Marty Marion

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 170lb (188cm, 77kg)

Born: December 1, 1916 in Richburg, SC us

Died: March 15, 2011 in Ladue, MO

Buried: Valhalla Cemetery, St. Louis, MO

High School: Tech HS (Atlanta, GA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 23-137d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. PIT 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 6, 1953 (Age 36-217d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Martin Whiteford Marion

Nicknames: Slats, The Octopus or Mr. Shortstop

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Relatives: Brother of Red Marion

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

31.8

5506

1448

.263

602

RBI

624

OBP

.323

SLG

.345

OPS

.668

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-10 / in Starts: 13-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1942	WS g1	Sep 30	STL		NYY	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.750	1.000	8	.47	-0.045	24.47	-1.49%	1.59	SS
2	1942	WS g2	Oct 1	STL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.429	.571	8	.44	-0.039	22.74	-1.08%	-0.94	SS
3	1942	WS g3	Oct 3	STL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	8	1.08	0.025	68.08	1.03%	0.23	SS
4	1942	WS g4	Oct 4	STL	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.286	.486	8	1.12	0.027	67.93	1.24%	-0.09	SS
5	1942	WS g5	Oct 5	STL	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.222	.380	8	.82	-0.080	28.34	-1.53%	-0.67	SS
1943 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1943	WS g1	Oct 5	STL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	8	1.90	-0.079	99.41	-1.87%	-0.42	SS
7	1943	WS g2	Oct 6	STL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.333	.429	1.000	1.429	8	.41	0.137	22.07	4.79%	1.10	SS
8	1943	WS g3	Oct 7	STL	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.750	1.150	8	.97	-0.040	60.41	-1.48%	-0.25	SS
9	1943	WS g4	Oct 10	STL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.500	.818	1.318	8	2.17	0.185	142.67	8.08%	0.47	SS
10	1943	WS g5	Oct 11	STL		NYY	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.357	.471	.714	1.185	8	1.62	-0.013	73.00	-0.16%	-0.37	SS
1944 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	1944	WS g1	Oct 4	STL		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	7	1.14	0.067	59.78	2.14%	0.38	SS
12	1944	WS g2	Oct 5	STL		SLB	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571	1.016	7	1.87	-0.029	95.86	-0.81%	0.41	SS
13	1944	WS g3	Oct 6	STL	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.545	1.007	7	.68	0.056	42.88	1.78%	0.89	SS
14	1944	WS g4	Oct 7	STL	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.533	.945	7	.30	0.014	19.52	0.57%	0.54	SS
15	1944	WS g5	Oct 8	STL	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.421	.754	7	.79	-0.076	65.54	-3.99%	-0.79	SS
16	1944	WS g6	Oct 9	STL		SLB	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.227	.292	.364	.655	7	1.06	-0.095	80.83	-4.18%	-1.13	SS
1946 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	1946	WS g1	Oct 6	STL		BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.65	-0.097	86.22	-2.99%	-0.62	SS
18	1946	WS g2	Oct 7	STL		BOS	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.52	-0.056	26.43	-1.59%	-0.86	SS
19	1946	WS g3	Oct 9	STL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	8	.80	-0.024	50.47	-0.83%	-0.26	SS
20	1946	WS g4	Oct 10	STL	@	BOS	W,12-3	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	8	.33	0.018	21.17	0.73%	-0.15	SS
21	1946	WS g5	Oct 11	STL	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	8	.91	-0.100	75.45	-4.52%	-0.92	SS
22	1946	WS g6	Oct 13	STL		BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.364	.636	7	.43	0.009	38.55	0.46%	0.86	SS
23	1946	WS g7	Oct 15	STL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.333	.613	8	.94	-0.035	155.84	-3.16%	-0.36	SS
									90	78	5	18	7	1	1	11	7	5	7	0	5			2	1	0	.231	.294	.385	.679

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