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Russell Martin

Russell Nathan Coltrane (Jeanson) Martin (twitter: @russellmartin55)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 15, 1983 in East York, Ontario, CAN
High School: Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit (Montreal, QC)
School: Chipola College (Marianna, FL)
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 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$7.5M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.150, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Matt Colleran [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated May 31, 2012, 1:11PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #861. Jo-Jo Moore… #862. Michael Cuddyer… #863. Patsy Donovan… #864. RUSSELL MARTIN… #865. Earl Battey… #866. Craig Counsell… #867. Corey Hart… 

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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
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 94 170 19 5 1 3 1 *2/54 AS
2012 29 NYY AL 42 150 123 13 23 6 0 4 12 1 0 22 28 .187 .333 .333 .667 80 41 4 5 0 0 0 *2/D
7 Yrs 834 3339 2884 417 760 138 7 76 377 75 30 391 479 .264 .358 .395 .753 99 1140 97 41 5 18 34
162 Game Avg. 162 649 560 81 148 27 1 15 73 15 6 76 93 .264 .358 .395 .753 99 221 19 8 1 3 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 (2 yrs) 167 626 540 70 122 23 0 22 77 9 2 72 109 .226 .326 .391 .717 91 211 23 10 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 (2 yrs) 167 626 540 70 122 23 0 22 77 9 2 72 109 .226 .326 .391 .717 91 211 23 10 1 3 1

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 Awards
2006 23 LAD NL 121 468 -0 1 -0 0 7 7 0.7 12 19 1.9 .506 .504 1.9 0.7 19 $ *2/D RoY-9
2007 24 LAD NL 151 620 14 -3 0 18 8 38 3.7 17 54 5.4 .525 .523 3.6 2.6 36 $387,500 *2/D AS,GG,SS
2008 25 LAD NL 155 650 8 2 0 1 9 21 2.0 17 38 3.7 .513 .513 3.7 1.0 37 $500,000 *25/D AS
2009 26 LAD NL 143 588 -6 -1 -2 7 8 6 0.6 16 22 2.2 .504 .504 1.4 1.6 15 $3,900,000 *2/D5
2010 27 LAD NL 97 387 -4 1 -0 5 5 7 0.8 11 18 1.8 .508 .505 1.2 1.1 13 $5,050,000 2
2011 28 NYY AL 125 476 -2 -1 -3 7 7 7 0.9 16 24 2.4 .506 .505 1.7 1.5 17 $4,000,000 *2/54 AS
2012 29 NYY AL 42 150 -1 0 -0 -2 2 -1 -0.2 5 4 0.3 .496 .499 0.6 0.0 6 $ *2/D
7 Seasons 834 3339 8 -1 -6 36 46 84 8.4 94 178 17.7 .510 .507 14.1 8.5 142 $13,837,500
LAD (5 yrs) 667 2713 11 0 -2 31 37 78 7.7 73 151 15.0 .512 .510 11.8 7.0 120 $9,837,500
NYY (2 yrs) 167 626 -4 -1 -4 5 9 6 0.7 21 27 2.7 .504 .502 2.3 1.5 22 $4,000,000

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 Yrs (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2006 LAD NL 23 C 117 114 102 1015.0 856 788 62 6 8 .993 2 0 2 0 7.54 7.26 .992 7.37 7.32 5 41 71 32 31% 28% 0 RoY-9
2006 LAD NL 23 DH 1 1 RoY-9
2007 LAD NL 24 C 145 143 126 1254.0 1164 1065 85 14 11 .988 7 18 7 17 8.25 7.93 .991 7.39 7.36 5 40 82 41 33% 25% 4 AS,GG,SS
2007 LAD NL 24 DH 2 2 AS,GG,SS
2008 LAD NL 25 C 149 138 125 1238.0 1118 1042 65 11 8 .990 1 -1 1 -1 8.05 7.43 .993 7.65 7.60 6 35 70 23 25% 27% 1 AS
2008 LAD NL 25 3B 11 8 5 71.0 26 2 21 3 3 .885 1 2 19 34 2.92 2.09 .956 2.60 2.58 AS
2008 LAD NL 25 DH 1 1 AS
2009 LAD NL 26 C 137 133 127 1201.0 1133 1039 87 7 9 .994 -6 7 -6 7 8.44 8.22 .993 7.77 7.70 3 66 74 33 31% 29% 2
2009 LAD NL 26 DH 3 3
2009 LAD NL 26 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2010 LAD NL 27 C 93 89 85 791.1 750 681 59 10 2 .987 4 5 6 8 8.42 7.96 .992 8.05 7.97 5 34 43 27 39% 29% 6
2011 NYY AL 28 C 125 118 108 1044.1 972 866 96 10 8 .990 0 7 0 8 8.29 7.70 .992 7.61 7.57 4 52 95 40 30% 28% 0 AS
2011 NYY AL 28 3B 3 0 0 4.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0 0 -90 0 2.25 0.33 .955 2.70 2.60 AS
2011 NYY AL 28 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 4.95 4.70 AS
2012 NYY AL 29 C 41 38 37 339.1 320 293 26 1 2 .997 -2 -2 -7 -7 8.46 7.78 .992 7.83 7.81 3 19 21 7 25% 27% 0
2012 NYY AL 29 DH 1 1
7 Seasons C 807 773 710 6883.0 6313 5774 480 59 48 .991 6 34 1 5 8.18 7.75 .992 7.63 7.58 31 287 456 203 31% 27% 13
3 Seasons 3B 15 8 5 75.1 28 2 22 4 3 .857 1 2 13 31 2.87 1.60 .956 2.60 2.59
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.00 .980 4.95 4.70
7 Seasons TOT 823 781 715 6960.1 6342 5777 502 63 51 .990 7 36 1 6 8.12 7.63 .992 7.58 7.49 31 287 456 203 31% 27% 13
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2007 NL  5.4 (8th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2007 NL  2.6 (2nd)
2009 NL  1.6 (9th)
Active  8.5 (25th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2008 NL  .385 (10th)
Active  .358 (44th)

