Chris Martin
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 8" 224LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2005 | Rd: 21, #627, Colorado Rockies | McLennan CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 4 1 3.05 60 0 2 56 74 0.98
2023 4 1 1.05 55 0 3 51.1 46 1.03
2024 3 1 3.45 45 0 2 44.1 50 1.13
9 Seasons 16 18 3.38 369 0 14 346.2 357 1.13
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 60 4-1 3.05 56 74 0.98
2023 55 4-1 1.05 51.1 46 1.03
2024 45 3-1 3.45 44.1 50 1.13
9 Seasons 369 16-18 3.38 346.2 357 1.13
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2015 29 391 74 4 5.4 4.0 90.5 111.3 1.9 35.1 .282 .468 .337 .349 .406 41.9 18.2 6.1 5.66 5.20
2018 32 703 132 8 6.1 4.5 88.4 112.1 12.2 35.6 .271 .433 .307 .320 .392 34.8 20.9 2.8 4.54 4.36
2019 33 865 146 13 8.9 6.0 88.7 115.2 8.2 32.9 .241 .422 .281 .286 .399 40.4 30.1 2.3 3.40 3.56
2020 34 282 42 4 9.5 6.1 89.5 105.5 10.6 33.3 .231 .423 .164 .296 .408 42.9 30.3 4.5 1.00 3.68
2021 35 663 139 8 5.8 4.4 91.2 112.7 8.0 31.7 .266 .413 .313 .308 .360 43.2 18.3 2.8 3.95 4.01
2022 36 858 145 12 8.3 5.3 88.2 113.2 12.5 34.5 .212 .346 .266 .250 .362 41.7 32.9 2.2 3.05 2.55
2023 37 722 145 3 2.1 1.5 84.5 109.5 4.1 35.9 .265 .345 .243 .277 .351 31.0 23.1 4.0 1.05 3.18
2024 38 657 123 5 4.1 2.8 88.5 112.3 9.4 35.8 .257 .370 .293 .287 .388 35.0 27.8 1.7 3.45 3.41
Player 5141 946 57 6.0 4.2 88.4 115.2 8.5 34.4 .251 .394 .281 .291 .379 38.3 25.6 3.0
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Martin relies on 5 pitches.
Cutter
(45.5%) ,
Four Seamer
(31.1%) ,
Split Finger
(13.1%) ,
Sinker
(9.4%) ,
Sweeper
(0.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 55.4 16.2 28.4 0.0 33.8 39.2 24.3 0.0 50.0 9.5 28.4 6.8 5.4 4.0
2018 40.9 22.0 29.5 7.6 34.1 34.1 31.8 4.5 33.3 23.5 27.3 5.3 6.1 4.5
2019 50.7 22.6 24.0 2.7 30.8 43.2 26.0 2.1 38.4 19.9 26.0 4.8 8.9 6.0
2020 38.1 33.3 23.8 4.8 16.7 42.9 40.5 9.5 28.6 23.8 21.4 7.1 9.5 6.1
2021 50.4 26.6 22.3 0.7 38.8 37.4 23.7 2.9 39.6 20.1 23.7 7.2 5.8 4.4
2022 49.7 22.1 20.0 8.3 37.2 32.4 30.3 8.3 32.4 21.4 24.1 5.5 8.3 5.3
2023 50.3 15.2 30.3 4.1 34.5 30.3 35.2 9.0 40.0 15.9 29.7 3.4 2.1 1.5
2024 46.3 21.1 28.5 4.1 30.1 36.6 33.3 4.1 32.5 19.5 34.1 4.9 4.1 2.8
Player 48.3 21.7 25.8 4.2 33.5 36.3 30.0 5.0 36.9 19.3 27.2 5.4 6.0 4.2
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.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Cutter BOS R 299 91.9 22.9 0.4 1.9GLV -0.5 9.4 1.1 1.9GLV -0.8
2024 Sweeper BOS R 6 85.0 36.3 -0.3 11.3GLV -1.7 1.8 -0.2 11.3GLV -3.0
2024 Sinker BOS R 62 94.1 20.4 -1.4 14.9ARM 0.3 10.6 -3.3 14.9ARM 0.1
