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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	TOR	@	KCR	W,1-0	GS	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-7	GS	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
5	7 (2)	Apr 16	TOR		TEX	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
6	8	Apr 17	TOR		TEX	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	9	Apr 18	TOR		TEX	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	13 (3)	Apr 22	TOR		KCR	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	14	Apr 23	TOR		KCR	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	18 (3)	Apr 28	TOR	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	19	Apr 29	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	22 (2)	May 2	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	GF	11	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
13	24 (1)	May 4	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	25	May 5	TOR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
15	28 (2)	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,8-3	GS	24	5.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
16	29	May 11	TOR		SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
17	30	May 12	TOR		SEA	W,9-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
18	33 (2)	May 17	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	49	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	35 (1)	May 19	TOR	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	37 (1)	May 21	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	39 (1)	May 23	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	21	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
22	42 (2)	May 26	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
23	44 (1)	May 29	TOR	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	45	May 31	TOR		CLE	W,7-2	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	47 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	TOR		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	49 (1)	Jun 4	TOR		MIN	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	51 (1)	Jun 6	TOR		DET	W,2-0	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	53 (1)	Jun 8	TOR		DET	L,1-10	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	54	Jun 9	TOR		DET	L,3-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
30	55	Jun 10	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
31	56	Jun 11	TOR	@	NYY	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	57	Jun 12	TOR	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	60 (2)	Jun 15	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
34	61	Jun 16	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
35	65 (3)	Jun 20	TOR		BOS	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	66	Jun 21	TOR		BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
37	71 (4)	Jun 27	TOR		MIL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	74 (2)	Jun 30	TOR	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	77 (2)	Jul 3	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	78	Jul 4	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	79	Jul 5	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
42	83 (3)	Jul 9	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-4	GS	13	3.0	3	1	0	4	2	C
							42gm		269.2	155	16	2	173	5