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Russell Martin
Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 210 lb.

Debut May 5, 2006

Born February 15, 1983 in East York, Ontario, CAN

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2002. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2006 23 LAD NL 121  415   65  117  26  4  10   65  10  5  45  57  .282  .355  .436  101  181   1   3   8   4  17 RoY-9
 2007 24 LAD NL 151  540   87  158  32  3  19   87  21  9  67  89  .293  .374  .469  113  253   0   6   1   7  16 SS,AS
 2008 25 LAD NL 129  463   69  133  21  0  12   56  12  5  67  73  .287  .381  .410  106  190   0   1   7   4  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      401 1418  221  408  79  7  41  208  43 19 179 219  .288  .371  .440  107  624   1  10  16  15  46
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        573   89  165  32  3  17   84  17  8  72  88  .288  .371  .440  107  252   0   4   6   6  19
 Career High    151  540   87  158  32  4  19   87  21  9  67  89  .293  .381  .469  113  253   1   6   8   7  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2006 23 LAD NL  468  324   61   5.0   114| .282  .273| .355  .344| .436  .444| .791  .788| 101  .495   1.4   0.1  66%
 2007 24 LAD NL  620  413   95   6.2   115| .293  .277| .374  .348| .469  .444| .843  .791| 113  .589  12.2   1.1  70%
 2008 25 LAD NL  535  349   74   5.7   111| .287  .271| .381  .343| .410  .433| .791  .776| 106  .570   5.8   0.5  70%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1623 1086  230   5.7   113| .288  .274| .371  .345| .440  .440| .811  .785| 107  .556  19.3   1.7  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2006 23 LAD NL C 117 789 61 6 8 .993 .992 7.26 6.36 7.54 7.37 114 1015.0 5 41 71 32 DH 1 2007 24 LAD NL C 145 1065 85 14 11 .988 .991 7.93 6.51 8.25 7.18 143 1254.0 5 40 82 41 GG,AS DH 2 AS 2008 25 LAD NL C 124 866 50 10 7 .989 .992 7.39 6.78 7.97 7.58 115 1034.0 5 28 60 15 3B 11 2 21 3 3 .885 .954 2.09 2.27 2.92 2.61 8 71.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2008 25 LAD NL 3B 11 2 21 3 3 .885 .954 2.09 2.27 2.92 2.61 8 71.0 2006 23 LAD NL C 117 789 61 6 8 .993 .992 7.26 6.36 7.54 7.37 114 1015.0 5 41 71 32 2007 24 LAD NL C 145 1065 85 14 11 .988 .991 7.93 6.51 8.25 7.18 143 1254.0 5 40 82 41 2008 25 LAD NL C 124 866 50 10 7 .989 .992 7.39 6.78 7.97 7.58 115 1034.0 5 28 60 15 2006 23 LAD NL DH 1 2007 24 LAD NL DH 2 2008 25 LAD NL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 386 2720 196 30 26 .990 .992 7.55 6.55 7.95 7.36 372 3303.0 15 109 213 88 3B* 11 2 21 3 3 .885 .954 2.09 2.27 2.92 2.61 8 71.0 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 397 2722 217 33 29 .989 .991 7.40 6.43 7.84 7.26 380 3374
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   NLDS  LAD NYM     L   3  12   2   4  0  0  0   0   1   2  .333  .385  .333   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2007   LAD NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2007 (C)

Gold Gloves
2007-NL--C

Silver Sluggers
2007-NL--C

Caught Stealing
2007 NL-9-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.0 (894) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1457) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 4, 2002: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2002.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Los Angeles Dodgers$387,500
Career (may be incomplete)$387,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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