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.

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1984 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 5	TOR	@	SEA	W,13-5	GF	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
2	5 (2)	Apr 8	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	6	Apr 9	TOR	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	11 (4)	Apr 17	TOR		BAL	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
5	12	Apr 18	TOR		BAL	W,7-1	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
6	13	Apr 19	TOR		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
7	14	Apr 20	TOR		CAL	L,6-10	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	16 (1)	Apr 22	TOR		CAL	L,6-9	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	17	Apr 23	TOR		SEA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	1	12	1	C
10	19 (1)	Apr 25	TOR		OAK	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	20	Apr 26	TOR		OAK	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	23 (2)	May 1 (1)	TOR		TEX	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	25 (1)	May 2	TOR		TEX	W,7-6	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
14	26	May 4	TOR		KCR	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH C
15	27	May 5	TOR		KCR	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	28	May 6	TOR		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
17	29	May 9 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
18	31 (1)	May 10	TOR	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	34 (2)	May 15	TOR	@	MIN	W,5-2	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
20	35	May 16	TOR	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	37 (1)	May 18	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	40 (2)	May 21	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	41	May 22	TOR		MIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	42	May 23	TOR		MIN	W,4-1	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	43	May 25	TOR		CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	44	May 26	TOR		CLE	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	46 (1)	May 27 (2)	TOR		CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
28	48 (1)	May 30	TOR	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	49	Jun 1	TOR		NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	50	Jun 2	TOR		NYY	W,9-8	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	52 (1)	Jun 4	TOR	@	DET	L,3-6	GF	10	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	56 (3)	Jun 8	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
33	57	Jun 9	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
34	58	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
35	63 (4)	Jun 16	TOR		BOS	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	64	Jun 17	TOR		BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	65	Jun 19	TOR		MIL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	66	Jun 20	TOR		MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
39	67	Jun 21	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
40	68	Jun 22	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
41	69	Jun 23	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	70	Jun 24	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	40	9.1	10	1	0	11	0	C
43	71	Jun 25 (1)	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	72	Jun 25 (2)	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-9	GS	27	5.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
45	73	Jun 26	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	74	Jun 27	TOR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	75	Jun 28	TOR		OAK	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	76	Jun 29	TOR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
49	77	Jun 30	TOR		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	78	Jul 1	TOR		OAK	W,7-6	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
51	80 (1)	Jul 3	TOR		CAL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	83 (2)	Jul 6	TOR		SEA	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	85 (1)	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	L,1-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
54	86	Jul 12	TOR	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	87	Jul 13	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
56	88	Jul 14	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	89	Jul 15	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	91 (1)	Jul 17	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	92	Jul 18	TOR	@	CAL	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	93	Jul 19	TOR	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	94	Jul 20	TOR	@	SEA	W,12-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	95	Jul 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
63	96	Jul 22	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	97	Jul 23 (1)	TOR	@	KCR	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	100 (2)	Jul 25	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
66	102 (1)	Jul 28	TOR		TEX	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
67	104 (1)	Jul 30	TOR		KCR	L,4-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	106 (1)	Aug 1	TOR		KCR	W,4-1	GS	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	C
69	107	Aug 3	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	108	Aug 4	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
71	111 (2)	Aug 7	TOR	@	TEX	L,6-7	GF	5	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
72	115 (3)	Aug 12	TOR		BAL	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
73	117 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
74	118	Aug 14 (2)	TOR	@	CLE	W,9-5	GF	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	120 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	123 (2)	Aug 18	TOR	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	124	Aug 19	TOR	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
78	126 (1)	Aug 22	TOR		CLE	L,3-13	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
79	129 (2)	Aug 25	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	132 (2)	Aug 28	TOR		CHW	W,7-6	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	133	Aug 29	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	137 (3)	Sep 2	TOR		MIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	139 (1)	Sep 4	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
84	140	Sep 5	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
85	141	Sep 7	TOR		DET	L,4-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
86	142	Sep 8	TOR		DET	L,4-10	GF	19	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	143	Sep 9	TOR		DET	L,2-7	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
88	145 (1)	Sep 11	TOR		NYY	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
89	147 (1)	Sep 13	TOR		NYY	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	149 (1)	Sep 15	TOR	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
91	150	Sep 16	TOR	@	DET	L,3-8	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
92	151	Sep 17	TOR		BOS	W,5-4	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
93	152	Sep 18	TOR		BOS	L,3-10		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
94	153	Sep 19	TOR		BOS	L,4-10	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	157 (3)	Sep 23	TOR		MIL	L,5-8	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
96	158	Sep 24	TOR	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
97	161 (2)	Sep 28	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	12	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
98	162	Sep 29	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
							98gm		616.2	360	34	2	396	5