Carmelo Martinez

Carmelo Martinez Salgado MLB 1983-1991 | 1979-1995

Speed
18

Contact
39

Patience
77

Batting
41

Power
76

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Positions OF-709, 1B-644, 3B-61, 2B-5, SS-2, DH-1 Born Jul 28, 1960 (51) Place Dorado,Puerto Rico Ht/Wt 6-2 / 220 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Unknown College None listed
Drafted Signed as UDFA 1978 by CHCMLB Debut: August 22,1983 box

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Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1979	GCL Cubs	GCL	Rk		chc	18	of-1b	62	40	143	18	29	4	0	1	23	0	0	17	20	1	0	1	3	0	.203	.287	.252	538	-	-	36	165	118	12	2.7	.224	.168	.049	0.85	0.6	17.2	10.3	12.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	19-32	7	1979	GCL Cubs
1980	Quad Cities	Midw	A	-	chc	19	of-1b	13	128	400	65	118	23	0	12	64	8	7	54	68	2	0	1	4	0	.295	.378	.442	821	-	-	177	461	294	75	6.8	.327	.285	.147	0.79	2.6	29.7	11.7	14.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-65	1	1980	Quad Cities
1981	Midland	Tex	AA	-	chc	20	3b-of	16	116	392	65	116	22	1	21	84	5	2	56	73	6	5	4	4	0	.296	.389	.518	907	-	-	203	462	286	87	8.3	.315	.372	.222	0.77	4.5	37.9	12.1	15.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	36-31		1981	Midland
1982	Midland	Tex	AA	-	chc	21	1b	2	131	467	100	156	35	4	27	93	1	5	85	78	1	2	0	6	0	.334	.433	.600	1032	-	-	280	559	322	131	11	.351	.439	.266	1.09	4.8	42.3	15.2	14.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	67-66	3	1982	Midland
1983	Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	chc	22	1b	15	123	458	76	115	25	1	31	94	8	8	61	85	2	1	2	6	0	.251	.338	.513	851	-	-	235	529	359	89	6.7	.241	.395	.262	0.72	5.9	49.6	11.5	16.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-65	2	1983	Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	12	chc	22	1b	-	29	89	8	23	3	0	6	16	0	0	4	19	0	0	0	1	3	.258	.287	.494	782	23	79	44	94	70	13	4.9	.262	.281	.236	0.21	6.4	39.1	4.3	20.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-91	5		Chi Cubs
1984	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	23	of	32	149	488	64	122	28	2	13	66	1	3	68	82	4	4	0	10	7	.250	.340	.395	736	140	94	193	570	386	74	5.2	.270	.281	.145	0.83	2.3	35.2	11.9	14.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	92-70	1	1984	San Diego
1985	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	24	of	35	150	514	64	130	28	1	21	72	0	4	87	82	3	4	2	4	10	.253	.362	.434	796	150	100	223	610	404	90	6	.263	.342	.181	1.06	3.4	38.5	14.3	13.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-79	3	1985	San Diego
1986	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	25	of-1b	-	113	244	28	58	10	0	9	25	1	1	35	46	1	2	1	2	9	.238	.333	.389	723	60	53	95	283	199	32	4.4	.257	.295	.152	0.76	3.2	32.8	12.4	16.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-88	4	1986	San Diego
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	26	of-1b	61	139	447	59	122	21	2	15	70	5	5	70	82	3	5	1	4	11	.273	.372	.430	802	126	91	192	525	346	76	5.9	.302	.313	.157	0.85	2.9	31.1	13.3	15.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	65-97	6	1987	San Diego
1988	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	27	of-1b	-	121	365	48	86	12	0	18	65	1	1	35	57	0	3	3	2	10	.236	.301	.416	717	88	73	152	405	295	48	4.4	.233	.277	.181	0.61	4.4	34.9	8.6	14.1	0.77	3.9	1562	60.9	39.1	8.7	83-78	3	1988	San Diego
1989	San Diego	NL	MLB	14	sd	28	of-1b	-	111	267	23	59	12	2	6	39	0	0	32	54	0	3	0	2	12	.221	.302	.348	651	62	56	93	301	222	27	3.2	.254	.247	.127	0.59	2.0	33.9	10.6	17.9	0.83	4.0	1190	58.7	41.3	9.6	89-73	2	1989	San Diego
1990	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	24	phi	29	1b-of	-	71	198	23	48	8	0	8	31	2	1	29	37	0	0	0	0	3	.242	.339	.404	743	51	72	80	227	154	29	5.2	.261	.313	.162	0.78	3.5	33.3	12.8	16.3	0.52	3.6	815	58.0	42.0	10.8	77-85	4	1990	Philadelphia
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	35	pit	29	1b-of	-	12	19	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.579	829	3	25	11	20	15	3	5.7	.167	.421	.368	0.20	10.0	75.0	5.0	25.0	0.17	3.2	63	71.4	28.6	17.5	95-67	1		Pittsburgh
1991	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	28	pit	30	1b	-	11	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.294	.250	544	4	36	4	17	14	0	0.9	.286	.063	.000	0.50	0.0	0.0	5.9	11.8	0.75	3.8	65	55.4	44.6	9.2	98-64	1	1991	Pittsburgh
	KC Royals	AL	MLB	13	kc	30	1b	-	44	121	17	25	6	0	4	17	0	1	27	25	0	3	0	0	4	.207	.351	.355	707	35	80	43	148	101	16	4.3	.228	.364	.149	1.08	2.7	40.0	18.2	16.9	0.68	4.2	618	56.3	43.7	8.4	82-80	6		KC Royals
	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	25	cin	30	1b-of	-	53	138	12	32	5	0	6	19	0	0	15	37	0	1	0	3	1	.232	.301	.399	700	37	70	55	156	110	17	4.2	.265	.275	.167	0.41	3.8	34.4	9.6	23.7	0.49	4.3	668	60.5	39.5	13.0	74-88	5		Cincinnati
1993	Calgary	PCL	AAA	-	sea	32	of-1b	-	42	149	21	38	5	0	4	18	4	0	22	25	1	0	1	0	0	.255	.355	.369	724	-	-	55	173	112	23	5.5	.283	.289	.114	0.88	2.3	23.7	12.7	14.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-72	5	1993	Calgary
