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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 16	KCR		CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	7 (1)	Apr 18	KCR		CLE	L,0-6	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
3	8	Apr 20	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
4	10 (1)	Apr 23	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
5	12 (1)	Apr 30	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	14 (1)	May 2	KCR		NYY	W,2-1	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	15	May 4	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	16	May 5	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	17	May 7	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	18	May 8	KCR	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	21 (2)	May 11	KCR		MIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
12	23 (1)	May 13	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	25 (1)	May 15	KCR		CHW	W,2-1	CG	46	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	26	May 16	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	27	May 17	KCR		TEX	W,8-7	CG	53	12.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
16	28	May 18	KCR		TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	29	May 19	KCR		OAK	W,5-2	GS	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	48 (18)	Jun 6	KCR		MIL	L,3-4		6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	49	Jun 7	KCR		DET	W,10-0	GF	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
20	50	Jun 8	KCR		DET	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	53 (2)	Jun 11	KCR		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	54	Jun 12	KCR		BAL	W,7-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
23	55	Jun 13	KCR		BAL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
24	56	Jun 14	KCR	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
25	57	Jun 15	KCR	@	DET	W,21-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	58	Jun 16	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
27	59	Jun 18	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	4	0	13	0	C
28	60	Jun 19	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	62 (1)	Jun 21	KCR		CHW	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
30	63	Jun 22	KCR		CHW	L,8-14	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	64	Jun 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,5-7	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	65	Jun 24	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
33	66	Jun 25	KCR		CAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	68 (1)	Jun 27	KCR		CAL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	69	Jun 28	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
36	71 (1)	Jun 30	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	72	Jul 1	KCR		OAK	L,2-5	GS	30	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
38	73	Jul 2	KCR		OAK	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	74	Jul 3	KCR		OAK	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	76 (1)	Jul 5	KCR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
41	77	Jul 6 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	79 (1)	Jul 7	KCR	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	80	Jul 9	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
44	81	Jul 10	KCR	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	82	Jul 11	KCR	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	24	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
46	84 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	KCR		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
47	85	Jul 16 (1)	KCR		BOS	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
48	87 (1)	Jul 17	KCR		BOS	W,2-1	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	88	Jul 18	KCR		BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
50	89	Jul 19	KCR		BAL	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	90	Jul 20	KCR		BAL	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	92 (1)	Jul 22	KCR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
53	93	Jul 23	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	94	Jul 24	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
55	95	Jul 25	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
56	97 (1)	Jul 27	KCR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	101 (3)	Aug 1	KCR		TEX	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	102	Aug 3	KCR		MIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	103	Aug 4	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	104	Aug 5	KCR		MIN	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
61	106 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	108 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	110 (1)	Aug 9	KCR		NYY	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	111	Aug 10	KCR		NYY	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	112	Aug 11	KCR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	114 (1)	Aug 14	KCR		DET	W,15-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
67	115	Aug 15	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	116	Aug 16	KCR		CLE	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	117	Aug 17	KCR		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	119 (1)	Aug 19	KCR	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	120	Aug 20	KCR	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	122 (1)	Aug 22	KCR	@	MIL	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	124 (1)	Aug 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
74	125	Aug 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	127 (1)	Aug 27	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
76	128	Aug 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	130 (1)	Aug 30	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	132 (1)	Sep 1	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	134 (1)	Sep 4	KCR		TEX	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	135	Sep 5	KCR		TEX	L,1-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	136	Sep 6	KCR		TEX	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	139 (2)	Sep 9	KCR		CAL	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	140	Sep 10	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-18	GS	26	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
84	141	Sep 11	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	27	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	143 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	147 (3)	Sep 16	KCR	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	149 (1)	Sep 18	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	150	Sep 19	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
89	151	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
90	152	Sep 22	KCR		OAK	L,1-11	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
91	154 (1)	Sep 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
92	156 (1)	Sep 26	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	157	Sep 27	KCR	@	OAK	L,3-8	GS	30	6.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
94	161 (3)	Oct 2	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	C
							94gm		739.1	420	40	4	464	4