Norberto Martín

Norberto Enrique (McDonald) Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 10, 1966 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
High School: Hato Rey (Hato Rey, PR)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1993
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Angels/BlueJays 1993-1999

Final Game: May 4, 1999
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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	17	CHW-min	Rk	56	235	205	36	56	8	2	1	30	18	5	21	31	.273	.346	.346	.692		71		4	1	4	0		WHS · GULF
1985	18	CHW-min	A-,A	90	338	313	37	74	11	0	1	18	8	6	16	64	.236	.276	.281	.557		88		1	8	0	0		NFL,APP · NYPL,MIDW
1986	19	CHW-min	A,Rk	10	35	33	4	10	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	5	.303	.343	.364	.706		12		0	0	0	0		APP,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1987	20	CHW-min	A	109	440	412	44	120	20	2	6	35	14	4	17	40	.291	.323	.393	.717		162		4	4	3	1		CHL,PNS · SALL,CARL
1988	21	CHW-min	A	101	390	360	44	93	10	4	2	33	24	5	17	49	.258	.295	.325	.620		117	13	3	7	3	0		TAM · FLOR
1989		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1990	23	CHW-min	AAA	130	554	508	77	135	20	4	3	45	10	7	27	63	.266	.306	.339	.644		172		5	8	6	0		VAN · PCL
1991	24	CHW-min	AAA	93	374	338	39	94	9	0	0	20	11	8	21	38	.278	.324	.305	.629		103	14	3	10	2	0		VAN · PCL
1992	25	CHW-min	AAA	135	544	497	72	143	12	7	0	29	29	12	29	44	.288	.328	.340	.668		169	11	2	14	2	1		VAN · PCL
1993	26	CHW-min	AAA	137	626	580	87	179	21	6	9	74	31	5	26	59	.309	.337	.412	.749		239	17	2	12	6	0		NVL · AA
1993	26	CHW	AL	8	15	14	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.357	.400	.357	.757	108	5	0	0	0	0	0	/4D
1994	27	CHW-min	AAA	43	188	172	26	44	8	0	2	12	4	6	10	14	.256	.297	.337	.635		58	6	1	3	2	2		NVL · AA
1994	27	CHW	AL	45	145	131	19	36	7	1	1	16	4	2	9	16	.275	.317	.366	.683	78	48	2	0	3	2	0	4/657D
1995	28	CHW	AL	72	169	160	17	43	7	4	2	17	5	0	3	25	.269	.281	.400	.681	78	64	5	1	2	3	0	4D/5967
1996	29	CHW-min	AAA	17	75	68	9	14	3	0	2	8	1	0	4	10	.206	.257	.338	.595		23	1	1	1	1	0		NVL · AA
1996	29	CHW	AL	70	151	140	30	49	7	0	1	14	10	2	6	17	.350	.374	.421	.796	106	59	4	0	4	1	0	6D4/5
1997	30	CHW	AL	71	219	213	24	64	7	1	2	27	1	4	6	31	.300	.320	.371	.691	83	79	2	0	0	0	0	65/4D
1998	31	ANA	AL	79	206	195	20	42	2	0	1	13	3	1	6	29	.215	.236	.241	.477	24	47	9	0	3	2	0	4D/576
1999	32	TOR-min	AAA	81	338	319	45	94	11	2	5	34	14	1	12	33	.295	.322	.389	.711		124	9	2	3	2	0		SYR · IL
1999	32	TOR	AL	9	33	27	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.222	.364	.296	.660	72	8	2	2	0	0	0	/46
2000	33	MIL-min	AAA	117	445	406	51	114	26	3	1	41	10	3	22	38	.281	.320	.367	.687		149	13	3	11	3	0		INA · IL
2001	34	FLA-min	AAA	93	351	333	45	102	20	4	5	38	8	3	14	41	.306	.334	.435	.770		145	13	1	1	2	3		CGY · PCL
2002	35	CMP	AAA	31	128	117	17	33	3	1	5	21	3	1	7	13	.282	.320	.453	.773		53	5	0	3	1	1		CMP · MEX
7 Yrs				354	938	880	116	245	32	6	7	89	23	9	35	123	.278	.306	.352	.658	72	310	24	3	12	8	0
162 Game Avg.				162	429	403	53	112	15	3	3	41	11	4	16	56	.278	.306	.352	.658	72	142	11	1	5	4	0

