Norberto Martin
Norberto Edonal (McDonald) Martin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 164 lb.

Born: December 10, 1966 in 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
Final Game: May 4, 1999
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Standard Batting

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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
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 AL 45 145 131 19 36 7 1 1 16 4 2 9 16 .275 .317 .366 .683 77 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 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 AL 9 33 27 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .222 .364 .296 .660 71 8 2 2 0 0 0 /46
7 Seasons 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 71 8 2 2 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 4.1 111 .302 .275 .271 .317 .343 .366 .432 .683 .776 77 .383 -4.4 -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 -5.8 -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 3.5 115 .261 .222 .276 .364 .349 .296 .442 .660 .791 71 .309 -0.9 -0.1 .609 .222 .074
7 Seasons 938 688 94 3.6 109 .314 .278 .270 .306 .341 .352 .428 .658 .769 72 .337 -37.9 -3.6 .542 .130 .074 10.7
162 Game Avg. 429 315 43 3.6 109 .314 .278 .270 .306 .341 .352 .428 .658 .769 72 .337 -37.9 -3.6 .542 .130 .074 5
CHW (5 yrs) 699 497 81 4.4 108 .336 .299 .268 .323 .339 .388 .426 .711 .765 86 .412 -14.3 -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 3.5 115 .261 .222 .276 .364 .349 .296 .442 .660 .791 71 .308 -0.9 -0.1 .609 .222 .074

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1993 26 CHW AL 0 0 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1994 27 CHW AL 0 0 41% 63 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 54% 4 3 1 2 1 1 7 2 5
1995 28 CHW AL 4 0 33% 76 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 43% 8 4 4 1 0 1 5 4 1
1996 29 CHW AL 1 0 54% 101 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 56% 12 7 5 7 4 3 8 1 7
1997 30 CHW AL 1 0 32% 94 1 4 20% 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 28% 16 14 2 1 0 0 8 3 5
1998 31 ANA AL 0 0 40% 84 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 46% 16 10 6 4 2 2 6 2 4
1999 32 TOR AL 0 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
7 Seasons 6 0 40% 444 23 9 72% 21 9 2 0 0 0 4 3 7 29 44% 62 42 20 17 8 8 36 13 23
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 2 1 50% 0
1994 27 CHW AL 145 59% 36 6 1 4 1 0 2 2.39 1 1 8 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 75% 19 2 11% 7 6 86% 72 15 21% 7 6 86% 7 5 71% 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% 7 5 71% 0
1996 29 CHW AL 151 49% 49 12 0 11 3 0 0 1.94 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 4 100% 35 4 11% 24 11 46% 95 14 15% 11 6 55% 9 5 56% 0
1997 30 CHW AL 219 38% 64 6 0 14 2 1 2 2.53 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0% 32 2 6% 14 6 43% 123 25 20% 10 6 60% 11 6 55% 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% 11 4 36% 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 2 1 50% 0
7 Seasons 938 41% 245 40 2 51 12 1 5 1.79 7 1 28 3 4 2 5 0 18 12 67% 177 24 14% 88 46 52% 563 84 15% 51 33 65% 49 27 55% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 145 508 3.50 355 70% 21% 12% 34% 34% 79% 0% 56% 85% 41% 4% 6 0 12% 18 4 6% 8 6 13% 0 0 0
1995 28 CHW AL 167 534 3.20 379 71% 18% 15% 30% 36% 82% 0% 58% 82% 47% 1% 2 0 5% 9 7 4% 6 5 24% 2 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 206 620 3.01 465 75% 18% 15% 30% 37% 82% 0% 61% 82% 50% 1% 2 0 6% 12 6 5% 10 4 14% 0 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 Seasons 906 2892 3.19 2067 71% 18% 15% 31% 36% 82% 0% 59% 82% 46% 2% 19 0 8% 75 31 4% 37 24 19% 32 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
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 0
1994 27 53 160 145 22 41 7 1 1 18 4 2 10 17 .283 .325 .366 .690 80 53 2 0 3 2 0
1995 28 125 329 305 39 84 14 5 3 35 9 2 13 42 .275 .302 .384 .686 79 117 7 1 5 5 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 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 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 64 198 183 24 48 9 1 1 20 5 12 23 .262 .303 .339 .642 20 45
1995 28 81 186 179 19 47 8 4 2 19 5 3 28 .263 .274 .385 .660 19 72
1996 29 70 144 137 27 46 7 0 1 13 9 6 17 .336 .361 .409 .770 20 70
1997 30 71 217 211 24 62 7 1 2 27 1 6 31 .294 .313 .365 .678 24 71
1998 31 79 197 190 19 37 2 0 1 12 3 5 29 .195 .213 .221 .434 9 79
1999 32 9 35 28 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 .250 .400 .321 .721 3 9
7 Seasons 382 992 942 119 252 35 6 7 93 23 38 133 .268 .295 .340 .635 97 354
162 Game Avg. 162 421 399 50 107 15 3 3 39 10 16 56 .268 .295 .340 .635 41 354

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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