Russell Martin
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 215LBS | Age: 41
Draft: 2002 | Rd: 17, #511, Los Angeles Dodgers | Chipola Junior College
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 365 307 49 68 13 1 .221 .343 .388 .731
2018 352 289 37 56 10 0 .194 .338 .325 .663
2019 249 209 29 46 6 1 .220 .337 .330 .667
14 Seasons 6,648 5,701 803 1,416 191 101 .248 .349 .397 .746
AVG HR SB OPS
2017 .221 13 1 .731
2018 .194 10 0 .663
2019 .220 6 1 .667
14 Seasons .248 191 101 .746
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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 32 2112 340 28 8.2 5.5 89.2 111.5 9.7 26.8 .235 .414 .340 .333 .374 40.0 20.9 10.5
2016 33 2284 313 29 9.3 5.4 89.2 110.7 10.0 29.4 .224 .411 .322 .326 .395 40.3 27.7 12.0
2017 34 1492 225 16 7.1 4.4 88.3 108.9 6.9 32.9 .238 .408 .324 .339 .373 37.9 22.7 13.7
2018 35 1474 207 13 6.3 3.7 90.6 108.7 10.1 22.7 .198 .323 .305 .308 .313 43.0 23.3 15.9
2019 36 1066 151 8 5.3 3.2 88.2 107.5 11.2 25.8 .217 .345 .295 .304 .334 34.0 24.1 12.0
Player 8428 1236 94 7.6 4.7 89.2 111.5 9.5 27.8 .224 .388 .321 .324 .364 39.5 23.9 12.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 51.8 20.3 20.3 7.6 32.9 39.4 27.6 2.6 39.1 21.5 20.9 5.3 8.2 5.5
2016 47.9 23.0 22.4 6.7 33.5 39.0 27.2 2.9 35.8 20.8 22.7 6.4 9.3 5.4
2017 48.0 18.7 27.6 5.8 34.2 41.8 22.7 4.0 39.6 18.2 23.1 7.6 7.1 4.4
2018 52.2 19.8 16.9 11.1 37.7 42.0 20.3 1.9 41.1 23.7 19.8 7.2 6.3 3.7
2019 51.7 17.2 21.9 9.3 42.4 37.7 19.9 2.6 36.4 21.9 29.1 2.0 5.3 3.2
Player 50.2 20.2 21.8 7.8 35.3 40.0 24.4 2.8 38.3 21.1 22.6 5.9 7.6 4.7
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 %
2019 4-Seam Fastball 2.2 8 367 34.4 95 .333 .487 .453 17.1 14.7 12.1 .312 .496 .412 43.8
2019 Slider -1.8 -4 224 21.0 49 .143 .214 .218 43.3 36.7 22.0 .123 .233 .214 24.0
2019 Curveball -3.1 -4 144 13.5 23 .045 .045 .070 39.5 56.5 29.5 .091 .141 .125 11.1
2019 Sinker -1.2 -1 114 10.7 35 .138 .276 .264 13.0 17.1 16.2 .227 .352 .323 34.8
2019 Cutter 5.0 5 95 8.9 21 .389 .611 .479 22.7 19.0 14.8 .254 .375 .318 26.7
2019 Changeup -3.1 -2 80 7.5 14 .077 .077 .114 28.1 21.4 11.1 .138 .160 .175 30.0
2019 Split-Finger 1.9 0 16 1.5 3 .000 .000 .467 50.0 0.0 0.0 .053 .128 .491 0.0
2019 Sweeper -0.5 0 8 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball 2.0 9 442 30.0 123 .265 .551 .444 16.2 13.0 15.8 .259 .505 .400 54.9
2018 Sinker 0.2 1 333 22.6 88 .238 .286 .375 12.2 11.4 12.8 .266 .385 .402 39.6
2018 Slider -1.2 -4 307 20.8 58 .058 .115 .138 48.4 41.4 23.3 .076 .108 .145 28.6
2018 Changeup 0.6 1 132 9.0 26 .190 .190 .273 29.4 30.8 18.2 .173 .189 .263 46.2
