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	24-18 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	67 (34-14-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	68 (34-22-11)

Most Driven In
Self	4
W Upshaw	3
J Barfield	3
G Bell	2
L Moseby	1
J Burroughs	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
G Iorg	2
T FernÃ¡ndez	2
D GarcÃa	1
J Barfield	1

1985 Batting Game Log

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1985 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	927	1	Apr 8	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.11	0.019	1.39	0.01%	0.14	C
2	928	2	Apr 10	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.167	.200	.367	7	.88	-0.013	1.02	-0.01%	-0.08	C
3	929	3	Apr 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.111	.125	.236	7	1.50	-0.124	1.90	-0.09%	-0.83	C
4	930	4	Apr 12	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.091	.100	.191	7	1.09	-0.053	1.68	-0.05%	-0.53	C
5	931	7 (2)	Apr 16	TOR		TEX	L,4-9	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.071	.077	.148	8	1.45	-0.114	1.67	-0.08%	-0.96	C
6	932	8	Apr 17	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.133	.143	.276	6	3.54	0.135	3.86	0.09%	0.39	C
7	933	9	Apr 18	TOR		TEX	W,4-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.111	.118	.229	8	.77	-0.080	.89	-0.06%	-1.01	C
8	934	13 (3)	Apr 22	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.143	.150	.293	8	1.50	-0.046	2.04	-0.04%	-0.32	C
9	935	14	Apr 23	TOR		KCR	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.130	.125	.130	.255	8	1.20	0.040	1.55	0.03%	0.36	C
10	936	18 (3)	Apr 28	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.179	.269	.448	7	.49	0.134	.75	0.13%	1.17	C
11	937	19	Apr 29	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.133	.156	.233	.390	7	.84	-0.141	1.32	-0.13%	-2.01	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
12	938	22 (2)	May 2	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.156	.233	.390	7						C
13	939	24 (1)	May 4	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.121	.143	.212	.355	7	.21	-0.016	.39	-0.02%	-0.45	C
14	940	25	May 5	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.132	.194	.326	7	1.14	-0.147	2.11	-0.16%	-1.54	C
15	941	28 (2)	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,8-3	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.125	.184	.309	7	1.30	-0.068	2.20	-0.07%	-0.83	C
16	942	29	May 11	TOR		SEA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.098	.116	.171	.287	7	1.11	-0.086	1.86	-0.09%	-0.75	C
17	943	30	May 12	TOR		SEA	W,9-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.114	.167	.280	7	.35	-0.009	.62	-0.01%	-0.59	PH C
18	944	33 (2)	May 17	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.085	.102	.149	.251	7	1.00	-0.129	2.07	-0.16%	-1.65	C
19	945	35 (1)	May 19	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.078	.094	.137	.232	7	.88	-0.109	1.73	-0.13%	-1.32	C
20	946	37 (1)	May 21	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.109	.135	.244	7	1.14	0.030	2.25	0.04%	0.14	C
21	947	39 (1)	May 23	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.074	.105	.130	.235	7	.66	-0.034	1.48	-0.05%	-0.34	C
22	948	42 (2)	May 26	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.071	.115	.125	.240	7	.91	0.019	2.13	0.03%	0.07	C
23	949	44 (1)	May 29	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.086	.141	.190	.330	7	.79	0.122	1.92	0.18%	2.00	C
24	950	45	May 31	TOR		CLE	W,7-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.136	.183	.320	7	1.03	-0.056	2.52	-0.08%	-0.49	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
25	951	47 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	TOR		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.157	.206	.363	7	1.37	0.094	3.37	0.14%	0.65	C
26	952	49 (1)	Jun 4	TOR		MIN	W,9-2	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.189	.284	.473	7	.49	0.049	1.17	0.07%	1.28	C
27	953	51 (1)	Jun 6	TOR		DET	W,2-0	11-GF(12)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.200	.338	.538	7	2.95	0.361	9.15	0.67%	1.73	C
28	954	53 (1)	Jun 8	TOR		DET	L,1-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.197	.333	.531	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
29	955	54	Jun 9	TOR		DET	L,3-8	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.192	.324	.516	7	.34	-0.018	1.04	-0.03%	-0.56	PH C
30	956	55	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.195	.333	.528	7	1.14	-0.073	3.38	-0.13%	-0.34	C
31	957	56	Jun 11	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.205	.342	.547	7	1.99	0.118	6.07	0.22%	1.73	C
32	958	57	Jun 12	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.209	.342	.551	7	1.03	-0.007	3.06	-0.01%	-0.14	C
33	959	60 (2)	Jun 15	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.213	.333	.547	7	1.93	-0.125	6.05	-0.24%	-0.91	C
34	960	61	Jun 16	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-7	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.220	.337	.557	7	1.20	0.077	3.90	0.15%	0.34	PH C
35	961	65 (3)	Jun 20	TOR		BOS	W,6-5	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.223	.337	.561	7	.94	0.035	3.14	0.07%	0.03	C
36	962	66	Jun 21	TOR		BOS	W,7-2	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.170	.235	.330	.564	7	.42	-0.053	1.38	-0.10%	-0.01	C
37	963	71 (4)	Jun 27	TOR		MIL	W,7-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.235	.322	.558	7	1.09	-0.024	3.14	-0.04%	-0.77	C
38	964	74 (2)	Jun 30	TOR	@	DET	W,6-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.231	.315	.546	6	.83	-0.041	3.42	-0.10%	-0.40	PH 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
39	965	77 (2)	Jul 3	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.231	.315	.546	6						C
40	966	78	Jul 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.236	.312	.548	7	1.06	0.013	2.96	0.02%	0.15	C
41	967	79	Jul 5	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.243	.320	.563	7	.37	0.072	1.04	0.12%	0.34	C
42	968	83 (3)	Jul 9	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-4	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.239	.313	.552	6	2.07	-0.105	5.81	-0.18%	-1.02	C
							24-18		113	99	11	16	3	0	4	14	10	0	12	1	0	3	3	3	0	0	.162	.239	.313	.552		1.00	-0.353	2.19	-0.10%	-7.44

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