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Russell Martin

Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: February 15, 1983 in East York, Ontario, CAN
High School: Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 2006
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Yankees 2006-2011
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$4M (11), 1 yr/$7.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.150, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Matt Colleran [*]
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All-Star

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
2006 23 LAD NL 121 468 415 65 117 26 4 10 65 10 5 45 57 .282 .355 .436 .792 101 181 17 4 1 3 8 *2 RoY-9
2007 24 LAD NL 151 620 540 87 158 32 3 19 87 21 9 67 89 .293 .374 .469 .843 116 253 16 7 0 6 1 *2 AS,GG,SS
2008 25 LAD NL 155 650 553 87 155 25 0 13 69 18 6 90 83 .280 .385 .396 .781 108 219 16 5 0 2 8 *25 AS
2009 26 LAD NL 143 588 505 63 126 19 0 7 53 11 6 69 80 .250 .352 .329 .680 85 166 18 11 2 1 9 *2/5
2010 27 LAD NL 97 387 331 45 82 13 0 5 26 6 2 48 61 .248 .347 .332 .679 88 110 7 4 1 3 7 2
2011 28 NYY AL 125 476 417 57 99 17 0 18 65 8 2 50 81 .237 .324 .408 .732 92 170 19 5 1 3 1 *2/54 AS
6 Seasons 792 3189 2761 404 737 132 7 72 365 74 30 369 451 .267 .359 .398 .757 100 1099 93 36 5 18 34
162 Game Avg. 162 652 565 83 151 27 1 15 75 15 6 75 92 .267 .359 .398 .757 100 225 19 7 1 4 7
LAD (5 yrs) 667 2713 2344 347 638 115 7 54 300 66 28 319 370 .272 .365 .396 .761 101 929 74 31 4 15 33
NYY (1 yr) 125 476 417 57 99 17 0 18 65 8 2 50 81 .237 .324 .408 .732 92 170 19 5 1 3 1
NL (5 yrs) 667 2713 2344 347 638 115 7 54 300 66 28 319 370 .272 .365 .396 .761 101 929 74 31 4 15 33
AL (1 yr) 125 476 417 57 99 17 0 18 65 8 2 50 81 .237 .324 .408 .732 92 170 19 5 1 3 1

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 0 1 -1 0 2 7 13 22 2.2 20 2.0 0.2 $ *2 RoY-9
2007 24 LAD NL 620 13 -2 -2 0 7 9 17 42 4.2 35 3.5 0.7 $387,500 *2 AS,GG,SS
2008 25 LAD NL 650 6 2 -2 1 2 9 18 36 3.6 34 3.5 0.1 $500,000 *25 AS
2009 26 LAD NL 588 -8 -1 1 -2 -6 9 16 8 0.9 14 1.5 -0.6 $3,900,000 *2/5
2010 27 LAD NL 387 -3 0 -0 -0 4 6 11 17 1.8 13 1.4 0.4 $5,050,000 2
2011 28 NYY AL 476 -5 -1 -0 -4 -1 8 16 14 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $4,000,000 *2/54 AS
6 Seasons 3189 3 -1 -4 -5 8 48 91 139 14.0 131 13.3 0.7 $13,837,500
LAD (5 yrs) 2713 8 0 -4 -2 9 40 75 126 12.7 117 11.9 0.8 $9,837,500
NYY (1 yr) 476 -5 -1 -0 -4 -1 8 16 14 1.3 14 1.4 -0.1 $4,000,000

