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#4 Junior Martina, IF

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Position: IF
Date of Birth: 12/12/1997
Height: 6' 0"   Weight: 190 lbs
College Experience: Western Oklahoma State College
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Voorschoten, South Holland, Netherlands

Biography:

2023 is Junior Martina's first year with the Windy City ThunderBolts and his sixth as a professional. He signed as a free agent on January 25, 2023. Junior's pro career can be traced back to 2018, when he was a rookie with DSS of the Dutch Major League. Through parts of two seasons in the Netherlands, he played 29 games and hit .259. He began his American pro career in 2019, when he was a 16th round selection of the Washington Nationals in the Amateur Entry Draft. In four years with the Nationals, he played at four different levels, peaking at Triple-A in 2022. Overall, he was a .264 hitter with a .345 on-base percentage in 179 games.

Martina spent two years at Western Oklahoma State College, where he hit a combined .398 with 26 home runs and 25 stolen bases over 107 games. He also played for the Netherlands national team in the 2021 European Championships. He hit .333 over the course of the tournament as the Netherlands won the gold medal.

Career Statistics »

Year League Club GP AVG AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB SO
2022 Florida Complex FCL Nationals 4 .357 14 5 3 2 0 0 2 5 1 2
2022 Carolina Fredericksburg 28 .162 74 12 10 1 0 1 8 15 0 17
2022 South Atlantic Wilmington 8 .263 19 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 5
2022 International Rochester 8 .063 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
2021 Low-A East Fredericksburg 80 .269 301 81 35 13 0 3 36 18 4 82
2021 High-A East Wilmington 8 .231 26 6 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 5
2019 Gulf Coast GCL Nationals 39 .338 136 46 33 6 3 4 20 20 4 28
2019 New York-Penn Auburn 4 .177 17 3 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 5
Thunderbolts »
8 Jonathan Waite C
7 Matt Morgan C
15 Peyton Isaacson C
0 Alex Pup IF
0 Emmanuel Sanchez IF
2 Jake Boone IF
0 Joe Encarnacion IF
4 Junior Martina IF
6 Will Riley IF
24 Bren Spillane OF
0 Cameron Phelts OF
10 Dan Robinson OF
9 Paul Coumoulos OF
0 Thomas Rodriguez OF
16 Adrien Reese P
43 Carsie Walker P
12 Cole Bellair P
35 Derrick Edington P
20 Garrett Christman P
40 Javier Reynoso P
22 Justin Miller P
28 Logan Schmitt P
11 Sebastian Selway P
34 Taylor Sugg P
41 Tyler LaPorte P
17 Henry Omana P
0 Jared Freilich P
13 Kenny Mathews P
0 Layne Schnitz-Paxton P
0 Stetson Woods P

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