2024 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 204 94.7 15.1 -0.9 9.2ARM 2.3 15.5 -0.3 9.2ARM 1.7
2024 Split-Finger BOS R 86 88.3 32.3 0.7 11.0ARM 0.0 2.7 -0.1 11.0ARM 0.4
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 249 95.7 15.1 -1.4 8.2ARM 1.1 14.8 -1.0 8.2ARM 0.8
2023 Sweeper BOS R 29 85.0 39.6 2.2 13.3GLV 0.3 -1.3 2.8 13.3GLV -0.8
2023 Slider BOS R 10 86.3 27.3 -7.4 4.1GLV -0.3 9.6 -8.1 4.1GLV -1.2
2023 Cutter BOS R 249 92.3 23.9 -1.2 2.1GLV -0.2 8.2 0.3 2.1GLV -0.5
2023 Sinker BOS R 107 94.9 20.5 -0.3 15.2ARM 0.3 9.9 -2.4 15.2ARM 0.2
2023 Split-Finger BOS R 77 88.2 33.6 2.0 10.5ARM -1.2 1.5 1.8 10.5ARM -0.6
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2024 Cutter 1.2 3 299 45.5 71 .269 .373 .298 27.6 22.5 21.9 .243 .322 .266 21.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 1 204 31.1 60 .246 .386 .302 18.7 36.7 26.5 .259 .402 .304 47.2
2024 Split-Finger 0.2 0 86 13.1 32 .323 .323 .281 26.1 31.3 18.5 .241 .307 .248 50.0
2024 Sinker -0.6 0 62 9.4 12 .273 .545 .375 22.2 8.3 10.0 .332 .635 .429 30.0
2024 Sweeper -9.1 -1 6 0.9 3 .667 .667 .600 0.0 0.0 0.0 .525 .630 .505 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.7 2 249 34.5 51 .313 .521 .394 28.8 31.4 15.7 .270 .430 .321 56.3
2023 Cutter 4.2 11 249 34.5 66 .234 .266 .226 20.9 9.1 11.3 .338 .416 .339 30.5
2023 Sinker 4.1 4 108 15.0 34 .273 .273 .259 6.8 2.9 5.0 .244 .290 .245 15.6
2023 Split-Finger 7.9 6 77 10.7 32 .094 .094 .084 36.7 59.4 36.5 .138 .159 .131 7.7
2023 Sweeper -1.7 0 29 4.0 10 .300 .300 .270 26.7 30.0 18.8 .326 .366 .302 42.9
2023 Slider 2.8 0 10 1.4 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 33.3 16.7 .010 .017 .011 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Cutter 299 91.9 60 8.9 12:30 11:30 60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 204 94.7 96 17.7 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Split-Finger 70 88.3 81 11.8 1:30 2:45 -75
2024 Sinker 62 94.1 85 18.4 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Cutter 244 92.3 55 7.7 12:15 11:15 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 247 95.7 92 16.6 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Split-Finger 57 88.2 77 11.4 1:30 2:45 -75
2023 Sinker 106 94.9 84 18.4 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Slider 10 86.3 30 9.6 9:30 11:00 -90
2023 Sweeper 29 85.0 53 15.2 8:00 8:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 69 253 -1 -1 -1 0 -2
2015 98 388 -2 3 -3 -2 -3
2018 175 703 1 3 -1 -2 1
2019 216 863 8 5 -4 -1 8
2020 97 428 4 9 0 -2 10
