José A. Martínez

Jose A. Martinez [Jose Alberto Martinez] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2016-2020. He last played for the Chicago Cubs in 2020. Martinez is 38 years old and was born on July 25th, 1988 in La Guaira, Venezuela. He is the Son of Carlos Martinez. He was signed as an undrafted international free agent by the Chicago White Sox in 2006. Ranked by Baseball America as the Chicago White Sox No. 4 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on September 6th, 2016 at the age of 28. His first at bat was a groundout to third base against Felipe Vazquez. Historically, based on stats listed below, his most frequent teammate was Gregory Infante [5 seasons]. Martinez played 5 seasons with the Chicago ...

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White Sox organization, 4 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 seasons with the Atlanta Braves, 2 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, 1 season with the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 season with the Chicago Cubs and 1 season with the New York Mets. Participated in the MLB Division Series 1x [2019] and the MLB Championship Series 1x [2019]. Hit a career high 17 home runs with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2018. Had a career high 83 runs batted in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2018. Had a career high .309 Batting Average for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017. Had a career high .897 OPS for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017. Led the Carolina League (A+) with a .314 Batting Average in 2011. Led the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with a .461 On Base Percentage in 2015. Played 1 year of Independent League Baseball in 2014.

Awards: Named Triple A All-Star Team in 2015. Named National League Rookie of the Month in September 2017.

Career Transactions: Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on November 13th, 2012. Signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals on January 28th, 2015. Traded from Royals to Cardinals for cash on May 25th, 2016. Signed a 2-year contract extension worth $3m with the St. Louis Cardinals on February 23rd, 2019 covering 2019-2020. Traded from Cardinals with Randy Arozarena to Rays for Matthew Liberatore and Edgardo Rodriguez on January 9th, 2020. Traded from Rays to Cubs for PTBNL on August 30th, 2020. Signed a 1-year free agent contract for 2021 worth $1m with the New York Mets on January 14th, 2021

