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Speed Martin
Elwood Good Martin

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 5, 1917
Final Game April 17, 1922
Born September 15, 1893 in Wawawai, WA
Died June 14, 1983 in Lemon Grove, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 23 SLB AL   0   2   9   2   0   0   5  0   15.7   20   13   10   0    5    5   0   2    64       0  5.74  2.61   45 1.596
 1918 24 CHC NL   5   2   9   5   4   1   3  1   53.7   47   19   11   0   14   16   1   2   219       0  1.84  2.79  151 1.137
 1919 25 CHC NL   8   8  35  14   7   2  16  2  163.7  158   58   45   2   52   54   4   6   679       0  2.47  2.88  116 1.283
 1920 26 CHC NL   4  15  35  13   6   0  10  2  136.0  165   96   73   2   50   44   1   5   618       0  4.83  3.20   66 1.581
 1921 27 CHC NL  11  15  37  28  13   1   7  1  217.3  245  115  105  12   68   86   2   2   925       0  4.35  3.82   88 1.440
 1922 28 CHC NL   1   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    6.0   10    5    5   0    2    2   0   0    28       0  7.50  4.22   56 2.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .408  29  42 126  63  30   4  41  6  592.3  645  306  249  16  191  207   8  17  2533       0  3.78  3.29   87 1.411
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  15  45  22  10   1  14  2  213.0  232  110   89   5   68   74   2   6   911   0   0  3.78  3.29   87 1.411
 Career High     11  15  37  28  13   2  16  2  217.3  245  115  105  12   68   86   4   6   925   0   0  1.84  3.82  151 1.137

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 23 SLB AL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1918 24 CHC NL   9   16    0    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   2  .188  .188  .250   32    4   1           0    
 1919 25 CHC NL  35   44    3    8   1  0   0    2   0      1  15  .182  .200  .205   21    9   5           0    
 1920 26 CHC NL  35   44    5    7   1  0   1    4   1  0   3  10  .159  .213  .250   31   11   1           0    
 1921 27 CHC NL  37   73    2   17   4  1   0    6   1  0   1  16  .233  .243  .315   47   23   2           0    
 1922 28 CHC NL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   38    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      127  180   10   35   7  1   1   12   2  0   6  44  .194  .220  .261   35   47   9   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        230   13   45   9  1   1   15   3  0   8  56  .194  .220  .261   35   60  11   0   0   0   0
 Career High     37   73    5   17   4  1   1    6   1  0   3  16                          23   5   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 23 SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0    77| .000  .250| .000  .320| .000  .324| .000  .645|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
 1918 24 CHC NL   17   14    1   1.9    81| .188  .263| .188  .321| .250  .340| .438  .662|  32  .258  -1.3  -0.2     
 1919 25 CHC NL   50   41    2   1.3    83| .182  .265| .200  .320| .205  .349| .405  .668|  21  .140  -4.3  -0.5     
 1920 26 CHC NL   48   38    2   1.4    92| .159  .279| .213  .333| .250  .371| .463  .703|  31  .141  -4.0  -0.4 100%
 1921 27 CHC NL   76   58    6   2.8   107| .233  .298| .243  .348| .315  .410| .558  .759|  47  .283  -5.8  -0.6 100%
 1922 28 CHC NL    2    1    0   0.0   114| .000  .304| .500  .362| .000  .422| .500  .784|  38  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       195  154   11   1.9    95| .194  .282| .220  .335| .261  .378| .481  .713|  35  .205 -15.8  -1.8     

* 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  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 23 SLB AL P 9 3 11 1 0 .933 .946 1.56 1.83 8.03 3.04 2 15.7 1918 24 CHC NL P 9 4 18 1 1 .957 .965 2.44 2.03 3.69 2.93 5 53.7 1919 25 CHC NL P 35 9 53 3 3 .954 .960 1.77 1.89 3.41 2.93 14 163.7 1920 26 CHC NL P 35 6 44 4 1 .926 .958 1.43 1.75 3.31 2.82 13 136.0 1921 27 CHC NL P 37 9 65 1 1 .987 .954 2.00 1.52 3.06 2.67 28 217.3 1922 28 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.40 1 6.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 23 SLB AL P 9 3 11 1 0 .933 .946 1.56 1.83 8.03 3.04 2 15.7 1918 24 CHC NL P 9 4 18 1 1 .957 .965 2.44 2.03 3.69 2.93 5 53.7 1919 25 CHC NL P 35 9 53 3 3 .954 .960 1.77 1.89 3.41 2.93 14 163.7 1920 26 CHC NL P 35 6 44 4 1 .926 .958 1.43 1.75 3.31 2.82 13 136.0 1921 27 CHC NL P 37 9 65 1 1 .987 .954 2.00 1.52 3.06 2.67 28 217.3 1922 28 CHC NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.30 0.00 2.40 1 6.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 126 31 191 10 6 .957 .957 1.76 1.74 3.37 2.81 63 592.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 126 31 191 10 6 .957 .957 1.76 1.74 3.38 2.81 63 592
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1921 NL-3.56-4

Games
1919 NL-35-9

Saves
1919 NL-2-7

Strikeouts
1921 NL-86-8

Home Runs Allow.
1921 NL-12-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1921 NL-68-8

Losses
1920 NL-15-9
1921 NL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1921 NL-105-9

Wild Pitches
1919 NL-6-6
1920 NL-5-9

Games Finished
1919 NL-16-4

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

July 14, 1917: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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