Edgar Martinez

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Edgar Martinez

1987–2004 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'0", 175 lb · b. 1963 New York, NY

Also in Triple-A · Double-A

Career 2,055 G · 2,247 H · 309 HR · 1,261 RBI · .312 AVG

Seasons leading his league

10

5 best in baseball 5 league only

42 Top-5 finishes

5 Title seasons

6 Categories led

1995 Best season

Spanning 1992–2000, peaking at 5 titles in 1995.

Team records #1 Mariners career RBI #1 Mariners career R #1 Mariners 1995 OPS #2 Mariners career AVG #2 Mariners career HR #2 Mariners career H #2 Mariners career OPS #3 Mariners 1995 AVG #3 Mariners 2000 RBI #8 Mariners 1995 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

513th League titles 10
505th Best in baseball 5
545th Top-5 finishes 42

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

Career leaderboards

22nd On-Base Percentage .418
38th On-Base Plus Slug. .933
50th Walks 1,283
55th Doubles 514
76th Slugging Percentage .516
98th Batting Average .312
135th Runs Batted In 1,261
137th Total Bases 3,718
154th Home Runs 309
177th Hits 2,247
179th Runs 1,219
263rd Third Base Double Plays 90
272nd Third Base Assists 1,008
344th Third Base Putouts 354

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
On-Base Percentage	3	1st	2 yrs (1998–1999)	1995 .479 1998 AL .429 1999 AL .447 1990 #3 1996 #2 1997 #2 2001 #2
Doubles	2	1st	—	1992 46 1995 52 1996 #2 1998 #3
Batting Average	2	1st	—	1992 .343 1995 AL .356 1997 #2
On-Base Plus Slug.	1	1st	—	1995 1.107 1992 #3
Runs	1	1st	—	1995 AL 121
Runs Batted In	1	1st	—	2000 AL 145
Third Base Double Plays	—	#3	—	1992 #3
Third Base Assists	—	#3	—	1991 #3
Walks	—	#2	—	1995 #2 1996 #2 1997 #2 1998 #3
Total Bases	—	#3	—	1995 #3
Slugging Percentage	—	#2	—	1992 #2 1995 #2
Hits	—	#2	—	1995 #2

Title Seasons

5 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
2000	1	RBI 145
1999	1	OBP .447
1998	1	OBP .429
1995	5	AVG .356 R 121 OPS 1.107 OBP .479 2B 52
1992	2	AVG .343 2B 46

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1987	SEA	AL	13	43	6	16	5	2	0	5	2	5	0	.372	.413	.581	.994
1988	SEA	AL	14	32	0	9	4	0	0	5	4	7	0	.281	.351	.406	.758
1989	SEA	AL	65	171	20	41	5	0	2	20	17	26	2	.240	.314	.304	.619
1990	SEA	AL	144	487	71	147	27	2	11	49	74	62	1	.302	.397	.433	.831
1991	SEA	AL	150	544	98	167	35	1	14	52	84	72	0	.307	.405	.452	.857
1992	SEA	AL	135	528	100	181	46	3	18	73	54	61	14	.343	.404	.544	.948
1993	SEA	AL	42	135	20	32	7	0	4	13	28	19	0	.237	.366	.378	.744
1994	SEA	AL	89	326	47	93	23	1	13	51	53	42	6	.285	.387	.482	.869
1995	SEA	AL	145	511	121	182	52	0	29	113	116	87	4	.356	.479	.628	1.107
1996	SEA	AL	139	499	121	163	52	2	26	103	123	84	3	.327	.464	.595	1.059
1997	SEA	AL	155	542	104	179	35	1	28	108	119	86	2	.330	.456	.554	1.009
1998	SEA	AL	154	556	86	179	46	1	29	102	106	96	1	.322	.429	.565	.993
1999	SEA	AL	142	502	86	169	35	1	24	86	97	99	7	.337	.447	.554	1.001
2000	SEA	AL	153	556	100	180	31	0	37	145	96	95	3	.324	.423	.579	1.002
2001	SEA	AL	132	470	80	144	40	1	23	116	93	90	4	.306	.423	.543	.966
2002	SEA	AL	97	328	42	91	23	0	15	59	67	69	1	.277	.403	.485	.888
2003	SEA	AL	145	497	72	146	25	0	24	98	92	95	0	.294	.406	.489	.895
2004	SEA	AL	141	486	45	128	23	0	12	63	58	107	1	.263	.342	.385	.727
Career	—	—	2,055	7,213	1,219	2,247	514	15	309	1,261	1,283	1,202	49	.312	.418	.516	.933

Fielding

2 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1987	SEA	AL	3B	12	10	93.0	13	19	0	1	32	1.000	2.67
1988	SEA	AL	3B	13	8	80.0	5	8	1	1	14	.929	1.00
1989	SEA	AL	3B	61	45	425.1	40	72	6	9	118	.949	1.84
1990	SEA	AL	3B	143	139	1196.1	89	259	27	16	375	.928	2.43
1991	SEA	AL	3B	144	143	1239.2	84	299	15	25	398	.962	2.66
1992	SEA	AL	3B	103	102	869.2	72	209	17	24	298	.943	2.73
			1B	2	2	18.0	16	2	0	1	18	1.000	9.00
1993	SEA	AL	3B	16	16	119.0	5	11	2	1	18	.889	1.00
1994	SEA	AL	3B	64	65	549.0	44	128	9	13	181	.950	2.69
1995	SEA	AL	3B	4	4	30.0	1	3	1	0	5	.800	1.00
			1B	3	3	26.0	29	1	1	0	31	.968	10.00
1996	SEA	AL	1B	4	4	33.0	28	1	1	3	30	.967	7.25
			3B	2	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1997	SEA	AL	1B	7	7	59.0	68	4	1	5	73	.986	10.29
			3B	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1998	SEA	AL	1B	4	4	31.0	22	6	0	3	28	1.000	7.00
1999	SEA	AL	1B	5	5	38.0	29	2	0	2	31	1.000	6.20
2000	SEA	AL	1B	2	2	14.0	12	1	0	3	13	1.000	6.50
2001	SEA	AL	1B	1	1	5.0	8	0	0	0	8	1.000	8.00
2004	SEA	AL	3B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
Career	—	—	3B	564	533	4605.1	354	1,008	78	90	1,440	.946	2.42
	—	—	1B	28	28	224.0	212	17	3	17	232	.987	8.18