José Martínez

Jose (Azcuiz) Martinez

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: July 26, 1942 in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1969
Team: Pirates 1969-1970

Final Game: May 28, 1970
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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
1960	17	PIT-min	D	101	366	366		104	16	4	8						.284	.284	.415	.699		152							DBQ · MIDW
1961	18	PIT-min	C	122	460	460		129	13	5	4						.280	.280	.357	.637		164							GFK · NORL
1962	19	PIT-min	A	119	460	403	49	98	17	6	4	39	12		50	102	.243	.325	.345	.670		139		0	5	2	2		AVL · SALL
1963	20	PIT-min	A	122	444	444		118	23	8	15						.266	.266	.455	.721		202							BAT,KIN · NYPL,CARL
1964	21	PIT-min	AA	119	446	403	65	110	18	4	20	78	3	0	43	88	.273	.343	.486	.829		196							AVL · SOUL
1965	22	PIT-min	AAA	96	326	294	42	68	8	1	7	26	7	2	27	80	.231	.296	.337	.633		99		1	2	2			CLB · IL
1966	23	PIT-min	AAA	111	384	347	39	74	9	6	6	23	1	3	32	78	.213	.278	.326	.604		113		0	3	2			CLB · IL
1968	25	PIT-min	AA	125	430	383	28	100	9	1	1	31	6	4	47	61	.261	.342	.298	.640		114							YOR · EL
1969	26	PIT-min	AAA	6	24	20	3	9	1	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	.450	.542	.700	1.242		14		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1969	26	PIT	NL	77	179	168	20	45	6	0	1	16	1	3	9	32	.268	.309	.321	.630	79	54	4	1	1	0	0	46/57
1970	27	PIT-min	AAA	91	382	333	52	103	18	5	4	51	4	4	40	60	.309	.380	.429	.809		143		1	3	5			CLB · IL
1970	27	PIT	NL	19	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.050	.095	.050	.145	-59	1	1	0	1	0	0	/546
1971	28	PIT-min	AAA	60	212	177	31	52	7	0	2	24	0	2	31	28	.294	.392	.367	.759		65		0	0	4			CHL · IL
1972	29	KCR-min	AAA	102	379	337	28	85	11	1	4	38	3	1	33	78	.252	.317	.326	.644		110		1	4	4			OMA · AA
1973	30	KCR-min	AAA	56	194	194		55	6	1	6						.284	.284	.418	.701		81							OMA · AA
1974	31	KCR-min	AAA	73	233	207	24	47	5	2	5	31	0	1	20	44	.227	.298	.343	.641		71		1	5	0			OMA · AA
2 Yrs				96	201	188	21	46	6	0	1	16	1	3	10	37	.245	.286	.293	.579	64	55	5	1	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	339	317	35	78	10	0	2	27	2	5	17	62	.245	.286	.293	.579	64	93	8	2	3	0	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
1969	26	PIT	NL	77	179	-4	0	0	3	2	2	0.2	6	8	0.8	.502	.501	0.4	0.7	4	$	46/57
1970	27	PIT	NL	19	22	-4	0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	/546
2 Seasons				96	201	-8	1	-0	3	3	-2	-0.1	7	5	0.5	.498	.499	0.1	0.7	1	$

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
1969	26	PIT	NL	179	131	15	3.1	93	.326	.268	.257	.309	.327	.321	.381	.630	.708	79	.364	-4.9	-0.5	.477	.095	.054	1.0
1970	27	PIT	NL	22	21	0	0.0	101	.067	.050	.263	.095	.336	.050	.402	.145	.738	-59	.000	-4.5	-0.4	.100	.050	.000
2 Yrs				201	152	15	2.6	94	.300	.245	.258	.286	.328	.293	.383	.579	.711	64	.299	-9.5	-1.0	.427	.090	.048	1.0
162 Game Avg.				339	257	25	2.6	94	.300	.245	.258	.286	.328	.293	.383	.579	.711	64	.299	-9.5	-1.0	.427	.090	.048	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	26	PIT	NL	179	0.6%	17.9%	5.0%	3.9%	16%	3.56	5.3	168.0	10.5	1.40	75%
1970	27	PIT	NL	22	0.0%	22.7%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	5.00	4.0			2.20	68%
2 Yrs				201	0.5%	18.4%	5.0%	3.5%	15%	3.70	5.1	188.0	11.8	1.49	75%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.1%	9.1%	6.2%	28%	1.65	5.9	40.2	8.7	1.13	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	26	PIT	NL	-4.9	-0.5	186	0.8	4.2	-3.4	1.21	-0.5	1.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.98	-5.8	1.58	9
1970	27	PIT	NL	-4.5	-0.4	23	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.10	-0.4	0.2	-4.3	-0.4	0.90	-4.5	1.48	3
2 Yrs				-9.5	-1.0	209	0.6	4.4	-3.9	1.20	-0.9	1.4	-5.6	-0.6	0.97	-10.3	1.55	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	26	PIT	NL	2	35%	89	1	3	25%	1	3	2	5	52%	14	10	4	9	1	8
1970	27	PIT	NL	1	50%	8	0	0		0	0	0	1	100%	2	0	2	0	0	0
2 Yrs				3	36%	97	1	3	25%	1	3	2	6	56%	16	10	6	9	1	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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1969	26	PIT	NL	179	32%	45			9	4	0	2	1.58	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	31	4	13%	11	1	9%	111	15	14%	6	4	67%	5	3	60%	0
1970	27	PIT	NL	22	32%	1			3	0	0	0	1.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				201	32%	46			12	4	0	2	1.55	1	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	37	5	14%	12	2	17%	126	16	13%	7	5	71%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			10%			29%			14%			46%			52%

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
1969	26	77	179	168	20	45	6	0	1	16	1	3	9	32	.268	.309	.321	.630	79	54	4	1	1	0	0
1970	27	96	201	188	21	46	6	0	1	16	1	3	10	37	.245	.286	.293	.579	64	55	5	1	2	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	26	77	181	170	22	47	6	1	17	1	9	32	.276	.317	.329	.646	18	77
1970	27	19	22	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	19
2 Yrs		96	203	190	22	47	6	1	17	1	10	37	.247	.289	.295	.583	18	96
162 Game Avg.		162	343	321	37	79	10	2	29	2	17	62	.247	.289	.295	.583	30	96

* 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.

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