Edgar Martinez

Hall of Fame

Third Base

1987—2004

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Player LeveL
Elite
Top 100 Rank
#99
Third Base RANK
#13

Player Detail

Edgar
GIVEN NAME
Martinez
SURNAME
January 2, 1963, in New York, NY
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1987—2004
Playing Career
Played from 24-41
PLAYING AGE
Seattle Mariners
Teams Played For
Third Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Seattle Mariners
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Gar, Papi
NICKNAME
11
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 12, 1987
Major League Debut
October 3, 2004
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Third Baseman —
— Mariners ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Edgar Martinez?

Great right-handed hitter, spent entire Hall of Fame career with Mariners. One of baseball’s greatest designated hitters.
Major League Baseball named their award honoring the season’s best designated hitter after Edgar Martinez.
  • Edgar Martinez Scouting Report

70

HITTING

60

POWER

30

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

30

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2055
2247
309
1261
.312
7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
55.9
57.0

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.933
.738
127.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.312
.418
.515

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Kevin Seitzer
Matt Williams

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Dan Wilson
Tino Martinez
Harold Reynolds
Alex Rodriguez
Jeff Cirillo
Rickey Henderson
Ken Griffey Jr.
Ichiro Suzuki
Randy Johnson
Jamie Moyer
Lou Piniella

Edgar Martinez Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Martinez
499
155
84
36
1
21
87
89
83
3
257
250
.312
.418
.515
933
AVG 3B
534
141
72
27
3
15
52
93
7
217
198
.263
.332
.406
.738

Edgar Martinez Rankings

AT Third Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
13
3 (DH)
1 (DH)
11
DH
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Third Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
11
13
18
25
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Edgar Martinez PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
68.3
43.6
30.2
20.0
5.38
70.0
44.1
31.5
21.6
5.03
BLUE = Edgar Martinez
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
314.3
186.7
129.3
85.9
24.7
347.8
200.2
143.2
95.5
25.6
BLUE = Edgar Martinez
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 3B