Carmelo
Martinez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 230
 
Born: July 28, 1960 in P.R., , DORADO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1993   
All-Star Selections 1989    1990    1991    1992    1994    1995   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 27 STL NL 148 529 69 139 19 0 16 73 2 1 61 63 .263 .336 .389 .725 69.1 12.9
1989 28 STL NL 158 566 63 158 23 2 19 79 1 0 69 42 .279 .355 .428 .782 87.1 19.6
1990 29 STL NL 162 644 98 178 26 2 30 92 0 1 71 41 .276 .344 .463 .807 97.3 19.3
1991 30 STL NL 160 576 78 181 25 0 27 106 0 1 54 29 .314 .370 .498 .868 99.9 23.6
1992 31 STL NL 159 562 88 182 26 1 27 89 1 1 60 40 .324 .385 .518 .903 107.6 23.6
1993 32 STL NL 158 585 90 168 18 1 30 113 0 1 59 35 .287 .349 .475 .824 96.5 18.4
1994 33 STL NL 159 596 103 165 27 1 25 91 1 0 71 38 .277 .353 .451 .804 89.3 18.5
1995 34 STL NL 158 576 93 163 32 1 30 105 2 0 66 41 .283 .353 .498 .852 97.5 21.2
1996 35 STL NL 85 166 19 35 8 1 4 33 0 0 11 33 .211 .253 .343 .596 15.7 1.1
1997 36 STL NL 30 67 8 19 5 0 2 13 0 0 5 9 .284 .333 .448 .781 9.5 1.6
10 Years Sim 1377 4867 709 1388 209 9 210 794 7 5 527 371 .285 .352 .461 .813 769.4 159.8
162 Game Average 572 83 163 24 1 24 93 0 0 62 43 .285 .352 .461 .813 90.5  
Career Highs 162 644 103 182 32 2 30 113 2 1 71 63 .324 .385 .518 .903 107.6  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1988 27 STL NL 3B 144 143 1240.7 78 345 7 30 .984 3.07 0 0 .000 0 5.4
    LF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 28 STL NL 3B 150 150 1350.3 84 342 12 27 .973 2.84 0 0 .000 0 5.8
    LF 4 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 29 STL NL 3B 162 162 1466.7 103 357 18 27 .962 2.82 0 0 .000 0 3.9
1991 30 STL NL 3B 156 151 1336.0 93 293 10 25 .975 2.60 0 0 .000 0 4.5
1992 31 STL NL 3B 141 133 1199.3 65 295 6 27 .984 2.70 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    1B 10 9 80.3 93 10 2 7 .981 11.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 32 STL NL 3B 156 154 1343.0 86 265 19 25 .949 2.35 0 0 .000 0 5.4
1994 33 STL NL 3B 156 155 1359.3 86 304 8 28 .980 2.58 0 0 .000 0 6.8
1995 34 STL NL 3B 157 153 1338.3 82 309 17 23 .958 2.63 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1996 35 STL NL 3B 37 27 264.7 16 48 1 6 .985 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 6 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1997 36 STL NL 3B 10 8 66.0 2 13 0 3 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 7 4 49.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1269 1236 10964.3 695 2571 98 221 .971 2.68 0 0 .000 0 41.8
  1B 17 9 93.3 106 10 2 8 .983 11.19 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 24 4 83.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1311 1249 11143.3 818 2581 100 229 .971 2.75 0 0 .000 0 42.1
Career Highs   162 162 1466.7 161 357 19 34 1.000 3.26 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 27 STL NL 4 13 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .308 .333 .538 .872
1989 28 STL NL 17 69 10 28 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 5 .406 .432 .464 .896
1992 31 STL NL 12 48 6 16 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 5 .333 .373 .500 .873
1993 32 STL NL 15 53 7 20 3 0 3 13 0 0 2 4 .377 .379 .604 .983
1994 33 STL NL 16 55 8 11 1 0 4 9 0 0 12 6 .200 .343 .436 .780
1995 34 STL NL 17 66 8 20 4 0 2 9 0 0 5 13 .303 .352 .455 .807
1996 35 STL NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 84 307 42 99 14 0 12 51 0 0 27 35 .322 .372 .485 .857
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1992-6-.324
On-Base Pct
1992-6-.385
Slugging Pct
1991-9-.498
1992-9-.518
OPS
1991-10-.868
1992-9-.903
XR
1990-10-97.3
1991-7-99.9
1992-6-107.6
Games
1990-1-162
1991-6-160
1992-8-159
1994-8-159
At-Bats
1990-1-644
Runs
1990-5-98
1994-7-103
Hits
1990-9-178
1991-10-181
Total Bases
1990-4-298
1991-8-287
Homeruns
1990-6-30
1991-7-27
RBIs
1990-8-92
1991-7-106
1993-6-113
1995-8-105
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. David Bell (920)
  2. Bobby Rose (915)
  3. Toby Harrah (892)
  4. Rich Aurilia (876)
  5. Jeffrey Hammonds (875)
  6. Andres Galarraga (875)
  7. Geronimo Berroa (872)
  8. Larry Hisle (871)
  9. Jermaine Dye (868)
  10. Mark Kotsay (867)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 25th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1981
Drafted in 3rd round, 71st overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 1983
Injured on 5/31/1983 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Chicago (A) to St. Louis on 4/1/1985 (Going to STL: 3B C. Martinez. Going to CHW: RF C. Davis)
Had first career hit on 4/16/1988, off Rick Aguilera (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1988, off Jose Deleon (SDP)
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 8/15/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1990, hitting .375 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1991, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1992 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 8/24/1993
Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1993
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 5/13/1994
5/16/1994: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $7,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1994 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1995, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game
Injured on 3/28/1996 with a Spasms Back, out for 7 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to Philadelphia on 5/16/1997 (Going to STL: P Pat Combs, C Ed Sprague. Going to PHI: C Jason Kendall, LF Brent Bowers, 3B Carmelo Martinez)
Released by Philadelphia on 5/16/1997