1995	Buffalo	Amer	AAA		cle	34	of-1b	-	11	36	8	10	1	0	2	9	0	0	7	10	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.395	.472	868	-	-	17	43	27	7	6.7	.333	.389	.194	0.70	4.7	30.0	16.3	23.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	82-62	2	1995	Buffalo
MLB Totals (9 years)									1003	2906	350	713	134	7	108	424	10	16	404	528	11	25	7	28	72	.245	.337	.408	745	779	78	1185	3356	2316	426	5	.263	.299	.162	0.77	3.2	34.9	12.0	15.7	0.70	1.48	--	59.3	40.7	9.9	.506	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (7 years)									591	2045	353	582	115	6	98	385	26	22	302	359	13	8	9	23	1	.285	.376	.490	867	--	--	1003	2392	1518	423	7.5	.300	.356	.206	0.84	4.1	37.6	12.6	15.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	.515	--	--	--
AAA Totals (3 years)									176	643	105	163	31	1	37	121	12	8	90	120	3	1	3	6	1	.253	.345	.477	822	--	--	307	745	498	119	6.4	.256	.370	.224	0.75	5.0	42.3	12.1	16.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.526	--	--	--
AA Totals (2 years)									247	859	165	272	57	5	48	177	6	7	141	151	7	7	4	10	0	.317	.413	.562	975	--	--	483	1021	608	218	9.7	.334	.409	.246	0.93	4.7	40.4	13.8	14.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.515	--	--	--
A Totals (1 year)									128	400	65	118	23	0	12	64	8	7	54	68	2	0	1	4	0	.295	.378	.442	821	--	--	177	461	294	75	6.8	.327	.285	.147	0.79	2.6	29.7	11.7	14.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.532	--	--	--
Rookie Totals (1 year)									40	143	18	29	4	0	1	23	0	0	17	20	1	0	1	3	0	.203	.287	.252	538	--	--	36	165	118	12	2.7	.224	.168	.049	0.85	0.6	17.2	10.3	12.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	.373	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1979	GCL Cubs	GCL	Rk	chc	18	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	--	--	.967	--	--	--	--	--	--	.941	139	9	6
1980	Quad Cities	Midw	A	chc	19	0	0	47	2	29	2	0	0	0	48	0	--	--	.985	1.000	.909	1.000	--	--	--	.979	433	99	15
1981	Midland	Tex	AA	chc	20	0	0	1	3	30	0	0	0	0	20	0	--	--	.944	1.000	.829	--	--	--	--	.846	61	80	24
1982	Midland	Tex	AA	chc	21	0	0	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	--	--	.986	--	--	--	--	--	--	.923	1098	78	17
1983	Iowa	Amer	AAA	chc	22	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.993	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1191	83	9
1983	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	22	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	--	--	.992	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	1.000	233	17	2
1984	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	23	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	142	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	.976	317	15	8
1985	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	24	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	150	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	.978	302	14	7
1986	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	25	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	60	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	.978	142	14	2
1987	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	26	0	0	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	78	0	--	--	.990	--	--	--	--	--	--	.968	591	42	9
1988	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	27	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	--	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	.993	430	32	4
1989	San Diego	NL	MLB	sd	28	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	.982	225	18	2
1990	Philadelphia	NL	MLB	phi	29	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	--	--	.994	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	350	25	2
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	pit	29	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	24	4	0
1991	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	pit	30	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.945	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	51	1	3
1991	KC Royals	AL	MLB	kc	30	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	--	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	307	35	3
1991	Cincinnati	NL	MLB	cin	30	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	--	--	.985	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	223	12	3
1993	Calgary	PCL	AAA	sea	32	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	114	14	0
1995	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	cle	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	--	--	.500	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	2	1	1
MLB Totals						0	0	319	0	2	0	0	0	0	598	1	--	--	.991	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	.980	3195	229	45
Minor League Totals						0	0	325	5	59	2	0	0	0	111	0	--	--	.988	1.000	.864	1.000	--	--	--	.944	3038	364	72

