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.
Triple Plays: 1 (May 21)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	May 3	STL		BRO	W,6-5	GF	23	5.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
2	15 (1)	May 5	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
3	16	May 6	STL		PHI	L,7-11	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
4	17	May 7	STL		BSN	W,15-0	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	18	May 8	STL		BSN	W,10-3	GS	22	6.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
6	19	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
7	20	May 12	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
8	21	May 13	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
9	22	May 14	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
10	23	May 16	STL	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
11	24	May 17	STL	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
12	25	May 18	STL	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	46	8.1	3	2	0	5	1	SS
13	26	May 20	STL	@	BSN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
14	27	May 21 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
15	29 (1)	May 24	STL	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
16	30	May 25	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	54	13.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
17	31	May 26	STL	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
18	32	May 27	STL	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	33	May 28 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
20	35 (1)	May 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,17-13	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	37 (1)	Jun 1	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	38	Jun 2	STL		BRO	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
23	41 (2)	Jun 6	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
24	42	Jun 7	STL		BSN	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
25	43	Jun 8	STL		BSN	W,18-6	CG	45	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
26	44	Jun 9	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
27	45	Jun 10	STL		NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
28	46	Jun 11 (1)	STL		NYG	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
29	48 (1)	Jun 13	STL	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
30	49	Jun 14	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
31	50	Jun 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	51	Jun 17	STL	@	BRO	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
33	52	Jun 18	STL	@	BRO	L,0-9	GS	22	4.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
34	53	Jun 20	STL	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	54	Jun 21	STL	@	NYG	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
36	57 (2)	Jun 23	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	30	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	SS
37	58	Jun 24	STL	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
38	59	Jun 25	STL	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
39	60	Jun 27 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
40	62 (1)	Jun 28	STL	@	CHC	L,3-15	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
41	63	Jun 29	STL	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
42	64	Jun 30	STL		PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	3
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	65	Jul 1	STL		PIT	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
44	66	Jul 2	STL		PIT	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	67	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
46	69 (1)	Jul 5	STL		CIN	W,5-3	GS	15	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	72 (2)	Jul 8	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	3	2	0	5	0	SS
48	73	Jul 9	STL	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
49	74	Jul 13	STL		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	75	Jul 14	STL		PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
51	76	Jul 15	STL		PHI	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
52	77	Jul 16	STL		BRO	L,2-10	CG	51	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	SS
53	87 (9)	Jul 23	STL		BSN	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	SS
54	88	Jul 25	STL	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	3	SS
55	89	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
56	90	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
57	91	Jul 28	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
58	92	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
59	93	Jul 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	SS
60	94	Jul 31	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	95	Aug 1	STL	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
62	100 (4)	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
63	107 (6)	Aug 14	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	2	4	0	6	0	SS
64	108	Aug 15	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	3	SS
65	109	Aug 16	STL		PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
66	110	Aug 18	STL		CIN	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	111	Aug 19	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
68	112	Aug 20	STL		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
69	113	Aug 21	STL		BSN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
70	114	Aug 22	STL		BSN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
71	115	Aug 23	STL		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
72	116	Aug 24	STL		NYG	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
73	117	Aug 25	STL		NYG	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
74	118	Aug 26	STL		NYG	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
75	119	Aug 27	STL		BRO	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
76	120	Aug 28	STL		BRO	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
77	121	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
78	122	Aug 30	STL		PHI	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	123	Sep 1	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	124	Sep 2	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
81	125	Sep 3	STL	@	PIT	L,11-12	GF	18	3.2	2	2	0	4	0	PH SS
82	126	Sep 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	5	2	9	1	SS
83	127	Sep 4 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
84	128	Sep 5	STL		CHC	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
85	129	Sep 6 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	2
86	130	Sep 6 (2)	STL		CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
87	131	Sep 7	STL		CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	132	Sep 9	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
89	133	Sep 10 (1)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	135 (1)	Sep 12	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
91	136	Sep 14	STL	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	2	2	0	4	1	SS
92	137	Sep 15	STL	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
93	138	Sep 16	STL	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
94	139	Sep 17	STL	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	SS
95	140	Sep 18	STL	@	NYG	L,0-13	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
96	141	Sep 19	STL	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS	0	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	142	Sep 20	STL	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
98	143	Sep 21	STL	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
99	144	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
100	146 (1)	Sep 24	STL	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
101	147	Sep 26	STL		CIN	L,2-7	CG	35	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
							101gm		860.0	180	313	11	504	73