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 324 61 5.0 114 .305 .282 .273 .355 .344 .436 .444 .792 .789 101 .496 1.4 0.1 .734 .275 .154 10.0
2007 24 LAD NL 620 413 95 6.2 112 .317 .293 .274 .374 .344 .469 .438 .843 .781 116 .589 14.5 1.4 .833 .322 .176 20.0
2008 25 LAD NL 650 422 88 5.6 106 .309 .280 .265 .385 .336 .396 .423 .781 .759 108 .560 10.4 1.0 .776 .300 .116 15.1
2009 26 LAD NL 588 406 59 3.9 103 .284 .250 .261 .352 .334 .329 .415 .680 .748 85 .405 -8.3 -0.8 .623 .226 .079 8.6
2010 27 LAD NL 387 262 41 4.2 99 .287 .248 .257 .347 .327 .332 .405 .679 .732 88 .458 -3.3 -0.3 .643 .242 .085 5.5
2011 28 NYY AL 476 343 53 4.2 107 .252 .237 .269 .324 .336 .408 .426 .732 .762 92 .451 -4.9 -0.5 .681 .305 .170 11.1
6 Seasons 3189 2170 397 4.9 107 .295 .267 .267 .359 .337 .398 .426 .757 .763 100 .503 9.8 0.9 .721 .281 .131 73.0
162 Game Avg. 652 444 81 4.9 107 .295 .267 .267 .359 .337 .398 .426 .757 .763 100 .503 2 0 .721 .281 .131 15
LAD (5 yrs) 2713 1827 344 5.0 107 .302 .272 .267 .365 .337 .396 .426 .761 .763 101 .513 14.7 1.3 .728 .276 .124 59.4
NYY (1 yr) 476 343 53 4.1 107 .252 .237 .269 .324 .336 .408 .426 .732 .762 92 .451 -4.9 -0.5 .681 .305 .170 11.1
NL (5 yrs) 2713 1827 344 5.0 107 .302 .272 .267 .365 .337 .396 .426 .761 .763 101 .513 14.7 1.3 .728 .276 .124 59.4
AL (1 yr) 476 343 53 4.1 107 .252 .237 .269 .324 .336 .408 .426 .732 .762 92 .451 -4.9 -0.5 .681 .305 .170 11.1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2006 23 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 3 13 12 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .385 .333 .718 4 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 14 13 2 4 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 3 .308 .357 .769 1.126 10 0 0 0 0 0
2008 25 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 22 17 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 7 .118 .318 .118 .436 2 1 2 0 0 0
2009 26 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 13 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .111 .385 .111 .496 1 0 1 0 0 0
2009 26 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 18 16 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .250 .333 .313 .646 5 0 1 0 0 0
2011 28 NYY AL ALDS DET L 5 21 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .176 .333 .235 .569 4 2 2 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 24 101 84 12 18 5 0 1 9 1 0 11 20 .214 .347 .310 .656 26 3 6 0 0 0
3 NLDS 9 40 34 4 9 3 0 1 6 0 0 5 6 .265 .375 .441 .816 15 0 1 0 0 0
1 ALDS 5 21 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .176 .333 .235 .569 4 2 2 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 40 33 5 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 10 .182 .325 .212 .537 7 1 3 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 LAD NL 24 as C 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 LAD NL 25 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 1 0 0
2011 NYY AL 28 DNP
3 Seasons (2 Appearances) 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 1 0 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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 2.1% 12.2% 9.6% 8.6% 34% 1.27 7.3 41.5 6.4 1.06 1.61 75% 18% 6.3% 9%
2007 24 LAD NL 620 3.1% 14.4% 10.8% 8.7% 34% 1.33 6.1 28.4 6.2 0.94 1.26 71% 18% 9.7% 17%
2008 25 LAD NL 650 2.0% 12.8% 13.9% 5.9% 25% 0.92 6.7 42.5 8.0 1.07 1.29 71% 17% 6.7% 15%
2009 26 LAD NL 588 1.2% 13.6% 11.7% 4.4% 21% 1.16 6.3 72.1 9.5 1.00 1.26 71% 19% 3.9% 15%
2010 27 LAD NL 387 1.3% 15.8% 12.4% 4.7% 22% 1.27 5.4 66.2 12.7 1.01 1.44 69% 21% 4.2% 12%
2011 28 NYY AL 476 3.8% 17.0% 10.5% 7.4% 35% 1.62 5.1 23.2 6.4 0.93 1.35 67% 17% 11.8% 13%
6 Seasons 3189 2.3% 14.1% 11.6% 6.6% 29% 1.22 6.1 38.3 7.6 1.00 1.35 71% 18% 7.2% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.08 5.0 33.9 7.8 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 23 LAD NL 1.4 0.1 492 0.9 8.2 -7.3 .96 0.2 0.8 4.4 0.4 0.98 1.1 0.63 3
2007 24 LAD NL 14.5 1.4 655 2.1 13.1 -11.0 1.06 2.4 -0.3 24.6 2.3 0.94 28.7 1.66 4
2008 25 LAD NL 10.4 1.0 678 2.8 13.7 -10.9 1.03 1.3 1.4 16.7 1.6 0.97 13.3 1.58 7
2009 26 LAD NL -8.3 -0.8 613 -2.6 8.8 -11.4 1.06 -1.3 -1.2 -14.5 -1.4 0.98 -12.6 2.93 3
2010 27 LAD NL -3.0 -0.3 405 1.0 6.5 -5.5 .96 -0.3 1.4 -2.9 -0.3 0.94 -3.5 1.36 5
2011 28 NYY AL -4.9 -0.5 494 0.5 8.8 -8.3 .99 -0.6 1.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.01 -4.0 1.55 3
6 Seasons 10.1 0.9 3337 4.7 59.1 -54.3 1.02 1.7 3.0 27.2 2.5 0.97 23.0 1.59 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2006 23 LAD NL 3 0 35% 169 10 5 67% 8 4 2 0 0 1 3 1 5 14 48% 20 11 9 4 1 3 20 10 9
2007 24 LAD NL 3 0 32% 269 21 9 70% 20 7 1 1 0 1 2 2 10 19 41% 40 27 11 7 3 4 23 9 14
2008 25 LAD NL 3 0 31% 277 18 6 75% 16 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 15 49% 40 27 13 13 4 9 23 7 15
2009 26 LAD NL 7 0 28% 242 11 6 65% 10 5 1 1 0 0 4 2 6 16 48% 30 20 9 8 4 4 21 6 15
2010 27 LAD NL 4 0 31% 171 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 42% 27 18 7 6 4 2 12 2 10
2011 28 NYY AL 5 0 29% 168 8 2 80% 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 10 30% 21 18 3 2 1 1 17 9 8
6 Seasons 25 0 31% 1296 74 30 71% 67 26 7 2 0 2 13 7 33 84 44% 178 121 52 40 17 23 116 43 71

