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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
Team: Dodgers 2006-2010
2011 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), 1 yr/$5.05M (10) (details) [?]
Service Time (01/2010): 3.150, Arb Eligible: 2011, Free Agent: 2013 [?], Agents: Matt Colleran [?]
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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 92 368 314 44 77 12 0 5 23 6 2 46 59 .245 .346 .331 .677 87 104 7 4 1 3 7 *2
5 Seasons 662 2694 2327 346 633 114 7 54 297 66 28 317 368 .272 .365 .397 .761 101 923 74 31 4 15 33
162 Game Avg. 162 659 569 85 155 28 2 13 73 16 7 78 90 .272 .365 .397 .761 101 226 18 8 1 4 8

Player Value--Batters

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 23 LAD NL 468 0 1 -1 0 2 7 13 22 2.2 *2/D RoY-9
2007 24 LAD NL 620 13 -2 -2 0 7 9 17 42 4.2 $387,500 *2/D AS,GG,SS
2008 25 LAD NL 650 6 2 -2 1 2 9 18 36 3.6 $500,000 *25/D AS
2009 26 LAD NL 588 -8 -1 1 -3 -6 9 16 8 0.8 $3,900,000 *2/D5
2010 27 LAD NL 368 -3 0 0 0 4 6 10 16 1.7 $5,050,000 *2
5 Seasons 2694 8 0 -4 -2 9 40 74 124 12.5 $9,837,500

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS 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% Awards
2006 LAD NL 23 C 117 114 1015.0 856 788 62 6 8 .993 2 2 2 2 7.54 7.26 .992 7.43 7.32 5 71 32 31% RoY-9
2006 LAD NL 23 DH 1 RoY-9
2007 LAD NL 24 C 145 143 1254.0 1164 1065 85 14 11 .988 7 11 7 11 8.25 7.93 .991 7.18 6.90 5 82 41 33% AS,GG,SS
2007 LAD NL 24 DH 2 AS,GG,SS
2008 LAD NL 25 C 149 138 1238.0 1118 1042 65 11 8 .990 1 -3 1 -3 8.05 7.43 .993 7.27 6.71 6 70 23 25% AS
2008 LAD NL 25 3B 11 8 71.0 26 2 21 3 3 .885 1 1 19 17 2.92 2.09 .958 2.60 2.58 AS
2008 LAD NL 25 DH 1 AS
2009 LAD NL 26 C 137 133 1201.0 1133 1039 87 7 9 .994 -6 5 -6 5 8.44 8.22 .993 7.49 7.30 3 74 33 31%
2009 LAD NL 26 DH 3
2009 LAD NL 26 3B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
2010 LAD NL 27 C 88 84 751.1 721 654 58 9 2 .988 4 1 6 2 8.53 8.09 .993 7.92 7.85 5 33 40 26 39%
5 Seasons C 636 612 5459.1 4992 4588 357 47 38 .991 8 16 2 3 8.15 7.78 .992 7.42 7.15 24 33 337 155 32%
2 Seasons 3B 12 8 71.1 26 2 21 3 3 .885 1 1 19 16 2.90 1.92 .958 2.60 2.58
5 Seasons TOT 648 620 5530.2 5018 4590 378 50 41 .990 9 17 2 3 8.08 7.67 .992 7.35 7.06 24 33 337 155 32%

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)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  7 (5th)

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)
2010 NL  88 (2nd)
Active  636 (24th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2006 NL  788 (4th)
2007 NL  1065 (1st)
2008 NL  1042 (1st)
2009 NL  1039 (1st)
2010 NL  654 (1st)
Active  4588 (18th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2006 NL  62 (5th)
2007 NL  85 (1st)
2009 NL  87 (1st)
2010 NL  58 (1st)
Active  357 (16th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2007 NL  14 (1st)
2008 NL  11 (1st)
2009 NL  7 (4th)
2010 NL  9 (1st)
Active  47 (14th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2010 NL  5 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
2006 NL  71 (4th)
2007 NL  82 (2nd)
2008 NL  70 (2nd)
2009 NL  74 (4th)
Active  337 (17th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
2006 NL  32 (2nd)
2007 NL  41 (1st)
2009 NL  33 (1st)
2010 NL  26 (1st)
Active  155 (21st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2007 NL  33.3 (4th)
2010 NL  39.4 (4th)
Active  31.5 (18th)

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

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  8.53 (3rd)
Active  8.15 (2nd)
Career  8.15 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2006 NL  7.26 (3rd)
2007 NL  7.93 (1st)
2009 NL  8.22 (2nd)
2010 NL  8.09 (3rd)
Active  7.78 (1st)
Career  7.78 (1st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
Active  .991 (20th)
Career  .991 (65th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2109), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1046), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1668), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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

Transactions

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2002.

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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
2011 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible (Super 2), Earliest Arb Eligible: 2011, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,837,500
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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