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Víctor Martínez

Victor Jesus Martinez

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 23, 1978 in Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar, Venezuela
High School: Ciudad Bolivar (Ciudad Bolivar, VE)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2002 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers/RedSox 2002-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$50M (11-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.114, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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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
2002 23 CLE AL 12 36 32 2 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 .281 .333 .406 .740 99 13 1 0 0 1 0 /2D
2003 24 CLE AL 49 174 159 15 46 4 0 1 16 1 1 13 21 .289 .345 .333 .678 84 53 8 1 0 1 0 2/D
2004 25 CLE AL 141 591 520 77 147 38 1 23 108 0 1 60 69 .283 .359 .492 .851 125 256 16 5 0 6 11 *2/D AS,MVP-21,SS
2005 26 CLE AL 147 622 547 73 167 33 0 20 80 0 1 63 78 .305 .378 .475 .853 130 260 16 5 0 7 9 *2/D MVP-18
2006 27 CLE AL 153 652 572 82 181 37 0 16 93 0 0 71 78 .316 .391 .465 .856 122 266 27 3 0 6 8 *23/D
2007 28 CLE AL 147 645 562 78 169 40 0 25 114 0 0 62 76 .301 .374 .505 .879 129 284 19 10 0 11 12 *23/D AS,MVP-7
2008 29 CLE AL 73 294 266 30 74 17 0 2 35 0 0 24 32 .278 .337 .365 .701 88 97 12 1 0 3 4 23/D
2009 30 TOT AL 155 672 588 88 178 33 1 23 108 1 0 75 74 .303 .381 .480 .861 127 282 17 3 0 6 3 23/D AS,MVP-21
2009 30 CLE AL 99 435 377 56 107 21 1 15 67 0 0 51 51 .284 .368 .464 .832 122 175 11 2 0 5 3 23/D
2009 30 BOS AL 56 237 211 32 71 12 0 8 41 1 0 24 23 .336 .405 .507 .912 134 107 6 1 0 1 0 23
2010 31 BOS AL 127 538 493 64 149 32 1 20 79 1 0 40 52 .302 .351 .493 .844 122 243 17 0 0 5 5 *23/D AS
2011 32 DET AL 145 595 540 76 178 40 0 12 103 1 0 46 51 .330 .380 .470 .850 131 254 20 2 0 7 6 *D2/3 MVP-16
2013 34 DET AL 39 166 150 11 32 7 0 2 19 0 0 13 20 .213 .271 .300 .571 54 45 5 0 0 3 1 *D/3
11 Yrs 1188 4985 4429 596 1330 282 3 145 760 4 3 470 553 .300 .367 .464 .831 120 2053 158 30 0 56 59
162 Game Avg. 162 680 604 81 181 38 0 20 104 1 0 64 75 .300 .367 .464 .831 120 280 22 4 0 8 8
CLE (8 yrs) 821 3449 3035 413 900 191 2 103 518 1 3 347 407 .297 .369 .463 .832 120 1404 110 27 0 40 47
DET (2 yrs) 184 761 690 87 210 47 0 14 122 1 0 59 71 .304 .356 .433 .789 114 299 25 2 0 10 7
BOS (2 yrs) 183 775 704 96 220 44 1 28 120 2 0 64 75 .313 .368 .497 .865 126 350 23 1 0 6 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
2002 23 CLE AL 12 36 -0 0 -0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .492 .499 0.1 -0.1 1 /2D
2003 24 CLE AL 49 174 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 -2 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .495 .499 0.5 0.1 5 2/D
2004 25 CLE AL 141 591 19 -1 -2 -8 8 16 1.6 22 38 3.7 .511 .509 4.4 0.1 46 $304,500 *2/D AS,MVP-21,SS
2005 26 CLE AL 147 622 24 -3 -2 0 9 29 2.9 23 52 5.2 .520 .518 5.2 0.9 52 $372,100 *2/D MVP-18
2006 27 CLE AL 153 652 20 -3 -2 -17 7 4 0.5 24 28 2.8 .503 .503 4.5 -0.9 45 $1,000,000 *23/D
2007 28 CLE AL 147 645 20 -1 -2 -2 6 21 2.1 23 44 4.3 .514 .512 4.5 0.4 46 $3,200,000 *23/D AS,MVP-7
2008 29 CLE AL 73 294 -4 0 -2 -2 3 -6 -0.5 11 5 0.6 .492 .496 0.8 0.1 7 $4,450,000 23/D
2009 30 CLE AL 99 435 12 0 0 -6 0 7 0.7 16 22 2.2 .507 .504 2.8 -0.5 28 $5,900,000 23/D AS,MVP-21
2009 30 BOS AL 56 237 12 0 -0 -8 1 4 0.5 9 13 1.3 .508 .503 2.1 -0.7 21 23 AS,MVP-21
2010 31 BOS AL 127 538 15 -1 -1 -4 6 14 1.6 20 34 3.6 .512 .509 4.0 0.3 38 $7,700,000 *23/D AS
2011 32 DET AL 145 595 25 -3 -2 -1 -9 10 1.1 22 32 3.2 .507 .506 3.4 -1.1 33 $12,000,000 *D2/3 MVP-16
2013 34 DET AL 39 166 -10 -0 -1 0 -3 -15 -1.6 6 -9 -1.0 .458 .490 -1.0 -0.3 -9 $13,000,000 *D/3
11 Seasons 1188 4985 131 -14 -15 -50 29 80 8.8 185 265 26.4 .507 .504 31.2 -1.6 315 $47,926,600
CLE (8 yrs) 821 3449 90 -9 -11 -37 35 67 7.1 128 194 19.3 .508 .505 22.7 0.2 231 $15,226,600
DET (2 yrs) 184 761 14 -4 -2 -1 -13 -5 -0.5 28 23 2.3 .497 .498 2.4 -1.4 24 $25,000,000
BOS (2 yrs) 183 775 27 -1 -1 -12 7 19 2.1 29 48 4.9 .510 .506 6.1 -0.4 60 $7,700,000

