Faustino
Martinez
 
Nickname: Wild Thing
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 19, 1983 in Puerto Rico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2007   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2005 21 SCS HL     7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
2006 22 SCS HL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7
2007 23 SCS HL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
2008 24 SCS HL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
2009 25 SCS HL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 8
2010 26 SCS HL $ 2,507,143   6 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,507,143   7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 21 AAA   22 88 12 34 5 1 6 9 0 1 4 10 .386 .413 .670 1.083 20.1  
    AA   114 444 53 149 18 2 17 52 4 1 38 71 .336 .388 .500 .888 80.5  
2006 22 SCS HL 80 301 39 97 13 4 11 41 1 2 23 42 .322 .380 .502 .881 53.2 10.5
2007 23 SCS HL 154 576 71 166 15 0 19 83 1 0 52 91 .288 .356 .413 .769 84.1 13.7
2008 24 SCS HL 159 584 73 137 20 0 9 57 1 0 40 69 .235 .301 .315 .616 58.8 6.1
2009 25 SCS HL 136 343 35 101 16 2 7 51 0 0 31 41 .294 .358 .414 .772 49.1 8.4
2010 26 SCS HL 154 558 48 138 26 1 7 73 2 1 45 62 .247 .313 .335 .648 61.9 9.5
5 Years Sim 683 2362 266 639 90 7 53 305 5 3 191 305 .271 .335 .382 .717 307.1 48.2
1 Years AAA 22 88 12 34 5 1 6 9 0 1 4 10 .386 .449 .670 1.119 20.1  
1 Years AA 114 444 53 149 18 2 17 52 4 1 38 71 .336 .396 .500 .896 80.5  
2 Years Minors 136 532 65 183 23 3 23 61 4 2 42 81 .344 .405 .528 .933 100.7  
162 Game Average 560 63 151 21 1 12 72 1 0 45 72 .271 .335 .382 .717 72.8  
Career Highs 159 584 73 166 26 4 19 83 2 2 52 91 .322 .380 .502 .881 84.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1686 183 444 71 5 28 215 4 2 139 234 .263 .331 .361 .692 194.7
vs LH   676 83 195 19 2 25 90 1 1 52 71 .288 .345 .433 .779 97.6
Home 340 1161 133 304 35 6 22 136 2 2 86 154 .262 .323 .359 .682 130.3
Away 343 1201 133 335 55 1 31 169 3 1 105 151 .279 .347 .404 .751 162.1
RISP   627 0 167 22 1 15 239 0 0 65 78 .266 .334 .376 .711 80.9
Pinch Hitting   73 4 19 2 1 1 9 0 0 7 12 .260 .333 .356 .689 8.6
Close/Late   297 32 75 17 0 3 31 0 0 30 38 .253 .337 .340 .677 32.9
Mar/Apr 107 372 42 112 16 1 11 50 0 1 23 49 .301 .352 .438 .790 52.9
May 125 451 45 123 17 1 8 50 2 1 35 64 .273 .331 .368 .699 53.8
June 127 445 58 124 18 3 10 55 1 0 40 57 .279 .355 .400 .755 59.9
July 98 327 37 70 11 1 6 42 1 0 27 46 .214 .294 .309 .603 28.3
August 114 406 46 128 17 1 9 55 1 1 32 51 .315 .367 .429 .796 60.8
Sep/Oct 112 361 38 82 11 0 9 53 0 0 34 38 .227 .302 .332 .635 36.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2006 22 SCS HL SS 76 76 667.3 82 177 12 29 .956 3.49   1.1
    3B 1 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2007 23 SCS HL 3B 145 140 1256.0 80 272 20 22 .946 2.52   3.2
    SS 2 2 19.7 6 5 0 1 1.000 5.04   0.0
    2B 2 2 18.0 3 10 0 2 1.000 6.50   0.1
2008 24 SCS HL SS 138 136 1229.7 187 369 28 64 .952 4.07   4.2
    2B 11 11 91.0 23 34 3 6 .950 5.64   0.6
    3B 6 2 21.3 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.80   0.2
2009 25 SCS HL SS 48 48 431.7 53 134 7 18 .964 3.90   1.8
    3B 27 23 212.7 23 26 4 2 .925 2.07   0.3
    RF 7 7 60.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.1
2010 26 SCS HL 3B 151 146 1306.0 100 262 21 25 .945 2.49   3.1
  3B 330 311 2802.0 205 570 45 50 .945 2.49   6.8
  SS 264 262 2348.3 328 685 47 112 .956 3.88   7.1
  2B 13 13 109.0 26 44 3 8 .959 5.78   0.7
  RF 7 7 60.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.1
Career Totals   614 593 5319.3 566 1300 95 170 .952 3.16   14.7
Career Highs   155 149 1342.0 211 411 31 71 .957 4.17    
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.
Games
2008-8-159
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 1
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by South Carolina in 2005
Had first career hit on 4/5/2006, off Yuuichirou Kosho (IH)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2006, off Richard Arnold (JBR)
Injured on 7/5/2006 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game
2/5/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,507,143 through salary arbitration