Martin
Lawrence
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 16, 1974 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2010    2012   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 27 NRW GL $ 3,240,000 6 7 6 4 5 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
2002 28 NRW GL $ 3,240,000 6 7 6 4 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
2003 29 WIC GL $ 2,500,000 5 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2004 30 WIC GL $ 2,500,000 6 7 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5
2005 31 WIC GL $ 2,500,000 6 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5
2006 32 WIC GL $ 2,800,000 6 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
2007 33 WIC GL $ 2,800,000 6 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 6 5 5
2008 34 RIC GL $ 2,800,000 6 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
2009 35 RIC GL $ 2,800,000 6 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2010 36 RIC GL $ 1,890,000 6 7 7 5 5 5 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
2011 37 DES GL $ 1,890,000 6 7 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2012 38 DES GL $ 500,000 5 6 6 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
Min Ratings $ 500,000 5 6 6 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 3,240,000 6 7 7 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player 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
2001 27 NRW GL 146 563 84 187 34 4 13 89 2 0 45 100 .332 .382 .476 .858 93.6 11.3
2002 28 NRW GL 144 592 87 184 25 2 13 96 1 2 62 133 .311 .377 .426 .803 92.1 10.1
2003 29 WIC GL 142 571 79 166 26 2 15 81 6 0 45 99 .291 .339 .422 .761 77.6 8.6
2004 30 WIC GL 152 576 88 198 41 1 12 129 7 6 56 91 .344 .398 .481 .879 99.9 18.4
2005 31 WIC GL 155 591 95 178 25 2 13 99 11 0 55 72 .301 .367 .416 .783 90.1 17.6
2006 32 WIC GL 158 593 86 179 32 1 14 114 14 4 45 92 .302 .352 .430 .782 86.4 17.3
2007 33 WIC GL 133 440 57 128 25 0 12 58 11 2 23 67 .291 .328 .430 .757 59.4 8.7
2008 34 WIC GL 91 326 31 96 16 0 4 46 10 5 33 49 .294 .354 .380 .735 46.9 13.9
  RIC GL 66 257 40 85 24 1 6 42 7 4 20 36 .331 .375 .502 .877 45.6 10.9
  TOT   157 583 71 181 40 1 10 88 17 9 53 85 .310 .363 .434 .797 92.5 24.8
2009 35 RIC GL 145 530 80 172 38 0 14 77 17 5 39 94 .325 .373 .475 .848 86.9 16.8
2010 36 RIC GL 162 689 94 228 37 1 18 93 11 6 39 112 .331 .365 .466 .831 108.1 19.5
2011 37 DES GL 158 619 85 185 34 0 12 86 12 1 45 91 .299 .347 .412 .759 85.2 12.5
2012 38 NRL VL 51 197 31 65 12 1 8 25 2 1 17 29 .330 .382 .523 .905 36.9 7.9
  DES GL 52 196 22 57 6 1 2 18 2 1 8 26 .291 .319 .362 .681 22.3 4.4
  UTI VL 24 68 10 25 2 2 2 10 1 0 1 8 .368 .371 .544 .916 12.5 3.4
  TOT   127 461 63 147 20 4 12 53 5 2 26 63 .319 .354 .458 .812 71.6 15.7
    AAA   4 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1  
12 Years Sim 1779 6808 969 2133 377 18 158 1063 114 37 533 1099 .313 .363 .444 .807 1043.3 181.2
1 Years AAA 4 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 1.1  
162 Game Average 619 88 194 34 1 14 96 10 3 48 100 .313 .363 .444 .807 95.0  
Career Highs 162 689 95 228 41 4 18 129 17 9 62 133 .344 .398 .481 .879 108.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5079 708 1600 294 13 114 777 91 31 426 843 .315 .368 .445 .814 796.2
vs LH   1729 261 533 83 5 44 286 11 6 107 256 .308 .348 .438 .786 250.4
Home 885 3292 464 1018 184 5 67 493 47 18 263 528 .309 .361 .429 .790 489.0
Away 894 3516 505 1115 193 13 91 570 55 19 270 571 .317 .365 .457 .822 557.6
RISP   1901 0 629 113 2 50 876 0 0 194 318 .331 .383 .471 .855 331.3
Pinch Hitting   69 10 14 3 0 0 11 1 0 7 8 .203 .273 .246 .519 4.9
Close/Late   722 77 190 35 2 21 117 0 0 79 113 .263 .335 .404 .739 99.3
Mar/Apr 280 1054 136 322 57 3 29 166 10 10 67 151 .306 .444 .448 .892 153.5