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
2002 23 CLE AL 36 25 4 4.3 103 .267 .281 .261 .333 .328 .406 .420 .740 .747 99 .435 0.0 0.0 .667 .219 .125 .0
2003 24 CLE AL 174 123 17 3.7 103 .326 .289 .263 .345 .328 .333 .421 .678 .749 84 .362 -3.3 -0.3 .549 .126 .044 1.0
2004 25 CLE AL 591 396 90 6.1 104 .286 .283 .263 .359 .330 .492 .423 .851 .753 125 .573 21.2 2.0 .821 .323 .210 .0
2005 26 CLE AL 622 404 98 6.5 102 .322 .305 .263 .378 .326 .475 .418 .853 .743 130 .625 26.2 2.5 .824 .283 .170 .0
2006 27 CLE AL 652 424 100 6.3 110 .341 .316 .274 .391 .339 .465 .436 .856 .775 122 .585 22.2 2.0 .813 .273 .149 .0
2007 28 CLE AL 645 423 105 6.6 108 .305 .301 .272 .374 .340 .505 .426 .879 .765 129 .622 25.8 2.4 .864 .315 .205 .0
2008 29 CLE AL 294 207 31 4.0 104 .306 .278 .266 .337 .333 .365 .417 .701 .751 88 .404 -3.5 -0.3 .598 .177 .086 .0
2009 30 TOT AL 672 433 108 6.6 106 .312 .303 .265 .381 .334 .480 .426 .861 .760 127 .622 25.2 2.3 .845 .306 .177 1.9
2009 30 CLE AL 435 286 65 6.1 103 .291 .284 .261 .368 .329 .464 .420 .832 .749 122 .582 14.0 1.3 .811 .316 .180 .0
2009 30 BOS AL 237 147 43 7.8 112 .348 .336 .273 .405 .343 .507 .438 .912 .781 134 .688 11.1 1.0 .911 .289 .171 1.8
2010 31 BOS AL 538 366 82 6.0 105 .303 .302 .267 .351 .336 .493 .418 .844 .754 122 .611 15.0 1.5 .787 .274 .191 1.9
2011 32 DET AL 595 389 93 6.4 100 .343 .330 .261 .380 .326 .470 .412 .850 .738 131 .646 24.8 2.4 .793 .228 .141 1.8
2013 34 DET AL 166 126 12 2.6 104 .229 .213 .261 .271 .328 .300 .423 .571 .751 54 .248 -9.8 -1.0 .472 .173 .087 .0
11 Yrs 4985 3316 740 6.0 105 .313 .300 .266 .367 .333 .464 .422 .831 .755 120 .583 143.7 13.4 .783 .270 .163 7.8
162 Game Avg. 680 452 101 6.0 105 .313 .300 .266 .367 .333 .464 .422 .831 .755 120 .583 20 2 .783 .270 .163 1
CLE (8 yrs) 3449 2288 510 6.0 105 .311 .297 .267 .369 .333 .463 .424 .832 .757 120 .573 102.6 9.5 .790 .280 .166 2.0
DET (2 yrs) 761 515 105 5.5 101 .319 .304 .261 .356 .326 .433 .415 .789 .741 114 .575 15.0 1.4 .715 .216 .129 1.9
BOS (2 yrs) 775 513 125 6.5 107 .316 .313 .269 .368 .338 .497 .424 .865 .762 126 .636 26.2 2.5 .822 .278 .185 3.7

