#32 Billy Martin, Shortstop, 31 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox Thursday, 10/5/1959 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Billy Martin
5/16/1928 31 USA,CA,BERKELEY 6"0 175
Shortstop R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal Some ability 3 / 6 (Well Known) 2 / 6 (Fair) Average Suffers Normal 4.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,500,000 1959 $ 10,100,000 (4 year(s)) 9 Year(s), 89 Days (1637 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 0 Days (1720 total Days) 11 Year(s) 1 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Versus LHP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Versus RHP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
Talent | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 4 2 2 4 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 1B : 8 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.) 2B : 6 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 3 (Range), .946 (Fielding Pct.) SS : 3 (Range), .969 (Fielding Pct.) CF : 3 (Range), .952 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 4
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/12 | @NYY | L 7-15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/13 | @NYY | L 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | #1 | | |
9/14 | @NYY | W 6-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/15 | WS1 | L 0-8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/16 | WS1 | W 4-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/17 | WS1 | L 5-9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/21 | NYY | L 7-10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/22 | @BOS | W 8-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/23 | @BOS | W 4-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | #1 | | |
9/24 | @BOS | L 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 147 | 583 | 176 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 65 | 96 | 53 | 55 | .302 | .366 | .439 | .805 | .746 | .137 |
Projected | 155 | 613 | 185 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 68 | 101 | 56 | 58 | .302 | .366 | .439 | .805 | .746 | .137 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 138 | 644 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 42 | 0 | 1 | .0 | 93.9 | 6.0 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 178 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .303 | .367 | .404 | .771 |
vs. RHP | 405 | 122 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 50 | 66 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .301 | .364 | .454 | .818 |
Close/Late | 64 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 | .370 | .422 | .792 |
Scoring Position | 125 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .288 | .341 | .376 | .717 |
Pinch Hitting | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 71 | 291 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 47 | 22 | 30 | .302 | .356 | .460 | .817 |
Road | 76 | 292 | 88 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 49 | 31 | 25 | .301 | .373 | .418 | .791 |
March/April | 24 | 92 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 9 | .348 | .430 | .620 | 1.049 |
May | 27 | 108 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 7 | .250 | .331 | .398 | .729 |
June | 25 | 99 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .313 | .358 | .424 | .783 |
July | 24 | 98 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .245 | .265 | .327 | .591 |
August | 28 | 107 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 13 | .383 | .459 | .505 | .964 |
Sept/Oct | 19 | 79 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | .266 | .326 | .354 | .680 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1951 | 41 | 121 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .289 | .304 | .421 | .725 | CHA |
1952 | 140 | 496 | 149 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 65 | 76 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 1 | .300 | .345 | .435 | .780 | CHA |
1953 | 123 | 496 | 136 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 5 | 5 | .274 | .318 | .385 | .703 | CHA |
1954 | 144 | 563 | 187 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 76 | 84 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | .332 | .391 | .442 | .834 | CHA,AL |
1955 | 150 | 593 | 189 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 107 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 1 | .319 | .373 | .413 | .787 | CHA,AL |
1956 | 147 | 559 | 186 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 66 | 98 | 53 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .395 | .470 | .865 | CHA,AL |
1957 | 149 | 536 | 171 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 94 | 91 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .319 | .382 | .450 | .832 | CHA,AL |
1958 | 145 | 591 | 210 | 34 | 1 | 22 | 88 | 85 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | .355 | .407 | .528 | .935 | CHA,AL |
1959 | 147 | 583 | 176 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 65 | 96 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1 | .302 | .366 | .439 | .805 | CHA,AL |
Total | 1186 | 4538 | 1439 | 210 | 21 | 111 | 585 | 713 | 355 | 54 | 21 | 364 | 20 | 12 | .317 | .372 | .446 | .818 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1950, AA | 72 | 281 | 87 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 8 | .310 | .392 | .495 | .887 |
1950, AAA | 61 | 266 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .263 | .286 | .353 | .640 |
1951, AAA | 90 | 386 | 121 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 70 | 63 | 25 | 37 | 12 | 2 | .313 | .347 | .505 | .852 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1954 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .192 | .346 |
1956 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .444 | .542 | .986 |
Total | 12 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .302 | .360 | .662 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
First Base | 41 | 41 | 396 | 43 | 43 | 445 | 6 | .987 | 360.2 | 11.10 | | | | |
Second Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
Third Base | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 3.1 | 2.70 | | | | |
Shortstop | 100 | 97 | 120 | 339 | 71 | 478 | 19 | .960 | 837.2 | 5.14 | | | | |
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Transactions Traded from New York (A) to Chicago (A) on 4/20/1950 (Going to CHA: RF Cliff Mapes, 2B Billy Martin, P Bob Porterfield. Going to NYY: SS Luke Appling)... Milestones Had first career hit on 7/19/1951, off Early Wynn (CLE)... Hit first career homerun on 9/2/1951, off Milo Candini (WS1)... Injuries Injured on 6/21/1951 with a Concussion, out for 6 days... Injured on 8/27/1953 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks... Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game... Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1954... Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game... 9/14/1955: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years. Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Boston on 5/30/1956... Was selected to the 1956 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1956, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 3 RBI... Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Kansas City on 7/19/1956... Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1956... Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game... Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game... Won Player of the Week award on 7/17/1958, hitting .353 with 2 HR, 4 RBI... Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1958, hitting .607 with 1 HR, 6 RBI... Was selected to the 1959 Allstar game... 8/14/1959: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $10,100,000 per year, for 4 years.
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG 1954 - .332 - 6th 1956 - .333 - 1st 1958 - .355 - 1st
| OBP 1956 - .395 - 8th 1958 - .407 - 9th
| OPS 1958 - .935 - 9th
| Hits 1954 - 187 - 3rd 1955 - 189 - 4th 1956 - 186 - 1st 1957 - 171 - 10th 1958 - 210 - 1st
| Doubles 1956 - 32 - 10th 1958 - 34 - 6th
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Triples 1955 - 5 - 6th
| Runs 1955 - 107 - 6th 1956 - 98 - 6th
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