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)
2012 AL  5 (4th)

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

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

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2007 NL  145 (1st)
2008 NL  149 (1st)
2009 NL  137 (2nd)
2011 AL  125 (5th)
2012 AL  41 (3rd)
Active  807 (11th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2006 NL  788 (4th)
2007 NL  1,065 (1st)
2008 NL  1,042 (1st)
2009 NL  1,039 (1st)
2011 AL  866 (3rd)
2012 AL  293 (4th)
Active  5,774 (8th)
Career  5,774 (75th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2006 NL  62 (5th)
2007 NL  85 (1st)
2009 NL  87 (1st)
2010 NL  59 (5th)
2011 AL  96 (1st)
2012 AL  26 (2nd)
Active  480 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2007 NL  14 (1st)
2008 NL  11 (1st)
2009 NL  7 (4th)
2010 NL  10 (2nd)
2011 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  59 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
Active  31 (21st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2006 NL  71 (4th)
2007 NL  82 (2nd)
2008 NL  70 (2nd)
2009 NL  74 (4th)
2011 AL  95 (2nd)
Active  456 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2006 NL  32 (2nd)
2007 NL  41 (1st)
2009 NL  33 (1st)
2010 NL  27 (4th)
2011 AL  40 (1st)
Active  203 (6th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2007 NL  33.3 (4th)
2010 NL  38.6 (3rd)
Active  30.8 (15th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2007 NL  7 (3rd)
Active  6 (20th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2006 NL  7.54 (5th)
2007 NL  8.25 (1st)
2008 NL  8.05 (5th)
2009 NL  8.44 (3rd)
2010 NL  8.42 (3rd)
2011 AL  8.29 (1st)
2012 AL  8.46 (2nd)
Active  8.18 (3rd)
Career  8.18 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2006 NL  7.27 (3rd)
2007 NL  7.93 (1st)
2009 NL  8.22 (2nd)
2010 NL  7.96 (2nd)
2011 AL  7.70 (1st)
Active  7.75 (2nd)
Career  7.75 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2012 AL  .997 (3rd)
Active  .991 (16th)
Career  .991 (69th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2155), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 17 (903), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1593), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Yorvit Torrealba (936)
  2. Ray Fosse (927)
  3. Ed Taubensee (926)
  4. Hal Smith (926)
  5. Glenn Myatt (925)
  6. Damian Miller (924)
  7. John Stearns (924)
  8. Jim Pagliaroni (924)
  9. Rich Gedman (923)
  10. Yadier Molina (923)
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  1. Rich Gedman (938)
  2. Thurman Munson (937)
  3. Frankie Hayes (933)
  4. Jack Clements (929)
  5. Benito Santiago (925)
  6. Ramon Hernandez (924)
  7. Yadier Molina (923)
  8. Michael Barrett (922)
  9. Tim McCarver (921)
  10. Sammy White (920)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Alex Avila (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Gedman (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Thurman Munson (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Thurman Munson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rich Gedman (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2002.
  • December 2, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 15, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200724Los Angeles Dodgers$387,500
200825Los Angeles Dodgers$500,000
200926Los Angeles Dodgers$3,900,000
201027Los Angeles Dodgers$5,050,000
201128New York Yankees$4,000,000
201229New York Yankees$7,500,000
2013 Status4th-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$13,837,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Russell Nathan Coltrane (Jeanson) Jeanson Russell Martin

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