CHW (5 yrs)				266	699	658	93	197	28	6	6	76	20	8	25	90	.299	.323	.388	.711	86	255	13	1	9	6	0
ANA (1 yr)				79	206	195	20	42	2	0	1	13	3	1	6	29	.215	.236	.241	.477	24	47	9	0	3	2	0
TOR (1 yr)				9	33	27	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.222	.364	.296	.660	72	8	2	2	0	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
1993	26	CHW	AL	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.510	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$109,000	/4D
1994	27	CHW	AL	45	145	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.4	5	-0	0.0	.490	.497	0.0	0.1	-0	$112,000	4/657D
1995	28	CHW	AL	72	169	-4	2	1	-5	-1	-7	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.491	.496	0.4	-0.5	4	$165,000	4D/5967
1996	29	CHW	AL	70	151	2	2	0	-2	-1	2	0.3	5	7	0.8	.503	.501	0.9	-0.1	9	$160,000	6D4/5
1997	30	CHW	AL	71	219	-5	-2	1	-6	1	-11	-1.0	7	-4	-0.3	.485	.493	0.2	-0.4	2	$350,000	65/4D
1998	31	ANA	AL	79	206	-24	1	1	9	0	-14	-1.3	7	-7	-0.7	.483	.492	-1.5	0.9	-16	$425,000	4D/576
1999	32	TOR	AL	9	33	-1	0	-0	3	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.0	0.3	-0	$	/46
7 Seasons				354	938	-38	3	3	-1	1	-32	-2.8	31	-2	0.0	.491	.497	0.1	0.3	-1	$1,321,000

CHW (5 yrs)				266	699	-13	2	2	-12	1	-20	-1.6	23	3	0.5	.493	.498	1.6	-0.8	15	$896,000
ANA (1 yr)				79	206	-24	1	1	9	0	-14	-1.3	7	-7	-0.7	.483	.492	-1.5	0.9	-16	$425,000
TOR (1 yr)				9	33	-1	0	-0	3	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.0	0.3	-0	$

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
1993	26	CHW	AL	15	9	2	5.9	101	.385	.357	.264	.400	.335	.357	.404	.757	.739	108	.594	0.2	0.0	.667	.071	.000
1994	27	CHW	AL	145	104	16	4.1	110	.302	.275	.270	.317	.342	.366	.430	.683	.772	78	.383	-4.2	-0.4	.596	.176	.092	1.6
1995	28	CHW	AL	169	127	17	3.6	106	.301	.269	.266	.281	.339	.400	.419	.681	.758	78	.333	-5.7	-0.5	.598	.181	.131	2.9
1996	29	CHW	AL	151	102	22	5.8	111	.390	.350	.271	.374	.343	.421	.435	.796	.778	106	.515	1.5	0.1	.753	.171	.071	1.8
1997	30	CHW	AL	219	155	24	4.1	105	.344	.300	.266	.320	.335	.371	.421	.691	.757	83	.401	-5.9	-0.6	.529	.085	.070	1.3
1998	31	ANA	AL	206	168	10	1.6	111	.246	.215	.274	.236	.343	.241	.436	.477	.779	24	.103	-22.7	-2.1	.337	.067	.026	1.5
1999	32	TOR	AL	33	23	3	3.5	114	.261	.222	.275	.364	.348	.296	.440	.660	.788	72	.309	-0.9	-0.1	.609	.222	.074
7 Yrs				938	688	94	3.6	109	.314	.278	.269	.306	.340	.352	.428	.658	.768	72	.337	-37.7	-3.5	.542	.130	.074	10.7
162 Game Avg.				429	315	43	3.6	109	.314	.278	.269	.306	.340	.352	.428	.658	.768	72	.337	-37.7	-3.5	.542	.130	.074	5

CHW (5 yrs)				699	497	81	4.4	108	.336	.299	.268	.323	.339	.388	.425	.711	.764	86	.412	-14.2	-1.3	.608	.144	.088	9.2
ANA (1 yr)				206	168	10	1.6	111	.246	.215	.274	.236	.343	.241	.436	.477	.779	24	.103	-22.7	-2.1	.337	.067	.026	1.5
TOR (1 yr)				33	23	3	3.5	114	.261	.222	.275	.364	.348	.296	.440	.660	.788	72	.309	-0.9	-0.1	.609	.222	.074

