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Russell Nathan Jeanson Coltrane Martin, Jr. (born February 15, 1983) is a Canadian professional baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates. He is a three-time MLB All-Star, and in 2007, he won the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award.Martin became the everyday catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately upon his MLB debut in 2006, and continued in that role for nearly five years. His offensive and defensive performance earned wide accolades during his first three years, but they diminished significantly in 2009 and 2010; Martin spent the last two months of 2010 on the disabled list. After the Dodgers declined to offer him arbitration in 2011, he signed with the Yankees and succeeded Jorge Posada as the Yankees' everyday catcher.In November 2012, Martin signed a two-year free agent contract with the Pirates and took over the team's everyday catcher duties.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 15, 1983
Birth place	Ontario , East York
Date of death	October 13, 2012
Place of death	Yankee Stadium

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