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Marty
Martinez		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 23, 1941 in Cuba, , HAVANA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1978   
Gold Glove 1972   
All-Star Selections 1972    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 20 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 4 8 8 8
1963 21 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 4 4 5 4 7 7 7
1964 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 4 5 5 7 7 7
1965 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1966 24 CLN NL $ 350,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7
1967 25 CLN NL $ 387,857   7 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 8 8 6 7 7
1968 26 CLN NL $ 577,143   8 8 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 9 9 6 7 7
1969 27 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 9 7 7 7
1970 28 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7
1971 29 CLN NL $ 2,300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7
1972 30 WAS NL $ 2,300,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 7 7
1973 31 WAS NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7
1974 32 WAS NL $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8 6 7 7
1975 33 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
1976 34 SDP NL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 5
1977 35 SDP NL $ 2,100,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
1978 36 SDP NL $ 2,100,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 20 SDP NL 76 160 20 42 9 1 1 9 0 0 14 11 .263 .320 .350 .670 17.8 3.3
1963 21 CLN NL 112 316 22 80 3 2 3 30 3 3 16 24 .253 .288 .304 .592 27.8 2.9
    AAA   27 111 10 33 5 1 2 15 1 4 8 9 .297 .345 .414 .759 14.2  
1964 22 CLN NL 80 209 25 55 9 1 2 20 3 2 9 29 .263 .292 .344 .637 19.7 3.0
1965 23 CLN NL 73 150 13 35 5 0 0 13 2 2 12 17 .233 .293 .267 .559 10.8 0.6
1966 24 CLN NL 30 80 13 25 1 0 2 7 1 0 8 10 .313 .375 .400 .775 12.1 2.9
1967 25 CLN NL 34 94 6 19 4 0 1 3 1 0 10 21 .202 .286 .277 .562 8.3 1.0
1968 26 CLN NL 61 134 24 34 1 0 2 9 0 1 22 18 .254 .357 .306 .663 16.5 2.9
1969 27 CLN NL 116 432 70 127 14 6 4 50 2 4 71 67 .294 .394 .382 .776 65.2 13.8
1970 28 CLN NL 102 390 58 112 11 2 9 36 4 0 56 72 .287 .377 .395 .772 57.3 10.9
1971 29 CLN NL 141 563 84 165 18 3 11 47 3 4 70 68 .293 .371 .394 .765 81.4 14.8
1972 30 CLN NL 96 367 68 108 13 4 9 45 0 1 51 58 .294 .382 .425 .807 60.4 12.7
  WAS NL 54 203 23 65 5 2 3 29 0 1 26 28 .320 .398 .409 .807 33.4 7.3
  TOT   150 570 91 173 18 6 12 74 0 2 77 86 .304 .388 .419 .807 93.8 20.0
1973 31 WAS NL 159 596 91 166 22 3 14 64 6 3 69 77 .279 .352 .396 .748 82.2 14.7
1974 32 WAS NL 151 522 64 139 15 2 6 38 1 1 66 73 .266 .348 .337 .685 62.9 9.4
1975 33 SDP NL 140 477 81 160 13 2 18 84 2 0 54 43 .335 .401 .484 .885 83.4 19.5
1976 34 SDP NL 129 376 57 99 11 1 3 53 1 2 52 56 .263 .353 .322 .675 46.0 7.5
1977 35 SDP NL 136 390 37 100 12 0 4 37 6 0 38 65 .256 .323 .318 .640 41.9 5.8
1978 36 SDP NL 53 100 7 16 5 3 0 5 1 1 3 20 .160 .184 .270 .454 2.1 0.0
17 Years Sim 1743 5559 763 1547 171 32 92 579 36 25 647 757 .278 .353 .370 .724 729.3 133.0
1 Years AAA 27 111 10 33 5 1 2 15 1 4 8 9 .297 .355 .414 .770 14.2  
162 Game Average 516 70 143 15 2 8 53 3 2 60 70 .278 .353 .370 .724 67.8  
Career Highs 159 596 91 173 22 6 18 84 6 4 77 86 .335 .401 .484 .885 93.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4399 596 1272 143 26 70 471 24 21 504 565 .289 .362 .381 .743 616.1
vs LH   1160 167 275 28 6 22 108 12 4 143 192 .237 .321 .328 .649 132.1
Home 863 2668 372 740 74 12 45 272 16 10 297 353 .277 .349 .365 .714 350.6
Away 880 2891 391 807 97 20 47 307 20 15 350 404 .279 .357 .375 .732 397.6
RISP   1167 0 336 34 11 15 454 0 0 154 155 .288 .365 .374 .740 168.1
Pinch Hitting   93 13 25 1 0 2 9 1 0 9 12 .269 .333 .344 .677 11.3
Close/Late   611 93 194 22 4 14 72 0 0 64 79 .318 .383 .435 .818 98.9
Mar/Apr 275 890 118 242 29 5 16 85 7 9 100 131 .272 .345 .370 .714 115.3
May 306 960 127 252 28 5 12 103 10 4 115 124 .263 .342 .340 .682 117.8
