| Russell Martin | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:RussellMartin_20060726.jpg) Martin with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2007 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: February 15, 1983 East York, Ontario, Canada | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 5, 2006, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 28, 2019, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .248 |
| Home runs | 191 |
| Runs batted in | 771 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin Jr. (born February 15, 1983) is a Canadian former professional baseball catcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Toronto Blue Jays, and is a four-time MLB All-Star. In 2007, Martin won the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award.
Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his MLB debut in 2006, and continued in that role for nearly five years. His offensive and defensive performance earned wide accolades during his first three years, but they diminished significantly in 2009 and 2010. Martin spent the last two months of 2010 on the disabled list. After the Dodgers declined to offer him arbitration in 2011, he signed with the Yankees and succeeded Jorge Posada as the Yankees' everyday catcher.
In November 2012, Martin signed a two-year free agent contract with the Pirates, and took over the team's everyday catcher duties.[1] Following the 2014 season, he signed a five-year, $82 million contract with the Blue Jays.[2] In January 2019, he was traded back to the Dodgers.
- ^ "Pirates reel in quite the catch with Martin". MLB.com. November 30, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
- ^ Chisholm, Gregor (November 18, 2014). "Blue Jays land free-agent catcher Martin". mlb.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.