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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
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 2 yrs/$17M (13-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.150, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Matt Colleran [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 1:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #942. Brad Ausmus… #943. Willard Marshall… #944. Dots Miller… #945. RUSSELL MARTIN… #946. Al Cowens… #947. George Wood… #948. Fred Schulte… 

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
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 95 170 19 5 1 3 1 *2/54 AS
2012 29 NYY AL 133 485 422 50 89 18 0 21 53 6 1 53 95 .211 .311 .403 .713 92 170 13 8 2 0 0 *2/D
7 Yrs 925 3674 3183 454 826 150 7 93 418 80 31 422 546 .260 .352 .399 .751 99 1269 106 44 7 18 34
162 Game Avg. 162 643 557 80 145 26 1 16 73 14 5 74 96 .260 .352 .399 .751 99 222 19 8 1 3 6
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) 258 961 839 107 188 35 0 39 118 14 3 103 176 .224 .317 .405 .723 94 340 32 13 3 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) 258 961 839 107 188 35 0 39 118 14 3 103 176 .224 .317 .405 .723 94 340 32 13 3 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 133 485 -2 1 -0 -6 7 -1 -0.0 16 16 1.5 .499 .500 2.2 0.1 21 $7,500,000 *2/D
7 Seasons 925 3674 7 0 -5 32 51 84 8.6 106 190 18.9 .509 .508 15.7 8.6 158 $21,337,500
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) 258 961 -5 0 -4 1 14 7 0.9 32 39 3.9 .503 .502 3.9 1.7 38 $11,500,000

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
2012 29 NYY AL ALDS BAL W 5 20 17 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 .176 .300 .412 .712 7 0 0 0 0 0
2012 29 NYY AL ALCS DET L 4 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (8 Series) 33 135 115 15 23 6 0 2 10 1 0 14 25 .200 .319 .304 .623 35 3 6 0 0 0
2 ALDS 10 41 34 5 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 5 6 .176 .317 .324 .641 11 2 2 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 ALCS 4 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 2 0 0 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 128 116 107 1045.0 991 924 61 6 3 .994 0 -6 0 -7 8.48 7.70 .993 7.99 7.94 9 42 63 20 24% 25% 3
2012 NYY AL 29 DH 4 4
7 Seasons C 894 851 780 7588.2 6984 6405 515 64 49 .991 8 30 1 4 8.21 7.74 .992 7.67 7.62 37 310 498 216 30% 27% 16
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 910 859 785 7666.0 7013 6408 537 68 52 .990 9 32 1 5 8.15 7.63 .992 7.62 7.54 37 310 498 216 30% 27% 16
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  8.6 (25th)

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)

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

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

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  6,408 (24th)

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  128 (2nd)
Active  894 (10th)

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  924 (2nd)
Active  6,405 (8th)
Career  6,405 (59th)

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  61 (3rd)
Active  515 (5th)

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)
2012 AL  6 (4th)
Active  64 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2012 AL  9 (3rd)
Active  37 (18th)

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  498 (6th)

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  216 (7th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2007 NL  33.3 (4th)
2010 NL  38.6 (3rd)
Active  30.3 (20th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2007 NL  7 (3rd)
Active  8 (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  8.48 (3rd)
Active  8.21 (3rd)
Career  8.21 (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)
2012 AL  7.70 (4th)
Active  7.74 (2nd)
Career  7.74 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2012 AL  .994 (3rd)
Active  .991 (18th)
Career  .991 (67th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2153), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (838), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1813), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (64th), 18.9 career WAR/18.9 7yr-peak WAR/18.9 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Damian Miller (948)
  2. Bo Diaz (944)
  3. Rich Gedman (943)
  4. Gregg Zaun (940)
  5. Greg Myers (937)
  6. Ed Taubensee (936)
  7. Earl Battey (931)
  8. Joe Oliver (930)
  9. John Buck (925)
  10. John Flaherty (924)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Benito Santiago (936)
  2. Rich Gedman (932)
  3. Ramon Hernandez (925)
  4. Frankie Hayes (924)
  5. Terry Kennedy (919)
  6. Del Crandall (919)
  7. Charles Johnson (914)
  8. Jack Clements (913)
  9. Jody Davis (913)
  10. Earl Battey (912)
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 (950)  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
  6. Benito Santiago (936)  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.
  • October 29, 2012: Granted Free Agency.
  • November 30, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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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
201128New York Yankees$4,000,000
201229New York Yankees$7,500,000contracts
201330Pittsburgh Pirates$6,500,000
201431Pittsburgh Pirates$8,500,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2015
Career to date (may be incomplete)$21,337,500Does 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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