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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
Teams (by GP): Indians/RedSox/Tigers 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2014, 4 yrs/$50M (11-14) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.114, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 9:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #350. Bill Madlock… #351. Chick Hafey… #352. Tommy Leach… #353. VICTOR MARTINEZ… #354. Curtis Granderson… #355. Tim Wallach… #356. Rudy York… 

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
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 /2
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
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 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 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
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 AS,MVP-7
2008 29 CLE AL 73 294 266 30 74 17 0 2 35 0 0 24 32 .278 .337 .365 .701 89 97 12 1 0 3 4 23
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 .832 123 175 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 .912 133 107 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 .844 123 243 17 0 0 5 5 *23 AS
2011 32 DET AL 145 595 540 76 178 40 0 12 103 1 0 46 51 .330 .380 .470 .850 132 254 20 2 0 7 6 *D2/3 MVP-16
10 Seasons 1149 4819 4279 585 1298 275 3 143 741 4 3 457 533 .303 .370 .469 .840 123 2008 153 30 0 53 58
162 Game Avg. 162 679 603 82 183 39 0 20 104 1 0 64 75 .303 .370 .469 .840 123 283 22 4 0 7 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
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
DET (1 yr) 145 595 540 76 178 40 0 12 103 1 0 46 51 .330 .380 .470 .850 132 254 20 2 0 7 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 23 CLE AL 36 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /2
2003 24 CLE AL 174 -3 -1 1 -1 0 2 6 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 2
2004 25 CLE AL 591 18 -1 2 -2 -3 8 20 42 4.1 45 4.4 -0.3 $304,500 *2 AS,MVP-21,SS
2005 26 CLE AL 622 19 -2 0 -2 1 9 21 46 4.6 45 4.5 0.1 $372,100 *2 MVP-18
2006 27 CLE AL 652 23 -4 -2 -2 -10 7 22 34 3.3 44 4.4 -1.1 $1,000,000 *23
2007 28 CLE AL 645 23 -2 -2 -1 7 6 21 52 5.1 45 4.5 0.6 $3,200,000 *23 AS,MVP-7
2008 29 CLE AL 294 -6 0 0 -2 2 2 10 6 0.6 4 0.4 0.2 $4,450,000 23
2009 30 CLE AL 435 14 0 -2 0 -1 0 14 25 2.5 27 2.6 -0.1 $5,900,000 23/D AS,MVP-21
2009 30 BOS AL 237 11 -0 0 -0 -5 1 8 15 1.4 20 1.8 -0.4 $ 23 AS,MVP-21
2010 31 BOS AL 538 15 -2 1 -1 -8 6 18 29 2.8 37 3.6 -0.8 $7,700,000 *23 AS
2011 32 DET AL 595 26 -4 0 -1 -2 -10 20 29 2.9 31 3.1 -0.2 $12,000,000 *D2/3 MVP-16
10 Seasons 4819 140 -15 -2 -13 -20 30 161 282 27.7 302 29.8 -2.1 $34,926,600
CLE (8 yrs) 3449 88 -10 -3 -10 -5 34 115 209 20.6 215 21.3 -0.7 $15,226,600
BOS (2 yrs) 775 26 -2 1 -2 -13 6 26 44 4.2 56 5.4 -1.2 $7,700,000
DET (1 yr) 595 26 -4 0 -1 -2 -10 20 29 2.9 31 3.1 -0.2 $12,000,000

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
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 Seasons (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

