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in his 11 year career, in an average 162 games, Martin strikes out 107 times....so, yes, I am going say there have been games where he did not strike out....I am sure you can find specific examples. Over that 11 years he is a .256 hitter, averaging 18 home runs and 77 RBI...all while he is considered a premier defensive catcher with a gun for an arm that catches base runners stealing.Man, Russell Martin sucks. Has he ever gone a game without striking out at least once? Anyone else wish we had Dioner Navarro still, but as our primary catcher?
Dioner Navarro, in 13 years, has a 162 game average of .254, 13 home runs and 60 RBI while striking out 80 times....so he hits for roughly the same average, but with less run production and strikes out less.....and with not quite the arm of Martin.
Notice those numbers are calculated over many years, and over averages of 162 games....I am not a huge baseball guy but I do get that careers/value are not established over any particular 23 game stretch.
As for last year....Martin's stats were amazingly similar to his career 162 average numbers (in brackets) average .240 (.256)...HR 23 (18) RBI 77 (77)...strike outs 106 (107). He played in 129 games last year....so his strike out pace was up to .83 a game compared to a career average of .66 per game....but his home runs were way up to .18/game compared to .11 as were his RBI .60 compared to .48.
Oh, and did we mention, great defensive catcher with a gun for an arm?