Victor Martinez
DH | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 2" 235LBS | Age: 45
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 610 553 65 160 27 0 .289 .351 .476 .827
2017 435 392 38 100 10 0 .255 .324 .372 .696
2018 508 467 32 117 9 0 .251 .297 .353 .650
16 Seasons 8,166 7,297 914 2,153 246 7 .295 .360 .455 .815
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .289 27 0 .827
2017 .255 10 0 .696
2018 .251 9 0 .650
16 Seasons .295 246 7 .815
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 36 1909 395 16 4.1 3.3 87.7 108.9 15.0 33.7 .270 .437 .286 .330 .346 33.2 10.7 6.4
2016 37 2316 466 39 8.4 6.4 90.0 110.2 15.5 37.8 .286 .506 .351 .364 .401 42.1 14.8 8.2
2017 38 1656 331 18 5.4 4.1 88.7 107.1 13.3 37.8 .264 .440 .303 .334 .356 34.5 14.5 8.3
2018 39 1908 425 20 4.7 3.9 87.8 107.6 14.1 35.1 .266 .406 .281 .313 .323 30.6 9.6 6.3
Player 7789 1617 93 5.8 4.6 88.6 110.2 14.6 36.1 .272 .451 .308 .337 .358 35.3 12.5 7.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 40.3 25.8 26.3 7.6 40.3 35.7 23.8 4.6 29.6 26.3 25.3 8.6 4.1 3.3
2016 38.8 27.0 26.4 7.7 44.6 33.5 21.9 2.1 27.0 25.8 28.5 7.9 8.4 6.4
2017 43.5 24.2 27.2 5.1 37.8 36.0 26.3 2.7 30.5 26.6 28.1 5.7 5.4 4.1
2018 41.6 24.9 26.6 6.8 38.1 34.8 25.4 3.1 29.4 28.7 28.9 4.9 4.7 3.9
Player 40.9 25.6 26.6 6.9 40.4 34.9 24.2 3.1 29.0 26.8 27.8 6.9 5.8 4.6
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -9 689 36.1 185 .235 .365 .301 10.6 8.1 8.1 .242 .382 .299 26.1
2018 Sinker 0.2 1 350 18.3 108 .363 .431 .381 7.2 2.8 4.7 .343 .481 .376 39.0
2018 Changeup 0.5 2 319 16.7 69 .254 .299 .247 21.1 11.6 9.2 .238 .304 .243 21.7
2018 Slider -0.3 -1 201 10.5 54 .229 .458 .296 17.0 9.3 6.4 .291 .489 .343 32.6
2018 Curveball 0.6 1 182 9.5 40 .243 .378 .321 20.0 22.5 16.1 .246 .387 .301 39.3
2018 Cutter -4.8 -4 91 4.8 30 .115 .115 .207 26.5 16.7 16.7 .225 .348 .331 33.3
2018 Split-Finger -6.4 -3 50 2.6 13 .000 .000 .054 33.3 23.1 13.6 .242 .621 .385 44.4
2018 Slurve -2.4 0 12 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .035 .035 .052 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -8.7 -1 11 0.6 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 50.0 .024 .064 .039 0.0
2018 Sweeper -6.2 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .227 .771 .412 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.5 3 485 29.3 147 .305 .519 .390 11.4 13.6 15.2 .285 .555 .397 40.2
2017 Sinker -2.3 -8 336 20.3 92 .244 .326 .291 12.9 8.7 9.4 .285 .430 .329 34.6
2017 Curveball -1.8 -5 271 16.4 43 .179 .205 .203 15.7 23.3 13.3 .262 .420 .314 23.3
2017 Slider -1.1 -2 215 13.0 59 .189 .245 .262 21.5 25.4 19.5 .204 .305 .267 26.3
2017 Changeup 2.2 4 191 11.5 45 .359 .513 .441 30.0 13.3 12.0 .257 .394 .330 48.5
2017 Cutter -2.3 -2 85 5.1 26 .240 .240 .269 13.6 11.5 14.3 .260 .309 .263 22.7
2017 Split-Finger -4.7 -2 48 2.9 12 .083 .167 .104 23.1 8.3 5.9 .170 .373 .224 18.2
2017 Knuckleball 13.2 1 7 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .460 .499 .414 100.0
2017 Slurve 0.3 0 7 0.4 3 .000 .000 .233 0.0 0.0 0.0 .486 .670 .552 50.0
2017 Sweeper -5.5 0 4 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .144 .144 .130 0.0
