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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
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 2002
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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 /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 .856 121 266 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 .879 127 284 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 85 97 12 1 0 3 4 23/D
2009 30 CLE AL 80 355 309 53 94 19 1 14 57 0 0 42 42 .304 .383 .508 .891 129 157 7 0 0 4 2 23/D
8 Seasons 802 3369 2967 410 887 189 2 102 508 1 3 338 398 .299 .371 .467 .838 120 1386 106 25 0 39 46
162 Game Avg. 162 681 599 83 179 38 0 21 103 0 1 68 80 .299 .371 .467 .838 120 280 21 5 0 8 9

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
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 1 0 0
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
1 Season (2 Series) 11 49 44 6 14 2 0 2 7 0 0 4 8 .318 .388 .500 .888 22 1 0 0
1 ALDS 4 19 17 2 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 .353 .421 .588 1.009 10 1 0 0
1 ALCS 7 30 27 4 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .296 .367 .444 .811 12 0 0 0

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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 CLE AL 30 C 41 41 346.0 246 234 12 0 1 1.000 6.40 6.00 .992 7.43 6.76 3 35 5 13%
2009 CLE AL 30 1B 40 37 326.2 314 298 13 3 37 .990 8.57 7.78 .994 9.21 8.22 0 0 0
2009 CLE AL 30 DH 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons C 673 650 5698.0 4448 4151 269 28 34 .994 -1.0 -0.2 -1 6.98 6.57 .992 7.08 6.25 31 140 443 143 24%
4 Seasons 1B 102 89 796.0 756 716 35 5 79 .993 -2.6 -3.9 -2.6 -1.1 -1.5 0 8.49 7.36 .994 9.32 8.06 0 0 0
8 Seasons DH 28 0 0 0
8 Seasons TOT 775 739 6494.0 5204 4867 304 33 113 .994 -3.6 -0.7 -2.6 -1.1 -1.5 0 -1 7.17 6.67 .986 7.36 6.48 31 140 443 143 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
2004 *
2007 *

Silver Sluggers
2004-AL-C

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2004-AL-21-1%
2005-AL-18-1%
2007-AL-7-26%
0.28 Career Shares (611th)

Batting Average s c a p y
2005 AL--.305--7th
Active--.299--22nd
Career--.299--220th

On-Base% s c a p y
2006 AL--.391--10th
Active--.371--30th
Career--.371--245th

Slugging % s c a p y
2007 AL--.505--10th
Career--.467--244th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
Active--.838--48th
Career--.838--204th

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--80--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
2009 AL--53--10th

Total Bases s c a p y
2009 AL--157--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2004 AL--108--10th
2007 AL--114--7th
2009 AL--57--6th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
Active--120--38th

Runs Created s c a p y
2009 AL--62--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
2009 AL--136--5th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
Active--.582--46th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2007 AL--11--1st
2009 AL--4--9th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2004 AL--11--7th
2005 AL--9--7th
2007 AL--12--5th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2006 AL--27--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
Active--7.455--40th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 23 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 24 (673), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (579), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Dave Nilsson (930)
  2. Garrett Atkins (928)
  3. Eddie Taubensee (925)
  4. Robinson Cano (922)
  5. Jhonny Peralta (916)
  6. Brian Harper (916)
  7. Chase Utley (912)
  8. Marcus Giles (912)
  9. Harry Danning (911)
  10. Babe Phelps (910)
Similar Batters through 29 
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  1. Rich Aurilia (945)
  2. A.J. Pierzynski (938)
  3. Todd Walker (935)
  4. Gabby Hartnett (931) *
  5. Jeff Kent (930)
  6. Dave Nilsson (930)
  7. Ernie Lombardi (926) *
  8. Jocko Milligan (922)
  9. Javy Lopez (921)
  10. Carlton Fisk (919) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Bret Boone (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Marcus Giles (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Marcus Giles (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Gabby Hartnett (944) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Rich Aurilia (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 15, 1996: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2004Cleveland Indians$304,500
2005Cleveland Indians$372,100
2006Cleveland Indians$1,000,000
2007Cleveland Indians$3,200,000
2008Cleveland Indians$4,450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$9,326,600
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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