2021 197 715 2 1 -2 -2 -1
2022 231 884 6 10 -5 -2 10
2023 196 722 10 13 0 -1 23
2024 178 657 -2 10 -3 -1 3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 391 47.8 59.4 91.0 28.4 75.9 45.0 64.6 43.2 14.2 5.9 78.3
2018 703 51.4 67.9 85.7 30.4 63.5 43.4 65.9 49.6 20.3 8.1 73.7
2019 865 53.3 72.2 79.8 34.0 59.9 45.1 74.1 54.3 26.2 8.2 81.7
2020 282 51.8 72.6 80.2 30.9 54.8 41.8 69.2 52.5 26.4 6.0 76.5
2021 663 56.7 74.7 82.9 28.6 62.2 45.2 72.8 54.8 21.2 9.7 92.2
2022 858 54.8 71.9 78.6 31.8 61.8 45.6 77.8 53.8 25.8 6.7 82.5
2023 722 57.3 73.2 78.9 38.3 70.3 47.0 77.6 58.3 23.3 9.4 76.5
2024 657 55.9 68.9 80.6 35.2 62.7 49.2 77.8 54.0 23.9 6.1 90.0
Player 5,141 54.1 70.8 81.4 32.5 63.8 45.6 73.5 53.2 23.2 7.7 81.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 77 49 15 88
2018 82 63 79
2019 77 54 42 39 94 60 18 47 18 85 100 55 91 84 60 85
2020 62 32 60
2021 72 23 50 66
2022 94 78 73 59 99 68 31 56 18 94 100 53 73 71 33 66
2023 76 29 61
2024 59 28 60
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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 %
2018 21.3 5 4.8 0 1 5 1 20.0
2019 23.4 9 10.4 -1 3 6 6 66.7
2020 27.9 2 2.2 0 4 0 2 100.0
2021 23.8 5 5.1 0 4 6 1 20.0
2022 22.8 6 6.2 0 2 4 3 50.0
2023 22.4 2 1.8 0 0 2 0 0.0
2024 22.8 5 3.5 2 3 3 1 20.0
Player 23.2 34 34.1 0 17 26 14 41.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2018 5 5 4 6 5 4 6 3 4 4 4 6 6 3 5 6 4 6 4 6 4 5 7 6 2 4 5 6 6 4 4
2019 9 12 8 12 11 10 10 9 8 9 10 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 12 10 12 9 13 11 10 10 9 12 12 10 10
2020 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 5 7 3 4 4 5 7 5 3 3 3 5 7 5 5 7 6 4 7 5 7 6 5 7 3 5 6 4 6 5 5
2022 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 4 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 5 6 5 6 8 6 6
2023 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1
2024 5 3 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4
Player 34 37 29 37 34 33 36 30 24 28 30 36 39 33 33 36 32 33 36 36 39 37 42 39 28 33 32 35 40 33 32
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 94.9 1.0 ↑ 92.8 -2.1 ↓ 93.8 1.0 ↑ 93.8 0.0 94.2 0.4 ↑ 93.2 -1.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 87.2 89.0 1.8 ↑ 86.2 -2.8 ↓ 87.4 1.2 ↑ 88.4 1.0 ↑ 88.2 -0.2 ↓ 88.3 0.1 ↑
Breaking Velocity 84.3 86.1 1.8 ↑ 82.6 -3.5 ↓ 83.5 0.9 ↑ 84.0 0.5 ↑ 85.3 1.3 ↑ 85.0 -0.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.4 88.7 0.3 ↑ 89.5 0.8 ↑ 91.2 1.7 ↑ 88.2 -3.0 ↓ 84.5 -3.7 ↓ 88.5 4.0 ↑
Launch Angle 12.2 8.2 -4.0 ↓ 10.6 2.4 ↑ 8.0 -2.6 ↓ 12.5 4.5 ↑ 4.1 -8.4 ↓ 9.4 5.3 ↑
