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Victor Martinez played 16 major-league seasons (2002-2018) as a C (858), 1B (214). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | CLE | 12 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .281 | .740 | 96 |
| 2003 | 25 | CLE | 49 | 159 | 15 | 46 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 21 | .289 | .678 | 81 |
| 2004 | 26 | CLE | 141 | 520 | 77 | 147 | 23 | 108 | 0 | 60 | 69 | .283 | .851 | 120 |
| 2005 | 27 | CLE | 147 | 547 | 73 | 167 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 63 | 78 | .305 | .853 | 126 |
| 2006 | 28 | CLE | 153 | 572 | 82 | 181 | 16 | 93 | 0 | 71 | 78 | .316 | .856 | 122 |
| 2007 | 29 | CLE | 147 | 562 | 78 | 169 | 25 | 114 | 0 | 62 | 76 | .301 | .879 | 130 |
| 2008 | 30 | CLE | 73 | 266 | 30 | 74 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 24 | 32 | .278 | .701 | 87 |
| 2009 | 31 | CLE|BOS | 155 | 588 | 88 | 178 | 23 | 108 | 1 | 75 | 74 | .303 | .861 | 126 |
| 2010 | 32 | BOS | 127 | 493 | 64 | 149 | 20 | 79 | 1 | 40 | 52 | .302 | .844 | 128 |
| 2011 | 33 | DET | 145 | 540 | 76 | 178 | 12 | 103 | 1 | 46 | 51 | .330 | .850 | 133 |
| 2013 | 35 | DET | 159 | 605 | 68 | 182 | 14 | 83 | 0 | 54 | 62 | .301 | .785 | 117 |
| 2014 | 36 | DET | 151 | 561 | 87 | 188 | 32 | 103 | 3 | 70 | 42 | .335 | .974 | 174 |
| 2015 | 37 | DET | 120 | 440 | 39 | 108 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 31 | 52 | .245 | .667 | 84 |
| 2016 | 38 | DET | 154 | 553 | 65 | 160 | 27 | 86 | 0 | 50 | 90 | .289 | .826 | 122 |
| 2017 | 39 | DET | 107 | 392 | 38 | 100 | 10 | 47 | 0 | 36 | 63 | .255 | .697 | 87 |
| 2018 | 40 | DET | 133 | 467 | 32 | 117 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 32 | 49 | .251 | .651 | 78 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | C | 9 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | C | 40 | 40 | 231 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | C | 132 | 124 | 865 | 61 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | C | 142 | 139 | 904 | 58 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | C | 133 | 127 | 753 | 45 | 8 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1B | 22 | 19 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2007 | C | 121 | 118 | 779 | 53 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1B | 30 | 24 | 187 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | C | 55 | 54 | 328 | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1B | 10 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2009 | C | 85 | 82 | 500 | 22 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1B | 70 | 66 | 508 | 20 | 3 | 55 |
| 2010 | C | 110 | 106 | 778 | 44 | 6 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1B | 14 | 12 | 95 | 14 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | C | 26 | 26 | 141 | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1B | 6 | 6 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1B | 11 | 11 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | C | 3 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1B | 35 | 33 | 251 | 16 | 3 | 24 |
| 2014 | C | 2 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1B | 10 | 10 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2016 | 1B | 5 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Victor Martinez won: Silver Slugger 2004 (AL), Silver Slugger 2014 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 2005 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 2007 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 103 / 392 | 0 |
| 2009 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 7 / 392 | 0 |
| 2014 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 229 / 420 | 0 |
Victor Martinez ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #11 | designated hitters | 2014 | 174 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.