Starling Marte

LF/CF/RF · R/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 2012–PRESENT BORN: SANTO DOMINGO, D.R.
Kansas City Royals
All-Star ×2 Gold Glove ×2
Career
1655 H · 163 HR · 669 RBI · 361 SB
.285 AVG · .780 OPS · 1556 G
2026 Season
.258 AVG · 0 HR · 2 RBI · 0 SB
.324 OBP · .306 SLG · .630 OPS
Last 30 Days
.214 AVG · 0 HR · 0 RBI · 0 SB
.333 OBP · .214 SLG · .548 OPS
Salary / Contract
2026: $1M
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Starling Marte is a left fielder for the Kansas City Royals. Across 1556 MLB games, with a .285 batting average and 163 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and related info.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting
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Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 PIT 47 167 18 43 3 6 5 17 12 8 50 .257 .300 .437 .737
2013 PIT 135 510 83 143 26 10 12 35 41 25 138 .280 .343 .441 .784
2014 PIT 135 495 73 144 29 6 13 56 30 33 131 .291 .356 .453 .808
2015 PIT 153 579 84 166 30 2 19 81 30 27 123 .287 .337 .444 .780
2016 PIT 129 489 71 152 34 5 9 46 47 23 104 .311 .362 .456 .818
2017 PIT 77 309 48 85 7 2 7 31 21 20 63 .275 .333 .379 .712
2018 PIT 145 559 81 155 32 5 20 72 33 35 109 .277 .327 .460 .787
2019 PIT 132 539 97 159 31 6 23 82 25 25 94 .295 .342 .503 .845
2020 ARI 33 122 23 38 8 1 2 14 5 10 19 .311 .384 .443 .827
2020 MIA 28 106 13 26 6 0 4 13 5 2 22 .245 .286 .415 .701
2021 MIA 64 233 52 71 11 1 7 25 22 32 57 .305 .405 .451 .856
2021 OAK 56 234 37 74 16 2 5 30 25 11 42 .316 .359 .466 .824
2022 NYM 118 466 76 136 24 5 16 63 18 26 97 .292 .347 .468 .814
2023 NYM 86 315 38 78 7 1 5 28 24 16 69 .248 .301 .324 .625
2024 NYM 94 335 46 90 13 3 7 40 16 27 81 .269 .327 .388 .715
2025 NYM 98 293 37 79 14 0 9 34 7 22 68 .270 .335 .410 .745
2026 KC 26 62 4 16 3 0 0 2 0 4 19 .258 .324 .306 .630
Career Totals 1556 5813 881 1655 294 55 163 669 361 346 1286 .285 .341 .438 .780
Awards & Achievements
  • Gold Glove (2): 2015, 2016
  • Player of the Week (1): 2021
  • TSN All-Star (1): 2016
All-Star Selections

2016, 2022

Salary & Contract
Year Salary
2013$500,000
2014$500,000
2015$1,333,333
2016$3,333,333
2017$5,333,333
2018$7,833,333
2019$10,333,333
2020$11,500,000
2021$12,500,000
2022$15,750,000
2023$20,750,000
2024$20,750,000
2025$20,750,000
2026$1,000,000

Career Total: $132,166,665 (14 seasons)

Average: $9,440,476

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Salary Note

Starling Marte's 2026 Opening Day salary with KC is $1,000,000 on a nominal basis (no deferred component recorded).

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Game Log — Recent
Date Opp Result ABH2B3BHRRBIBBKSB
Jun 2 @ CIN 3-4 L 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 31 @ TEX 3-6 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 29 @ TEX 1-9 L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 26 vs NYY 1-15 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 25 vs NYY 3-4 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 20 vs BOS 3-4 L 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
May 19 vs BOS 1-7 L 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 18 vs BOS 1-3 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
May 16 @ STL 2-4 L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
May 14 @ CWS 2-6 L 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Splits (2026)
SplitGABHHRRBIAVGOPS
vs LHP 0 51 15 0 0 .294 .690
vs RHP 0 11 1 0 0 .091 .273
Home 0 27 7 0 0 .259 .644
Away 0 38 10 0 0 .263 .623
Day 0 21 7 0 0 .333 .792
Night 0 44 10 0 0 .227 .556
Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.