José Martínez

Positions: Rightfielder, First Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: July 25, 1988 in La Guaira, Venezuela ve

Debut: September 6, 2016 (Age 28-043d, 21,275th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 2020 (Age 32-061d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2017 season

Agents: Octagon

Full Name: José Alberto Martínez

Nicknames: Cafecito or Cafe

Twitter: @cafejr40

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Relatives: Son of Carlos Martínez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

1244

360

.289

170

RBI

182

OBP

.356

SLG

.447

OPS

.803

OPS+

115

Summary of 43 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 18 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	41
TBR	2

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	21

Outs
1	16
2	14
0	13

20 Opps
CIN	6
PIT	5
MIL	5
SDP	3
NYM	3
ARI	2
SFG	2
SEA	2
KCR	2
PHI	2
ATL	2
MIN	1
COL	1
LAA	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
LAD	1
CLE	1
MIA	1
TOR	1

42 Pitchers
Matt Harvey	2
Corey Kluber	1
Alex Wood	1
Brent Suter	1
Drew Hutchison	1
Noah Syndergaard	1
Madison Bumgarner	1
Steven Matz	1
Joaquín Benoit	1
Steven Brault	1
Homer Bailey	1
Corey Knebel	1
Zack Weiss	1
Brian Flynn	1
Jordan Lyles	1
Luis Castillo	1
Wade LeBlanc	1
Yu Darvish	1
Trevor Richards	1
Chris Rusin	1
Jake Odorizzi	1
Jason Vargas	1
Josh Hader	1
Jhoulys Chacín	1
Buddy Baumann	1
Matt Carasiti	1
Zack Greinke	1
Travis Wood	1
Matt Wisler	1
Drew Pomeranz	1
Scott Alexander	1
Gerrit Cole	1
Jake Jewell	1
Chris Archer	1
Jared Hughes	1
Felipe Vazquez	1
Jameson Taillon	1
Joe Biagini	1
Iván Nova	1
Grant Dayton	1
Neftalí Feliz	1
Taijuan Walker	1

13 Parks
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	20
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	6
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
TropicanaFld (STP)	2
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
78	15
7	10
9	7
8	6
89	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	12
2	9
1	8
4	7
6	4
7+	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	8
12-	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

70 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	24
1 on	12
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	9
2	4
3	3
4	6
5	4
6	5
7	4
8	3
9	5

1-3	16
4-6	15
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	1
+1	5
Tied	16
-1	3
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	6

Ahead	12
Tied	16
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
2-1	6
1-0	5
1-1	5
2-0	5
3-2	4
0-1	4
0-2	2
1-2	2
2-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	17
RF	14
DH	5
LF	4
PH	3

