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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22 (1)	STL		CIN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 22 (2)	STL		CIN	L,7-9	CG	49	10.0	2	3	1	6	2
6	6	Apr 27	STL	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 28	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21 (13)	May 16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	55	13.2	4	4	1	9	1
9	23 (1)	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
10	24	May 18	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	GS	20	5.0	1	1	1	3	0
11	27 (2)	May 21	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
12	28	May 23	STL		BRO	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
13	29	May 24	STL		BRO	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
14	32 (2)	May 27 (1)	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
15	33	May 27 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
16	34	May 29	STL		PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	35	May 30 (1)	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	36	May 30 (2)	STL		BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
19	37	May 31	STL		BSN	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	38	Jun 1	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
21	39	Jun 2	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	40	Jun 3 (1)	STL		NYG	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
23	41	Jun 3 (2)	STL		NYG	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
24	42	Jun 7	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	43	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	13.0	3	6	0	9	2
26	44	Jun 9	STL		PIT	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	45	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-8	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
28	46	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	45	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	47	Jun 11	STL		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	48	Jun 13	STL		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
31	49	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	50	Jun 16	STL	@	PIT	W,13-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
33	51	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
34	52	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
35	53	Jun 19	STL	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	43	12.1	4	7	1	12	1
36	54	Jun 21	STL	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	55	Jun 22	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
38	56	Jun 23	STL	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
39	57	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
40	58	Jun 24 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	59	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
42	60	Jun 27 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	61	Jun 28	STL	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
44	62	Jun 29	STL	@	PHI	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
45	63	Jun 30	STL	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	64	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	44	9.1	1	6	0	7	0
47	65	Jul 1 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
48	66	Jul 3	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
50	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,19-2	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	1
51	69	Jul 5	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
52	70	Jul 6	STL	@	BRO	W,15-3	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
53	71	Jul 7	STL	@	BRO	L,7-10	GS	39	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
54	74 (2)	Jul 12	STL		NYG	L,7-9	CG	43	10.0	6	5	0	11	2
55	75	Jul 13 (1)	STL		NYG	W,14-3	GS	22	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
56	76	Jul 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	77	Jul 15 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
58	78	Jul 15 (2)	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
59	79	Jul 16	STL		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
60	80	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
61	81	Jul 18 (1)	STL		PHI	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
62	82	Jul 18 (2)	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
63	83	Jul 19 (1)	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
64	84	Jul 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
65	85	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
66	86	Jul 22 (1)	STL		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
67	87	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
68	88	Jul 24	STL		BRO	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
69	89	Jul 26	STL		PIT	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
70	90	Jul 27	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
71	91	Jul 28	STL		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
72	92	Jul 29 (1)	STL		PIT	L,6-9	CG	51	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	93	Jul 29 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
74	94	Jul 30	STL		CIN	L,4-5	GS	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
75	95	Jul 31 (1)	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
76	96	Jul 31 (2)	STL		CIN	L,0-2	CG	44	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	97	Aug 1	STL		CIN	W,15-3	GS	26	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
78	98	Aug 3	STL	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
79	99	Aug 4	STL	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	6	1	11	2
80	100	Aug 5 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
81	101	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
82	102	Aug 8	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
83	103	Aug 9	STL	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
84	104	Aug 10	STL	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
85	105	Aug 11	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	106	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	107	Aug 12 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,3-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	108	Aug 13	STL	@	BRO	W,11-10	GS	29	6.0	0	2	1	3	0
89	114 (5)	Aug 19 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
90	115	Aug 19 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	60	13.0	2	4	0	6	1
91	116	Aug 20	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
92	117	Aug 21	STL	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	118	Aug 24	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	119	Aug 25	STL	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
95	120	Aug 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
96	121	Aug 28	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
97	122	Aug 29	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
98	123	Aug 31	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	124	Sep 1	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
100	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL		CHC	L,1-4	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
101	126	Sep 2 (2)	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
102	127	Sep 3 (1)	STL		PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
103	128	Sep 3 (2)	STL		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	129	Sep 4	STL		PIT	T,8-8	CG	0	12.0	1	4	0	5	0
105	130	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
106	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL		BSN	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
107	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
108	133	Sep 7	STL		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
109	134	Sep 9 (1)	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
110	135	Sep 9 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
111	138 (2)	Sep 12	STL		BRO	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
112	139	Sep 14 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
113	141 (1)	Sep 15	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	6	1	7	1
114	142	Sep 16 (1)	STL		PHI	L,3-4	GS	24	5.0	1	0	2	3	0
115	146 (3)	Sep 19	STL		CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
116	147	Sep 20	STL		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
117	148	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
118	149	Sep 23	STL		CIN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
119	150	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
120	151	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
121	152	Sep 27	STL	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
122	153	Sep 29 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
							122gm		1065.0	237	372	21	630	70