Billy Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA us

Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 21-337d, 10,663rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 33-138d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Agents: Eddie Sapir

Full Name: Alfred Manuel Martin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

3419

877

.257

425

RBI

333

OBP

.300

SLG

.369

OPS

.669

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-34 / in Starts: 36-30
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 258 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	139 (78-43-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 258 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	159 (83-50-25)

Most Driven In
Self	9
G Strickland	6
V Power	2
W Held	1
R Nixon	1
J Baxes	1
M MiÃ±oso	1
W Jones	1

Most Driven In By
Self	9
M MiÃ±oso	6
V Power	5
J Piersall	5
T Francona	5
B Locke	1
R Nixon	1
W Held	1

1959 Batting Game Log

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1959 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	733	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	1.08	-0.073	2.66	-0.11%	-1.21	2B
2	734	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	.84	-0.047	2.35	-0.08%	-0.60	2B
3	735	3	Apr 14	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	2	.28	-0.035	.79	-0.06%	-0.99	2B
4	736	4	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	.170	2	1.20	-0.123	3.52	-0.22%	-0.84	2B
5	737	5	Apr 17	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.050	.095	.050	.145	2	.97	-0.068	3.36	-0.14%	-0.60	2B
6	738	6	Apr 18	CLE		KCA	W,13-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.154	.250	.404	2	.21	0.115	.72	0.24%	1.36	2B
7	739	7	Apr 19	CLE		KCA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.107	.133	.214	.348	2	.64	-0.062	2.38	-0.14%	-0.81	2B
8	740	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	W,14-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.143	.212	.355	8	.11	-0.015	.40	-0.03%	-0.80	2B
9	741	9	Apr 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.150	.211	.361	8	.65	0.026	2.44	0.06%	-0.21	2B
10	742	10	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.205	.317	.522	8	.67	0.129	2.58	0.30%	2.99	2B
11	743	11	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.196	.302	.498	8	.71	-0.036	3.24	-0.10%	-0.32	2B
12	744	12	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.220	.326	.546	8	1.02	0.040	4.62	0.11%	0.22	2B
13	745	13	Apr 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.245	.367	.613	8	1.74	0.053	8.18	0.15%	0.52	2B
14	746	14	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.246	.358	.604	6	1.01	0.043	4.31	0.11%	0.40	2B
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
15	747	15	May 1	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.230	.333	.563	6	2.20	-0.216	8.58	-0.51%	-1.64	2B
16	748	16	May 2	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.234	.383	.618	8	1.28	0.051	5.14	0.12%	0.92	2B
17	749	17	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.254	.444	.698	8	.59	0.042	2.61	0.11%	1.45	2B
18	750	18	May 3 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.286	.453	.739	8	1.45	0.052	6.72	0.15%	0.47	2B
19	751	19	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.297	.456	.753	7	.19	0.023	.83	0.06%	0.63	2B
20	752	20	May 6	CLE		BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.289	.443	.732	8	1.26	-0.063	5.89	-0.18%	-0.50	2B
21	753	21	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.278	.425	.703	8	.67	-0.049	2.95	-0.13%	-0.46	2B
22	754	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	GS-4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.296	.440	.736	8	.63	0.051	2.77	0.14%	0.76	2B
23	755	23	May 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.291	.425	.716	7	1.37	-0.091	6.02	-0.24%	-0.86	2B
24	756	24	May 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.284	.415	.699	8	.99	-0.052	4.19	-0.13%	-0.45	2B
25	757	25	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.272	.395	.667	8	.84	-0.121	3.39	-0.29%	-1.73	2B
26	758	26	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.292	.416	.707	8	.50	0.108	2.12	0.28%	2.02	2B
27	759	27	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.297	.426	.723	8	.48	0.001	2.05	0.00%	0.89	2B
28	760	28	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.283	.404	.687	8	1.63	-0.193	8.28	-0.59%	-1.41	2B
29	761	29	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.282	.392	.674	8	.72	-0.060	3.59	-0.18%	-0.67	2B
30	762	30	May 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.283	.390	.674	8	1.05	-0.028	5.26	-0.09%	-0.20	2B
31	763	34 (3)	May 23	CLE		DET	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.283	.390	.674	7						2B
32	764	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.229	.274	.376	.650	8	1.37	-0.180	6.24	-0.49%	-1.60	2B
33	765	37 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.267	.366	.633	8	1.05	-0.082	6.31	-0.30%	-0.79	2B
34	766	38	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.262	.360	.622	8	.42	-0.021	2.55	-0.08%	-0.20	2B
35	767	39	May 28	CLE		KCA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.262	.356	.618	8	1.31	-0.081	6.52	-0.24%	-0.74	2B