June 247 772 111 212 27 5 10 72 3 3 85 112 .275 .345 .361 .706 98.8
July 276 854 131 259 24 4 23 99 3 2 103 107 .303 .379 .422 .801 136.4
August 328 1058 151 290 33 7 14 120 5 5 125 144 .274 .351 .358 .709 137.3
Sep/Oct 311 1025 125 292 30 6 17 100 8 2 119 139 .285 .358 .376 .734 142.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 20 SDP NL 3B 49 45 364.0 24 99 6 14 .953 3.04 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 8 3 33.7 4 15 0 2 1.000 5.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 3 0 4.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 21 CLN NL SS 71 64 552.0 79 195 11 26 .961 4.47 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 33 33 270.7 180 11 3 0 .985 6.35 20 4 .200 0 1.2
    LF 3 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 22 CLN NL SS 48 38 352.7 51 132 12 23 .938 4.67 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 9 8 76.0 43 4 0 0 1.000 5.57 4 3 .750 0 0.3
    3B 8 7 63.0 7 11 1 1 .947 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 11 5 46.7 12 18 1 6 .968 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1965 23 CLN NL SS 35 16 168.0 18 56 5 9 .937 3.96 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 18 12 114.3 22 45 3 6 .957 5.27 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 11 9 74.0 4 13 1 2 .944 2.07 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 5 1 16.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 24 CLN NL SS 14 9 81.0 14 34 1 9 .980 5.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 8 8 64.0 6 17 1 2 .958 3.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 7 7 55.0 15 18 1 4 .971 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1967 25 CLN NL SS 17 16 122.0 21 52 3 12 .961 5.39 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 6 6 52.0 7 21 0 2 1.000 4.85 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 6 4 36.0 0 8 1 0 .889 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 7.0 6 0 1 0 .857 7.71 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 26 CLN NL 2B 23 22 187.0 36 78 3 15 .974 5.49 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 9 5 48.0 32 3 0 0 1.000 6.56 3 3 1.000 0 0.2
    SS 13 3 44.0 8 16 2 5 .923 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 6 5 39.0 3 9 0 1 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 27 CLN NL SS 106 103 894.0 121 396 18 87 .966 5.20 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    3B 5 5 42.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 2 1 14.3 4 6 0 0 1.000 6.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 28 CLN NL SS 99 96 847.0 111 338 19 58 .959 4.77 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    C 2 0 9.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 10.25 2 1 .500 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 29 CLN NL SS 139 139 1197.3 153 491 18 96 .973 4.84 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 30 CLN NL SS 94 91 803.6 119 365 18 67 .964 5.42 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    2B 3 0 7.1 1 5 0 1 1.000 7.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WAS NL SS 53 51 440.7 65 200 10 37 .964 5.41 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 1 0 3.9 1 3 0 1 1.000 9.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 147 142 1244.3 184 565 28 104 .964 5.42   7.9
      2B 4 0 11.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 8.18   0.1
      C 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 31 WAS NL SS 150 146 1283.3 221 569 33 108 .960 5.54 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    2B 10 1 23.0 4 10 2 1 .875 5.48 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 32 WAS NL SS 144 139 1198.0 209 526 30 100 .961 5.52 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    LF 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 33 SDP NL SS 62 61 521.0 81 225 9 45 .971 5.29 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    3B 33 28 252.7 27 61 5 7 .946 3.13 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    C 18 16 142.7 77 2 3 0 .963 4.98 8 1 .125 1 0.3