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 18% 117 8 0 3 0 0 0 0.63 10 0 22 8 2 8 2 0 1 1 100% 91 17 19% 40 21 53% 319 55 17% 31 23 74% 13 7 54% 0
2007 24 LAD NL 620 25% 158 12 0 4 0 0 0 1.66 19 1 14 11 8 8 11 0 0 0 122 16 13% 60 25 42% 383 69 18% 46 23 50% 29 20 69% 0
2008 25 LAD NL 650 28% 155 17 1 7 2 1 1 1.58 13 0 16 8 5 6 7 0 1 0 0% 124 16 13% 56 13 23% 411 61 15% 48 19 40% 31 15 48% 0
2009 26 LAD NL 588 21% 126 13 0 3 0 0 0 2.93 7 1 18 6 1 3 4 0 3 2 67% 102 18 18% 60 14 23% 398 47 12% 37 11 30% 28 10 36% 0
2010 27 LAD NL 387 26% 82 6 0 5 1 0 0 1.36 5 0 8 4 1 2 3 0 2 1 50% 67 7 10% 35 14 40% 207 24 12% 20 8 40% 12 8 67% 0
2011 28 NYY AL 476 28% 99 7 0 3 1 0 0 1.55 18 1 15 13 5 8 10 0 1 1 100% 98 19 19% 45 12 27% 310 48 15% 28 20 71% 13 4 31% 0
6 Seasons 3189 24% 737 63 1 25 4 1 1 1.59 72 3 93 50 22 35 37 0 8 5 63% 604 93 15% 296 99 33% 2028 304 15% 210 104 50% 126 64 51% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 1756 3.75 1059 60% 28% 12% 26% 34% 72% 3% 44% 84% 29% 6% 29 0 19% 88 29 8% 39 20 35% 0 0 0
2007 24 LAD NL 620 2446 3.95 1449 59% 32% 13% 23% 32% 68% 0% 40% 81% 25% 5% 31 3 17% 104 36 13% 78 40 22% 0 0 0
2008 25 LAD NL 650 2573 3.96 1491 58% 32% 12% 24% 32% 68% 3% 39% 82% 25% 8% 54 1 20% 129 43 13% 85 44 30% 0 0 0
2009 26 LAD NL 588 2267 3.86 1338 59% 33% 12% 23% 32% 67% 4% 40% 82% 26% 7% 44 2 18% 108 24 12% 68 36 24% 0 0 0
2010 27 LAD NL 387 1484 3.83 879 59% 31% 14% 24% 31% 69% 4% 41% 80% 28% 9% 33 2 18% 69 17 13% 52 24 28% 0 0 0
2011 28 NYY AL 476 1782 3.74 1070 60% 27% 15% 26% 32% 73% 1% 44% 79% 33% 4% 21 1 14% 68 32 11% 53 29 26% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 3189 12308 3.86 7286 59% 31% 13% 24% 32% 69% 2% 41% 82% 27% 7% 212 9 18% 566 181 12% 375 193 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2006 23 121 468 415 65 117 26 4 10 65 10 5 45 57 .282 .355 .436 .792 101 181 17 4 1 3 8
2007 24 272 1088 955 152 275 58 7 29 152 31 14 112 146 .288 .366 .454 .821 110 434 33 11 1 9 9
2008 25 427 1738 1508 239 430 83 7 42 221 49 20 202 229 .285 .373 .433 .806 109 653 49 16 1 11 17
2009 26 570 2326 2013 302 556 102 7 49 274 60 26 271 309 .276 .368 .407 .774 103 819 67 27 3 12 26
2010 27 667 2713 2344 347 638 115 7 54 300 66 28 319 370 .272 .365 .396 .761 101 929 74 31 4 15 33
2011 28 792 3189 2761 404 737 132 7 72 365 74 30 369 451 .267 .359 .398 .757 100 1099 93 36 5 18 34

