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	29-37 / in Starts: 28-30
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 210 PAs	20
Actual Runners on Base	115 (60-36-19) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 210 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (69-41-20)

Most Driven In
C Courtney	5
B Young	2
J Dyck	2
D Kryhoski	2
Self	2
F Marsh	1
J Delsing	1
J Rivera	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
B Young	1
A Zarilla	1
J Dyck	1
T Wright	1
B Nieman	1
G Schmees	1
J Rivera	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	1503	1	Apr 15	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	2	.85	0.019	2.22	0.03%	-0.17	SS
2	1504	2	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222	.333	2	.74	-0.093	1.97	-0.15%	-0.83	SS
3	1505	3	Apr 17	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.333	.564	2	.89	0.043	2.60	0.08%	0.37	SS
4	1506	4	Apr 18	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.235	.402	2	.86	-0.105	2.67	-0.20%	-1.17	SS
5	1507	5	Apr 19	SLB		CHW	L,3-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.158	.222	.380	2	.62	-0.015	2.06	-0.03%	-0.15	SS
6	1508	6	Apr 20 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,8-0	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.364	.625	2	.61	0.079	1.89	0.15%	0.48	SS
7	1509	7	Apr 20 susp	SLB		CHW	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.348	.598	8	.20	-0.005	.65	-0.01%	-0.28	PH
8	1510	8	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	W,8-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.357	.633	2	.55	0.002	1.90	0.01%	-0.36	SS
9	1511	9	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.233	.281	.333	.615	2	.63	0.042	2.18	0.09%	0.48	SS
10	1512	10	Apr 26	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.314	.344	.658	2	1.04	0.086	3.54	0.18%	0.48	SS
11	1513	11	Apr 27 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-10	6	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.366	.421	.787	2	1.66	0.434	5.38	0.85%	3.28	SS
12	1514	13 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	5	5	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.349	.391	.488	.880	2	.51	0.153	1.50	0.27%	2.64	SS
13	1515	14	Apr 30 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-4	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.349	.391	.488	.880	8						SS
May		Gtm	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
14	1516	15	May 1	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.340	.392	.468	.860	2	.64	0.020	2.11	0.04%	-0.55	SS
15	1517	16	May 2	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-13	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.327	.389	.449	.838	2	1.24	-0.082	4.30	-0.17%	-0.84	SS
16	1518	17	May 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.362	.415	.777	2	.91	-0.095	3.05	-0.19%	-0.91	SS
17	1519	18	May 4 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.339	.386	.725	2	1.81	-0.204	5.06	-0.34%	-1.32	SS
18	1520	20 (1)	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-13	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.328	.373	.701	2	.50	-0.024	1.17	-0.03%	-0.55	SS
19	1521	21	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.362	.444	.807	2	.61	0.140	1.28	0.18%	1.66	SS
20	1522	22	May 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,0-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.356	.424	.780	2	1.76	0.031	3.95	0.04%	-0.16	SS
21	1523	23	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.394	.728	2	1.55	-0.222	3.13	-0.27%	-1.69	SS
22	1524	25 (1)	May 11 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.317	.373	.690	2	.74	-0.071	2.24	-0.13%	-0.45	SS
23	1525	27 (1)	May 13	SLB		PHA	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0			0	0	0	.253	.314	.367	.681	2						SS
24	1526	28	May 14	SLB		PHA	W,12-7	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.393	.723	8	1.07	0.002	1.78	0.00%	0.73	SS
25	1527	29	May 15	SLB		PHA	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.261	.316	.375	.691	2						SS
26	1528	30	May 16	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.303	.359	.662	2	1.74	-0.151	3.10	-0.16%	-1.07	SS
27	1529	32 (1)	May 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.253	.304	.368	.672	2	1.34	0.120	3.01	0.16%	-0.02	SS
28	1530	34 (1)	May 20	SLB		WSH	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.292	.354	.646	2	1.66	-0.185	3.74	-0.25%	-1.10	SS
29	1531	35	May 21	SLB		WSH	W,2-1	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.235	.284	.343	.628	2	1.57	-0.151	3.10	-0.18%	-1.25	SS
30	1532	37 (1)	May 23	SLB		CLE	L,3-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.279	.337	.616	8	.90	-0.048	1.92	-0.06%	-0.37	SS
31	1533	38	May 24	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.281	.330	.611	8	.36	0.005	.66	0.01%	0.01	SS
32	1534	39	May 25 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.280	.327	.607	8	.47	-0.015	.76	-0.01%	-0.62	SS
