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Victor Martinez may be the worst baserunner in baseball history

If you've watched a handful of Detroit Tigers games the past couple years, you already know Victor Martinez isn't on the team for his baserunning.

But ESPN.com's Sam Miller has a bigger question to ask: Is he the worst baserunner in baseball history?

The Tigers' designated hitter very well could be, given how he ran the bases in 2016. According to Baseball Prospectus' all-time leaderboard in its baserunning runs metric, "Martinez's 2016 season tied for the worst baserunning performance in history at -9.6 runs," Miller said, with Ken Reitz in 1979.

In other words, Martinez is as far below average in baserunning as, say, Cincinnati Reds speedster Billy Hamilton is above average.