May 260 995 153 304 44 5 24 160 9 5 89 172 .306 .361 .432 .793 150.9
June 269 1031 156 335 64 3 23 155 19 9 88 183 .325 .375 .460 .835 168.5
July 202 796 102 254 43 2 14 120 10 7 66 128 .319 .371 .431 .802 120.7
August 269 1044 142 336 61 5 27 179 12 2 76 152 .322 .369 .467 .836 168.9
Sep/Oct 388 1523 233 471 85 0 33 228 31 7 124 254 .309 .363 .430 .793 229.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 27 NRW GL C 143 132 1187.0 984 83 14 1 .987 8.09 195 56 .287 4 3.9
2002 28 NRW GL C 144 139 1262.3 949 80 14 4 .987 7.34 226 63 .279 1 4.4
2003 29 WIC GL 3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 140 140 1253.0 1111 62 10 1 .992 8.43 201 49 .244 3 3.3
2004 30 WIC GL C 151 147 1316.7 1251 67 13 3 .990 9.01 167 52 .311 2 5.3
2005 31 WIC GL C 154 148 1348.0 997 44 7 5 .993 6.95 122 28 .230 3 7.1
2006 32 WIC GL C 156 151 1349.3 1008 46 8 5 .992 7.03 114 27 .237 1 6.6
2007 33 WIC GL C 128 107 987.3 675 48 9 1 .988 6.59 150 35 .233 2 3.5
2008 34 WIC GL C 89 86 760.2 466 37 7 3 .986 5.96 119 30 .252 1 3.0
  RIC GL C 65 62 586.2 360 29 6 3 .985 5.97 92 23 .250 1 1.7
  TOT   C 154 148 1346.3 826 66 13 6 .986 5.96 211 53 .251 2 4.7
2009 35 RIC GL C 144 125 1136.3 774 53 4 1 .995 6.55 133 38 .286 7 7.7
2010 36 RIC GL C 162 162 1440.3 998 58 5 8 .995 6.60 157 40 .255 4 7.9
2011 37 DES GL C 117 114 1014.7 555 39 4 2 .993 5.27 80 20 .250 1 4.4
2012 38 NRL VL C 37 36 349.8 221 11 3 0 .987 5.97 36 8 .222 1 1.4
  DES GL C 38 37 333.7 211 10 3 0 .987 5.96 34 8 .235 1 0.7
  UTI VL C 17 17 112.8 71 4 1 0 .987 5.98 12 3 .250 0 0.4
  TOT   C 92 90 796.3 503 25 7 0 .987 5.97 82 19 .232 2 2.5
  C 1685 1603 14437.6 10631 671 108 37 .991 7.05 1838 480 .261 32 61.3
  3B 1 1 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1686 1604 14446.6 10632 673 108 37 .991 7.04 1838 480 .261 32 61.4
Career Highs   162 162 1440.3 1251 83 14 8 .995 9.01 226 63 .311 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2003 29 WIC GL 16 58 4 12 2 0 1 10 2 1 11 9 .207 .333 .293 .626
2004 30 WIC GL 8 29 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .207 .303 .241 .544
2006 32 WIC GL 5 19 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263 .300 .421 .721
2008 34 RIC GL 9 37 3 12 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 .324 .324 .324 .649
2009 35 RIC GL 4 19 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 .158 .158 .368 .526
2011 37 DES GL 15 63 5 18 4 0 0 5 1 1 2 21 .286 .303 .349 .652
2012 38 DES GL 5 21 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .524 .810
Career Post-Season Batting 62 246 19 62 11 1 3 21 4 3 18 56 .252 .302 .341 .643
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
2004-9-.344
2008-8-.310
2009-6-.325
2010-6-.331
CAR-28-.313
Games
2010-1-162
At-Bats
2010-5-689
Hits
2010-4-228
Singles
2010-1-172
2011-10-139
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 57    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Motogorou Atshushi (862)
  7. Jose Zamora (857)
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History
Drafted in 14th round, 497th overall pick, by Columbia in 2001
Hit 3 HR's in a game on 5/29/2001
Drove in 7 runs against Santa Cruz on 8/17/2007
Traded from Wichita to Richmond on 7/30/2008
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar Game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Norwich on 9/22/2010
Was selected to the 2010 All-FOBL 2nd Team
Traded from Richmond to Des Moines on 3/2/2011
Had 2000th career hit on 4/17/2012, off Ronald Triche (AWN)
Traded from Utica to New Orleans on 5/7/2012 (Going to NRL: C M. Lawrence, 1B A. Parmley. Going to UTI: C B. Weeks, RF D. Brockman)
Traded from New Orleans to Des Moines on 7/23/2012 (Going to NRL: P J. Robinson, C M. Ridley. Going to DES: C M. Lawrence)