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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	3	Apr 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
3	6 (2)	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	9 (2)	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	10	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	13 (2)	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	15 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
8	17 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	MIL		DET	W,7-5	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
9	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	21 (2)	Apr 29 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23 (1)	May 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
12	25 (1)	May 3	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
13	28 (2)	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	32 (3)	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	37 (3)	May 17	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
17	38	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	41 (2)	May 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
19	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
20	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	GS	24	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
21	47 (3)	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	48	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	52 (3)	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
24	53	Jun 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	57 (3)	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
27	61 (2)	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
28	63 (1)	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	66 (2)	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
30	68 (1)	Jun 20	MIL		MIN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	71 (2)	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	73 (1)	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	76 (2)	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	80 (3)	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
35	81	Jul 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	83 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
37	86 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	MIL		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
38	87	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	91 (3)	Jul 14	MIL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	92	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	93	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	97 (3)	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	98	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	99	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	103 (3)	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
46	104	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
47	106 (1)	Jul 31	MIL		BAL	L,5-9	GS	32	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
49	111 (3)	Aug 5 (1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
50	114 (2)	Aug 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-4	GS	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	116 (1)	Aug 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	120 (3)	Aug 15	MIL		KCR	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	121	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
54	125 (3)	Aug 20	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	126	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
56	131 (4)	Aug 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	5	0	1	6	0	C
58	134 (1)	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,8-18	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	136 (1)	Aug 31	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	22	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	141 (3)	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	142	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
63	146 (3)	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	147	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	GS	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	151 (3)	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
66	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
67	156 (3)	Sep 25	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
68	158 (1)	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
69	161 (2)	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							69gm		548.2	198	39	8	245	2