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+

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	44 (43)	Jun 2	MIN	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
2	45	Jun 3	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
3	46	Jun 4 (1)	MIN	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
4	47	Jun 4 (2)	MIN	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
5	48	Jun 5 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
6	49	Jun 5 (2)	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
7	50	Jun 6	MIN	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	41	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
8	51	Jun 7	MIN	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
9	52	Jun 8	MIN	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
10	53	Jun 10	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
11	54	Jun 11 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	2	4	2	8	0	2B
12	55	Jun 11 (2)	MIN	@	BOS	W,10-5	GS	36	8.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
13	56	Jun 12	MIN	@	BOS	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
14	57	Jun 13	MIN		KCA	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	58	Jun 14	MIN		KCA	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
16	59	Jun 15	MIN		KCA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	60	Jun 16	MIN	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
18	61	Jun 17	MIN	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
19	62	Jun 18 (1)	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	2B
20	63	Jun 18 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
21	64	Jun 20	MIN		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
22	65	Jun 21	MIN		BAL	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
23	66	Jun 22	MIN		BAL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
24	68 (1)	Jun 24	MIN		NYY	L,7-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
25	69	Jun 25	MIN		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
26	70	Jun 27 (1)	MIN		BOS	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
27	72 (1)	Jun 28	MIN		BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
28	73	Jun 29	MIN		BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
29	74	Jun 30	MIN	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	75	Jul 1	MIN	@	KCA	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	76	Jul 2	MIN	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	21	4.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
32	77	Jul 3	MIN		CHW	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
33	78	Jul 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
34	79	Jul 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
35	80	Jul 5	MIN		LAA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B
36	82 (1)	Jul 7	MIN	@	WSA	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	2B
37	83	Jul 8	MIN	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
38	84	Jul 9	MIN	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
39	85	Jul 13	MIN	@	CLE	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
40	86	Jul 14	MIN	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
41	87	Jul 15	MIN	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
42	88	Jul 16 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
43	89	Jul 16 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,12-5	GF	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
44	92 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	MIN	@	LAA	L,1-2	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	SS
45	93	Jul 21	MIN		CLE	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
46	94	Jul 22	MIN		CLE	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	95	Jul 23	MIN		CLE	W,10-0	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
48	96	Jul 25	MIN		WSA	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
49	98 (1)	Jul 27	MIN		WSA	W,5-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
50	99	Jul 28	MIN	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
51	100	Jul 29	MIN	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
52	101	Jul 30	MIN	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	102	Aug 2 (1)	MIN	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
54	103	Aug 2 (2)	MIN	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
55	107 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	30	6.2	2	2	0	4	1	2B
56	109 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
57	111 (1)	Aug 8	MIN	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
58	112	Aug 9	MIN	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
59	114 (1)	Aug 11	MIN		DET	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
60	115	Aug 12	MIN		DET	L,3-17	CG	54	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
61	116	Aug 13	MIN		DET	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
62	117	Aug 14	MIN		KCA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
63	118	Aug 15	MIN		KCA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
64	119	Aug 16	MIN		KCA	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	3	2	2	7	1	2B
65	120	Aug 18	MIN	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
66	121	Aug 19	MIN	@	LAA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	2B
67	122	Aug 20	MIN	@	LAA	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
68	123	Aug 22	MIN	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	2B
69	124	Aug 23	MIN	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
70	125	Aug 24	MIN	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	126	Aug 25	MIN		BAL	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
72	127	Aug 26	MIN		BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
73	128	Aug 27	MIN		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
74	129	Aug 29	MIN		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
75	130	Aug 30	MIN		NYY	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
76	131	Aug 31	MIN		NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	132	Sep 1	MIN		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
78	133	Sep 2	MIN		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
79	134	Sep 3	MIN		BOS	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
80	135	Sep 4 (1)	MIN		CHW	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
81	136	Sep 4 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
82	137	Sep 5	MIN		CHW	T,3-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
83	138	Sep 6 (1)	MIN		CHW	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
84	139	Sep 6 (2)	MIN		CHW	L,2-4	CG	47	10.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
85	140	Sep 8	MIN	@	KCA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
86	141	Sep 9	MIN	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	2B
87	142	Sep 10 (1)	MIN	@	KCA	L,1-13	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
88	143	Sep 10 (2)	MIN	@	KCA	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
89	144	Sep 11	MIN		LAA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
90	145	Sep 14 (1)	MIN		LAA	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	2	2B
91	146	Sep 14 (2)	MIN		LAA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
92	147	Sep 15	MIN	@	CLE	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
93	148	Sep 16	MIN	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
94	149	Sep 17 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
95	150	Sep 17 (2)	MIN	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
96	151	Sep 19	MIN	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
97	152	Sep 21	MIN	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
98	153	Sep 23 (1)	MIN		WSA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
99	154	Sep 23 (2)	MIN		WSA	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
100	155	Sep 24	MIN		WSA	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
101	156	Sep 26	MIN		CLE	L,3-7	GS	43	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
102	157	Sep 27	MIN		CLE	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
103	158	Sep 28	MIN		CLE	L,5-12	GS	22	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
104	159	Sep 29	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	45	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
105	160	Sep 30	MIN		DET	L,4-6	CG	27	5.1	1	1	0	2	1	2B
106	161	Oct 1	MIN		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
							106gm		810.2	217	224	17	458	61