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Victor Martinez

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Victor Martinez

2002–2018  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  6'2", 235 lb  ·  b. 1978 Ciudad Bolivar, Bolívar

Also in Triple-A  ·  Double-A  ·  High-A  ·  Single-A

Career 1,973 G · 2,153 H · 246 HR · 1,178 RBI · .295 AVG

Seasons leading his league
4
1 best in baseball 3 league only
22 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
4 Categories led
2014 Best season

Spanning 2004–2014, peaking at 2 titles in 2014.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,384th League titles 4
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 1,356th Top-5 finishes 22

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Catcher Range Factor 1 1st — 2010 AL 7.47 2004 #3 2005 #2
Catcher Assists 1 1st — 2004 AL 61 2005 #3
On-Base Percentage 1 1st — 2014 AL .409
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 2014 .974
Catcher Double Plays — #2 — 2004 #2 2005 #2 2006 #3
Catcher Putouts — #2 — 2004 #2 2005 #2 2010 #3
Slugging Percentage — #2 — 2014 #2
Batting Average — #2 — 2014 #2

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2014 2 OPS .974 OBP .409
2010 1 C RF 7.47
2004 1 C A 61

Batting

  led the league   16 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2002 CLE AL 12 32 2 9 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 .281 .333 .406 .740
2003 CLE AL 49 159 15 46 4 0 1 16 13 21 1 .289 .345 .333 .678
2004 CLE AL 141 520 77 147 38 1 23 108 60 69 0 .283 .359 .492 .851
2005 CLE AL 147 547 73 167 33 0 20 80 63 78 0 .305 .378 .475 .853
2006 CLE AL 153 572 82 181 37 0 16 93 71 78 0 .316 .391 .465 .856
2007 CLE AL 147 562 78 169 40 0 25 114 62 76 0 .301 .374 .505 .879
2008 CLE AL 73 266 30 74 17 0 2 35 24 32 0 .278 .337 .365 .701
2009 CLE +1 AL 155 588 88 178 33 1 23 108 75 74 1 .303 .381 .480 .861
2010 BOS AL 127 493 64 149 32 1 20 79 40 52 1 .302 .351 .493 .844
2011 DET AL 145 540 76 178 40 0 12 103 46 51 1 .330 .380 .470 .850
2013 DET AL 159 605 68 182 36 0 14 83 54 62 0 .301 .355 .430 .785
2014 DET AL 151 561 87 188 33 0 32 103 70 42 3 .335 .409 .565 .974
2015 DET AL 120 440 39 108 20 0 11 64 31 52 0 .245 .301 .366 .667
2016 DET AL 154 553 65 160 22 0 27 86 50 90 0 .289 .351 .476 .826
2017 DET AL 107 392 38 100 16 0 10 47 36 63 0 .255 .324 .372 .697
2018 DET AL 133 467 32 117 21 0 9 54 32 49 0 .251 .297 .353 .651
Career — — 1,973 7,297 914 2,153 423 3 246 1,178 730 891 7 .295 .360 .455 .815

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
2002 CLE AL C 9 7 69.0 55 2 1 0 58 .983 6.33
2003 CLE AL C 40 40 342.0 231 23 1 2 255 .996 6.35
2004 CLE AL C 132 124 1108.0 865 61 6 11 932 .994 7.02
2005 CLE AL C 142 139 1233.0 904 58 5 6 967 .995 6.77
2006 CLE AL C 133 127 1110.0 753 45 8 7 806 .990 6.00
1B 22 19 166.1 149 5 0 15 154 1.000 7.00
2007 CLE AL C 121 118 1042.2 779 53 4 8 836 .995 6.88
1B 30 24 221.0 187 13 1 18 201 .995 6.67
2008 CLE AL C 55 54 447.1 328 16 3 1 347 .991 6.25
1B 10 9 82.0 82 4 1 9 87 .989 8.60
2009 CLE AL C 85 82 687.0 500 22 4 3 526 .992 6.14
1B 70 66 575.0 508 20 3 55 531 .994 7.54
2010 BOS AL C 110 106 904.0 778 44 6 2 828 .993 7.47
1B 14 12 106.0 95 14 2 10 111 .982 7.79
2011 DET AL C 26 26 219.0 141 17 2 3 160 .988 6.08
1B 6 6 52.0 38 10 0 4 48 1.000 8.00
2013 DET AL 1B 11 11 97.0 85 14 0 3 99 1.000 9.00
C 3 3 22.0 18 4 0 0 22 1.000 7.33
2014 DET AL 1B 35 33 284.1 251 16 3 24 270 .989 7.63
C 2 2 17.0 23 2 2 0 27 .926 12.50
2015 DET AL 1B 10 10 86.0 81 5 1 13 87 .989 8.60
2016 DET AL 1B 5 5 44.0 36 0 0 4 36 1.000 7.20
2018 DET AL 1B 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.00
Career — — C 858 828 7201.0 5,375 347 42 43 5,764 .993 6.67
— — 1B 214 196 1714.2 1,513 101 11 155 1,625 .993 7.54