Buck Martinez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 190lb (178cm, 86kg)

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA us

High School: Elk Grove HS (Elk Grove, CA)

Schools: California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA), Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA)

Debut: June 18, 1969 (Age 20-223d, 12,847th in major league history)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1986 (Age 37-330d)
vs. MIL 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: John Albert Martinez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.5

2743

618

.225

245

RBI

321

OBP

.284

SLG

.343

OPS

.627

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	36-33 / in Starts: 36-31
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	149 (75-50-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	23
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (65-44-23)

Most Driven In
R Yount	7
S Lezcano	5
Self	4
D Davis	3
J Wohlford	2
S Bando	2
J Gantner	1
G Thomas	1

Most Driven In By
C Cooper	5
Self	4
S Bando	2
D Money	2
G Thomas	1
D Davis	1
J Gantner	1
P Molitor	1

1979 Batting Game Log

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1979 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	451	2 (1)	Apr 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.45	-0.031	.66	-0.03%	-0.73	C
2	452	3	Apr 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.02	-0.064	1.71	-0.07%	-0.56	C
3	453	6 (2)	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.60	-0.031	1.00	-0.03%	-0.28	C
4	454	9 (2)	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						C
5	455	10	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.65	-0.069	1.28	-0.08%	-0.90	C
6	456	13 (2)	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.25	-0.050	2.07	-0.05%	-0.57	C
7	457	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.133	9	.46	-0.008	.72	-0.01%	-0.04	C
8	458	17 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	9	.92	-0.045	1.28	-0.04%	-0.48	C
9	459	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.048	.048	.095	9	.68	-0.072	.91	-0.06%	-1.09	C
10	460	21 (2)	Apr 29 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.043	.043	.043	.087	9	.86	-0.043	1.57	-0.05%	-0.49	C
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
11	461	23 (1)	May 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.115	.115	.231	9	1.01	0.020	1.74	0.02%	0.28	C
12	462	25 (1)	May 3	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	GS-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9	1.46	0.003	2.48	0.00%	0.05	C
13	463	28 (2)	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.138	.167	.138	.305	9	.70	-0.054	1.17	-0.05%	-1.21	C
14	464	32 (3)	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.176	.152	.328	9	1.11	-0.132	2.07	-0.15%	-1.49	C
15	465	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.189	.143	.332	9	1.04	-0.011	1.93	-0.01%	-0.21	C
16	466	37 (3)	May 17	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.175	.132	.307	9	1.69	-0.119	2.46	-0.10%	-1.08	C
17	467	38	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.222	.209	.432	9	.32	0.022	.42	0.02%	0.90	C
18	468	41 (2)	May 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.239	.489	9	1.37	-0.011	1.54	-0.01%	-0.09	C
19	469	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.250	.260	.510	9	.54	0.021	.60	0.01%	-0.57	C
20	470	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.241	.250	.491	9	1.08	-0.052	1.22	-0.04%	-0.48	C
21	471	47 (3)	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.259	.509	9	.62	0.008	.93	0.01%	0.10	C
22	472	48	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.241	.250	.491	9	1.90	-0.202	3.23	-0.21%	-1.46	C
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
23	473	52 (3)	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.242	.300	.542	9	1.18	0.039	1.73	0.04%	-0.22	C
24	474	53	Jun 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.246	.317	.564	9	2.26	0.046	3.86	0.05%	1.00	C
25	475	57 (3)	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.235	.303	.538	9	.86	-0.069	1.32	-0.06%	-0.60	C
26	476	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.229	.294	.523	9	.62	-0.031	1.02	-0.03%	-0.34	C
27	477	61 (2)	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.230	.306	.535	9	1.19	-0.025	1.06	-0.01%	-0.11	C
28	478	63 (1)	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.244	.329	.573	9	.68	0.160	.58	0.08%	1.80	C
29	479	66 (2)	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.247	.342	.589	9	.75	0.082	.63	0.04%	0.84	C
30	480	68 (1)	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.259	.349	.608	9	.73	0.002	.70	0.00%	0.28	C
31	481	71 (2)	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.337	.587	9	.71	-0.059	.77	-0.04%	-0.70	C
32	482	73 (1)	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.256	.333	.589	9	.84	0.056	.76	0.03%	0.52	C