    2B 13 10 90.3 23 41 0 8 1.000 6.38 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 34 SDP NL 2B 85 81 681.7 173 305 3 75 .994 6.31 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    SS 32 5 102.3 22 66 4 10 .957 7.74 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 11 9 86.7 33 2 1 0 .972 3.63 5 2 .400 0 0.3
    3B 8 2 24.7 3 8 1 1 .917 4.01 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 35 SDP NL 2B 88 87 691.3 151 339 5 65 .990 6.38 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    SS 48 38 328.3 64 146 3 29 .986 5.76 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1978 36 SDP NL C 11 11 93.0 37 4 2 0 .953 3.97 9 3 .333 0 0.3
    SS 20 5 68.3 11 33 0 5 1.000 5.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 16 3 40.0 15 17 0 3 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 4 3 25.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1153 1023 9037.3 1372 3855 196 728 .964 5.21 0 0 .000 0 41.3
  2B 291 235 2018.6 467 911 18 190 .987 6.14 0 0 .000 0 9.8
  3B 142 113 974.3 78 242 17 30 .950 2.96 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  C 107 84 769.6 439 27 10 0 .979 5.45 54 17 .315 1 2.8
  LF 21 4 67.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.2
Career Totals   1714 1459 12867.2 2371 5035 241 948 .968 5.18 54 17 .315 1 57.2
Career Highs   164 147 1310.3 263 580 35 109 .989 6.18 20 4 1.000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 22 CLN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1965 23 CLN NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 26 CLN NL 11 35 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 8 .143 .286 .143 .429
1969 27 CLN NL 11 39 7 13 2 1 0 3 0 0 11 8 .333 .480 .436 .916
1970 28 CLN NL 7 28 2 13 0 0 1 2 1 1 4 2 .464 .531 .571 1.103
1971 29 CLN NL 5 22 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .227 .261 .318 .579
1972 30 WAS NL 6 25 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .320 .393 .320 .713
1973 31 WAS NL 4 14 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .357 .357 .429 .786
1976 34 SDP NL 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
1978 36 SDP NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 54 184 20 52 5 1 1 8 1 2 27 30 .283 .377 .337 .714
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1972-9-.304
1975-2-.335
 On-Base Pct
1969-3-.394
1971-10-.371
1972-6-.388
1975-5-.401
 Slugging Pct
1975-7-.484
 OPS
1975-4-.885
 XR
1972-9-93.8
 Games
1973-2-159
At-Bats
1973-8-596
 Hits
1972-5-173
 Singles
1971-3-133
1972-1-137
1973-7-127
 Triples
1969-5-6
1972-5-6
 Walks
1969-9-71
1972-10-77
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by San Diego in 1962
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/1962, off Joe Grzenda (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 8/12/1962, off Joe Landrum (WAS)
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (N) on 3/3/1963 (Going to SDP: CF Jimmie Hall. Going to CLN: P Gary Peters, SS Marty Martinez)
Injured on 6/12/1963 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/22/1964 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $387,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $577,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,300,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 5/23/1970 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 4/13/1971 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Washington on 7/31/1972 (Going to WAS: SS Marty Martinez. Going to CLN: P Mike Joyce)
9/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $4,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1972
Traded from Washington to San Diego on 2/1/1975 (Going to WAS: C Ron Hodges, P Elias Sosa. Going to SDP: 3B Jim ray Hart, P Steve Hargan, SS Marty Martinez, P Ray Lamb)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/2/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $2,100,000 per year
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
 
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