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+

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

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	72 (71)	Jun 28	KCR		MIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	C
2	74 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	KCR		MIN	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	76 (1)	Jul 1	KCR		CAL	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
4	78 (1)	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
5	80 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	KCR		SEP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
6	81	Jul 5	KCR		SEP	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	82	Jul 6	KCR		SEP	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
8	83	Jul 7	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	86 (2)	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
10	88 (1)	Jul 12	KCR		CHW	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	90 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	KCR		CHW	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
12	92 (1)	Jul 15	KCR	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
13	94 (1)	Jul 18	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
14	95	Jul 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	97 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	43	10.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
16	99 (1)	Jul 25	KCR	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
17	101 (1)	Jul 27	KCR	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
18	103 (1)	Jul 30	KCR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	105 (1)	Aug 1	KCR		CLE	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
20	106	Aug 2	KCR		CLE	L,4-6	GF	9	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	107	Aug 3	KCR		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
22	108	Aug 5	KCR	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	41	9.1	6	1	0	7	1	C
23	110 (1)	Aug 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	C
24	112 (1)	Aug 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
25	113	Aug 10	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
26	114	Aug 11	KCR	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	115	Aug 12	KCR	@	WSA	W,6-3	GF	8	2.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	117 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	KCR		BOS	L,1-10	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	118	Aug 16 (2)	KCR		BOS	W,8-7	GF	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	119	Aug 17	KCR		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
31	121 (1)	Aug 19	KCR		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	C
32	124 (2)	Aug 23	KCR		WSA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	125	Aug 24	KCR		WSA	L,3-10	GF	9	2.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	126	Aug 26	KCR	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
35	127	Aug 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	128	Aug 28	KCR	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	37	7.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	130 (1)	Aug 30	KCR	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	132 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	KCR		DET	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	134 (1)	Sep 2	KCR		DET	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	136 (1)	Sep 4	KCR	@	SEP	W,5-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	137	Sep 5	KCR	@	SEP	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
42	138	Sep 6	KCR	@	SEP	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	139	Sep 7	KCR	@	SEP	L,6-7	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	141 (1)	Sep 9	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	142	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,4-11	GS	35	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	145 (2)	Sep 13	KCR	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
47	147 (1)	Sep 15	KCR		SEP	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
48	148	Sep 16	KCR		SEP	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	149	Sep 17	KCR		OAK	L,2-3	GS	39	9.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
50	151 (1)	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	L,0-7	GF	18	4.0	3	1	1	5	0	PH C
51	154 (2)	Sep 22	KCR		MIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	155	Sep 23	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
53	157 (1)	Sep 25	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	158	Sep 26	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-3		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	160 (1)	Sep 28	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	161	Sep 30	KCR		CAL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							56gm		428.2	292	26	9	327	8