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2008

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2009

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2010

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2007	Bristol White Sox	App	Rk	CHA	-	18			110	65	245	34	69	11	3	7	37	12	2	22	53	4	2	2	0	2	107	275	21	48	.282	.348	.437	.785	.286	.155	.332	8.00	19.27	2.41	35.00
2008	Kannapolis Intimidators	SAL	A	CHA	40	19			104*	39	144	19	44	5	0	2	18	7	5	12	26	0	0	0	0	7	55	156	7	37	.306	.359	.382	.741	.174	.076	.362	7.69	16.67	2.17	72.00
2010	Bristol White Sox	App	Rk	CHA	-	21				6	22	5	9	1	0	1	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	13	24	2	7	.409	.458	.591	1.049	.318	.182	.444	8.33	12.50	1.50	22.00
2010	Winston-Salem Dash	Caro	A+	CHA	8	21			90	61	236	28	57	8	1	5	24	4	1	17	42	2	3	3	0	10	82	261	14	43	.242	.295	.347	.642	.191	.105	.271	6.51	16.09	2.47	47.20
2011	Winston-Salem Dash	Caro	A+	CHA	40	22			107	80	315	45	99	13	3	5	29	2	3	13	44	2	2	1	1	11	133	333	21	78	.314	.344	.422	.766	.146	.108	.352	3.90	13.21	3.38	63.00
2011	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	CHA	32,50	22			99	53	200	19	59	13	1	1	16	5	2	15	25	1	2	2	0	10	77	220	15	44	.295	.344	.385	.729	.180	.090	.330	6.82	11.36	1.67	200.00
2012	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	CHA	40	23			91	114	436	54	108	15	1	5	42	6	3	41	87	2	2	1	0	9	140	482	21	87	.248	.315	.321	.636	.174	.073	.299	8.51	18.05	2.12	87.20
2013	Mississippi Braves	Sou	AA	ATL	40	24			102	123	431	46	123	19	0	6	39	6	9	37	63	1	4	2	1	12	160	475	25	98	.285	.342	.371	.713	.165	.086	.321	7.79	13.26	1.70	71.83
2014	Rockford Aviators	Frontier	Indy		-	25			118	28	104	17	35	6	0	3	14	6	1	10	12	0	0	2	0	0	50	116	9	26	.337	.388	.481	.869	.288	.144	.352	8.62	10.34	1.20	34.67
2014	Lynchburg Hillcats	Caro	A+	ATL	24	25			115	66	257	32	82	14	3	4	34	5	1	26	37	0	0	5	0	4	114	288	21	61	.319	.375	.444	.819	.241	.125	.353	9.03	12.85	1.42	64.25
2015	Arizona Royals	Ariz	Rk	KCA	-	26	D/	3/		4	15	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	16	2	3	.333	.375	.467	.842	.133	.134	.333	6.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
2015	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	30	26	/973D	4/56873	135	98	341	57	131	25	3	10	60	8	2	48	55	3	1	3	1	8	192	396	38	93	.384	.461	.563	1.024	.337	.179	.434	12.12	13.89	1.15	34.10
2016	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	30	27	37/D9	4/35	101	37	141	18	42	10	0	3	18	2	0	14	24	1	0	4	0	5	61	160	13	29	.298	.356	.433	.789	.248	.135	.331	8.75	15.00	1.71	47.00
2016	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	43	27	79/3D	34/956	101	87	301	34	81	18	1	8	42	9	1	25	50	1	1	1	3	14	125	329	27	54	.269	.326	.415	.741	.256	.146	.299	7.60	15.20	2.00	37.63
2016	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	58	27	H7/	9/84		12	16	4	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	18	1	6	.438	.500	.500	1.000	.188	.062	.467	11.11	5.56	0.50	0.00
2017	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	SLN	39	28	93/	3/		3	12	4	4	2	0	1	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	14	3	1	.333	.429	.750	1.179	.667	.417	.300	14.29	7.14	0.50	12.00
2017	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	58	28	3H/79D	/496582371	119	106	272	47	84	13	1	14	46	4	0	32	60	0	1	2	2	9	141	307	28	56	.309	.379	.518	.897	.342	.209	.350	10.42	19.54	1.88	19.43
2018	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	38	29	39/D	3/25948	112	152	534	64	163	30	0	17	83	0	3	49	104	2	2	3	0	15	244	590	47	116	.305	.364	.457	.821	.238	.152	.351	8.31	17.63	2.12	31.41
2019	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	38	30	9H/D7	5/923467	101	128	334	45	90	13	2	10	42	3	0	35	82	2	0	2	0	14	137	373	25	65	.269	.340	.410	.750	.254	.141	.328	9.38	21.98	2.34	33.40
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	AL	MLB	TBA	40	31	D/3	4/3259	77	24	67	10	16	4	0	2	10	0	0	9	20	0	0	0	1	5	26	76	6	10	.239	.329	.388	.717	.284	.149	.311	11.84	26.32	2.22	33.50
2020	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	53	31	DH/	98	77	10	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	0	0	.000	.045	.000	.045	.048	.000	.000	4.55	31.82	7.00	0.00
2021	St. Lucie Mets	FSL2	A	NYN	19	32	9/	2/		3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	.143	.000	.167	12.50	12.50	1.00	0.00
2021	Brooklyn Cyclones	SAL2	A+	NYN	48	32	9/	4/		4	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	0	2	.182	.357	.182	.539	.273	.000	.250	21.43	21.43	1.00	0.00
2021	Syracuse Mets	IL2	AAA	NYN	26	32	9/D	3/245		12	38	6	10	2	0	3	6	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	2	21	42	5	5	.263	.333	.553	.886	.395	.290	.259	9.52	19.05	2.00	12.67
2022	Monclova Acereros	Mex	AAA			33			100	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	.000	.000	.000	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
