Ernie
Martinez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: March 11, 1983 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2018   
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
2002 19 DAK VL   1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
2003 20 DAK VL   1 1 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4
2004 21 DAK VL   3 3 3 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 5 5
2005 22 DAK VL $ 100,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2006 23 DAK VL $ 100,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
2007 24 DAK VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 25 DAK VL $ 100,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
2009 26 DAK VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2010 27 IND VL $ 2,700,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2011 28 NRW GL $ 2,700,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2012 29 NRW GL $ 2,700,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2013 30 UTA GL $ 5,000,000 7 6 7 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6
2014 31 UTA GL $ 5,000,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 7 6
2015 32 UTA GL $ 5,000,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2016 33 LOS VL $ 2,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2017 34 LOS VL $ 2,000,000 6 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2018 35 TRN VL $ 2,000,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2019 36 TRN VL $ 1,840,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
2020 37 TRN VL $ 1,840,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 8 7
2021 38 TRN VL $ 1,840,000 4 4 4 3 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
Min Ratings   1 0 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4
Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 0 0 0 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
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
2002 19 A   159 613 69 158 22 0 15 76 3 2 30 105 .258 .292 .367 .659 64.4  
2003 20 A   158 603 73 146 28 0 24 75 5 0 47 90 .242 .297 .408 .705 74.7  
2004 21 AA   77 291 37 82 10 0 5 32 0 0 21 34 .282 .330 .368 .698 35.0  
    A   84 326 37 96 19 0 6 28 4 0 24 50 .294 .343 .408 .751 44.6  
2005 22 DAK VL 24 65 3 9 1 0 1 7 0 0 2 13 .138 .164 .200 .364 0.1 0.0
    AAA   6 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .111 .273 .111 .384 0.8  
    AA   54 215 16 37 9 0 1 10 0 0 14 25 .172 .223 .228 .451 9.1  
2006 23 DAK VL 150 491 36 125 23 0 7 56 3 0 25 53 .255 .296 .344 .640 44.5 2.1
2007 24 DAK VL 162 627 76 166 28 0 16 83 3 0 45 60 .265 .315 .386 .701 70.2 6.3
2008 25 DAK VL 162 678 89 195 25 0 17 85 4 1 41 62 .288 .330 .400 .730 83.9 11.5
2009 26 DAK VL 161 620 92 167 31 0 21 75 1 1 39 77 .269 .312 .421 .733 80.6 11.8
2010 27 IND VL 138 443 53 100 16 0 14 60 2 0 31 49 .226 .275 .357 .632 41.0 2.4
2011 28 NRW GL 150 577 70 181 26 0 22 103 9 3 48 51 .314 .368 .473 .841 94.3 13.7
2012 29 NRW GL 159 626 82 180 23 0 30 105 1 3 39 71 .288 .331 .468 .799 93.2 16.6
2013 30 UTA GL 157 601 71 178 36 0 16 83 0 0 39 76 .296 .345 .436 .781 83.6 16.0
2014 31 UTA GL 159 574 67 146 15 1 25 85 5 5 40 84 .254 .302 .415 .717 73.0 13.3
2015 32 UTA GL 159 576 77 155 38 0 17 70 1 1 29 37 .269 .309 .424 .732 69.8 10.7
2016 33 LOS VL 151 585 78 169 39 1 21 88 0 1 40 30 .289 .337 .467 .804 82.7 16.0
2017 34 LOS VL 156 552 79 147 23 2 21 94 8 2 51 29 .266 .328 .429 .758 80.5 14.0
2018 35 TRN VL 154 581 79 166 30 5 15 103 6 1 40 39 .286 .332 .432 .764 83.5 18.5
2019 36 TRN VL 22 81 8 22 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 4 .272 .322 .309 .630 6.8 0.7
    A   64 254 66 139 26 0 23 61 3 9 41 10 .547 .610 .921 1.531 97.4  
2020 37 TRN VL 107 284 35 75 4 0 10 43 0 0 19 21 .264 .311 .384 .694 32.8 3.3
2021 38 TRN VL 65 153 21 42 5 0 3 14 0 0 11 27 .275 .325 .366 .691 18.4 2.1
17 Years Sim 2236 8114 1016 2223 366 9 256 1162 43 18 545 783 .274 .321 .416 .737 1038.7 158.9
1 Years AAA 6 18 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .111 .360 .111 .471 0.8  
2 Years AA 131 506 53 119 19 0 6 42 0 0 35 59 .235 .289 .308 .597 44.1  
4 Years A 465 1796 245 539 95 0 68 240 15 11 142 255 .300 .351 .467 .818 281.1  
7 Years Minors 602 2320 300 660 114 0 74 282 15 11 181 318 .284 .338 .429 .767 326.0  
162 Game Average 587 73 161 26 0 18 84 3 1 39 56 .274 .321 .416 .737 75.3  