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
2007 28 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 4 19 17 2 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .353 .421 .588 1.009 10 0 1 0 0 1
2007 28 CLE AL ALCS BOS L 7 30 27 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .296 .367 .444 .811 12 0 0 0 0 2
2009 30 BOS AL ALDS LAA L 3 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 2 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 DET AL ALDS NYY W 5 20 18 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 5 .222 .300 .389 .689 7 0 0 0 0 0
2011 32 DET AL ALCS TEX L 6 26 22 3 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .273 .385 .500 .885 11 2 1 0 0 0
3 Yrs (5 Series) 25 107 95 10 26 2 1 4 14 0 0 10 16 .274 .355 .442 .797 42 2 2 0 0 3
3 ALDS 12 51 46 3 12 1 0 2 9 0 0 4 10 .261 .333 .413 .746 19 0 1 0 0 1
2 ALCS 13 56 49 7 14 1 1 2 5 0 0 6 6 .286 .375 .469 .844 23 2 1 0 0 2

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
2004 CLE AL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CLE AL 28 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CLE AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 BOS AL 31 DNP
4 Yrs (3 GP) 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 2.000 2.667 4 0 0 0 0 1

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
2002 23 CLE AL 36 2.8% 5.6% 8.3% 5.6% 22% 0.67 16.0 32.0 6.4 0.63 1.09 83% 19% 5.9% 11%
2003 24 CLE AL 174 0.6% 12.1% 7.5% 2.9% 11% 1.62 7.6 159.0 9.9 1.11 1.51 79% 17% 1.7% 12%
2004 25 CLE AL 591 3.9% 11.7% 10.2% 10.5% 42% 1.15 7.5 22.6 4.8 0.69 0.87 73% 15% 9.4% 10%
2005 26 CLE AL 622 3.2% 12.5% 10.1% 8.5% 32% 1.24 7.0 27.4 6.8 0.93 1.30 73% 19% 8.7% 6%
2006 27 CLE AL 652 2.5% 12.0% 10.9% 8.1% 29% 1.10 7.3 35.8 6.2 0.81 1.30 74% 21% 6.3% 8%
2007 28 CLE AL 645 3.9% 11.8% 9.6% 10.1% 39% 1.23 7.4 22.5 4.9 0.75 1.16 73% 20% 9.9% 11%
2008 29 CLE AL 294 0.7% 10.9% 8.2% 6.5% 26% 1.33 8.3 133.0 7.6 0.88 1.20 80% 18% 1.9% 17%
2009 30 TOT AL 672 3.4% 11.0% 11.2% 8.5% 32% 0.99 7.9 25.6 5.4 0.81 1.10 74% 21% 8.9% 10%
2009 30 CLE AL 435 3.5% 11.7% 11.7% 8.5% 35% 1.00 7.4 25.1 5.6 0.89 1.21 73% 20% 9.4% 9%
2009 30 BOS AL 237 3.4% 9.7% 10.1% 8.4% 28% 0.96 9.2 26.4 5.1 0.69 0.92 76% 23% 8.1% 12%
2010 31 BOS AL 538 3.7% 9.7% 7.4% 9.9% 36% 1.30 9.5 24.7 6.2 0.71 0.96 79% 17% 8.7% 12%
2011 32 DET AL 595 2.0% 8.6% 7.7% 8.7% 29% 1.11 10.6 45.0 5.2 0.79 1.18 81% 23% 4.9% 12%
2013 34 DET AL 166 1.2% 12.1% 7.8% 5.4% 28% 1.54 7.5 75.0 7.9 0.64 0.72 79% 22% 2.7% 10%
11 Yrs 4985 2.9% 11.1% 9.4% 8.6% 32% 1.18 8.0 30.5 5.8 0.79 1.11 76% 19% 7.4% 10%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.08 5.1 33.2 7.8 0.79 1.08 70% 19% 7.7% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 23 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 38 0.2 0.9 -0.7 1.19 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.87 -0.7 2.43 4