Barrel % 6.1 8.9 2.8 ↑ 9.5 0.6 ↑ 5.8 -3.7 ↓ 8.3 2.5 ↑ 2.1 -6.2 ↓ 4.1 2.0 ↑
Hard Hit % 34.8 40.4 5.6 ↑ 42.9 2.5 ↑ 43.2 0.3 ↑ 41.7 -1.5 ↓ 31.0 -10.7 ↓ 35.0 4.0 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.6 32.9 -2.7 ↓ 33.3 0.4 ↑ 31.7 -1.6 ↓ 34.5 2.8 ↑ 35.9 1.4 ↑ 35.8 -0.1 ↓
xBA .271 .241 -0.030 ↓ .231 -0.010 ↓ .266 0.035 ↑ .212 -0.054 ↓ .265 0.053 ↑ .257 -0.008 ↓
BA .274 .249 -0.025 ↓ .129 -0.120 ↓ .290 0.161 ↑ .230 -0.060 ↓ .237 0.007 ↑ .276 0.039 ↑
xwOBA .320 .286 -0.034 ↓ .296 0.010 ↑ .308 0.012 ↑ .250 -0.058 ↓ .277 0.027 ↑ .287 0.010 ↑
wOBA .307 .281 -0.026 ↓ .164 -0.117 ↓ .313 0.149 ↑ .266 -0.047 ↓ .243 -0.023 ↓ .293 0.050 ↑
xSLG .433 .422 -0.011 ↓ .423 0.001 ↑ .413 -0.010 ↓ .346 -0.067 ↓ .345 -0.001 ↓ .370 0.025 ↑
SLG .417 .411 -0.006 ↓ .194 -0.217 ↓ .402 0.208 ↑ .373 -0.029 ↓ .300 -0.073 ↓ .382 0.082 ↑
K% 20.9 30.1 9.2 ↑ 30.3 0.2 ↑ 18.3 -12.0 ↓ 32.9 14.6 ↑ 23.1 -9.8 ↓ 27.8 4.7 ↑
BB% 2.8 2.3 -0.5 ↓ 4.5 2.2 ↑ 2.8 -1.7 ↓ 2.2 -0.6 ↓ 4.0 1.8 ↑ 1.7 -2.3 ↓
Swing % 49.6 54.3 4.7 ↑ 52.5 -1.8 ↓ 54.8 2.3 ↑ 53.8 -1.0 ↓ 58.3 4.5 ↑ 54.0 -4.3 ↓
Whiff% 20.3 26.2 5.9 ↑ 26.4 0.2 ↑ 21.2 -5.2 ↓ 25.8 4.6 ↑ 23.3 -2.5 ↓ 23.9 0.6 ↑
In Zone % 51.4 53.3 1.9 ↑ 51.8 -1.5 ↓ 56.7 4.9 ↑ 54.8 -1.9 ↓ 57.3 2.5 ↑ 55.9 -1.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 48.6 46.7 -1.9 ↓ 48.2 1.5 ↑ 43.3 -4.9 ↓ 45.2 1.9 ↑ 42.7 -2.5 ↓ 44.1 1.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.4 34.0 3.6 ↑ 30.9 -3.1 ↓ 28.6 -2.3 ↓ 31.8 3.2 ↑ 38.3 6.5 ↑ 35.2 -3.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 31.3 41.2 9.9 ↑ 35.4 -5.8 ↓ 44.4 9.0 ↑ 43.1 -1.3 ↓ 42.9 -0.2 ↓ 44.4 1.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 65.9 74.1 8.2 ↑ 69.2 -4.9 ↓ 72.8 3.6 ↑ 77.8 5.0 ↑ 77.6 -0.2 ↓ 77.8 0.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 175 .307 117 2 1.7 58 13 22.4
2019 Shifts 216 .281 115 7 6.1 101 29 28.7
2020 Shifts 65 .164 34 3 8.8 31 3 9.7
2021 Shifts 179 .315 98 32 32.7 81 42 51.9
2022 Shifts 220 .265 118 19 16.1 102 65 63.7
2023 Shades 196 .243 113 0 0.0 83 42 50.6
2024 Shades 178 .295 85 7 8.2 93 52 55.9
! 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 %
2014 61 19.6 1.6% 4.9% 40 24.4 0.0% 15.0%
2015 113 23.3 9.7% 9.7% 85 27.6 0.0% 31.8%
2018 197 21.7 0.0% 6.1% 100 25.3 0.0% 17.0%
2019 257 23.0 0.0% 8.6% 88 25.1 0.0% 13.6%
2020 89 24.8 0.0% 10.1% 36 26.9 0.0% 19.4%
2021 169 24.2 0.0% 10.7% 90 27.3 0.0% 26.7%
2022 198 22.9 0.0% 7.1% 143 25.4 0.7% 18.2%
2023 149 16.8 10.7% 0.7% 120 19.5 0.0% 0.8%
2024 160 17.1 7.5% 0.0% 95 18.8 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution

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