Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2012
- NL Gold Glove
- 2x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2012
- NL Gold Glove
- 2x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,589
- AB
- 5,904
- R
- 892
- H
- 1,675
- HR
- 165
- RBI
- 681
- SB
- 363
- AVG
- .284
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 47 | 167 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 12 | .257 |
| 2013 | PIT | 135 | 510 | 83 | 143 | 12 | 35 | 41 | .280 |
| 2014 | PIT | 135 | 495 | 73 | 144 | 13 | 56 | 30 | .291 |
| 2015 | PIT | 153 | 579 | 84 | 166 | 19 | 81 | 30 | .287 |
| 2016 | PIT | 129 | 489 | 71 | 152 | 9 | 46 | 47 | .311 |
| 2017 | PIT | 77 | 309 | 48 | 85 | 7 | 31 | 21 | .275 |
| 2018 | PIT | 145 | 559 | 81 | 155 | 20 | 72 | 33 | .277 |
| 2019 | PIT | 132 | 539 | 97 | 159 | 23 | 82 | 25 | .295 |
| 2020 |  ARI/MIA | 61 | 228 | 36 | 64 | 6 | 27 | 10 | .281 |
| 2021 |  MIA/ATH | 120 | 467 | 89 | 144 | 12 | 55 | 47 | .308 |
| 2022 | NYM | 118 | 466 | 76 | 136 | 16 | 63 | 18 | .292 |
| 2023 | NYM | 86 | 315 | 38 | 78 | 5 | 28 | 24 | .248 |
| 2024 | NYM | 94 | 335 | 46 | 90 | 7 | 40 | 16 | .269 |
| 2025 | NYM | 98 | 293 | 37 | 79 | 9 | 34 | 7 | .270 |
| 2026 | KC | 59 | 153 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 14 | 2 | .242 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 25
- AB
- 95
- R
- 7
- H
- 21
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 10
- SB
- 4
- AVG
- .221
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,475
- TB
- 2,576
- XBH
- 516
- HBP
- 170
- IBB
- 18
- GIDP
- 125
- P/PA
- 3.76
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 182 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | PIT | 566 | 225 | 48 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 2014 | PIT | 545 | 224 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | PIT | 633 | 257 | 51 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 3.6 |
| 2016 | PIT | 529 | 223 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | PIT | 339 | 117 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | PIT | 606 | 257 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 3.7 |
| 2019 | PIT | 586 | 271 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | ARI/MIA | 250 | 98 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | MIA/ATH | 526 | 213 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | NYM | 505 | 218 | 45 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | NYM | 341 | 102 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | NYM | 370 | 130 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | NYM | 329 | 120 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.8 |
| 2026 | KC | 168 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3.9 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 39.8
- RC
- 889.5
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .153
- SECA
- .256
- BB/K
- 0.27
- AB/HR
- 35.8
- GO/FO
- 1.10
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PIT | 1.0 | 21.2 | 4.1 | .180 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 33.4 | 1.5 |
| 2013 | PIT | 5.5 | 79.5 | 5.4 | .161 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 42.5 | 1.2 |
| 2014 | PIT | 5.1 | 81.3 | 6 | .162 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 38.1 | 1 |
| 2015 | PIT | 5.3 | 85.9 | 5.2 | .157 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 30.5 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | PIT | 4.9 | 83 | 6.3 | .145 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 54.3 | 1 |
| 2017 | PIT | 1.4 | 41.9 | 4.8 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 44.1 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | PIT | 3.7 | 83 | 5.2 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 28 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | PIT | 2.9 | 90.7 | 6 | .208 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 23.4 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | ARI/MIA | 1.2 | 33.9 | 5.3 | .149 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 38 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | MIA/ATH | 4.7 | 89 | 7.1 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 38.9 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | NYM | 3.8 | 69.7 | 5.3 | .176 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 29.1 | 1 |
| 2023 | NYM | -0.8 | 32.2 | 3.5 | .076 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 63 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | NYM | 0.7 | 44.5 | 4.6 | .119 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 47.9 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | NYM | 1.0 | 40.8 | 4.8 | .140 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 32.6 | 0.9 |
| 2026 | KC | -0.6 | 13.4 | 2.9 | .072 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 76.5 | 1.1 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Latest performance
Starling Marte
Aug 15 · @ LAA · L 1-0
- AB
- 3
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 2
- AVG
- .242
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 15 | at LAAL 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Aug 12 | at LADL 4-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Aug 10 | atLADL 6-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Aug 09 | vs CHCL 10-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fri, Aug 07 | vsCHCL 6-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Aug 04 | vs MINW 8-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What were Starling Marte's career stats?
Starling Marte played 15 seasons for the Pirates, the Mets and the Royals. He was a career .284 hitter with 1,675 hits, 165 home runs and 681 RBI. His best season was 2016: a .311 batting average, 9 home runs and 46 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
15 seasons, 6 postseasons, 2012 to 2026
Starling Marte led MLB in stolen bases (2021); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.
Awards
- NL Gold Glove ×2: 2015, 2016
All-time career rank
- 99th in stolen bases (363)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 2021 (10th)
- Stolen Bases: 2013 (7th), 2015 (7th), 2016 (3rd), 2018 (7th), 2019 (10th), 2021 (1st)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Starling Marte
Playoff series
Starling Marte played 16 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 2 won, 2 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  MIL | Won 2-1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 |  PHI | Won 3-1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | LAD | Lost 2-4 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 |  SD | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Starling Marte against each club
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (51)
- vs Atlanta Braves (37)
- vs Washington Nationals (37)
- vs Miami Marlins (34)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (33)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (24)
- vs San Francisco Giants (22)
- vs San Diego Padres (19)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (18)
- vs Colorado Rockies (17)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (16)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (16)
- vs Chicago Cubs (15)
- vs New York Yankees (14)
- vs Detroit Tigers (12)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (11)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (10)
- vs Houston Astros (10)
- vs Texas Rangers (10)
- vs Chicago White Sox (8)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (8)
- vs Boston Red Sox (7)
- vs Athletics (6)
- vs Minnesota Twins (6)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (5)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (4)
- vs Kansas City Royals (3)
- vs Seattle Mariners (3)
- vs New York Mets (2)
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