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Russell Martin's Life And Accomplishments

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Russell Martin's Biography Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin Jr. is a professional baseball player. He is the number one catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. On occasion he has been known to play third. He is a four-time MLB All-Star. In 2007, Martin won the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. More of Russell's accomplishments are: Tip O’Neill Award, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (2007) American League All-Star (2011, 2015) Early life Russell Martin was born in toronto ontario on February 15, 1983. His family relocated to winnipeg shortly after his birth. Martin's parents (Russell Martin Sr. a african canadian saxophonist and Suzy Jeanson an actress/ singer from manitoba ) separated when he was two, he then spent the next …show more content…

Instead he went to chipola college for two years on a scholarship. Drafted as a third baseman in 2002 by the dodgers, Martin played his first professional season. Martin, convinced he could make the major leagues faster as a catcher started his conversion to catcher in 2003’s spring …show more content…

Martin was performing well so the dodgers traded Navarro to Tampa bay and made martin their full time catcher in june of 2006. That season Martin hit .282, with 10 home runs, 26 doubles, 65 RBI, 65 runs scored and 10 stolen bases in just 121 games. The dodgers marked Martin's first rookie year in a special way after finding out Russell Martin senior was a musician by having Sr. play at a game in 2006. Later Martin Jr. said “At that moment, watching him just kill it, I kind of shared the pride that he feels for me,” Martin later suffered a dip in his performance due to an injured hip from 2009 till 2011. 2006 2007 New York Yankees Martin signed with the new york yankees for the 2011 season and played with a 4$ million salary, he played 125 games and started catching for 118 of them. he had a batting average of .237, 18 home runs 65 RBI, and threw out 35 runners attempting to steal. He signed a 1-year contract for the 2012 season but became a free agent after that. 2011 Pittsburgh

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