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
1993	26	CHW	AL	15	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	14.0		7.0	1.17	1.67	87%	23%	0.0%	33%
1994	27	CHW	AL	145	0.7%	11.0%	6.2%	6.2%	25%	1.78	8.2	131.0	8.2	1.45	2.63	80%	19%	2.4%	13%
1995	28	CHW	AL	169	1.2%	14.8%	1.8%	7.7%	30%	8.33	6.4	80.0	9.4	1.72	3.90	80%	18%	4.4%	10%
1996	29	CHW	AL	151	0.7%	11.3%	4.0%	5.3%	16%	2.83	8.2	140.0	10.0	1.25	1.77	81%	27%	2.0%	11%
1997	30	CHW	AL	219	0.9%	14.2%	2.7%	4.6%	16%	5.17	6.9	106.5	7.9	1.81	2.46	82%	20%	3.5%	10%
1998	31	ANA	AL	206	0.5%	14.1%	2.9%	1.5%	7%	4.83	6.7	195.0	15.0	1.36	1.91	81%	20%	1.6%	10%
1999	32	TOR	AL	33	0.0%	12.1%	12.1%	6.1%	33%	1.00	6.8			0.77	0.82	70%	22%	0.0%	8%
7 Yrs				938	0.8%	13.1%	3.7%	4.8%	18%	3.51	7.2	125.7	9.9	1.48	2.26	81%	21%	2.6%	11%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.3%	9.0%	7.7%	32%	1.82	5.4	33.2	7.5	0.82	1.09	70%	21%	8.0%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	26	CHW	AL	0.2	0.0	15	0.4	0.6	-0.2	1.18	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.80	-0.0	0.08	1
1994	27	CHW	AL	-4.4	-0.4	153	-0.0	2.3	-2.3	.94	-0.6	0.5	-2.4	-0.2	0.94	-6.8	2.40	5
1995	28	CHW	AL	-5.7	-0.5	175	-0.3	2.4	-2.7	.99	-0.3	-0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.94	-3.7	1.28	18
1996	29	CHW	AL	1.5	0.1	164	-0.4	2.8	-3.2	1.14	0.3	-0.7	2.1	0.2	0.95	2.6	1.99	13
1997	30	CHW	AL	-5.9	-0.6	225	-0.3	3.8	-4.1	1.04	-0.6	0.3	-3.7	-0.3	0.93	-7.9	2.51	16
1998	31	ANA	AL	-22.7	-2.1	214	-1.8	2.0	-3.8	.90	-2.0	-0.0	-26.6	-2.5	0.97	-26.0	0.58	3
1999	32	TOR	AL	-0.9	-0.1	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.86	-0.2	-0.1	-4.4	-0.4	1.00	-3.0		0
7 Yrs				-38.0	-3.6	979	-2.6	14.2	-16.7	1.00	-3.3	0.7	-40.5	-3.8	0.95	-44.9	1.84	56

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	26	CHW	AL	0	50%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
1994	27	CHW	AL	0	41%	63	4	2	67%	4	2	0	1	0	2	5	54%	4	3	1	2	1	1	7	2	5
1995	28	CHW	AL	4	33%	76	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	43%	8	4	4	1	0	1	5	4	1
1996	29	CHW	AL	1	54%	101	10	2	83%	10	2	0	1	1	1	9	56%	12	7	5	7	4	3	8	1	7
1997	30	CHW	AL	1	32%	94	1	4	20%	0	4	1	1	1	2	5	28%	16	14	2	1	0	0	8	3	5
1998	31	ANA	AL	0	40%	84	3	1	75%	2	1	1	1	1	0	6	46%	16	10	6	4	2	2	6	2	4
1999	32	TOR	AL	0	25%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
7 Yrs				6	40%	444	23	9	72%	21	9	2	4	3	6	29	44%	62	42	20	17	8	8	36	13	23