33	483	76 (2)	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.250	.326	.576	9	.85	-0.046	.90	-0.03%	-0.49	C
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
34	484	80 (3)	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.255	.363	.618	9	.56	0.043	.58	0.03%	0.89	C
35	485	81	Jul 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.247	.351	.598	9	.63	-0.050	.65	-0.03%	-0.57	C
36	486	83 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.253	.347	.600	9	1.05	0.007	1.00	0.00%	-0.03	C
37	487	86 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	MIL		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.248	.340	.588	9	.60	-0.032	.52	-0.02%	-0.55	C
38	488	87	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.250	.340	.590	9	1.00	-0.037	.82	-0.02%	-0.50	C
39	489	91 (3)	Jul 14	MIL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.241	.327	.568	9	.30	-0.030	.32	-0.02%	-0.97	C
40	490	92	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.352	.602	9	.15	0.030	.15	0.02%	0.45	C
41	491	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.267	.366	.633	9	1.04	0.016	1.02	0.01%	0.64	C
42	492	97 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.269	.368	.637	9	.60	0.076	.91	0.07%	0.70	C
43	493	98	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.262	.359	.621	9	1.48	-0.138	2.40	-0.13%	-0.94	C
44	494	99	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.262	.380	.642	9	.88	0.002	1.16	0.00%	0.13	C
45	495	103 (3)	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.234	.254	.371	.625	9	.94	-0.170	.95	-0.10%	-2.53	C
46	496	104	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.246	.359	.606	9	.34	-0.035	.43	-0.03%	-0.86	C
47	497	106 (1)	Jul 31	MIL		BAL	L,5-9	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.362	.612	9	1.58	0.039	2.49	0.04%	0.15	C
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
48	498	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.266	.376	.642	9	1.25	0.166	1.49	0.12%	1.60	C
49	499	111 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.262	.370	.633	9	.93	-0.048	.24	-0.01%	-0.49	C
50	500	114 (2)	Aug 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.259	.365	.624	9	1.76	-0.088	.58	-0.02%	-0.84	C
51	501	116 (1)	Aug 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.371	.639	9	1.45	0.112	.31	0.02%	0.72	C
52	502	120 (3)	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.282	.385	.666	9	1.10	0.141	.23	0.02%	1.41	C
53	503	121	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.283	.384	.666	9	.58	-0.005	.11	0.00%	-0.09	C
54	504	125 (3)	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.282	.380	.662	9	.92	-0.061	.39	-0.02%	-0.93	C
55	505	126	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.288	.383	.671	9	.82	0.068	.46	0.02%	0.84	C
56	506	131 (4)	Aug 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.280	.373	.654	9	.48	-0.051	.48	-0.03%	-0.88	C
57	507	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG(10)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.284	.366	.650	9	.82	-0.035	.61	-0.02%	0.17	C
58	508	134 (1)	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.288	.370	.659	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	P
59	509	136 (1)	Aug 31	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.285	.366	.651	9	.22	-0.011	.06	0.00%	-0.22	C
Sept		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
60	510	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.282	.361	.643	9	.85	-0.044	.20	-0.01%	-0.36	C
61	511	141 (3)	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.277	.355	.632	9	1.54	-0.118	.08	0.00%	-0.92	C
62	512	142	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.278	.355	.632	9	1.08	0.059	.02	0.00%	0.42	C
63	513	146 (3)	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.277	.352	.629	9	1.08	-0.090	.01	0.00%	-1.08	C
64	514	147	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.280	.354	.634	9	1.82	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
65	515	151 (3)	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.284	.354	.638	9	1.76	0.110	.00	0.00%	0.48	C
66	516	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.292	.376	.669	9	.43	0.150	.00	0.00%	2.51	C
67	517	156 (3)	Sep 25	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.291	.374	.665	9	1.04	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
68	518	158 (1)	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG(11)	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.299	.376	.675	9	2.46	0.270	.00	0.00%	0.70	C
69	519	161 (2)	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.296	.372	.669	9	1.10	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
							36-33		214	196	17	53	8	0	4	26	8	0	25	0	8	2	0	3	0	1	.270	.296	.372	.669		.96	-0.595	.86	-0.96%	-9.10

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