Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

Summary of 58 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 15 go ahead

3 Tms
TOR	35
KCR	15
MIL	8

Platoon
vs LHP	37
vs RHP	21

Home/Road
Away	31
Home	27

Outs
0	23
1	18
2	17

13 Opps
KCR	7
BOS	6
DET	6
SEA	6
MIN	6
BAL	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
MIL	4
NYY	3
CAL	2
OAK	2
CLE	2

51 Pitchers
Floyd Bannister	3
Larry Gura	3
Paul Splittorff	2
Vida Blue	2
Aurelio López	2
Pat Dobson	1
Britt Burns	1
John Tudor	1
Mark Langston	1
Mike Mason	1
Tony Chevez	1
Jack O'Connor	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Jim Hughes	1
Bill Travers	1
Scott McGregor	1
Brad Havens	1
Frank Tanana	1
Luis Tiant	1
Don Durham	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Ed Vande Berg	1
Jim Slaton	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Dave Boswell	1
Dave Goltz	1
Dan Boitano	1
Jim Kaat	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Matt Young	1
Ross Baumgarten	1
Frank Viola	1
Sparky Lyle	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Tim Stoddard	1
Mike Brown	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Pat Underwood	1
Tom Underwood	1
Steve McCatty	1
Rich Gale	1
Randy Lerch	1
Tom Murphy	1
Fritz Peterson	1
George Frazier	1
Rick Wise	1
Len Whitehouse	1
Jerry Koosman	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Eddie Watt	1
Willie Hernández	1

16 Parks
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	19
KauffmanStad (KAN)	8
County Stad (MIL)	4
Kingdome (SEA)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Munic. Stad (KAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	41
8	2
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	56
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	7
-2-	6
12-	3
1-3	1
123	1
--3	1

83 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	39
1 on	14
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	2
2	7
3	4
4	10
5	11
6	8
7	7
8	4
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	13
4-6	29
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	6
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	13
-1	5
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	9