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
1993	26	CHW	AL	15	7%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	8	2	25%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1994	27	CHW	AL	145	59%	36	6	1	5	1	0	2	2.40	1	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	75%	19	2	11%	7	6	86%	72	15	21%	7	6	86%	3	3	100%	0
1995	28	CHW	AL	169	53%	43	4	0	18	6	0	1	1.28	2	0	5	1	1	1	1	0	3	2	67%	37	5	14%	17	11	65%	104	16	15%	9	6	67%	5	4	80%	0
1996	29	CHW	AL	151	49%	49	12	0	13	4	0	0	1.99	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	100%	35	4	11%	24	11	46%	95	14	15%	11	6	55%	7	7	100%	0
1997	30	CHW	AL	219	38%	64	6	0	16	2	1	2	2.51	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0%	32	2	6%	14	6	43%	123	25	20%	10	6	60%	6	4	67%	0
1998	31	ANA	AL	206	23%	42	11	1	3	0	0	0	0.58	1	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	6	3	50%	50	9	18%	24	12	50%	136	12	9%	13	9	69%	9	5	56%	0
1999	32	TOR	AL	33	15%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	1	0	0%	25	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				938	41%	245	40	2	56	13	1	5	1.84	7	1	28	3	4	2	5	0	18	12	67%	177	24	14%	88	46	52%	563	84	15%	51	33	65%	30	23	77%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			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
1993	26	CHW	AL	15	38	2.53	25	66%	12%	4%	32%	52%	88%	0%	58%	95%	60%	0%	0	0	20%	3	2	7%	1	1	100%	0	0	0
1994	27	CHW	AL	146	510	3.49	356	70%	21%	12%	34%	34%	79%	0%	55%	85%	41%	4%	6	0	12%	18	4	5%	8	6	13%	-1	0	0
1995	28	CHW	AL	168	540	3.21	382	71%	18%	15%	31%	36%	82%	0%	58%	82%	47%	1%	2	0	5%	9	7	4%	6	5	24%	1	0	0
1996	29	CHW	AL	139	460	3.31	319	69%	18%	15%	30%	37%	82%	0%	57%	81%	42%	1%	1	0	9%	12	6	4%	6	3	25%	12	0	0
1997	30	CHW	AL	201	644	3.20	470	73%	16%	16%	32%	36%	84%	0%	61%	81%	48%	2%	4	0	8%	17	6	2%	4	4	21%	18	0	0
1998	31	ANA	AL	207	621	3.00	466	75%	18%	15%	30%	37%	82%	0%	61%	81%	50%	1%	2	0	6%	12	6	5%	10	4	14%	-1	0	0
1999	32	TOR	AL	33	88	2.67	54	61%	19%	15%	24%	43%	81%	0%	50%	82%	45%	12%	4	0	12%	4	0	6%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
7 Yrs				909	2901	3.19	2072	71%	18%	15%	31%	36%	82%	0%	59%	82%	46%	2%	19	0	8%	75	31	4%	37	24	19%	29	0	0
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	6%			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
1993	26	8	15	14	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.357	.400	.357	.757	108	5	0	0	0	0
1994	27	53	160	145	22	41	7	1	1	18	4	2	10	17	.283	.325	.366	.690	81	53	2	0	3	2
1995	28	125	329	305	39	84	14	5	3	35	9	2	13	42	.275	.302	.384	.686	80	117	7	1	5	5
1996	29	195	480	445	69	133	21	5	4	49	19	4	19	59	.299	.325	.396	.720	88	176	11	1	9	6
1997	30	266	699	658	93	197	28	6	6	76	20	8	25	90	.299	.323	.388	.711	86	255	13	1	9	6
1998	31	345	905	853	113	239	30	6	7	89	23	9	31	119	.280	.303	.354	.658	72	302	22	1	12	8
1999	32	354	938	880	116	245	32	6	7	89	23	9	35	123	.278	.306	.352	.658	72	310	24	3	12	8

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	26	8	15	14	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	.357	.400	.357	.757	2	8
1994	27	64	202	183	24	48	9	1	1	21	5	12	23	.262	.303	.339	.642	20	45
1995	28	81	189	180	19	48	8	4	2	19	6	3	28	.267	.278	.389	.667	20	72
1996	29	70	148	137	27	46	7	0	1	13	9	6	17	.336	.361	.409	.770	20	70
1997	30	71	219	213	24	64	7	1	2	27	1	6	31	.300	.320	.371	.691	25	71
1998	31	79	203	192	18	39	2	0	1	12	3	6	29	.203	.225	.229	.454	10	79
1999	32	9	31	26	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	.192	.323	.269	.592	2	9
7 Yrs		382	1007	945	117	255	35	6	7	94	24	37	133	.270	.297	.342	.639	99	354
162 Game Avg.		162	427	401	50	108	15	3	3	40	10	16	56	.270	.297	.342	.639	42	354

* 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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