Transactions

1978-12-09 - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Cubs. 1983-12-07 - Traded by Cubs with Fritzie Connally and Craig Lefferts to Padres for Scott Sanderson. 1989-11-13 - Granted Free Agency. 1989-12-01 - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. 1990-08-30 - Traded by Phillies to Pirates for Tony Longmire, Julio Peguero and Wes Chamberlain. 1991-05-03 - Traded by Pirates to Royals for Victor Cole. 1991-07-11 - Traded by Royals to Reds for Todd Benzinger. 1991-11-05 - Granted Free Agency.

Awards

1984 - NL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #6); 2002 - Arizona League Manager of the Year;

Salaries

$140,000

$240,000

$340,000

$440,000

$490,000

$700,000

$925,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

Jobs

Year	Job	Team	League	Level
1998	Hitting Coach	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
1999	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2000	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2001	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2002	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2003	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2006	Manager	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2007	Hitting Coach	Arizona Cubs	Ariz	Rk
2008	Latin America Field Coordinator	Chicago Cubs	MLB-NL	MLB
2009	Latin American Field Coordinator	Chicago Cubs	MLB-NL	MLB
2010	Latin American Field Coordinator	Chicago Cubs	MLB-NL	MLB

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Playoff Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1984	San Diego	NL	CS	5	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	439
1984	San Diego	NL	WS	5	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	398
1990	Pittsburgh	NL	CS	2	8	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750
Playoff Totals:				12	42	1	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.244	.238	482

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	2x		1980-4 1982-4
SLG	4x		1980-7 1981-8 1982-2 1983-7
OBP	1x		1982-3
OPS	3x		1980-7 1981-8 1982-2
G	1x		1982-8
R	1x		1982-5
H	1x		1982-6
TB	2x		1982-2 1983-8
DBL	2x		1980-10 1982-2
HR	3x		1981-7 1982-2 1983-1
RBI	3x		1981-9 1982-5 1983-3
BB	2x	1985-3	1982-3
SO	1x		1983-8
IBB	1x		1981-8
HBP	1x		1981-5
SF	1x	1984-2
DOUBLEUP	1x		1982-10
BBSO	1x		1982-10

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