Starling Marte

Bats R Throws R6'1" 201 lbBorn 1988 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2012Team KC1x All-Star

Awards: Gold Glove x2, TSN All-Star

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 78.4FIELD+ 99.3 at RFTotal 0.08 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	236	212	52	8	1	5	16	50	6	0.245	0.311	0.359	0.670	0.115	0.298	21.4	7.0	83.6	0.26
2027	167	151	37	6	0	3	11	38	4	0.244	0.306	0.353	0.659	0.109	0.293	22.6	6.5	81.9	0.15

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 36

His ten closest age-36 comparables averaged 74 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Hunter Pence	2019	116.0	14.0	56
2	George Hendrick	1986	117.2	86.3	176
3	Amos Otis	1983	116.2	12.0	109
4	Ron Gant	2001	112.1	125.7	353
5	Tommy Pham	2024	112.1	95.3	449
6	Carl Reynolds	1939	105.6	did not play
7	Sammy Sosa	2005	126.4	did not play
8	Hank Bauer	1959	115.0	86.9	285
9	Greg Vaughn	2002	111.4	98.3	46
10	Ryan Braun	2020	136.3	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			167		37	6	0	3		4	11	38	0.244	0.306	0.353	0.659	81.9
2026*	KCA	59	168	15	37	5	0	2		2	9	41	0.242	0.298	0.314	0.611	72.6
2025	NYM	98	329	37	79	14	0	9	34	7	22	68	0.270	0.335	0.410	0.745	112.8
2024	NYM	94	370	46	90	13	3	7	40	16	27	81	0.269	0.327	0.388	0.715	105.9
2023	NYM	86	341	38	78	7	1	5	28	24	16	69	0.248	0.301	0.324	0.625	73.8
2022	NYM	118	505	76	136	24	5	16	63	18	26	97	0.292	0.347	0.468	0.814	133.8
2021	OAK	120	526	89	145	27	3	12	55	47	43	99	0.310	0.383	0.458	0.841	132.1
2020	MIA	61	250	36	64	14	1	6	27	10	12	41	0.281	0.340	0.430	0.770	106.8
2019	PIT	132	586	97	159	31	6	23	82	25	25	94	0.295	0.342	0.503	0.845	120.7
2018	PIT	145	606	81	155	32	5	20	72	33	35	109	0.277	0.327	0.460	0.787	114.5
2017	PIT	77	339	48	85	7	2	7	31	21	20	63	0.275	0.333	0.379	0.712	89.3
2016	PIT	129	529	71	152	34	5	9	46	47	23	104	0.311	0.362	0.456	0.818	117.8
2015	PIT	153	633	84	166	30	2	19	81	30	27	123	0.287	0.337	0.444	0.780	114.4
2014	PIT	135	545	73	144	29	6	13	56	30	33	131	0.291	0.356	0.453	0.808	133.4
2013	PIT	135	566	83	143	26	10	12	35	41	25	138	0.280	0.343	0.441	0.784	125.6
2012	PIT	47	182	18	43	3	6	5	17	12	8	50	0.257	0.300	0.437	0.737	103.5
Career		1530	6307	877	1639	291	55	163	667	361	342	1267	0.285	0.342	0.440	0.781	116.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	168	87.4	6.4	9.6	35.1	27.9	35.3	0.230	0.364	0.287	25.6
2025	329	87.6	10.0	7.9	40.4	26.4	29.7	0.243	0.391	0.315	26.6
2024	370	89.8	4.3	6.9	42.9	28.4	30.3	0.280	0.432	0.338	27.1
2023	341	88.2	6.3	5.7	39.5	27.8	37.5	0.255	0.404	0.311	27.1
2022	505	86.8	7.5	6.8	33.9	24.3	32.8	0.270	0.431	0.333	28.0
2021	526	87.6	4.6	8.4	39.6	24.6	30.4	0.267	0.433	0.343	28.5
2020	250	87.1	6.5	6.5	30.3	25.4	34.9	0.258	0.413	0.320	28.4
2019	586	88.6	8.2	8.8	38.6	25.1	33.7	0.292	0.500	0.357	29.0
2018	606	88.4	8.9	8.2	38.8	24.2	34.1	0.261	0.450	0.331	28.6
2017	339	83.2	9.3	6.4	29.2	22.8	32.0	0.258	0.403	0.318	28.8
2016	529	87.5	9.2	6.0	37.0	25.6	37.9	0.276	0.430	0.328	28.9
2015	633	87.8	5.5	7.6	35.1	26.1	38.6	0.270	0.448	0.339	29.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	NYM	OF	12	65	6	1	0	1	1.000
2024	NYM	OF	85	680	138	6	2	2	0.986
2023	NYM	OF	85	702	155	7	1	1	0.994
2022	NYM	OF	116	999	209	9	1	1	0.995
2021	OAK	OF	120	1023	280	8	3	3	0.990
2020	MIA	OF	61	490	123	3	1	0	0.992
2019	PIT	OF	130	1141	297	8	5	2	0.984
2018	PIT	OF	139	1196	338	11	3	3	0.991
2017	PIT	OF	76	665	157	8	1	0	0.994
2016	PIT	OF	123	1063	196	17	4	2	0.982
2015	PIT	OF	151	1289	205	16	2	1	0.991
2014	PIT	OF	131	1105	178	4	6	0	0.968
2013	PIT	OF	130	1108	193	6	7	0	0.966
2012	PIT	OF	45	351	66	3	3	0	0.958

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2017	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	40	1 HR, 3 SB	0.333	0.844
2012	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	431	12 HR, 21 SB	0.286	0.847
2011	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	572	12 HR, 24 SB	0.332	0.870
2010	A+	Bradenton Marauders	Bat	253	0 HR, 22 SB	0.315	0.818
2010	Rk	GCL Pirates	Bat	28	2 HR, 4 SB	0.346	1.085
2009	A	West Virginia Power	Bat	247	3 HR, 24 SB	0.312	0.816
2008	Rk	DSL Pirates	Bat	293	9 HR, 20 SB	0.296	0.822
2007	Rk	DSL Pirates	Bat	156	1 HR, 16 SB	0.220	0.595

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.288	0.248	0.325	0.242
2025	0.337	0.339	0.339	0.338
2024	0.372	0.302	0.307	0.340
2023	0.293	0.281	0.265	0.298
2022	0.392	0.357	0.387	0.348
2021	0.352	0.395	0.400	0.363
2020	0.342	0.353	0.388	0.307
2019	0.340	0.374	0.367	0.365

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	13	47	4	13	4	0	9	1	3	11	0.277	0.345	0.362	0.707
2022	3	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.167	0.231	0.167	0.397
2020	1	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.600	0.750	1.350
2015	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2014	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.500
2013	6	24	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	5	0.125	0.192	0.292	0.484
Career	25	95	7	21	6	1	10	4	5	19	0.221	0.290	0.316	0.606

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	PIT	$3,333,333
2015	PIT	$1,333,333
2014	PIT	$500,000
2013	PIT	$500,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.