2017 Screwball -12.1 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .067 .073 .060 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 280 1,082 -8 0 3 7 2
2009 665 2,722 -6 2 21 10 27
2010 531 2,064 -1 -8 13 7 11
2011 634 2,446 10 2 24 14 50
2013 702 2,728 -17 6 11 13 12
2014 625 2,541 11 14 19 12 57
2015 477 1,882 -3 -19 3 8 -11
2016 602 2,290 -7 -12 13 14 8
2017 431 1,653 -14 -23 17 8 -12
2018 504 1,907 -21 -17 15 8 -15
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,909 46.1 66.3 89.2 31.4 81.1 40.1 23.1 47.5 13.7 7.1 68.4
2016 2,316 45.8 65.3 88.3 30.4 72.8 41.3 26.9 46.4 17.2 6.5 70.7
2017 1,656 49.0 68.3 87.9 26.0 73.5 42.6 29.3 46.7 16.0 7.0 82.6
2018 1,908 47.2 68.4 90.7 32.0 75.8 43.5 31.8 49.2 14.3 6.9 82.4
Player 7,789 46.9 67.0 89.0 30.1 75.8 41.8 27.7 47.4 15.4 6.8 75.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2015 64 74 70 63 60 43 39 33 67 38 94 37 90 36 3
2016 87 92 88 81 80 79 68 66 75 79 79 51 79 38 3
2017 58 60 56 52 57 38 38 66 54 44 83 47 86 58 3
2018 38 72 44 31 37 33 24 31 57 17 99 22 92 26 5
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 29.0 27 26.8 0 13 28 7 25.9
2017 27.2 10 10.6 -1 14 8 4 40.0
2018 27.6 9 7.7 1 12 4 5 55.6
Player 28.3 46 45.1 1 39 40 16 34.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 27 31 20 28 27 22 33 26 23 17 29 32 25 24 26 29 12 23 29 30 27 24 41 35 23 24 30 36 34 29 15
2017 10 8 8 16 10 10 11 13 8 6 8 17 9 10 9 14 7 8 14 9 11 10 19 11 11 6 9 15 15 10 6
2018 9 10 6 9 6 6 7 8 7 5 5 12 11 5 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 10 13 9 6 5 7 6 12 8 5
Player 46 49 34 53 43 38 51 47 38 28 42 61 45 39 42 51 26 38 51 47 46 44 73 55 40 35 46 57 61 47 26
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.7 90.0 2.3 88.7 -1.3 87.8 -0.9
Launch Angle 15.0 15.5 0.5 13.3 -2.2 14.1 0.8
Barrel % 4.1 8.4 4.3 5.4 -3.0 4.7 -0.7
Hard Hit % 33.2 42.1 8.9 34.5 -7.6 30.6 -3.9
LA Sweet-Spot % 33.7 37.8 4.1 37.8 0.0 35.1 -2.7
xBA .270 .286 0.016 .264 -0.022 .266 0.002
BA .245 .289 0.044 .255 -0.034 .251 -0.004
xwOBA .330 .364 0.034 .334 -0.030 .313 -0.021
wOBA .286 .351 0.065 .303 -0.048 .281 -0.022
xSLG .437 .506 0.069 .440 -0.066 .406 -0.034
SLG .366 .476 0.110 .372 -0.104 .353 -0.019
K% 10.7 14.8 4.1 14.5 -0.3 9.6 -4.9
BB% 6.4 8.2 1.8 8.3 0.1 6.3 -2.0
Swing % 47.5 46.4 -1.1 46.7 0.3 49.2 2.5
Whiff% 13.7 17.2 3.5 16.0 -1.2 14.3 -1.7
In Zone % 46.1 45.8 -0.3 49.0 3.2 47.2 -1.8
Out of Zone % 53.9 54.2 0.3 51.0 -3.2 52.8 1.8
Out of Zone Swing % 31.4 30.4 -1.0 26.0 -4.4 32.0 6.0
First Pitch Swing % 23.1 26.9 3.8 29.3 2.4 31.8 2.5
First Pitch Strike % 57.9 57.7 -0.2 58.9 1.2 57.6 -1.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 430 251 58.4 .347 .353
2016 Shifts R 160 8 5.0 .357 .392
2017 Shifts L 330 166 50.3 .311 .313
2017 Shifts R 101 4 4.0 .289 .000
2018 Shifts L 372 256 68.8 .287 .273
2018 Shifts R 132 12 9.1 .306 .147
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 662 18.0 20.2% 5.7% 458 25.0 1.1% 19.9%
2011 673 19.5 7.4% 6.2% 475 26.0 0.6% 23.6%
2013 780 20.5 7.4% 5.4% 499 26.5 0.4% 22.8%
2014 760 21.0 4.6% 5.8% 458 27.9 0.2% 34.5%
2015 472 20.3 15.0% 7.4% 396 27.8 1.8% 39.1%
2016 624 20.3 13.6% 8.0% 438 27.5 2.1% 32.0%
2017 443 19.8 9.7% 7.0% 335 26.7 0.0% 25.4%
2018 477 19.0 15.1% 3.8% 373 26.3 0.0% 23.3%
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