Victor Martinez
Victor Jesus Martinez
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 23, 1978 in Ciudad 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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
2002 CLE AL 23 C 9 7 69.0 58 55 2 1 0 .983 -1.0 -17.4 -1 7.43 6.33 .993 6.97 6.16 1 1 11 2 15%
2002 CLE AL 23 DH 1
2003 CLE AL 24 C 40 40 342.0 255 231 23 1 2 .996 0.0 0.0 0 6.68 6.35 .991 6.79 5.88 3 10 20 9 31%
2003 CLE AL 24 DH 5
2004 CLE AL 25 C 132 124 1108.0 932 865 61 6 11 .994 -3.0 -3.2 -3 7.52 7.02 .992 7.12 6.19 9 35 89 30 25% AS,MVP-21,SS
2004 CLE AL 25 DH 7 AS,MVP-21,SS
2005 CLE AL 26 C 142 139 1233.0 967 904 58 5 6 .995 1.0 1.0 1 7.02 6.77 .992 6.80 5.96 3 23 96 29 23% MVP-18
2005 CLE AL 26 DH 2 MVP-18
2006 CLE AL 27 C 133 127 1110.0 807 755 44 8 5 .990 -8.0 -8.6 -8 6.48 6.01 .992 7.09 6.32 4 34 100 22 18%
2006 CLE AL 27 1B 22 19 166.1 154 149 5 0 15 1.000 -1.7 -12.3 -1.7 -0.9 -0.8 0 8.33 7.00 .994 9.51 7.99
2006 CLE AL 27 DH 3
2007 CLE AL 28 C 121 118 1042.2 836 779 53 4 8 .995 7.0 8.1 7 7.18 6.88 .991 7.28 6.41 6 27 70 33 32% AS,MVP-7
2007 CLE AL 28 1B 30 24 221.0 201 187 13 1 18 .995 0.2 1.1 0.2 -0.5 0.7 0 8.14 6.67 .995 9.37 7.93 AS,MVP-7
2007 CLE AL 28 DH 3 AS,MVP-7
2008 CLE AL 29 C 55 54 447.1 347 328 16 3 1 .991 3.0 8.0 3 6.92 6.25 .991 7.26 6.47 2 10 22 13 37%
2008 CLE AL 29 1B 10 9 82.0 87 82 4 1 9 .989 -1.1 -16.1 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 0 9.44 8.60 .994 9.26 8.01
2008 CLE AL 29 DH 5
2009 TOT AL 30 C 85 82 687.0 526 500 22 4 3 .992 -5.0 -8.7 -5 6.84 6.14 .992 7.48 6.63 4 56 9 14% AS,MVP-21
2009 TOT AL 30 1B 70 66 575.0 531 508 20 3 55 .994 -1.2 -2.5 -1.2 -3.2 2.0 0 8.26 7.54 .994 9.13 8.11 0 0 0 AS,MVP-21
2009 CLE AL 30 C 52 51 430.0 299 285 14 0 2 1.000 -3.0 -8.4 -3 6.26 5.75 .992 7.48 6.63 3 39 7 15%
2009 CLE AL 30 1B 47 44 385.2 368 348 17 3 41 .992 1.7 5.3 1.7 0.2 1.5 0 8.52 7.77 .994 9.13 8.11 0 0 0
2009 CLE AL 30 DH 3 0 0 0 AS,MVP-21
2009 BOS AL 30 C 33 31 257.0 227 215 8 4 1 .982 -2.0 -9.3 -2 7.81 6.76 .992 7.48 6.63 1 17 2 11%
2009 BOS AL 30 1B 23 22 189.1 163 160 3 0 14 1.000 -2.9 -18.4 -2.9 -3.4 0.5 0 7.75 7.09 .994 9.13 8.11 0 0 0
8 Seasons C 717 691 6039.0 4728 4417 279 32 36 .993 -6.0 -1.2 -6 7.00 6.55 .992 7.11 6.26 32 140 464 147 24%
4 Seasons 1B 132 118 1044.1 973 926 42 5 97 .995 -3.8 -4.4 -3.8 -4.3 0.5 0 8.34 7.33 .994 9.25 8.04 0 0 0
8 Seasons DH 29 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 849 809 7083.1 5701 5343 321 37 133 .994 -9.8 -1.7 -3.8 -4.3 0.5 0 -6 7.20 6.67 .986 7.42 6.54 32 140 464 147 24%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2002 CLE AL 23 12 7 12 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 CLE AL 24 49 43 49 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
2004 CLE AL 25 141 131 141 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 0
2005 CLE AL 26 147 141 147 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
2006 CLE AL 27 153 149 153 151 0 133 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
2007 CLE AL 28 147 145 147 143 0 121 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
2008 CLE AL 29 73 68 73 64 0 55 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0