2003 24 CLE AL -3.3 -0.3 178 0.2 3.2 -3.0 1.05 -0.1 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.93 -1.5 3.47 3
2004 25 CLE AL 21.2 2.0 603 0.3 11.3 -11.0 1.08 1.1 -0.8 23.7 2.2 0.98 17.2 2.46 6
2005 26 CLE AL 26.2 2.5 631 3.3 13.0 -9.6 1.00 2.3 1.1 28.3 2.7 0.96 26.2 1.49 3
2006 27 CLE AL 22.2 2.0 659 -0.2 11.0 -11.2 .96 1.5 -1.7 15.0 1.4 0.97 18.6 2.21 2
2007 28 CLE AL 25.8 2.4 657 2.5 13.7 -11.2 1.05 2.3 0.1 29.9 2.8 0.96 32.0 2.69 2
2008 29 CLE AL -3.5 -0.3 300 -0.5 5.0 -5.6 1.06 -0.8 0.3 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -8.4 1.67 4
2009 30 TOT AL 25.2 2.3 682 3.3 14.0 -10.7 .99 1.7 1.6 24.7 2.3 0.96 24.1 2.27 4
2009 30 CLE AL 14.0 1.3 441 1.8 9.2 -7.4 1.03 0.8 1.0 13.2 1.3 0.94 10.7 0.58 1
2009 30 BOS AL 11.1 1.0 241 1.5 4.8 -3.4 .92 1.0 0.6 11.5 1.0 0.99 13.4 2.83 3
2010 31 BOS AL 15.0 1.5 545 1.7 10.3 -8.7 .96 1.8 -0.1 9.3 0.9 0.95 16.4 2.06 4
2011 32 DET AL 24.8 2.4 599 3.3 13.4 -10.1 1.02 2.4 0.8 44.5 4.3 1.03 29.7 0.25 1
2013 34 DET AL -9.8 -1.0 167 -0.9 2.4 -3.3 1.02 -0.9 0.1 -8.5 -0.8 1.06 -10.5 1.04 2
11 Yrs 143.7 13.4 5059 13.3 98.3 -85.0 1.01 11.2 1.9 164.5 15.5 0.97 143.1 2.16 35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2002 23 CLE AL 0 0 9% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2003 24 CLE AL 3 0 24% 62 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 31% 9 6 3 2 2 0 5 3 2
2004 25 CLE AL 7 0 29% 187 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 6 13 35% 34 24 8 13 8 5 16 6 9
2005 26 CLE AL 6 0 25% 258 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 3 12 20% 37 33 4 14 9 4 18 11 6
2006 27 CLE AL 4 0 28% 290 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 1 1 15 22% 50 42 7 17 14 3 20 10 9
2007 28 CLE AL 3 0 25% 260 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 2 24 25% 29 25 4 10 10 0 20 8 11
2008 29 CLE AL 3 0 29% 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 31% 18 13 5 2 0 2 6 5 1
2009 30 TOT AL 4 0 28% 268 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 1 16 33% 33 29 4 5 3 2 20 7 13
2009 30 CLE AL 2 0 28% 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 12 34% 20 18 2 3 2 1 12 3 9
2009 30 BOS AL 2 0 27% 111 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 30% 13 11 2 2 1 1 8 4 4
2010 31 BOS AL 6 0 26% 215 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2 14 31% 20 14 6 12 9 2 10 4 5
2011 32 DET AL 7 0 30% 259 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 1 3 17 27% 46 37 8 15 13 2 29 13 14
2013 34 DET AL 1 0 21% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 21% 4 4 0 3 3 0 7 2 3
11 Yrs 44 0 27% 1971 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 43 3 16 4 20 130 27% 282 229 49 93 71 20 152 70 73