33	1535	41 (1)	May 26	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.295	.345	.640	8	1.21	0.033	1.48	0.02%	0.32	SS
34	1536	42	May 27	SLB		CHW	L,0-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.296	.353	.649	8	1.34	-0.045	1.35	-0.03%	-0.16	SS
35	1537	43	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.295	.345	.639	8	1.10	-0.009	1.10	-0.01%	0.01	SS
36	1538	44	May 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.295	.345	.639	8						SS
Jun		Gtm	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
37	1539	46 (1)	Jun 2	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.298	.347	.645	8	.73	-0.009	.76	-0.01%	-0.11	SS
38	1540	47	Jun 3	SLB	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.293	.341	.635	8	.97	-0.047	1.04	-0.03%	-0.36	SS
39	1541	48	Jun 6	SLB	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.299	.347	.645	8	1.84	0.099	2.22	0.07%	0.90	SS
40	1542	49	Jun 7	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.299	.347	.645	8						SS
41	1543	56 (6)	Jun 15 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.242	.297	.344	.641	8	.81	-0.109	.38	-0.03%	-1.14	SS
42	1544	58 (1)	Jun 17	SLB		BOS	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.303	.338	.641	8						SS
43	1545	59	Jun 18	SLB		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.301	.336	.637	8	1.59	0.115	1.35	0.06%	0.47	SS
44	1546	60	Jun 19	SLB		BOS	L,0-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.331	.628	8	.72	-0.035	.68	-0.02%	-0.25	SS
45	1547	61	Jun 20	SLB		WSH	T,5-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.291	.324	.615	8	.79	-0.096	.61	-0.04%	-1.17	SS
46	1548	63 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,5-8	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.291	.324	.615	8						SS
47	1549	66 (2)	Jun 24	SLB		NYY	L,3-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.286	.317	.603	8	.75	-0.060	.51	-0.03%	-0.92	SS
48	1550	67	Jun 25	SLB		NYY	W,10-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.284	.315	.599	8	.86	-0.022	.49	-0.01%	-0.22	SS
49	1551	68	Jun 26	SLB		DET	L,0-6	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.278	.308	.587	8						SS
Jul		Gtm	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
50	1552	74 (5)	Jul 3	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-12	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.223	.281	.311	.592	8	1.07	-0.029	.34	-0.01%	-0.30	SS
51	1553	75	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.225	.287	.311	.598	2	.85	0.041	.21	0.01%	0.49	SS
52	1554	76	Jul 4 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.291	.316	.607	7	.41	0.023	.08	0.00%	0.12	PH
53	1555	77	Jul 5	SLB	@	DET	L,0-5	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.289	.314	.603	8						SS
54	1556	81 (3)	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.292	.335	.628	8	2.15	0.061	.15	0.00%	1.48	SS
55	1557	82	Jul 13 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG(10)	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.244	.309	.350	.659	8	1.09	0.253	.03	0.01%	2.06	SS
56	1558	84 (1)	Jul 14	SLB	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.302	.341	.643	8	.11	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-1.13	SS
57	1559	87 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.244	.310	.345	.655	8						SS
58	1560	89 (1)	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.310	.345	.655	8	1.48	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.44	SS
59	1561	91 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.312	.347	.659	8	.67	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.16	SS
60	1562	94 (2)	Jul 23	SLB		PHA	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.313	.343	.655	2	1.33	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.52	SS
Aug		Gtm	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
61	1563	104 (9)	Aug 1	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.247	.313	.343	.656	8	.61	-0.043	.00	0.00%	-0.53	SS
62	1564	105	Aug 2	SLB		NYY	W,11-6	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0			0	0	0	.249	.320	.343	.663	8						SS
63	1565	107 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.339	.656	8	.79	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.30	SS
64	1566	110 (2)	Aug 7	SLB		DET	W,5-4	11-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.320	.342	.663	2	7.13	0.440	.01	0.00%	1.00	PH
65	1567	117 (6)	Aug 15	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-7	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.320	.342	.663	8						SS
66	1568	122 (4)	Aug 21 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.249	.322	.341	.662	8	1.23	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.00	SS
67	1569	129 (6)	Aug 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.320	.339	.659	9	3.48	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.33	PH
							29-37		210	186	16	46	11	0	2	20	19	0	18	1	4		2	6	0	2	.247	.320	.339	.659		1.08	0.063	1.79	-0.16%	-4.63

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