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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 21	STL		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 22	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
4	4	Apr 23	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
5	5	Apr 24	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 25	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
7	7	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	58	13.1	4	7	0	11	4
8	8	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	W,13-7	GS	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
10	10	May 2	STL		CHC	L,4-13	CG	55	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	May 3	STL		CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
12	12	May 4	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
13	13	May 7	STL		PHI	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 8	STL		PHI	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 9	STL		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
16	17 (1)	May 13	STL		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
17	18	May 14	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
18	19	May 15	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
19	20	May 16	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	48	10.0	3	4	1	8	1
20	21	May 18	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
21	22	May 19	STL	@	BRO	W,14-7	GS	16	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	23	May 20	STL	@	BRO	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
23	24	May 21	STL	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
24	25	May 22	STL	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	26	May 23 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,18-3	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	27	May 23 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	9	0	10	0
27	28	May 24	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	1
28	29	May 26	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	30	May 27	STL	@	NYG	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
30	31	May 28	STL	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	32	May 29	STL	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	33	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	34	May 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	5	6	0	11	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37 (2)	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	38	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
36	39	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
37	40	Jun 5	STL		BRO	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
38	41	Jun 6 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-1	GS	0	6.0	0	4	0	4	0
39	42	Jun 6 (2)	STL		PHI	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
40	43	Jun 7	STL		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
41	44	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	45	Jun 9	STL		BSN	L,5-11	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
43	46	Jun 10	STL		BSN	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
44	47	Jun 11	STL		BSN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
45	48	Jun 12	STL		NYG	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	49	Jun 13 (1)	STL		NYG	L,7-8	GS	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	50	Jun 13 (2)	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
48	51	Jun 15	STL	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	3
49	52	Jun 17	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
50	53	Jun 18	STL	@	NYG	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	54	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
52	55	Jun 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
53	56	Jun 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	57	Jun 21	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
55	58	Jun 22	STL	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
56	59	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
57	60	Jun 25	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
58	61	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
59	62	Jun 27	STL	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	2	6	1
60	63	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
61	64	Jun 30	STL	@	CHC	L,1-9	GS	26	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	65	Jul 1	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
63	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
64	68	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
65	69	Jul 5 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
66	70	Jul 5 (2)	STL		CHC	W,5-2	CG	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
67	71	Jul 6	STL		CHC	L,10-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	72	Jul 7	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
69	73	Jul 8	STL		PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	74	Jul 9	STL		CIN	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
71	75	Jul 10	STL		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	1	8	1
72	76	Jul 11	STL		CIN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
73	77	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	8	0	9	1
74	78	Jul 16	STL		PHI	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
75	79	Jul 17	STL		PHI	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
76	80	Jul 18 (1)	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	4
77	81	Jul 18 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
78	82	Jul 21	STL		NYG	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	83	Jul 22 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
80	84	Jul 22 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-6	CG	46	11.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	85	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
82	86	Jul 24	STL		BSN	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
83	87	Jul 25 (1)	STL		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
84	88	Jul 25 (2)	STL		BSN	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
85	89	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	0	2	0	2	0
86	90	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GS	36	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
87	91	Jul 29	STL	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
88	92	Jul 30	STL	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
89	93	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	94	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
91	95	Aug 2	STL	@	NYG	W,21-5	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
92	96	Aug 4 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
93	97	Aug 4 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
94	98	Aug 6	STL	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
95	99	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
96	100	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	101	Aug 8 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
98	102	Aug 9	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
99	103	Aug 11	STL	@	CIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
100	104	Aug 12	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	3	7	1	11	1
101	105	Aug 13	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
102	106	Aug 14	STL	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
103	107	Aug 15 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	108	Aug 15 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
105	109	Aug 16	STL	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
106	110	Aug 17	STL	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	111	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
108	112	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
109	113	Aug 20	STL		PIT	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
110	114	Aug 21	STL		PIT	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
111	115	Aug 22	STL		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	1
112	116	Aug 24	STL		BSN	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
113	117	Aug 25	STL		BSN	L,0-2	GS	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
114	122 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	STL		BRO	L,7-12	GS	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	128 (5)	Sep 4	STL	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	129	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
117	130	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	3	0	8	2
118	131	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
119	132	Sep 7	STL	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
120	133	Sep 8	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	7	4	0	11	3
121	134	Sep 9	STL		CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
122	135	Sep 10	STL		CIN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
123	136	Sep 11	STL		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
124	137	Sep 12	STL		CIN	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
125	138	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
126	139	Sep 15	STL	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
127	140	Sep 17	STL	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	141	Sep 18	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS	11	3.0	0	2	2	4	1
129	142	Sep 19 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
130	143	Sep 19 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	144	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
132	145	Sep 21 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
133	146	Sep 22	STL	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
134	147	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
135	148	Sep 25	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
136	149	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
137	150	Sep 29	STL		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
138	151	Sep 30 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
139	152	Sep 30 (2)	STL		PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
140	153	Oct 1	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
141	154	Oct 2	STL		CHC	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	3
142	155	Oct 3	STL		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
							142gm		1180.2	263	445	19	727	80