2009 CLE AL 30 99 98 99 95 0 52 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
2009 BOS AL 30 56 53 56 55 0 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 877 835 877 831 0 717 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 40 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
2002 CLE AL 23 324 3.65 4.30 1 100% 0 0 55 1 0 0 54 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CLE AL 24 1485 4.18 4.61 25 88% 0 1 231 13 1 5 212 23 10 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7 57%
2004 CLE AL 25 5019 4.97 5.37 45 98% 0 0 865 28 4 15 818 61 16 0 0 17 6 1 2 3 0 11 0 1 2 9 89%
2005 CLE AL 26 5274 3.68 4.01 32 97% 1 0 904 20 5 6 873 58 10 1 0 15 5 0 1 4 0 6 0 1 1 5 100%
2006 CLE AL 27 4973 4.48 4.98 50 86% 2 1 753 36 3 17 697 45 7 0 0 18 8 0 5 3 2 7 0 1 3 11 55%
2007 CLE AL 28 4531 4.01 4.26 24 92% 0 0 779 16 2 8 753 53 6 0 0 11 4 1 1 2 1 8 0 0 0 8 75%
2008 CLE AL 29 1960 4.31 4.55 18 89% 1 0 328 13 1 7 307 16 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 67%
2009 CLE AL 30 1991 5.76 6.07 8 100% 0 0 285 4 1 3 276 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
2009 BOS AL 30 1173 5.22 5.36 13 92% 0 0 215 9 3 3 199 8 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 26730 4.41 4.76 216 92% 4 2 4415 140 20 64 4189 280 56 1 0 76 32 2 11 19 3 38 0 4 7 47 74%
MLB Averages 4.38 4.75 92% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
2002 CLE AL 23 1 1 123 11 2 2 15% 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 2 1.93 1.66
2003 CLE AL 24 3 10 495 20 9 8 31% 19 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 38 13 1.42 1.18
2004 CLE AL 25 9 35 1859 89 30 25 25% 76 27 13 3 0 0 1 1 157 32 1.20 1.17
2005 CLE AL 26 3 23 1789 96 29 25 23% 83 26 13 3 0 0 2 0 149 34 1.55 1.19
2006 CLE AL 27 4 34 1824 100 22 16 18% 83 19 17 3 0 0 0 0 163 27 1.34 1.06
2007 CLE AL 28 6 27 1631 70 33 30 32% 55 26 14 7 1 0 1 0 127 38 1.35 1.29
2008 CLE AL 29 2 10 683 22 13 10 37% 18 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 40 12 1.39 1.75
2009 CLE AL 30 3 14 702 39 7 6 15% 33 6 6 0 0 1 0 0 63 9 1.35 1.33
2009 BOS AL 30 1 7 416 17 2 2 11% 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 3 1.01 0.79
8 Seasons 32 161 9522 464 147 124 24% 391 126 72 20 1 1 4 1 787 170 1.37 1.25
MLB Averages 29% 1.27 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
2006 CLE AL 27 744 67% 74% 29% 28 89% 0 149 12 132 5 9 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 0 14 1 1 0 1 1 0%
2007 CLE AL 28 984 50% 81% 30% 52 96% 0 187 11 173 3 26 13 10 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 18 2 0 0 17 2 1 0 1 2 50%
2008 CLE AL 29 347 64% 78% 30% 18 89% 0 82 8 72 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2009 CLE AL 30 1757 60% 76% 30% 74 95% 0 348 23 320 4 31 17 10 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 41 0 1 0 38 1 3 1 2 4 75%
2009 BOS AL 30 873 47% 69% 26% 34 88% 1 160 6 152 2 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 5 80%
4 Seasons 4705 57% 75% 29% 206 93% 1 926 60 849 16 93 42 26 10 0 5 5 1 3 1 3 97 3 1 0 91 4 6 1 5 13 62%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 31% 94% 82%

* 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.

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