329 .622 66 72 8 5 3 1 0 64
5 Seasons 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 59 161 12 13 15 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1997 23 KCR AL 38 -1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ 6
1998 24 KCR AL 95 -14 0 0 1 -1 2 3 -9 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $170,000 6/4
1999 25 KCR AL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /64
2000 26 TBD AL 353 -20 0 1 1 17 5 12 16 1.7 -1 -0.1 1.8 $ 6
2001 27 TBD AL 238 -10 1 0 -1 -6 3 8 -6 -0.6 1 0.1 -0.7 $255,000 64
5 Seasons 731 -46 1 1 1 12 10 24 2 0.4 -9 -0.9 1.3 $425,000
KCR (3 yrs) 140 -16 0 0 1 2 2 4 -8 -0.7 -9 -0.9 0.2 $170,000
TBD (2 yrs) 591 -30 1 1 0 10 8 20 10 1.1 0 0.0 1.1 $255,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 KCR AL 23 SS 12 10 8 91.0 40 17 22 1 7 .975 2 32 3.86 3.25 .974 4.55 4.51
1998 KCR AL 24 SS 32 28 22 244.2 135 49 80 6 23 .956 -0 -2 4.75 4.03 .972 4.71 4.66
1998 KCR AL 24 2B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.80
1999 KCR AL 25 SS 2 1 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -12 0.00 0.00 4.77 4.65
1999 KCR AL 25 2B 1 0 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0 90 6.75 3.00 .980 5.18 5.00
2000 TBD AL 26 SS 106 103 82 887.2 573 191 368 14 80 .976 17 23 5.67 5.27 .973 4.71 4.66
2001 TBD AL 27 SS 67 58 49 508.2 266 103 148 15 38 .944 -8 -18 4.44 3.75 .973 4.49 4.45
2001 TBD AL 27 2B 10 8 6 79.1 35 15 20 0 3 1.000 1 17 3.97 3.50 .981 4.86 4.82
5 Seasons SS 219 200 162 1742.0 1014 360 618 36 148 .964 11 8 5.05 4.47 .973 4.64 4.59
3 Seasons 2B 13 8 6 85.1 38 16 22 0 4 1.000 1 17 4.01 2.92 .981 4.87 4.83
5 Seasons TOT 232 208 168 1827.1 1052 376 640 36 152 .966 12 8 5.00 4.38 .973 4.65 4.60
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2000 AL  1.8 (4th)

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

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2000 AL  17 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
2001 AL  15 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
2000 AL  17 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y
2000 AL  5.67 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
2000 AL  5.27 (1st)

             

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199824Kansas City Royals$170,0004/3/98 USA Today
200127Tampa Bay Devil Rays$255,0004/6/01 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$425,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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