2018 Curveball -0.4 -1 130 8.8 22 .150 .150 .186 31.3 31.8 16.7 .165 .210 .214 23.1
2018 Cutter 0.2 0 90 6.1 23 .217 .391 .259 30.3 47.8 39.3 .150 .211 .157 41.7
2018 Sweeper -9.2 -1 16 1.1 4 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 33.3 .143 .156 .129 50.0
2018 Split-Finger -6.6 -1 11 0.7 4 .000 .000 .000 60.0 50.0 25.0 .028 .028 .026 0.0
2018 Slurve -10.2 -1 8 0.5 3 .000 .000 .000 60.0 66.7 66.7 .043 .044 .041 0.0
2018 Knuckleball -5.6 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .050 .050 .046 0.0
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 -1 525 35.2 135 .235 .461 .354 13.8 14.1 11.7 .264 .515 .381 42.7
2017 Sinker 1.1 3 293 19.6 83 .269 .373 .360 14.8 15.7 17.3 .266 .413 .366 42.6
2017 Slider -0.3 -1 269 18.0 57 .188 .292 .316 37.9 36.8 23.9 .190 .269 .275 33.3
2017 Curveball -0.9 -2 168 11.3 31 .148 .185 .218 42.6 41.9 20.0 .162 .213 .230 21.4
2017 Cutter 2.2 2 104 7.0 23 .300 .600 .409 23.9 21.7 15.2 .322 .591 .413 25.0
2017 Changeup -0.6 -1 94 6.3 25 .143 .429 .308 41.0 24.0 20.0 .199 .332 .301 26.7
2017 Split-Finger -6.4 -2 24 1.6 6 .000 .000 .117 46.2 66.7 28.6 .049 .064 .158 0.0
2017 Sweeper 5.8 1 12 0.8 4 .333 .333 .400 50.0 50.0 25.0 .081 .083 .232 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2008 659 2,638 -21 -3 25 12 13
2009 597 2,323 -19 -13 14 11 -7
2010 376 1,437 -11 -10 9 7 -5
2011 495 1,850 -7 -8 15 9 9
2012 517 2,073 -4 -20 15 10 2
2013 526 2,102 -5 -18 17 7 0
2014 459 1,924 0 1 21 9 31
2015 539 2,240 -9 -1 20 9 18
2016 570 2,442 -16 -18 24 12 2
2017 364 1,489 -10 -13 16 8 0
2018 352 1,472 -13 -12 18 9 3
2019 246 1,073 -9 -4 10 6 3
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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 2,112 52.5 59.3 83.3 20.8 54.3 43.2 27.2 41.0 23.5 8.6 75.7
2016 2,284 52.7 56.8 75.8 19.1 50.2 42.4 24.9 39.0 29.9 8.0 74.3
2017 1,492 52.6 60.9 80.9 17.0 56.7 43.0 32.6 40.1 23.5 9.3 74.8
2018 1,474 50.8 57.6 78.9 10.2 50.0 43.0 23.9 34.3 25.3 7.5 73.6
2019 1,066 52.3 61.3 81.5 17.2 39.5 42.1 27.4 40.3 27.0 7.3 77.9
Player 8,428 52.2 58.9 79.9 17.3 51.2 42.8 27.0 39.0 26.0 8.2 75.1
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 68 19 59 71 64 71 75 59 85 73 35 85 35 96 37
2016 50 5 42 61 57 61 77 53 78 69 11 90 11 97 24
2017 62 19 38 47 78 28 57 55 67 62 31 93 47 97 24
2018 33 1 4 22 72 16 41 79 65 78 35 97 42 100 25
2019 53 32
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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 23.3 21 21.7 -1 6 19 10 47.6
2017 22.8 13 11.4 2 6 11 4 30.8
2018 22.6 10 11.1 -1 1 10 5 50.0
2019 22.9 7 6.6 0 2 5 2 28.6
Player 22.9 51 50.9 0 15 45 21 41.2