Ahead	29
Tied	13
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	56
PH	2

OrderPos
9th	19
7th	18
8th	16
5th	4
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	10
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-06-28	KCR		MIN	Dave Boswell	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.105	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1969-07-27	KCR	@	DET	Pat Dobson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	2	0.257	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hernández Scores; J. Foy Scores
3	3	3	1	1969-08-05	KCR	@	BAL	Eddie Watt	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	5	2	0.260	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1969-08-16 (2)	KCR		BOS	Sparky Lyle	ahead 6-2	b 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.015	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1973-09-22	KCR		TEX	Don Durham	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	1	9	2	0.166	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1974-09-14 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	Jim Hughes	ahead 2-1	t 2	1	1-3	3	9	2	0.172	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Bevacqua Scores; F. White Scores/unER
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1975-04-27	KCR		CHW	Jim Kaat	behind 4-8	b 7	2	-2-	2	9	2	0.097	15%		Home Run; F. Patek Scores
8	8	2	1	1975-07-22 (1)	KCR	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.091	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1975-07-23	KCR	@	MIL	Bill Travers	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.104	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1976-04-16	KCR		CLE	Fritz Peterson	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.108	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1976-04-23	KCR	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	tied 1-1	t 6	0	---	1	9	2	0.178	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1976-06-13	KCR		BAL	Mike Flanagan	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	9	2	0.111	88%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Wohlford Scores
13	13	4	1	1976-08-28	KCR	@	BOS	Tom Murphy	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	---	1	9	2	0.048	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1976-09-16	KCR	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	t 7	2	-2-	2	9	2	0.344	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Patek Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1977-06-04 (2)	KCR		BAL	Tony Chevez	ahead 10-6	b 5	0	---	1	9	2	0.029	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1978-08-29	MIL	@	CLE	Rick Wise	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	9	2	0.126	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1979-06-01	MIL	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---	1	9	2	0.137	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	2	1	1979-07-04	MIL	@	NYY	Luis Tiant	behind 0-4	t 6	0	---	1	9	2	0.055	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	1979-07-24	MIL	@	DET	Pat Underwood	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	---	1	9	2	0.086	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	1979-09-19	MIL	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1	9	2	0.063	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1980-06-25	MIL	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	ahead 3-2	t 9	1	---	1	9	2	0.094	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	2	1	1980-08-25	MIL		KCR	Larry Gura	behind 0-4	b 3	0	---	1	9	2	0.072	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1980-08-30	MIL	@	DET	Aurelio López	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	9	2	0.083	29%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1981-06-11	TOR		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	1	9	2	0.127	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	2	1	1981-08-11	TOR	@	DET	Dan Schatzeder	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	12-	3	8	2	0.145	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores; D. García Scores
26	26	3	1	1981-08-21	TOR		CHW	Ross Baumgarten	behind 0-4	b 5	2	1--	2	9	2	0.133	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Bell Scores
27	27	4	1	1981-09-11	TOR		SEA	Glenn Abbott	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.024	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1982-04-29	TOR	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	12-	3	7	2	0.246	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Nordhagen Scores; B. Bonnell Scores
29	29	2	1	1982-07-04	TOR	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 2-2	t 7	2	---	1	5	2	0.216	65%		Home Run
30	30	3	1	1982-07-15	TOR		TEX	Dan Boitano	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.026	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	1982-07-21	TOR		KCR	Vida Blue	behind 3-7	b 7	0	1--	2	7	2	0.120	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Upshaw Scores
32	32	5	1	1982-08-02	TOR		MIL	Randy Lerch	ahead 7-1	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.011	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	6	1	1982-08-27	TOR		NYY	George Frazier	ahead 9-3	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	7	1	1982-09-17	TOR		CAL	Dave Goltz	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.079	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	8	1	1982-09-22	TOR	@	MIN	Brad Havens	behind 1-2	t 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.252	45%		Home Run
36	36	9	1	1982-09-26	TOR	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.090	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	10	1	1982-09-30	TOR		MIN	Jack O'Connor	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.081	93%		Home Run
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1983-05-17	TOR	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.113	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	1983-06-05	TOR	@	BAL	Tim Stoddard	tied 1-1	t 6	2	123	4	8	2	0.379	91%		Home Run; J. Orta Scores; L. Moseby Scores; H. Powell Scores
40	40	3	1	1983-06-14	TOR		OAK	Tom Underwood	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.057	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	4	1	1983-06-25	TOR	@	SEA	Ed Vande Berg	behind 1-5	t 9	0	---	1	7	PH	0.020	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	5	1	1983-07-10	TOR		TEX	Rick Honeycutt	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.169	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Upshaw Scores
43	43	6	1	1983-07-12	TOR	@	KCR	Vida Blue	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	1--	2	7	2	0.087	92%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Barfield Scores
44	44	7	1	1983-07-14	TOR	@	CHW	Jerry Koosman	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.174	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Upshaw Scores
45	45	8	1	1983-07-18	TOR		KCR	Larry Gura	ahead 3-1	b 4	0	1--	2	8	2	0.103	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Upshaw Scores
46	46	9	1	1983-08-29 (1)	TOR		BOS	John Tudor	ahead 1-0	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.103	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	10	1	1983-09-19	TOR		SEA	Matt Young	tied 4-4	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1984-06-16	TOR		BOS	Bruce Hurst	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.171	84%		Home Run; J. Barfield Scores
49	49	2	1	1984-06-23	TOR	@	BOS	Rich Gale	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.063	88%		Home Run
50	50	3	2	1984-06-23	TOR	@	BOS	Mike Brown	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.035	98%		Home Run; R. Mulliniks Scores
51	51	4	1	1984-08-03	TOR	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 0-1	t 4	2	--3	2	7	2	0.235	59%		Home Run; C. Johnson Scores
52	52	5	1	1984-08-29	TOR		CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 1-6	b 5	0	---	1	7	2	0.047	12%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1985-04-28	TOR	@	TEX	Mike Mason	tied 0-0	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.144	61%		Home Run
54	54	2	1	1985-05-29	TOR	@	CHW	Britt Burns	behind 2-6	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.106	17%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores
55	55	3	1	1985-06-04	TOR		MIN	Len Whitehouse	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.016	99%		Home Run
56	56	4	1	1985-06-06	TOR		DET	Aurelio López	tied 0-0	b 12	1	1--	2	7	2	0.361	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; G. Bell Scores
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1986-06-14	TOR		DET	Willie Hernández	tied 5-5	b 9	0	---	1	8	PH	0.356	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1986-07-22	TOR	@	SEA	Mark Langston	behind 5-7	t 6	2	---	1	9	2	0.109	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)