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2002 23 CLE AL 36 100% 9 0 0 4 2 0 1 2.43 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 5 1 20% 19 4 21% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
2003 24 CLE AL 174 100% 46 3 0 3 1 0 1 3.47 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 35 8 23% 14 6 43% 106 16 15% 6 4 67% 5 3 60% 0
2004 25 CLE AL 591 100% 147 3 0 6 3 1 2 2.46 23 0 8 17 6 8 15 0 0 0 112 16 14% 48 22 46% 421 87 21% 38 27 71% 23 15 65% 0
2005 26 CLE AL 622 100% 167 4 0 3 1 0 1 1.49 20 0 13 17 3 10 10 0 1 0 0% 126 16 13% 46 17 37% 412 61 15% 27 17 63% 25 15 60% 0
2006 27 CLE AL 652 99% 181 3 0 2 1 0 0 2.21 16 0 20 10 6 4 12 0 0 0 150 27 18% 65 22 34% 474 78 16% 45 31 69% 29 18 62% 0
2007 28 CLE AL 645 100% 169 5 0 2 1 0 0 2.69 25 0 18 18 7 12 13 0 0 0 141 19 13% 58 27 47% 449 90 20% 49 34 69% 21 15 71% 0
2008 29 CLE AL 294 98% 74 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.67 2 0 10 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 59 12 20% 15 3 20% 206 33 16% 19 11 58% 6 4 67% 0
2009 30 TOT AL 672 99% 178 7 0 4 2 0 2 2.27 23 1 17 13 10 7 16 0 0 0 152 17 11% 62 26 42% 468 87 19% 45 30 67% 32 19 59% 0
2009 30 CLE AL 435 99% 107 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.58 15 0 8 9 6 6 9 0 0 0 95 11 12% 39 16 41% 293 54 18% 33 21 64% 22 13 59% 0
2009 30 BOS AL 237 100% 71 3 0 3 2 0 2 2.83 8 1 9 4 4 1 7 0 0 0 57 6 11% 23 10 43% 175 33 19% 12 9 75% 10 6 60% 0
2010 31 BOS AL 538 100% 149 9 0 4 0 0 0 2.06 20 0 15 8 12 10 10 0 0 0 134 17 13% 52 15 29% 358 60 17% 34 21 62% 23 13 57% 0
2011 32 DET AL 595 100% 178 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.25 12 1 23 8 4 5 7 0 0 0 137 20 15% 63 20 32% 450 95 21% 38 23 61% 33 23 70% 0
2013 34 DET AL 166 100% 32 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.04 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 33 5 15% 19 5 26% 136 18 13% 13 6 46% 5 3 60% 0
11 Yrs 4985 100% 1330 46 0 35 11 1 7 2.16 145 2 133 94 51 60 85 0 1 0 0% 1085 158 15% 447 164 37% 3499 629 18% 318 206 65% 203 128 63% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 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
2002 23 CLE AL 36 140 3.89 83 59% 24% 10% 29% 37% 76% 0% 45% 87% 19% 8% 3 2 28% 10 5 17% 6 4 0% 0 0 0
2003 24 CLE AL 174 620 3.56 393 63% 27% 10% 27% 35% 73% 0% 46% 86% 36% 5% 8 1 13% 23 11 6% 11 8 33% 0 0 0
2004 25 CLE AL 593 2183 3.68 1299 60% 26% 9% 30% 35% 74% 4% 44% 88% 33% 7% 44 12 20% 120 45 12% 71 42 16% -2 0 0
2005 26 CLE AL 622 2361 3.80 1444 61% 26% 12% 30% 33% 74% 3% 45% 84% 35% 6% 38 7 15% 93 44 12% 77 46 19% 0 0 0
2006 27 CLE AL 653 2382 3.65 1416 59% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 3% 43% 84% 33% 6% 38 8 15% 101 46 11% 74 34 22% -1 0 0
2007 28 CLE AL 648 2476 3.82 1483 60% 29% 9% 28% 34% 71% 4% 42% 87% 24% 7% 46 16 18% 117 52 10% 66 35 24% -3 0 0
2008 29 CLE AL 295 1125 3.81 697 62% 28% 11% 27% 34% 72% 2% 45% 85% 26% 7% 22 8 17% 51 17 10% 30 14 13% -1 0 0
2009 30 TOT AL 674 2728 4.05 1591 58% 34% 8% 25% 33% 66% 1% 39% 87% 21% 6% 38 10 18% 123 51 13% 88 43 19% -2 0 0
2009 30 CLE AL 436 1712 3.93 1007 59% 34% 9% 24% 33% 66% 2% 39% 86% 24% 5% 21 5 17% 76 32 12% 52 24 22% -1 0 0
2009 30 BOS AL 238 1016 4.27 584 57% 34% 7% 27% 32% 66% 0% 38% 89% 14% 7% 17 5 20% 47 19 15% 36 19 13% -1 0 0
2010 31 BOS AL 539 2091 3.88 1260 60% 35% 6% 23% 35% 65% 2% 39% 91% 15% 6% 30 4 20% 110 59 11% 57 33 23% -1 0 0
2011 32 DET AL 596 2279 3.82 1387 61% 31% 6% 27% 36% 69% 2% 42% 91% 22% 5% 29 8 17% 104 54 11% 65 38 20% -1 0 0
2013 34 DET AL 166 686 4.13 430 63% 32% 7% 30% 31% 68% 2% 42% 89% 29% 4% 7 2 11% 18 8 10% 17 13 30% 0 0 0
11 Yrs 4996 19071 3.82 11483 60% 30% 9% 27% 34% 70% 3% 42% 87% 27% 6% 303 78 17% 870 392 11% 562 310 21% -11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.78 63% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 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
2002 23 12 36 32 2 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 2 .281 .333 .406 .740 99 13 1 0 0 1 0
2003 24 61 210 191 17 55 5 0 2 21 1 1 16 23 .288 .343 .346 .688 87 66 9 1 0 2 0
2004 25 202 801 711 94 202 43 1 25 129 1 2 76 92 .284 .355 .453 .807 115 322 25 6 0 8 11
2005 26 349 1423 1258 167 369 76 1 45 209 1 3 139 170 .293 .365 .463 .827 121 582 41 11 0 15 20
2006 27 502 2075 1830 249 550 113 1 61 302 1 3 210 248 .301 .373 .463 .836 122 848 68 14 0 21 28
2007 28 649 2720 2392 327 719 153 1 86 416 1 3 272 324 .301 .373 .473 .846 123 1132 87 24 0 32 40
2008 29 722 3014 2658 357 793 170 1 88 451 1 3 296 356 .298 .370 .462 .832 120 1229 99 25 0 35 44
2009 30 877 3686 3246 445 971 203 2 111 559 2 3 371 430 .299 .372 .465 .837 121 1511 116 28 0 41 47
2010 31 1004 4224 3739 509 1120 235 3 131 638 3 3 411 482 .300 .369 .469 .838 121 1754 133 28 0 46 52
2011 32 1149 4819 4279 585 1298 275 3 143 741 4 3 457 533 .303 .370 .469 .840 122 2008 153 30 0 53 58
2012 33 1149 4819 4279 585 1298 275 3 143 741 4 3 457 533 .303 .370 .469 .840 122 2008 153 30 0 53 58
2013 34 1188 4985 4429 596 1330 282 3 145 760 4 3 470 553 .300 .367 .464 .831 120 2053 158 30 0 56 59