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 21 27 18 26 19 19 19 24 15 16 18 25 21 18 20 23 14 18 25 24 23 20 30 32 21 20 21 30 26 24 16
2017 13 12 7 10 11 10 14 12 9 8 12 16 13 11 11 13 10 9 14 11 12 11 16 14 9 9 11 14 14 11 8
2018 10 15 10 8 10 9 12 12 10 7 11 10 12 11 11 11 9 9 15 11 15 14 14 15 7 8 11 10 15 11 11
2019 7 8 6 6 8 8 8 6 4 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 9 7 6 7 6 9 7 7 4
Player 51 62 41 50 48 46 53 54 38 36 46 58 52 47 49 53 39 42 61 53 57 52 69 68 43 44 49 63 62 53 39
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 +/-   2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 89.2 89.2 0.0 88.3 -0.9 ↓ 90.6 2.3 ↑ 88.2 -2.4 ↓
Launch Angle 9.7 10.0 0.3 ↑ 6.9 -3.1 ↓ 10.1 3.2 ↑ 11.2 1.1 ↑
Barrel % 8.2 9.3 1.1 ↑ 7.1 -2.2 ↓ 6.3 -0.8 ↓ 5.3 -1.0 ↓
Hard Hit % 40.0 40.3 0.3 ↑ 37.9 -2.4 ↓ 43.0 5.1 ↑ 34.0 -9.0 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 26.8 29.4 2.6 ↑ 32.9 3.5 ↑ 22.7 -10.2 ↓ 25.8 3.1 ↑
xBA .235 .224 -0.011 ↓ .238 0.014 ↑ .198 -0.040 ↓ .217 0.019 ↑
BA .240 .231 -0.009 ↓ .221 -0.010 ↓ .194 -0.027 ↓ .220 0.026 ↑
xwOBA .333 .326 -0.007 ↓ .339 0.013 ↑ .308 -0.031 ↓ .304 -0.004 ↓
wOBA .340 .322 -0.018 ↓ .324 0.002 ↑ .305 -0.019 ↓ .295 -0.010 ↓
xSLG .414 .411 -0.003 ↓ .408 -0.003 ↓ .323 -0.085 ↓ .345 0.022 ↑
SLG .458 .398 -0.060 ↓ .388 -0.010 ↓ .325 -0.063 ↓ .330 0.005 ↑
K% 20.9 27.7 6.8 ↑ 22.7 -5.0 ↓ 23.3 0.6 ↑ 24.1 0.8 ↑
BB% 10.5 12.0 1.5 ↑ 13.7 1.7 ↑ 15.9 2.2 ↑ 12.0 -3.9 ↓
Swing % 41.0 39.0 -2.0 ↓ 40.1 1.1 ↑ 34.3 -5.8 ↓ 40.3 6.0 ↑
Whiff% 23.5 29.9 6.4 ↑ 23.5 -6.4 ↓ 25.3 1.8 ↑ 27.0 1.7 ↑
In Zone % 52.5 52.7 0.2 ↑ 52.6 -0.1 ↓ 50.8 -1.8 ↓ 52.3 1.5 ↑
Out of Zone % 47.5 47.3 -0.2 ↓ 47.4 0.1 ↑ 49.2 1.8 ↑ 47.7 -1.5 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 20.8 19.1 -1.7 ↓ 17.0 -2.1 ↓ 10.2 -6.8 ↓ 17.2 7.0 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.2 24.9 -2.3 ↓ 32.6 7.7 ↑ 23.9 -8.7 ↓ 27.4 3.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 55.9 -1.9 ↓ 63.0 7.1 ↑ 56.0 -7.0 ↓ 62.9 6.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 524 20 3.8 .325 .219
2017 Shifts R 364 28 7.7 .320 .380
2018 Shifts R 352 25 7.1 .304 .323
2019 Shifts R 246 10 4.1 .282 .611
! 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 444 15.0 44.4% 2.7% 265 22.0 4.9% 10.9%
2011 491 16.0 40.3% 1.6% 352 22.0 2.0% 9.4%
2012 554 16.1 37.7% 2.5% 382 22.1 1.0% 8.1%
2013 579 16.1 38.5% 1.2% 431 23.4 0.2% 11.8%
2014 546 16.9 26.2% 2.0% 368 24.1 0.3% 11.7%
2015 650 17.7 28.5% 5.5% 436 23.1 4.4% 17.4%
2016 687 17.7 26.9% 4.2% 502 23.6 8.2% 16.3%
2017 440 17.1 26.1% 2.7% 305 23.9 1.0% 12.8%
2018 522 16.4 32.6% 2.1% 303 23.0 0.0% 8.9%
2019 315 18.1 19.4% 3.8% 219 25.2 1.4% 18.3%
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