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% PO Awards
2002 CLE AL 23 C 9 58 55 2 1 0 .983 -1 6.33 .993 6.89 1 11 2 15%
2003 CLE AL 24 C 40 255 231 23 1 2 .996 0 0 6.35 .991 6.72 3 20 9 31%
2003 CLE AL 24 DH 3 3
2004 CLE AL 25 C 132 932 865 61 6 11 .994 -3 -10 7.02 .992 7.07 9 89 30 25% AS,MVP-21,SS
2004 CLE AL 25 DH 7 7 AS,MVP-21,SS
2005 CLE AL 26 C 142 967 904 58 5 6 .995 1 -4 6.77 .992 6.72 3 96 29 23% MVP-18
2005 CLE AL 26 DH 2 2 MVP-18
2006 CLE AL 27 C 133 806 753 45 8 7 .990 -8 -15 6.00 .992 6.99 4 100 22 18%
2006 CLE AL 27 1B 22 154 149 5 0 15 1.000 -2 -2 7.00 .994 9.40
2006 CLE AL 27 DH 3 3
2007 CLE AL 28 C 121 836 779 53 4 8 .995 7 0 6.88 .991 7.20 6 70 33 32% AS,MVP-7
2007 CLE AL 28 1B 30 201 187 13 1 18 .995 0 1 6.67 .995 9.27 AS,MVP-7
2007 CLE AL 28 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-7
2008 CLE AL 29 C 55 347 328 16 3 1 .991 3 1 6.25 .991 7.19 2 22 13 37%
2008 CLE AL 29 1B 10 87 82 4 1 9 .989 -1 0 8.60 .994 9.18
2008 CLE AL 29 DH 5 5
2009 TOT AL 30 C 85 82 69 687.0 526 500 22 4 3 .992 -5 -12 -9 -20 6.84 6.14 .992 99.99 7.39 4 21 56 9 14% 0 AS,MVP-21
2009 TOT AL 30 1B 70 66 56 575.0 531 508 20 3 55 .994 -1 -2 -3 -4 8.26 7.54 .994 99.99 9.02 AS,MVP-21
2009 CLE AL 30 C 52 51 44 430.0 299 285 14 0 2 1.000 -3 -7 -8 -20 6.26 5.75 .992 99.99 7.39 3 14 39 7 15% 0
2009 CLE AL 30 1B 47 44 38 385.2 368 348 17 3 41 .992 2 1 5 3 8.52 7.77 .994 100.00 9.02
2009 CLE AL 30 DH 3 3 AS,MVP-21
2009 BOS AL 30 C 33 31 25 257.0 227 215 8 4 1 .982 -2 -5 -9 -23 7.81 6.76 .992 99.99 7.39 1 7 17 2 11% 0
2009 BOS AL 30 1B 23 22 18 189.1 163 160 3 0 14 1.000 -3 -3 -18 -19 7.75 7.09 .994 99.97 9.02
2010 BOS AL 31 C 110 828 778 44 6 2 .993 -6 -7 7.47 .990 7.37 4 99 27 21% AS
2010 BOS AL 31 1B 14 111 95 14 2 10 .982 -2 1 7.79 .994 9.23 AS
2010 BOS AL 31 DH 4 4 AS
2011 DET AL 32 DH 112 112 MVP-16
2011 DET AL 32 C 26 26 23 219.0 160 141 17 2 3 .988 -2 -2 -12 -11 6.49 6.08 .992 7.61 7.57 0 10 29 8 22% 1 MVP-16
2011 DET AL 32 1B 6 6 6 52.0 48 38 10 0 4 1.000 0 1 7 23 8.31 8.00 .993 9.29 9.23 MVP-16
10 Seasons C 853 108 92 906.0 5715 5334 341 40 43 .993 -14 -49 -19 -64 6.75 6.65 .991 77.66 7.09 36 31 592 182 24% 1
6 Seasons 1B 152 72 62 627.0 1132 1059 66 7 111 .994 -5 -1 -10 -1 8.27 7.40 .994 92.47 9.16
10 Seasons TOT 1005 180 154 1533.0 6847 6393 407 47 154 .993 -19 -50 -15 -39 7.37 6.77 .992 83.72 7.41 36 31 592 182 24% 1
Lg 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% PO Awards
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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
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 (598th)

Silver Sluggers
2004 AL (C)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
Active  27.7 (45th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2009 AL  4.7 (10th)
Active  29.8 (38th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL  .305 (7th)
2010 AL  .302 (10th)
2011 AL  .330 (4th)
Active  .303 (17th)
Career  .303 (164th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL  .391 (10th)
2011 AL  .380 (9th)
Active  .370 (30th)

