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Hersh Martin
Hershel Ray Martin

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 23, 1937
Final Game September 23, 1945
Born September 19, 1909 in Birmingham, AL
Died November 17, 1980 in Cuba, MO

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 27 PHI NL 141  579  102  164  35  7   8   49  11     69  66  .283  .362  .409  102  237   4           2   6
 1938 28 PHI NL 120  466   58  139  36  6   3   39   8     34  48  .298  .347  .421  110  196   7           1  14 MVP-30,AS
 1939 29 PHI NL 111  393   59  111  28  5   1   22   4     42  27  .282  .355  .387  103  152   5           2   5
 1940 30 PHI NL  33   83   10   21   6  1   0    5   1      9   9  .253  .326  .349   90   29   4           0   0
 1944 34 NYY AL  85  328   49   99  12  4   9   47   5  2  34  26  .302  .371  .445  130  146   4           2   4
 1945 35 NYY AL 117  408   53  109  18  6   7   53   4  1  65  31  .267  .368  .392  116  160   6           0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      607 2257  331  643 135 29  28  215  33  3 253 207  .285  .359  .408  110  920  30   0   0   7  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        602   88  172  36  8   7   57   9  1  68  55  .285  .359  .408  110  246   8   0   0   2   9
 Career High    141  579  102  164  36  7   9   53  11  2  69  66  .302  .371  .445  130  237   7   0   0   2  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 27 PHI NL  654  425   85   5.3   108| .283  .289| .362  .352| .409  .410| .771  .763| 102  .577   3.3   0.3     
 1938 28 PHI NL  508  348   68   5.2    99| .298  .275| .347  .339| .421  .391| .768  .730| 110  .579   6.7   0.7     
 1939 29 PHI NL  442  292   53   4.8   100| .282  .275| .355  .340| .387  .394| .742  .734| 103  .527   3.0   0.3     
 1940 30 PHI NL   96   66    9   3.7    95| .253  .267| .326  .331| .349  .384| .675  .715|  90  .422  -0.8  -0.1     
 1944 34 NYY AL  368  239   54   6.1    94| .302  .271| .371  .339| .445  .371| .816  .710| 130  .681  12.4   1.3  71%
 1945 35 NYY AL  479  309   59   5.1    92| .267  .267| .368  .340| .392  .363| .760  .703| 116  .625  10.0   1.1  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      2547 1679  328   5.2    99| .285  .276| .359  .342| .408  .388| .767  .731| 110  .589  34.5   3.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 27 PHI NL OF 139 353 9 8 1 .978 .974 2.60 2.13 3 136 0 1938 28 PHI NL OF 116 298 7 11 2 .965 .976 2.63 2.22 0 115 2 AS 1939 29 PHI NL OF 95 276 5 7 1 .976 .975 2.96 2.17 9 73 13 1940 30 PHI NL OF 23 42 4 1 0 .979 .977 2.00 2.17 0 19 4 1944 34 NYY AL OF 80 177 8 7 4 .964 .974 2.31 2.35 78 2 0 1945 35 NYY AL OF 102 233 8 4 1 .984 .978 2.36 2.27 97 3 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 27 PHI NL OF 139 353 9 8 1 .978 .974 2.60 2.13 3 136 0 1938 28 PHI NL OF 116 298 7 11 2 .965 .976 2.63 2.22 0 115 2 1939 29 PHI NL OF 95 276 5 7 1 .976 .975 2.96 2.17 9 73 13 1940 30 PHI NL OF 23 42 4 1 0 .979 .977 2.00 2.17 0 19 4 1944 34 NYY AL OF 80 177 8 7 4 .964 .974 2.31 2.35 78 2 0 1945 35 NYY AL OF 102 233 8 4 1 .984 .978 2.36 2.27 97 3 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 555 1379 41 38 9 .974 .975 2.56 2.21 187 348 21 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 555 1379 41 38 9 .974 .975 2.56 2.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1938   PHI NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1938

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-NL-30-0.00

At Bats
1937 NL-579-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1937 NL-654-7

Runs
1937 NL-102-7

Doubles
1937 NL-35-8
1938 NL-36-3

Bases on Balls
1937 NL-69-7

Strikeouts
1937 NL-66-6

Stolen Bases
1937 NL-11-8

Times on Base
1937 NL-235-10

Power/Speed Number
1937 NL-9.3-8
1944 AL-6.4-8
1945 AL-5.1-10

Outs
1937 NL-425-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1492) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 8.0 (1213) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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