Career Highs 162 678 92 195 39 5 30 105 9 5 51 84 .314 .368 .473 .841 94.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5674 694 1515 261 9 175 814 33 15 359 525 .267 .311 .409 .720 708.2
vs LH   1787 262 534 74 0 72 278 6 3 137 190 .299 .352 .461 .813 277.4
Home 1035 3675 490 1059 164 7 133 593 19 8 275 338 .288 .338 .445 .783 537.6
Away 1051 3948 490 1039 179 2 116 513 21 10 245 392 .263 .309 .398 .706 473.6
RISP   1871 0 558 86 4 57 804 0 0 193 172 .298 .355 .440 .795 293.2
Pinch Hitting   126 10 30 3 0 4 24 2 0 17 10 .238 .326 .357 .684 16.3
Close/Late   887 74 206 32 0 18 86 0 0 80 85 .232 .298 .329 .627 88.8
Mar/Apr 321 1192 153 327 50 1 38 183 6 3 82 120 .274 .322 .414 .736 155.7
May 327 1190 176 345 65 1 41 189 6 4 83 113 .290 .339 .450 .788 172.8
June 330 1170 160 307 47 0 48 169 6 2 104 125 .262 .322 .426 .748 161.9
July 266 984 128 289 50 3 36 145 4 3 52 84 .294 .332 .460 .792 141.7
August 328 1190 137 334 54 2 32 145 6 3 82 101 .281 .327 .410 .737 155.9
Sep/Oct 514 1897 226 496 77 2 54 275 12 3 117 187 .261 .307 .390 .697 223.3
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   DWS
2005 22 DAK VL LF 23 17 158.7 39 1 1 1 .976 2.27   0.3
2006 23 DAK VL LF 150 148 1211.0 317 11 6 1 .982 2.44   2.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2007 24 DAK VL LF 162 162 1430.0 334 12 9 2 .975 2.18   1.8
2008 25 DAK VL LF 162 162 1439.0 349 4 3 1 .992 2.21   4.4
2009 26 DAK VL LF 161 161 1421.3 359 13 6 3 .984 2.36   2.8
2010 27 IND VL LF 133 106 993.3 243 4 1 1 .996 2.24   4.0
2011 28 NRW GL LF 150 148 1303.7 293 5 4 2 .987 2.06   4.1
2012 29 NRW GL LF 159 159 1422.7 333 11 6 2 .983 2.18   5.3
2013 30 UTA GL LF 155 155 1347.0 285 6 3 1 .990 1.94   2.6
2014 31 UTA GL LF 158 158 1389.7 298 3 11 2 .965 1.95   4.1
2015 32 UTA GL LF 159 159 1411.3 321 6 9 3 .973 2.09   3.0
2016 33 LOS VL LF 147 140 1244.0 269 8 6 1 .979 2.00   1.3
2017 34 LOS VL 1B 3 3 25.0 26 1 2 2 .931 9.72   0.0
    LF 35 23 227.0 46 3 2 0 .961 1.94   0.7
2018 35 TRN VL LF 145 145 1291.0 302 5 9 1 .972 2.14   3.2
2020 37 TRN VL 2B 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 18 13 126.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.07   0.6
    RF 2 0 10.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    SS 2 0 6.0 1 5 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.2
2021 38 TRN VL 2B 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
    CF 3 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    LF 16 12 113.0 20 2 1 0 .957 1.75   0.4
    RF 2 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1933 1868 16528.7 3837 94 77 21 .981 2.14   40.5
  1B 3 3 25.0 26 1 2 2 .931 9.72   0.0
  RF 4 0 17.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.53    
  CF 3 0 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  SS 4 0 10.0 1 7 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.3
  2B 2 0 7.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
Career Totals   1949 1871 16604.7 3871 104 79 25 .981 2.15   40.9
Career Highs   162 162 1439.0 359 13 11 3 1.000 2.71    
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
2010 27 IND VL 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2013 30 UTA GL 3 12 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500
2019 36 TRN VL 10 40 2 8 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 4 .200 .250 .375 .625
2020 37 TRN VL 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 17 73 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 0 3 6 .178 .208 .274 .482
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
2011-5-.314
Games
2007-1-162
2008-1-162
At-Bats
2008-4-678
Singles
2008-8-153
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Derek Montgomery (929)
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  4. Randy Walker (908)
  5. Fred Verrill (907)
  6. Mario Renteria (900)
  7. Carl Sletten (894)
  8. James Kinch (888)
  9. Brian Lahey (885)
  10. Mark Hurtado (884)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 95th overall pick, by Santa Cruz (from Seminole) in 2002
Had first career hit on 6/11/2005, off Leo Tucker (PHI)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/2005, off Mervin Collins (PAS)
Was selected to the 2006 All-Rookie Team
Traded from Arizona to Indianapolis on 3/2/2010
Traded from Indianapolis to Norwich on 3/2/2011
Injured on 6/26/2011 with a Inflamed Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Atlantic City on 9/19/2012