Russell Martin
Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 15, 1983 in East York, ON, 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
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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
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/D 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/D 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/D AS
2009 26 LAD NL 143 588 505 63 126 19 0 7 53 11 6 69 80 .250 .352 .329 .680 86 166 18 11 2 1 9 *2/D5
4 Seasons 570 2326 2013 302 556 102 7 49 274 60 26 271 309 .276 .368 .407 .774 103 819 67 27 3 12 26
162 Game Avg. 162 661 572 86 158 29 2 14 78 17 7 77 88 .276 .368 .407 .774 103 233 19 8 1 3 7

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 324 61 5.0 114 .305 .282 .273 .355 .344 .436 .444 .792 .788 101 .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 3.9 102 .284 .250 .260 .352 .332 .329 .413 .680 .745 86 .405 -7.4 -0.7 .623 .226 .079 8.6
4 Seasons 2326 1565 303 5.2 108 .304 .276 .268 .368 .339 .407 .429 .774 .767 103 .521 18.8 1.8 .743 .282 .131 53.9
162 Game Avg. 661 445 86 5.2 108 .304 .276 .268 .368 .339 .407 .429 .774 .767 103 .521 5 1 .743 .282 .131 15

Postseason Batting

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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
3 Seasons (5 Series) 19 80 67 9 15 4 0 1 9 1 0 9 16 .224 .350 .328 .678 22 1 4 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
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

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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
2 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*

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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
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%
4 Seasons 2326 2.1% 13.3% 11.7% 6.8% 28% 1.14 6.5 41.1 7.3 1.01 1.33 72% 18% 6.7% 14%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
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 8 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
4 Seasons 17 0 31% 957 60 26 70% 54 22 6 2 0 2 11 6 24 64 46% 130 85 42 32 12 20 87 32 53
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2006 23 LAD NL 468 18% 117 8 0 3 0 0 0 0.64 10 0 22 8 2 8 2 0 1 1 100% 91 17 19% 40 21 53% 319 55 17% 31 23 74% 20 10 50% 0
2007 24 LAD NL 620 25% 158 12 0 4 0 0 0 1.71 19 1 14 11 8 8 11 0 0 0 122 16 13% 60 25 42% 383 69 18% 46 23 50% 41 23 56% 0
2008 25 LAD NL 650 28% 155 17 1 7 2 1 1 1.61 13 0 16 8 5 6 7 0 1 0 0% 124 16 13% 56 13 23% 411 61 15% 48 19 40% 51 18 35% 0
2009 26 LAD NL 588 21% 126 13 0 3 0 0 0 2.98 7 1 18 6 1 3 4 0 3 2 67% 102 18 18% 61 15 25% 398 47 12% 37 11 30% 38 10 26% 0
4 Seasons 2326 23% 556 50 1 17 2 1 1 1.70 49 2 70 33 16 25 24 0 5 3 60% 439 67 15% 217 74 34% 1511 232 15% 162 76 47% 150 61 41% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

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
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 19% 109 24 12% 68 36 24% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2326 9042 3.89 5337 59% 31% 12% 24% 32% 69% 2% 40% 82% 26% 7% 158 6 18% 430 132 12% 270 140 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
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

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
2006 23 121 455 406 59 108 24 4 9 59 9 42 57 .266 .338 .411 .750 56 121
2007 24 151 613 535 81 153 31 3 18 81 20 65 89 .286 .367 .456 .823 89 151
2008 25 155 658 558 87 160 26 0 13 69 19 93 83 .287 .392 .403 .795 88 155
2009 26 143 591 508 63 129 19 0 7 53 11 71 80 .254 .357 .333 .690 59 143
4 Seasons 570 2317 2007 290 550 100 7 47 262 59 271 309 .274 .366 .401 .767 292 570
162 Game Avg. 162 659 570 82 156 28 2 13 74 17 77 88 .274 .366 .401 .767 83 570

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2007 (C)
2008 *

Gold Gloves
2007-NL-C

Silver Sluggers
2007-NL-C

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 NL--.385--10th

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

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1042), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Johnny Estrada (954)
  2. Butch Henline (945)
  3. Pinky Hargrave (937)
  4. Aaron Robinson (937)
  5. Tony Eusebio (935)
  6. Yadier Molina (932)
  7. Kenji Johjima (930)
  8. Rick Wilkins (928)
  9. Yorvit Torrealba (926)
  10. Dick Dietz (926)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Thurman Munson (966)
  2. Sammy White (956)
  3. Ray Fosse (942)
  4. Ed McFarland (941)
  5. Rich Gedman (933)
  6. Yadier Molina (932)
  7. Benito Santiago (932)
  8. Jack Clements (930)
  9. Tim McCarver (926)
  10. Bob O'Farrell (926)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Rich Gedman (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sammy White (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Thurman Munson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Name and misspellings: Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Russell Martin

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