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Bob Martyn
Robert Gordon Martyn

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 176 lb.
School Linfield College

Debut June 18, 1957
  vs. WSH 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game April 10, 1959
Born August 15, 1930 in Weiser, ID

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1957 26 KCA AL  58  131   10   35   2  4   1   12   1  3  11  20  .267  .322  .366   87   48   1   1   3   0   2
 1958 27 KCA AL  95  226   25   59  10  7   2   23   1  4  26  36  .261  .336  .394   99   89   1   1   5   0   2
 1959 28 KCA AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      154  358   35   94  12 11   3   35   2  7  37  56  .263  .330  .383   94  137   2   2   8   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        377   37   99  13 12   3   37   2  7  39  59  .263  .330  .383   94  144   2   2   8   0   4
 Career High     95  226   25   59  10  7   2   23   1  4  26  36  .261  .336  .394   99   89   1   1   5   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1957 26 KCA AL  144  103   15   4.0   100| .267  .264| .322  .337| .366  .399| .688  .735|  87  .450  -2.9  -0.3  25%
 1958 27 KCA AL  254  175   30   4.6   100| .261  .264| .336  .333| .394  .401| .730  .734|  99  .530  -0.6  -0.1  20%
 1959 28 KCA AL    1    1    0   0.0   100| .000  .263| .000  .334| .000  .401| .000  .735|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       399  279   45   4.3   100| .263  .264| .330  .334| .383  .400| .713  .734|  94  .500  -3.7  -0.4  22%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1957 26 KCA AL OF 49 77 3 2 0 .976 .980 1.63 1.97 2.26 2.24 33 319.0 RF 32 49 2 2 0 .962 .975 1.59 1.68 1.92 1.93 26 239.0 LF 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.00 1.70 2.68 2.11 3 47.0 CF 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.40 2.73 2.73 4 33.0 1958 27 KCA AL OF 63 112 4 4 2 .967 .982 1.84 1.94 2.30 2.27 52 453.0 RF 50 72 3 3 1 .962 .980 1.50 1.69 1.84 1.99 46 367.0 LF 24 34 1 1 1 .972 .978 1.46 1.62 3.71 2.09 6 85.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1957 26 KCA AL CF 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 2.40 2.73 2.73 4 33.0 1958 27 KCA AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1957 26 KCA AL LF 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 .979 1.00 1.70 2.68 2.11 3 47.0 1958 27 KCA AL LF 24 34 1 1 1 .972 .978 1.46 1.62 3.71 2.09 6 85.0 1957 26 KCA AL OF 49 77 3 2 0 .976 .980 1.63 1.97 2.26 2.24 33 319.0 1958 27 KCA AL OF 63 112 4 4 2 .967 .982 1.84 1.94 2.30 2.27 52 453.0 1957 26 KCA AL RF 32 49 2 2 0 .962 .975 1.59 1.68 1.92 1.93 26 239.0 1958 27 KCA AL RF 50 72 3 3 1 .962 .980 1.50 1.69 1.84 1.99 46 367.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 112 189 7 6 2 .970 .981 1.75 1.95 2.28 2.26 85 772.0 38 5 82# RF* 82 121 5 5 1 .962 .978 1.54 1.69 1.87 1.97 72 606.0 LF* 38 47 2 1 1 .980 .978 1.29 1.65 3.34 2.09 9 132.0 CF* 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 2.00 2.38 2.65 2.73 4 34.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 112 189 7 6 2 .970 .981 1.75 1.95 2.28 2.26 85 772
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Triples
1958 AL-7-6

Intentional Walks
1958 AL-5-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

Before 1952 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1957: Traded by the New York Yankees with Woodie Held, Billy Martin, and Ralph Terry to the Kansas City Athletics for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni, and Harry Simpson.

April 12, 1959: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Mike Baxes to the New York Yankees for Russ Snyder and Tom Carroll.


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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