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
2002 23 12 37 33 2 10 1 0 1 6 0 3 2 .303 .351 .424 .776 5 12
2003 24 49 174 159 15 46 4 0 1 16 1 13 21 .289 .345 .333 .678 18 49
2004 25 141 591 520 77 147 38 1 23 108 0 60 69 .283 .359 .492 .851 91 141
2005 26 147 626 550 75 170 34 0 20 82 0 64 78 .309 .382 .480 .862 101 147
2006 27 153 645 567 79 176 36 0 16 89 0 69 78 .310 .384 .459 .843 100 153
2007 28 147 638 557 74 164 39 0 24 108 0 60 76 .294 .367 .494 .860 100 147
2008 29 73 294 266 30 74 17 0 2 35 0 24 32 .278 .337 .365 .701 33 73
2009 30 155 671 587 87 177 33 1 23 107 1 75 74 .302 .380 .479 .859 107 155
2010 31 127 538 493 64 149 32 1 20 79 1 40 52 .302 .351 .493 .844 86 127
2011 32 145 600 544 79 182 41 0 12 107 1 47 51 .335 .385 .476 .861 101 145
2013 34 39 167 151 12 33 7 0 2 20 0 13 20 .219 .275 .305 .580 13 39
11 Yrs 1188 4981 4427 594 1328 282 3 144 757 4 468 553 .300 .367 .463 .829 755 1188
162 Game Avg. 162 679 604 81 181 38 0 20 103 1 64 75 .300 .367 .463 .829 103 1188

