Nick Castellanos replaced Martinez as the designated hitter for Sunday's game against the Chicago White Sox , and that may be the Tigers' plan to adjust to Martinez's absence going forward. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Link to Media. Your sports. Was also 10th in the AL with a.
Hit above. Reached base via hit or walk in 45 straight games from Sept. Overall reached safely in of games batted in each of first Also hit in 13 straight games from Sept. Indians were Enjoyed his first career 2-homer game on June 10 at Chicago-AL 2nd career multi-H gm and had his 2nd career 5-hit game on July 4 vs.
New York-AL Season-high 4RBI on June 7 vs. Collected th career hit on August 11 vs. From June 15 thru the end of the season he hit. From the All-Star Break of thru the season he hit. Played for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic.
After hitting. From June 12 thru the end of the season he hit. His 2nd half batting average of. From July 23 thru the end of the season he hit. Enjoyed a career-long 17 game hitting streak from June 17 to July 6.
Was the longest streak by an Indian in Made 5 errors in total chances in starts behind the plate for Eric Wedge as his.
Tossed out 25 of Had a game errorless streak from May 8-July Was 2nd in the Major Leagues with games caught to Jason Kendall Was 2nd to Kendall in total chances with Was the first Indians hitter since Sandy Alomar in to accomplish the feat From August 20 thru the end of the season he hit. Provided Eric Wedge with a reliable and confident clean-up hitters after being installed in the spot in early May, a move that propelled the offense to new heights and catapulted the team to an above.
Set a new club record for RBI by a catcher with , shattering Sandy Alomar's mark of 83 on August 16th at Texas in the season's th game His 23HR were 1 shy of Roberto Alomar's club-record total of 24 by a switchhitter in He is the first catcher in Indians franchise history to be awarded a Silver Slugger.
Season got off to a slow start, hitting. From May 1 thru the end of the season he hit. Was installed into the clean-up spot for the first time on May 3 and for the year in the 4 hole he hit. HR'd from both sides of plate and it was his first career multi-HR game Only 2nd switch-hitter in club history to hit 3HR in a game and the first ever Indians catcher to hit 3HR in a game Hit in a career-high 14 straight games from May 28 to June 16, hitting. Texas and 1st career pinch hit HR on July 18 at Seattle Had a 4-hit game on June 22 at Chicago-AL On the year he made starts at catcher games overall and 7GS at DH On the year he threw out 25 of runners Has 6 errors in TC.
Spent the first three months of the season at AAA Buffalo, hitting. Hit in 24 of his last 26 Triple A contests At the time of his promotion he ranked 4th in the International League in batting average. Got off to a slow start at the big league level, hitting. Spent off-season working out in Cleveland under supervision of strength coach Tim Maxey. Won the Eastern League batting title by hitting.
His 22 home runs were tied for second in the league His 40 doubles were a AA Akron franchise record Was also named the best batting prospect and best defensive catcher in the Eastern League and the 2 prospect overall in the Indians system by Baseball America Best month was July, hitting. Led Indians organizational hitters in batting average. The 2-run single came off Justin Miller Kansas City off Darrell May Made 7 starts at catcher for the Tribe 9 games at catcher as the Indians went in his starts Tribe pitchers compiled an ERA of 3.
Also led the organization in hits and doubles Over the last two months of the season he hit. Overall, he collected a hit in 43 of his last 48 games on the year and had hitting streaks of 13 and 10 games two 10G streaks Overall he hit. Played for Oriente of the Venezuela Winter League after the season, hitting. Prior to the season he was named the best defensive catcher in the Indians organization by Baseball America. View More Videos. Though they average 4.
That will lose you more games than it will win you. This is where Martinez is so important to the Tigers offense. Though Yoenis Cespedes has done an admirable job hitting cleanup and offering protection for Miguel Cabrera , he does not offer the contribution to the lineup that Martinez can.
Martinez goes well beyond just offering protection for Cabrera. Martinez is able to draw walks, hit with two strikes, and drive runners in when they are in scoring position.
Martinez is capable of lengthening this Tigers lineup to make a one through six order one that no one wants to face. Add to that a number nine hitter, Jose Iglesias , who is currently hitting well over.
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