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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 20	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
4	4	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
8	8	Apr 27	STL		CHC	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 28	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	10	Apr 29	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	52	10.0	4	4	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 2	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	12	May 3	STL		BSN	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	13	May 4	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
14	14	May 5	STL		BRO	L,6-9	GS	24	4.2	2	1	1	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	35 (20)	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	36	Jun 2 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
17	37	Jun 2 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
18	38	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	5	5	0	10	2
19	39	Jun 6	STL		BRO	L,5-9	GS	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
20	40	Jun 7	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	5	1	11	5
21	41	Jun 8 (1)	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
22	42	Jun 8 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-5	GS	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	2
23	43	Jun 9 (1)	STL		NYG	L,9-11	CG	53	11.0	6	5	0	11	1
24	44	Jun 9 (2)	STL		NYG	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
25	45	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-12	CG	53	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	46	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
27	47	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	48	Jun 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
29	49	Jun 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
30	50	Jun 17	STL	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
31	51	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	48	11.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	52	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	4	8	0
33	53	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,9-2	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	54	Jun 23 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	1	1	2	4	1
35	55	Jun 23 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,5-10	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
36	56	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	54	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
37	57	Jun 28	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
38	58	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	59	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	60	Jul 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	2	7	1
41	61	Jul 2	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	10	1	14	3
42	62	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	63	Jul 4 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	64	Jul 5	STL		CHC	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	65	Jul 6 (1)	STL		PIT	L,8-15	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	66	Jul 6 (2)	STL		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
47	67	Jul 7 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
48	68	Jul 7 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
49	69	Jul 11	STL		NYG	L,6-8	CG	54	11.0	4	2	1	7	3
50	70	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	2
51	71	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
52	72	Jul 14 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	73	Jul 14 (2)	STL		BSN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
54	74	Jul 15	STL		BSN	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	75	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	76	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,0-3	GS	0		3	3	0	6	0
57	77	Jul 19 (1)	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	3	1	1	5	0
58	78	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
59	79	Jul 20	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
60	80	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
61	81	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
62	82	Jul 23	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
63	83	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	T,3-3	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	84	Jul 27 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
65	85	Jul 27 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
66	86	Jul 28 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-3	GS	31	7.0	4	1	1	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	98 (11)	Aug 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
68	99	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	100	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	29	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	101	Aug 10	STL	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
71	102	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
72	103	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
73	104	Aug 13	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
74	105	Aug 14	STL		PIT	W,7-6	CG	53	11.0	2	2	0	4	1
75	106	Aug 16 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	107	Aug 16 (2)	STL		PIT	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
77	108	Aug 18 (1)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
78	109	Aug 18 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	110	Aug 20 (1)	STL		BRO	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
80	111	Aug 20 (2)	STL		BRO	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
81	112	Aug 21	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
82	113	Aug 22	STL		PHI	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	114	Aug 23	STL		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
84	115	Aug 24	STL		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
85	116	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	117	Aug 25 (2)	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
87	118	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
88	119	Aug 27	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	120	Aug 28	STL		NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
90	121	Aug 29	STL		NYG	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	122	Sep 1 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	43	8.0	2	7	1	10	0
92	123	Sep 1 (2)	STL	@	PIT	T,5-5	CG	45	11.0	3	4	0	7	2
93	124	Sep 2 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
94	125	Sep 2 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	126	Sep 3	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
96	127	Sep 4	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
97	128	Sep 6	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
98	129	Sep 7	STL		PIT	L,9-14	CG	54	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
99	130	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PIT	L,14-16	CG	54	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
100	131	Sep 8 (2)	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	132	Sep 11 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
102	133	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
103	134	Sep 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-17	CG	52	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
104	135	Sep 12 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
105	136	Sep 13	STL	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
106	137	Sep 14	STL	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
107	138	Sep 15 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
108	139	Sep 15 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	140	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
110	141	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
111	142	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
112	143	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
113	144	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	145	Sep 19 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
115	146	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	5	2	0	7	0
116	147	Sep 22 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	148	Sep 22 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
118	149	Sep 23	STL	@	CHC	L,0-10	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
119	150	Sep 25 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	3
120	151	Sep 25 (2)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
121	152	Sep 26 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
122	153	Sep 26 (2)	STL		CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
123	154	Sep 27	STL		CHC	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
124	155	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,4-3	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
125	156	Sep 29	STL		CHC	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							125gm		1055.0	245	366	33	644	76