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2007 *
2009 *
2010

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2004 AL (21, 1%)
2005 AL (18, 1%)
2007 AL (7, 26%)
2009 AL (21, 1%)
2011 AL (16, 2%)
0.31 Career Shares (602nd)

Silver Sluggers
2004 AL (C)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2005 AL  5.2 (9th)
Active  26.5 (45th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
Active  31.2 (33rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL  .305 (7th)
2010 AL  .302 (10th)
2011 AL  .330 (4th)
Active  .300 (14th)
Career  .300 (199th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL  .391 (10th)
2011 AL  .380 (9th)
Active  .367 (25th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL  .505 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .831 (40th)
Career  .831 (243rd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  1,330 (39th)

Total Bases s c a p y
Active  2,053 (50th)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  282 (37th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 AL  108 (10th)
2007 AL  114 (7th)
2009 AL  108 (5th)
2011 AL  103 (10th)
Active  760 (31st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  470 (44th)

Singles s c a p y
Active  900 (36th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  120 (36th)

Runs Created s c a p y
Active  740 (48th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
Active  144 (32nd)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
Active  13.4 (32nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
Active  1,830 (43rd)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active  .583 (49th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL  11 (1st)
2013 AL  3 (4th)
Active  56 (16th)
Career  56 (246th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (7th)
2005 AL  9 (7th)
2007 AL  12 (5th)
Active  59 (27th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL  27 (2nd)
2011 AL  20 (6th)
Active  158 (16th)
Career  158 (232nd)

AB per SO s c a p y
2010 AL  9.5 (7th)
2011 AL  10.6 (3rd)
Active  8.0 (15th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  44.53 (5th)
Active  164.49 (31st)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 AL  3.4 (9th)
2009 AL  3.3 (8th)
2011 AL  3.3 (9th)
Active  13.3 (33rd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  11.2 (47th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.3 (5th)
Active  15.5 (31st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 31 (780), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (374), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 36 (199), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (37th), 27.2 career WAR/25.1 7yr-peak WAR/26.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 13) = 52.4 career WAR/33.7 7yr-peak WAR/43.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Joe Mauer (896)
  2. Glenn Wright (884)
  3. Hanley Ramirez (873)
  4. Jhonny Peralta (867)
  5. John Valentin (861)
  6. Mike Lieberthal (853)
  7. Robinson Cano (848)
  8. Chase Utley (847)
  9. Walker Cooper (847)
  10. Carlos Guillen (846)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Miguel Montero (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Romano (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Terry Kennedy (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gabby Hartnett (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gabby Hartnett (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gabby Hartnett (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Gabby Hartnett (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Glenn Wright (885)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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