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Victor Martinez

Guardians Career team 2002–2009
Number #41
Position Designated Hitter
Bats Both
Throws Right
Age 47
Height 6' 2"
Weight 210 lbs
Birth Place Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Born Dec 23, 1978

Key Insights

2018
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Martinez more often than Mark Buehrle: 65 plate appearances, in which Martinez has hit .339/.369/.516.

21 hits, 3 home runs and 6 strikeouts across 65 plate appearances.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Martinez is 9 for 14 against Curt Schilling, a .643 average and his best against anyone he has faced this often.

15 career plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the PIT, Martinez has hit .378 and slugged .743 over 89 plate appearances, his best of any club.

28 hits, 6 home runs and 7 strikeouts, against a .445 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Martinez hits Matt Belisle harder than anyone: 102.8 mph off the bat, against a median of 90.2 across the pitchers he has faced.

9 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Martinez swings through more against Sidney Ponson than against anyone else he has faced this often: 0% of the swings between them come up empty.

13 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 105 matchups on his own record.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Martinez has hit .000/.111/.000 against Kevin Gausman in 18 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

0 for 16 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .709 OPS median across his matchups.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 23, 1978
Birth Place Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela
Height 6' 2"
Weight 210 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Right