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

-0.7

7.1

3380

692

112

.106

.205

351

RBI

365

OBP

.169

.280

SLG

.167

.345

OPS

.336

.625

OPS+

-3

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

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	LAA	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	47	10.1	13	0	0	13	0
2	2	Mar 30	LAA	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 1	LAA	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	5	Apr 2	LAA		CLE	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 4	LAA		CLE	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
6	8	Apr 6	LAA		OAK	W,13-9	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	10 (1)	Apr 8	LAA		OAK	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	11	Apr 9	LAA	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	12	Apr 10	LAA	@	TEX	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	14 (1)	Apr 12	LAA	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	15	Apr 13	LAA	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	17 (1)	Apr 17	LAA		BOS	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	18	Apr 18	LAA		BOS	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
14	19	Apr 19	LAA		BOS	L,2-8	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	20	Apr 20	LAA		SFG	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
16	22 (1)	Apr 22	LAA		SFG	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	23	Apr 23	LAA	@	HOU	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
18	24	Apr 24	LAA	@	HOU	W,8-7	CG	45	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
19	26 (1)	Apr 27	LAA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	27	Apr 28	LAA		NYY	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	29 (1)	May 1	LAA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	30	May 2	LAA		BAL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	31	May 3	LAA		BAL	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	35 (3)	May 8	LAA	@	COL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	37 (1)	May 10	LAA		MIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	38	May 11	LAA		MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
27	40 (1)	May 13	LAA		MIN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
28	41	May 14	LAA		HOU	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
29	43 (1)	May 16	LAA		HOU	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
30	44	May 17	LAA		TBR	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
31	45	May 18	LAA		TBR	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
32	46	May 19	LAA		TBR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	47	May 20	LAA		TBR	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
34	48	May 22	LAA	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
35	49	May 23	LAA	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
36	50	May 24	LAA	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
37	51	May 25	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	53 (1)	May 27	LAA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
39	54	May 28	LAA	@	DET	L,3-9	GS	27	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	55	May 29	LAA	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
41	56	May 30	LAA	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	58 (1)	Jun 1	LAA		TEX	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	59	Jun 2	LAA		TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
44	61 (1)	Jun 4	LAA		KCR	W,9-6	GS	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
45	62	Jun 5	LAA		KCR	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	63	Jun 6	LAA		KCR	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	3	0	14	0
47	64	Jun 8	LAA	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
48	66 (1)	Jun 10	LAA	@	MIN	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	67	Jun 11	LAA	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
50	68	Jun 12	LAA	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
51	69	Jun 13	LAA	@	SEA	L,6-8	CG	39	8.1	10	2	0	12	0
52	71 (1)	Jun 16	LAA	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
53	72	Jun 17	LAA	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	43	10.1	11	0	0	11	0
54	73	Jun 18	LAA		ARI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
55	74	Jun 19	LAA		ARI	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
56	75	Jun 21	LAA		TOR	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
57	76	Jun 22	LAA		TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	78 (1)	Jun 24	LAA		TOR	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
59	79	Jun 25	LAA	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
60	80	Jun 26	LAA	@	BOS	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	81	Jun 27	LAA	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	83 (1)	Jun 29	LAA	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	84	Jun 30	LAA	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	86 (1)	Jul 3	LAA	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
65	87	Jul 4	LAA	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
66	88	Jul 5	LAA	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
67	90 (1)	Jul 7	LAA		LAD	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
68	91	Jul 8	LAA		LAD	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
69	92	Jul 10	LAA		SEA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
70	93	Jul 11	LAA		SEA	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	94	Jul 12	LAA		SEA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
72	96 (1)	Jul 14	LAA	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
73	97	Jul 15	LAA	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
74	98	Jul 20	LAA		HOU	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	99	Jul 21	LAA		HOU	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	101 (1)	Jul 23	LAA		CHW	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
77	102	Jul 24	LAA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
				Player went from Los Angeles Angels to Houston Astros
78	107	Jul 29	HOU		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	18	1	0	19	0
79	109 (1)	Jul 31	HOU	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	111 (1)	Aug 3	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
81	112	Aug 4	HOU	@	LAD	W,14-0	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
82	114 (1)	Aug 6	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-1	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
83	116 (1)	Aug 9	HOU		SEA	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
84	117	Aug 10	HOU		SEA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
85	118	Aug 11	HOU		SEA	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	119	Aug 12	HOU		SEA	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	120	Aug 14	HOU		COL	L,1-5	GS	34	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
88	122 (1)	Aug 17	HOU	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	124 (1)	Aug 19	HOU	@	OAK	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
90	125	Aug 20	HOU	@	SEA	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
91	126	Aug 21	HOU	@	SEA	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	127	Aug 22	HOU	@	SEA	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
93	128	Aug 24	HOU	@	LAA	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
94	129	Aug 25	HOU	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
95	130	Aug 26	HOU	@	LAA	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	131	Aug 27	HOU		OAK	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
97	132	Aug 28	HOU		OAK	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
98	133	Aug 29	HOU		OAK	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	134	Aug 30	HOU		LAA	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	15	1	0	16	0
100	135	Aug 31	HOU		LAA	L,0-3	GS	30	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	137 (1)	Sep 2	HOU		LAA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
102	139 (1)	Sep 4	HOU		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
103	141 (1)	Sep 7	HOU	@	BOS	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	7	1	0	8	1
104	142	Sep 8	HOU	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
105	143	Sep 9	HOU	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	11	1.2	3	0	0	3	0
106	144	Sep 10	HOU	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
107	146 (1)	Sep 12	HOU	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
108	147	Sep 14	HOU		ARI	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	149 (1)	Sep 16	HOU		ARI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
110	150	Sep 17	HOU		SEA	L,1-4	GS	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
111	152 (1)	Sep 19	HOU		SEA	L,0-9	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	153	Sep 21	HOU		LAA	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
113	154	Sep 22	HOU		LAA	W,10-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	155	Sep 23	HOU		LAA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
115	157 (1)	Sep 25	HOU	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
116	159 (1)	Sep 28	HOU	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
117	160	Sep 29 (1)	HOU	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
							117gm		967.2	1021	54	4	1079	5