Russell Martin Notable

b. February 15, 1983 · Los Angeles Dodgers 2006–2010, 2019, New York Yankees 2011–2012, Pittsburgh Pirates 2013–2014, Toronto Blue Jays 2015–2018

Russell Martin played for four clubs across 14 seasons as a catcher, opening with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2006 and closing with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2019.

Across 1,693 games he batted .248, with 1,416 hits and 803 runs. He finished with 191 home runs, 255 doubles, 792 walks and 101 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 4 innings in 4 games. He struck out 2.

He played 1,579 games behind the plate, with 11,612 putouts and 89 errors. He turned 78 double plays.

He was selected to four All-Star teams between 2007 and 2015.

He was born in East York, ON, CAN on February 15, 1983. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	4	2007, 2008, 2011, 2015
Gold Glove	1	2007
Player of the Week	1	2013
Silver Slugger	1	2007
The Sporting News All-Star	1	2007

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2006	LAD	121	415	65	117	26	4	10	65	45	57	10	.282
2007	LAD	151	540	87	158	32	3	19	87	67	89	21	.293
2008	LAD	155	553	87	155	25	0	13	69	90	83	18	.280
2009	LAD	143	505	63	126	19	0	7	53	69	80	11	.250
2010	LAD	97	331	45	82	13	0	5	26	48	61	6	.248
2011	NYY	125	417	57	99	17	0	18	65	50	81	8	.237
2012	NYY	133	422	50	89	18	0	21	53	53	95	6	.211
2013	PIT	127	438	51	99	21	0	15	55	58	108	9	.226
2014	PIT	111	379	45	110	20	0	11	67	59	78	4	.290
2015	TOR	129	441	76	106	23	2	23	77	53	106	4	.240
2016	TOR	137	455	62	105	16	0	20	74	64	148	2	.231
2017	TOR	91	307	49	68	12	0	13	35	50	83	1	.221
2018	TOR	90	289	37	56	8	0	10	25	56	82	0	.194
2019	LAD	83	209	29	46	5	0	6	20	30	60	1	.220
Career	—	1693	5701	803	1416	255	9	191	771	792	1211	101	.248

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2019	LAD	0	0	4	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
Career	—	0	0	4	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	2	0.00

On this day & linked events

1983

Born February 15, 1983

East York, ON, CAN

2006

Major-league debut: Russell Martin

Russell Martin made a major-league debut on May 5, 2006.

2019

Final major-league game: Russell Martin

Russell Martin played a final major-league game on September 28, 2019.

Image: Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0