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL  .505 (10th)
Career  .469 (246th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active  .840 (43rd)
Career  .840 (209th)

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  741 (48th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active  123 (35th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
Active  155 (35th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
Active  14.6 (35th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL  11 (1st)
Active  53 (33rd)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  11 (7th)
2005 AL  9 (7th)
2007 AL  12 (5th)
Active  58 (37th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL  27 (2nd)
2011 AL  20 (6th)
Active  153 (30th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2010 AL  9.5 (7th)
2011 AL  10.6 (3rd)
Active  8.0 (24th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2011 AL  44.80 (5th)
Active  167.77 (40th)
Career  167.77 (233rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2005 AL  3.3 (9th)
2009 AL  3.3 (8th)
2011 AL  3.3 (8th)
Active  14.3 (41st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Active  12.2 (50th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2011 AL  4.3 (5th)
Active  15.9 (40th)
Career  15.9 (238th)

Putouts† s c a p y
Active  6,393 (21st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2004 AL  132 (2nd)
2005 AL  142 (2nd)
2006 AL  133 (5th)
Active  853 (10th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2004 AL  865 (2nd)
2005 AL  904 (2nd)
2010 AL  778 (3rd)
Active  5,334 (12th)
Career  5,334 (91st)

Assists as C s c a p y
2004 AL  61 (1st)
2005 AL  58 (3rd)
2007 AL  53 (5th)
Active  341 (13th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2006 AL  8 (4th)
Active  40 (14th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2004 AL  9 (4th)
Active  36 (16th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2004 AL  89 (1st)
2005 AL  96 (2nd)
2006 AL  100 (1st)
2007 AL  70 (4th)
2010 AL  99 (2nd)
Active  592 (6th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2004 AL  30 (2nd)
2005 AL  29 (5th)
2007 AL  33 (3rd)
2010 AL  27 (4th)
Active  182 (10th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
2008 AL  37.1 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2007 AL  7 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2004 AL  7.52 (4th)
2005 AL  7.02 (3rd)
2007 AL  7.18 (5th)
2010 AL  8.18 (1st)
Active  6.76 (24th)
Career  6.76 (51st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2004 AL  7.02 (3rd)
2005 AL  6.77 (2nd)
2007 AL  6.88 (5th)
2010 AL  7.47 (1st)
Active  6.65 (18th)
Career  6.65 (39th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2005 AL  .995 (5th)
2007 AL  .995 (4th)
Active  .993 (12th)
Career  .993 (26th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (766), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 53 (372), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 38 (181), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Robinson Cano (889)
  2. Glenn Wright (884)
  3. John Valentin (861)
  4. Jhonny Peralta (856)
  5. Mike Lieberthal (853)
  6. Hanley Ramirez (848)
  7. Carlos Guillen (848)
  8. Walker Cooper (847)
  9. Chase Utley (846)
  10. Elston Howard (844)
Similar Batters through 32 
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  1. Glenn Wright (885)
  2. Gabby Hartnett (874) *
  3. Barry Larkin (871) *
  4. Rich Aurilia (865)
  5. Al Dark (860)
  6. Carlos Guillen (857)
  7. Carlton Fisk (851) *
  8. John Valentin (849)
  9. Michael Young (849)
  10. Carlos Baerga (848)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Miguel Montero (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. John Romano (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Terry Kennedy (934)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gabby Hartnett (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gabby Hartnett (913) * 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

Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200425Cleveland Indians$304,5004/7/04 AP
200526Cleveland Indians$372,100
200627Cleveland Indians$1,000,000
200728Cleveland Indians$3,200,000
200829Cleveland Indians$4,450,000
200930Cleveland Indians$5,900,000
201031Boston Red Sox$7,700,000
201132Detroit Tigers$12,000,000
201233Detroit Tigers$13,000,000
201334Detroit Tigers$13,000,000
201435Detroit Tigers$12,000,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$34,926,600Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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