36	768	40	May 30 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.271	.358	.630	8	1.26	0.054	6.27	0.16%	0.30	2B
37	769	41	May 30 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.267	.352	.620	8	1.19	-0.088	6.08	-0.27%	-0.76	2B
38	770	42	May 31	CLE	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.269	.376	.645	8	1.02	0.059	4.89	0.17%	0.31	2B
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
39	771	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.265	.370	.635	8	.82	-0.044	3.87	-0.12%	-0.40	2B
40	772	44	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.265	.370	.635	8						PR
41	773	45	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.264	.366	.631	1	.61	-0.029	2.64	-0.08%	-0.15	2B
42	774	46	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-11	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.266	.388	.654	8	.51	-0.037	2.17	-0.10%	0.63	2B
43	775	47	Jun 6	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.264	.377	.640	1	1.21	-0.094	4.63	-0.21%	-0.25	2B
44	776	48	Jun 7 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.270	.380	.650	8	.66	0.113	2.51	0.26%	0.63	2B
45	777	49	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.276	.384	.659	8	1.22	0.043	4.88	0.10%	0.01	2B
46	778	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.281	.387	.668	7	.96	0.064	3.77	0.15%	0.58	2B
47	779	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.282	.405	.687	8	.69	0.043	2.57	0.10%	0.00	2B
48	780	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.283	.404	.687	8	1.38	-0.131	5.32	-0.30%	-1.10	2B
49	781	58 (5)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.278	.396	.674	8	1.17	-0.116	5.82	-0.34%	-1.03	2B
50	782	59	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.285	.398	.682	8	2.17	-0.010	12.06	-0.04%	-0.03	2B
51	783	61 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.284	.394	.678	1	.84	-0.042	4.36	-0.13%	-0.41	2B
52	784	62	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG(14)	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.279	.384	.662	1	1.27	-0.169	6.90	-0.55%	-1.52	2B
53	785	63	Jun 23	CLE		BAL	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.276	.379	.655	8	.91	-0.048	5.25	-0.17%	-0.37	2B
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
54	786	71 (7)	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.274	.377	.651	7	2.28	-0.053	15.66	-0.22%	-0.28	2B
55	787	79 (7)	Jul 11	CLE		DET	W,8-7	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.274	.377	.651	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
56	788	84 (4)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.279	.385	.664	7	.65	0.082	4.21	0.32%	0.67	2B
57	789	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.240	.278	.383	.661	8	.48	-0.039	2.80	-0.14%	-0.83	2B
58	790	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG(13)	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.281	.404	.686	8	1.66	0.082	9.68	0.29%	0.83	2B
59	791	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.245	.281	.401	.682	8	.68	0.019	3.84	0.07%	0.25	2B
60	792	88	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG(8)	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.241	.277	.395	.672	8	.58	0.001	3.36	0.00%	-0.01	2B
61	793	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.276	.392	.668	8	.71	-0.054	4.83	-0.22%	-0.28	2B
62	794	93 (3)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,8-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.275	.390	.665	5	.01	0.000	.06	0.00%	-0.22	3B
63	795	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	4-11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.276	.389	.665	1	1.03	-0.008	6.20	-0.03%	0.00	3B
64	796	96	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.274	.387	.662	7	.06	-0.001	.37	-0.01%	-0.10	3B
65	797	98 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.279	.409	.687	1	.56	0.119	3.56	0.45%	0.84	3B
66	798	100 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.286	.413	.699	1	1.39	-0.013	8.35	-0.05%	0.18	2B
67	799	101	Jul 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.253	.284	.410	.694	1	1.73	0.056	10.93	0.21%	-0.53	2B
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
68	800	102	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.253	.283	.407	.691	1	.81	-0.067	5.18	-0.25%	-0.60	2B
69	801	103	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.257	.286	.407	.693	1	1.53	-0.008	9.68	-0.03%	-0.38	2B
70	802	104	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.284	.403	.687	1	1.21	-0.023	6.94	-0.08%	-0.53	2B
71	803	105	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.286	.403	.689	1	.44	0.006	2.31	0.02%	-0.24	2B
72	804	106	Aug 5 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.289	.402	.691	1	1.27	0.215	7.77	0.79%	1.29	2B
73	805	107	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-9	GS-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.291	.402	.694	1	.87	0.036	5.26	0.13%	0.38	2B
							39-34		258	241	37	63	7	0	9	24	8	2	18	3	4	2	3	5	0	2	.261	.291	.402	.694		.97	-1.044	4.73	-2.61%	-8.10

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