2022	Yucatan Leones	Mex	AAA			33			100	38	133	18	46	9	0	2	23	0	0	16	18	0	0	1	0	4	61	150	11	35	.346	.413	.459	.872	.233	.113	.386	10.67	12.00	1.13	66.50
2023	Yucatan	Mex	Intl			34			120	88	323	52	102	18	0	15	70	1	0	57	60	2	0	0	0	12	165	382	33	69	.316	.421	.511	.932	.375	.195	.351	14.92	15.71	1.05	21.53
2024	Yucatan Leones	Mex	Intl			35				12	40	7	14	3	0	1	4	0	0	5	6	1	0	1	0	2	20	47	4	10	.350	.426	.500	.926	.275	.150	.382	10.64	12.77	1.20	40.00
Tot:	MLB (5 yrs)		MLB							432	1244	170	360	61	3	43	182	7	3	128	274	4	3	7	3	44	556	1386	107	253	.289	.356	.447	.803	.264	.158	.339	9.24	19.77	2.14	28.93
Tot:	NL (5 yrs)		NL							408	1177	160	344	57	3	41	172	7	3	119	254	4	3	7	2	39	530	1310	101	243	.292	.357	.450	.808	.263	.158	.341	9.08	19.39	2.13	28.71
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL							24	67	10	16	4	0	2	10	0	0	9	20	0	0	0	1	5	26	76	6	10	.239	.329	.388	.717	.284	.149	.311	11.84	26.32	2.22	33.50
Tot:	Minors (12 yrs)		Minors							894	3288	423	972	167	16	63	400	68	30	299	541	18	17	25	7	101	1360	3647	246	726	.296	.355	.414	.769	.220	.118	.336	8.20	14.83	1.81	52.19
Tot:	Indy (1 yrs)		Indy							28	104	17	35	6	0	3	14	6	1	10	12	0	0	2	0	0	50	116	9	26	.337	.388	.481	.869	.288	.144	.352	8.62	10.34	1.20	34.67
Tot:	Rk (3 yrs)		Rk							75	282	41	83	14	3	8	44	13	3	25	56	4	2	2	1	2	127	315	25	58	.294	.358	.450	.808	.280	.156	.341	7.94	17.78	2.24	35.25
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A							42	151	20	45	5	0	2	18	7	5	13	27	0	0	0	0	7	56	164	7	38	.298	.354	.371	.725	.172	.073	.352	7.93	16.46	2.08	75.50
Tot:	A+ (5 yrs)		A+							214	831	110	244	37	7	15	92	12	5	61	127	4	5	9	1	26	340	910	59	185	.294	.341	.409	.751	.197	.116	.328	6.70	13.96	2.08	55.40
Tot:	AA (3 yrs)		AA							290	1067	119	290	47	2	12	97	17	14	93	175	4	8	5	1	31	377	1177	61	229	.272	.331	.353	.684	.172	.082	.314	7.90	14.87	1.88	88.92
Tot:	AAA (4 yrs)		AAA							273	957	133	310	64	4	26	149	19	3	107	156	6	2	9	4	35	460	1081	94	216	.324	.392	.481	.873	.285	.157	.362	9.90	14.43	1.46	36.81
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year	team name	league	category	age	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2007	Chicago White Sox	MLB Spring Training	Spring	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2011	Chicago White Sox	MLB Spring Training	Spring	22	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	.250	.250	.333	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
2012	Chicago White Sox	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	6	7	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	4	.571	.571	.571	1.142	.000	.000	.667	0.00	14.29	0.00	0.00
2013	Atlanta Braves	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	.667	.667	.667	1.334	.000	.000	.667	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2016	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	13	25	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	1	5	.240	.269	.280	.549	.080	.040	.286	3.85	15.38	4.00	0.00
2017	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	25	50	14	19	4	1	4	15	1	1	12	6	1	0	0	0	1	37	63	9	10	.380	.508	.740	1.248	.600	.360	.375	19.05	9.52	0.50	12.50
2018	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	29	21	55	7	15	6	0	3	13	2	1	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	30	61	9	6	.273	.344	.545	.889	.400	.272	.250	9.84	6.56	0.67	18.33
2019	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	30	19	48	2	9	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	1	13	52	3	6	.188	.250	.271	.521	.167	.083	.237	7.69	19.23	2.50	0.00
2019	St. Louis Cardinals	Division Series	Playoffs	30	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	.667	.667	.667	1.334	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
2019	St. Louis Cardinals	Championship Series	Playoffs	30	4	10	1	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	2	3	.500	.500	.700	1.200	.200	.200	.625	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00
2020	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB Spring Training	Spring	31	11	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	0	0	1	0	2	5	31	0	5	.179	.226	.179	.405	.071	.000	.250	6.45	29.03	4.50	0.00
2021	New York Mets	MLB Spring Training	Spring	32	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	.500	.000	.000	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	Spring (10 Yrs)		Spring		107	225	32	62	14	2	7	35	3	2	27	35	1	0	1	0	8	101	254	23	39	.276	.354	.449	.803	.298	.173	.299	10.63	13.78	1.30	32.14
Tot:	Playoffs (1 Yrs)		Playoffs		7	13	1	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	13	2	5	.538	.538	.692	1.231	.154	.154	.700	0.00	23.08

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