OrderPos
3rd	14
5th	9
2nd	8
4th	5
9th	4
7th	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-04-25	STL		TOR	Joe Biagini	behind 2-4	b 7	1	1--	4,(2-1) FB*BX	2	9	3	0.325	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Wong Scores
2	2	2	1	2017-06-13 (1)	STL		MIL	Brent Suter	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	6,(1-2) SSBFFX	1	7	9	0.151	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	2	2017-06-13 (1)	STL		MIL	Neftalí Feliz	ahead 5-0	b 8	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBBFFX	1	7	9	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	2017-06-21	STL	@	PHI	Joaquín Benoit	behind 3-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	PH	0.118	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	2017-06-23	STL		PIT	Jameson Taillon	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	7	0.175	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Gyorko Scores
6	6	6	1	2017-07-24	STL		COL	Chris Rusin	ahead 4-0	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	PH	0.015	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	1	2017-07-30	STL		ARI	Taijuan Walker	behind 0-2	b 4	1	-2-	4,(2-1) CB.BX	2	6	7	0.203	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); Y. Molina Scores
8	8	8	1	2017-08-06	STL	@	CIN	Homer Bailey	ahead 5-3	t 4	1	123	4,(2-1) BBTX	4	4	7	0.145	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Carpenter Scores; T. Pham Scores; P. DeJong Scores
9	9	9	1	2017-08-09	STL		KCR	Scott Alexander	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	7	0.133	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
10	10	10	1	2017-08-19	STL	@	PIT	Felipe Vazquez	behind 3-6	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	5	9	0.041	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	2017-09-03	STL	@	SFG	Madison Bumgarner	tied 1-1	t 4	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	3	0.132	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	12	1	2017-09-05	STL	@	SDP	Travis Wood	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	3	0.188	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Bader Scores
13	13	13	2	2017-09-05	STL	@	SDP	Buddy Baumann	ahead 7-4	t 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	3	0.050	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
14	14	14	1	2017-09-29	STL		MIL	Corey Knebel	behind 1-5	b 9	2	-2-	3,(1-1) B>S.X	2	4	3	0.009	2%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); P. DeJong Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2018-03-29	STL	@	NYM	Noah Syndergaard	behind 3-8	t 6	2	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	3	0.022	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	2018-04-07	STL		ARI	Zack Greinke	tied 2-2	b 3	1	1-3	3,(0-2) CCX	3	5	3	0.209	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Pham Scores; M. Ozuna Scores
17	17	3	1	2018-04-12	STL	@	CIN	Zack Weiss	ahead 5-4	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	5	3	0.124	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	2018-05-08	STL		MIN	Jake Odorizzi	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	6,(2-2) CBBTFX	1	3	3	0.109	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
19	19	5	1	2018-05-18	STL		PHI	Drew Hutchison	ahead 7-2	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	3	0.014	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Carpenter Scores
20	20	6	1	2018-06-07	STL		MIA	Trevor Richards	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	3	3	0.177	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Pham Scores
21	21	7	1	2018-06-08	STL	@	CIN	Matt Harvey	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	0.103	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
22	22	8	2	2018-06-08	STL	@	CIN	Matt Harvey	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	3	3	0.163	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Carpenter Scores; T. Pham Scores
23	23	9	1	2018-06-09	STL	@	CIN	Luis Castillo	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	5,(2-2) BCSBX	1	3	3	0.103	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	10	1	2018-06-11	STL		SDP	Jordan Lyles	behind 0-1	b 3	0	1--	2,(0-1) 1CX	2	3	3	0.203	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Pham Scores
25	25	11	1	2018-06-24	STL	@	MIL	Jhoulys Chacín	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	12-	3,(0-2) CFX	3	3	3	0.247	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Carpenter Scores; G. Garcia Scores
26	26	12	1	2018-06-26	STL		CLE	Corey Kluber	ahead 3-2	b 2	2	1-3	3,(1-1) FBX	3	3	3	0.213	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Wong Scores; M. Carpenter Scores
27	27	13	1	2018-06-30	STL		ATL	Matt Wisler	behind 0-11	b 9	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	14	1	2018-08-11	STL	@	KCR	Brian Flynn	ahead 6-3	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	0.031	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Y. Molina Scores
29	29	15	1	2018-08-20	STL	@	LAD	Alex Wood	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	9	0.104	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	16	1	2018-08-28	STL		PIT	Iván Nova	tied 0-0	b 1	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	0.132	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Carpenter Scores
31	31	17	1	2018-09-24	STL		MIL	Josh Hader	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	9	0.140	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2019-04-19	STL		NYM	Jason Vargas	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	9	0.071	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	2	1	2019-05-04	STL	@	CHC	Yu Darvish	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	0.102	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
34	34	3	1	2019-05-12	STL		PIT	Steven Brault	ahead 4-3	b 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	9	0.169	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. DeJong Scores
35	35	4	1	2019-06-14	STL	@	NYM	Steven Matz	tied 1-1	t 5	1	12-	7,(3-2) .BCBBSFX	3	9	PH	0.281	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Fowler Scores/unER; T. Edman Scores
36	36	5	1	2019-06-23	STL		LAA	Jake Jewell	behind 0-6	b 9	2	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	5	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	6	1	2019-07-02	STL	@	SEA	Matt Carasiti	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	DH	0.098	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	7	2	2019-07-02	STL	@	SEA	Wade LeBlanc	behind 1-4	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	DH	0.076	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	8	1	2019-07-05	STL	@	SFG	Drew Pomeranz	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	0.100	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	9	1	2019-07-19	STL	@	CIN	Jared Hughes	tied 7-7	t 6	2	-23	6,(3-2) 3B*B.SBCX	3	2	9	0.319	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); H. Bader Scores/unER; T. Edman Scores/unER; J. Martínez Scores/unER
41	41	10	1	2019-07-23	STL	@	PIT	Chris Archer	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	0.138	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2020-07-27	TBR		ATL	Grant Dayton	ahead 13-5	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	3	DH	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
43	43	2	1	2020-08-08 (1)	TBR		NYY	Gerrit Cole	behind 1-5	b 5	2	-2-	3,(2-0) .BBX	2	3	DH	0.098	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Choi Scores