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	15-30 / in Starts: 15-28
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 146 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	75 (33-25-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 146 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	88 (43-29-15)

Most Driven In
Self	4
D GarcÃa	2
D Ainge	2
G Bell	2
J Barfield	2
A Griffin	2
O VÃ©lez	2
L Moseby	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
L Moseby	2
B Bonnell	1
A Griffin	1
J Mayberry	1
D GarcÃa	1
T Cox	1
F Manrique	0

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 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	596	28 (27)	May 11	TOR		BOS	L,6-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.80	-0.045	.32	-0.01%	-0.23	C
2	597	29	May 12	TOR		BAL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	9	1.38	0.277	.24	0.03%	1.65	C
3	598	30	May 13	TOR		BAL	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929	9	.74	0.020	.16	0.00%	0.15	C
4	599	31	May 14	TOR		BAL	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9	.23	-0.018	.04	0.00%	-0.64	C
5	600	32	May 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	.43	-0.022	.06	0.00%	-0.19	C
6	601	33	May 16	TOR	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.231	.267	.308	.574	9	1.31	0.212	.11	0.01%	2.33	C
7	602	34	May 17 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.333	.333	.667	9	1.45	0.023	.17	0.00%	0.35	C
8	603	36 (1)	May 18	TOR		CHW	L,2-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.286	.278	.563	9	.49	-0.048	.03	0.00%	-0.98	C
9	604	37	May 19	TOR		CHW	W,9-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.238	.280	.381	.661	9	.58	0.064	.03	0.00%	0.17	C
10	605	38	May 20	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.250	.333	.583	9	1.08	-0.082	.04	0.00%	-0.68	C
11	606	39	May 22	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.226	.296	.522	9	.91	-0.084	.03	0.00%	-0.78	C
12	607	41 (1)	May 24 (1)	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.222	.281	.503	9	1.35	-0.077	.03	0.00%	0.01	C
13	608	48 (6)	May 31	TOR		OAK	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.314	.564	9	.81	0.110	.02	0.00%	0.54	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
14	609	51 (2)	Jun 3	TOR		CAL	L,6-17	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.179	.227	.282	.509	9	.43	-0.046	.01	0.00%	-2.00	C
15	610	58 (6)	Jun 11	TOR		KCR	L,5-10	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.190	.229	.357	.586	9	.64	0.129	.00	0.00%	0.79	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
16	611	60 (1)	Aug 11	TOR	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.231	.413	.644	8	.48	0.121	.50	0.08%	2.26	C
17	612	63 (2)	Aug 15	TOR		MIL	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.222	.396	.618	8	1.15	-0.064	2.15	-0.07%	-0.57	C
18	613	64	Aug 16 (1)	TOR		MIL	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.246	.431	.677	8	.45	0.020	.91	0.02%	1.19	C
19	614	65	Aug 16 (2)	TOR		MIL	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.262	.436	.699	8	.97	-0.042	1.76	-0.05%	-0.30	C
20	615	67 (1)	Aug 18	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.246	.407	.653	9	.70	-0.069	.82	-0.05%	-0.78	C
21	616	68	Aug 19	TOR	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.261	.429	.689	9	.49	0.095	.63	0.07%	-0.23	C
22	617	69	Aug 21	TOR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.260	.463	.723	9	2.14	-0.065	3.54	-0.07%	0.74	C
23	618	70	Aug 22	TOR		CHW	L,0-8	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.232	.263	.449	.712	9	1.07	-0.018	1.84	-0.02%	-0.89	C
24	619	72 (1)	Aug 24	TOR		TEX	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.256	.437	.693	9	.83	-0.041	.84	-0.03%	-0.31	C
25	620	74 (1)	Aug 27	TOR		KCR	L,5-11	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.259	.425	.684	9	.98	0.029	.67	0.01%	0.20	C
26	621	76 (1)	Aug 29	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.253	.413	.666	9	.92	-0.046	.61	-0.02%	-0.33	C
Sep/Oct		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
27	622	79 (2)	Sep 2	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.256	.423	.679	9	1.34	-0.098	.98	-0.04%	-0.70	C
28	623	80	Sep 3	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.258	.413	.671	9	1.26	0.050	.57	0.01%	0.01	C
29	624	82 (1)	Sep 5	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.253	.402	.655	9	.63	-0.031	.32	-0.01%	-0.23	C
30	625	83	Sep 6	TOR	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209	.253	.395	.648	9	.48	-0.001	.25	0.00%	0.17	C
31	626	84	Sep 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-4	GS-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.268	.395	.663	9	.46	0.029	.26	0.01%	0.25	C
32	627	85	Sep 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.270	.393	.663	9	1.06	0.000	.35	0.00%	-0.12	C
33	628	86	Sep 9	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.267	.389	.656	2	2.78	-0.076	.59	-0.01%	-0.49	C
34	629	88 (1)	Sep 11	TOR		SEA	L,1-8	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.269	.419	.689	8	.28	0.006	.07	0.00%	0.59	C
35	630	89	Sep 12	TOR		SEA	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.262	.406	.668	8	.50	-0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.53	C
36	631	90	Sep 14	TOR		MIN	L,3-6	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.264	.414	.678	8	1.50	0.145	.18	0.01%	1.44	C
37	632	91	Sep 15	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.265	.422	.687	7	.77	0.074	.05	0.00%	0.62	C
38	633	92	Sep 16	TOR		MIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.274	.434	.707	7	.53	-0.035	.05	0.00%	0.18	C
39	634	93	Sep 18	TOR		CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.281	.431	.712	7	.99	-0.038	.04	0.00%	-0.27	C
40	635	95 (1)	Sep 20	TOR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.288	.434	.722	7	1.06	0.092	.11	0.01%	0.60	C
41	636	96	Sep 22 (1)	TOR		OAK	L,2-3	CG(13)	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.292	.427	.720	6	3.05	-0.243	.21	-0.01%	-0.94	C
42	637	99 (2)	Sep 25	TOR	@	CAL	L,5-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.291	.417	.708	8	.04	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
43	638	101 (1)	Sep 27	TOR	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.285	.407	.691	8	.98	-0.039	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
44	639	102	Sep 29	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.293	.408	.701	9	.71	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
45	640	106 (3)	Oct 4	TOR	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.287	.398	.685	8	1.18	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
							15-30		146	128	13	29	8	1	4	21	11	0	16	1	3	3	1	6	1	0	.227	.287	.398	.685		.96	0.097	.42	-0.11%	1.48

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