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
2006 23 121 460 410 60 112 25 4 10 60 10 43 57 .273 .346 .427 .772 59 121
2007 24 151 610 533 81 151 31 3 18 81 20 64 89 .283 .364 .454 .818 87 151
2008 25 155 648 552 87 154 25 0 13 69 18 89 83 .279 .383 .395 .778 83 155
2009 26 143 591 508 66 129 19 0 7 55 11 71 80 .254 .357 .333 .690 59 143
2010 27 97 391 334 48 85 13 0 5 28 6 50 61 .254 .355 .338 .694 40 97
2011 28 125 472 415 55 97 17 0 18 62 8 49 81 .234 .320 .405 .725 52 125
6 Seasons 792 3172 2752 397 728 130 7 71 355 73 366 451 .265 .356 .394 .751 380 792
162 Game Avg. 162 649 563 81 149 27 1 15 73 15 75 92 .265 .356 .394 .751 78 792

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 (C)
2008 *
2011

Gold Gloves
2007 NL (C)

Silver Sluggers
2007 NL (C)

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 NL  .385 (10th)
Active  .359 (48th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2008 NL  90 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
2008 NL  117 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2009 NL  11 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2011 AL  19 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2007 NL  9 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (904), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  8. Michael Barrett (922)
  9. Tim McCarver (921)
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