Martín Maldonado

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 230lb (183cm, 104kg)

Born: August 16, 1986 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico pr

Draft: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 27th round of the 2004 MLB June Amateur Draft from Dr Juan J Nunez HS (Naguabo, Puerto Rico).

High School: Dr Juan J Nunez HS (Naguabo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 3, 2011 (Age 25-018d, 20,072nd in major league history)
vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$4.25M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 11.156 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: MVP Sports Group • Previously: Magnus Sports

Full Name: Martín Benjamin Maldonado

Nicknames: Cascajo, Valdez, Martincito or Machete

Pronunciation: \mar-TEEN\

Twitter: @Machete1224

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.9

6.9

3356

687

111

.048

.205

349

RBI

361

OBP

.091

.280

SLG

.071

.345

OPS

.162

.625

OPS+

-52

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	KCR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	2	Mar 30	KCR		CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Mar 31	KCR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 2	KCR		MIN	L,4-5	CG	49	10.0	9	2	0	11	0
5	5	Apr 3	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	GS	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
6	6	Apr 4	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
7	7	Apr 6	KCR	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
8	9 (1)	Apr 8	KCR		SEA	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
9	10	Apr 9	KCR		SEA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
10	12 (1)	Apr 11	KCR		SEA	L,6-7	CG	43	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	13	Apr 12	KCR		CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
12	14	Apr 13	KCR		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
13	16 (1)	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
14	18 (1)	Apr 17	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	47	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
15	19	Apr 18	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
16	20	Apr 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	22 (1)	Apr 21	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	9	0	0	9	0
18	23	Apr 22	KCR	@	TBR	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	24	Apr 23	KCR	@	TBR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
20	26 (1)	Apr 26	KCR		LAA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	27	Apr 27	KCR		LAA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	29 (1)	Apr 29	KCR		TBR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	30	May 1 (1)	KCR		TBR	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	32 (1)	May 2	KCR		TBR	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
25	33	May 3	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	34	May 4	KCR	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	35	May 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
28	36	May 6	KCR	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	37	May 7	KCR	@	HOU	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
30	38	May 8	KCR	@	HOU	L,0-9	GS	32	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
31	39	May 10	KCR		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	40	May 11	KCR		PHI	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	42 (1)	May 14	KCR		TEX	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
34	43	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
35	45 (1)	May 17	KCR	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
36	46	May 18	KCR	@	LAA	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	47	May 19	KCR	@	LAA	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	49 (1)	May 22 (2)	KCR	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
39	50	May 25 (1)	KCR		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
40	52 (1)	May 26	KCR		NYY	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
41	53	May 27 susp	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
42	54	May 28	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	55	May 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	56	May 30	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
45	57	May 31	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	58	Jun 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	60 (1)	Jun 4	KCR		BOS	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	61	Jun 5	KCR		BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	63 (1)	Jun 7	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
50	65 (1)	Jun 9	KCR		CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
51	66	Jun 11	KCR		DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
52	67	Jun 12	KCR		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
53	68	Jun 13	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	70 (1)	Jun 15	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
55	71	Jun 16	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	48	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
56	72	Jun 17	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
57	73	Jun 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
58	75 (1)	Jun 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	76	Jun 21	KCR		MIN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
60	78 (1)	Jun 23	KCR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
61	79	Jun 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
62	80	Jun 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	82 (1)	Jun 28	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
64	83	Jun 29	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	36	8.1	10	1	0	11	0
65	84	Jun 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	85	Jul 1	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	86	Jul 2	KCR		CLE	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	87	Jul 3	KCR		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	89 (1)	Jul 5	KCR	@	WSN	W,7-4	CG	56	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
70	91 (1)	Jul 7	KCR	@	WSN	L,2-5	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
71	92	Jul 12	KCR		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
72	93	Jul 13	KCR		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	95 (1)	Jul 15	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	GS	25	6.0	8	1	0	9	0
				Player went from Kansas City Royals to Chicago Cubs
74	95	Jul 16	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
75	97 (1)	Jul 19	CHC		SDP	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
76	99 (1)	Jul 21	CHC		SDP	L,1-5	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	100	Jul 22	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros
78	110	Aug 1	HOU	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
79	111	Aug 2	HOU		SEA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
80	112	Aug 3	HOU		SEA	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
81	115 (2)	Aug 7	HOU		COL	W,14-3	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
82	117 (1)	Aug 10	HOU	@	BAL	W,23-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
83	120 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	HOU	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
84	121	Aug 14	HOU	@	CHW	L,9-13	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	124 (2)	Aug 17	HOU	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
86	127 (2)	Aug 20	HOU		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
87	129 (1)	Aug 22	HOU		DET	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
88	132 (2)	Aug 25	HOU		LAA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
89	134 (1)	Aug 28	HOU		TBR	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	19	0	0	19	0
90	137 (2)	Aug 31	HOU	@	TOR	L,4-6	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	139 (1)	Sep 2	HOU	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	20	0	0	20	0
92	140	Sep 3	HOU	@	MIL	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	141	Sep 5	HOU		SEA	W,11-9	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	142	Sep 6	HOU		SEA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
95	144 (1)	Sep 8	HOU		SEA	W,21-1	CG	28	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
96	146 (1)	Sep 10	HOU		OAK	L,7-21	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	147	Sep 11	HOU		OAK	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
98	149 (1)	Sep 13	HOU	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
99	151 (1)	Sep 15	HOU	@	KCR	W,12-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
100	153 (1)	Sep 18	HOU		TEX	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
101	155 (1)	Sep 21	HOU		LAA	L,4-8	GS	34	7.0	9	0	0	9	0
102	157 (1)	Sep 24	HOU	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
103	159 (1)	Sep 26	HOU	@	LAA	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	162 (2)	Sep 29	HOU	@	LAA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
							104gm		852.2	849	35	6	890	3