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Carl Erskine

Carl Daniel Erskine (Oisk)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: December 13, 1926 in Anderson, IN
High School: Anderson HS (Anderson, IN)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1948
Team: Dodgers 1948-1959

Final Game: June 14, 1959
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1946	19	LAD-min	B																										DNV · IIIL
1947	20	LAD-min	B	44	78	78		11	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.282		11							DNV · IIIL
1948	21	LAD-min	AA	26	59	59		17	2	0	0						.288	.288	.322	.610		19							FTW · TL
1948	21	BRO	NL	17	21	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	-49	2	0	0	0			1
1949	22	LAD-min	AA	21	39	39		8	2	1	0						.205	.205	.308	.513		12							FTW · TL
1949	22	BRO	NL	22	28	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.115	.115	.115	.231	-39	3	1	0	2			1
1950	23	LAD-min	AAA	18	45	40	5	9	2	0	0	4	0		2	6	.225	.279	.275	.554		11		1	2				MTL · IL
1950	23	BRO	NL	22	40	37	4	9	1	0	0	0	0		1	10	.243	.282	.270	.552	44	10	0	1	1			1
1951	24	BRO	NL	46	66	61	6	8	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.131	.159	.148	.306	-18	9	0	0	3			1
1952	25	BRO	NL	34	77	66	7	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	19	.152	.200	.167	.367	2	11	0	1	7			1
1953	26	BRO	NL	43	101	93	12	20	2	0	0	8	0	0	1	17	.215	.223	.237	.460	19	22	2	0	7			1	MVP-9
1954	27	BRO	NL	39	98	88	4	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	23	.159	.194	.182	.375	-3	16	2	0	5	1		1	AS
1955	28	BRO	NL	42	76	74	12	15	3	0	1	11	0	0	0	12	.203	.197	.284	.481	24	21	1	0	0	2	0	1
1956	29	BRO	NL	32	71	66	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.121	.121	.136	.258	-33	9	1	0	5	0	0	1
1957	30	BRO	NL	21	22	22	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-52	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
1958	31	LAD	NL	32	29	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.037	.071	.037	.108	-71	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	32	LAD	NL	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				360	636	588	51	92	11	0	1	31	0	0	12	120	.156	.175	.180	.355	-7	106	8	2	31	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	286	265	23	41	5	0	0	14	0		5	54	.156	.175	.180	.355	-7	48	4	1	14

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1948	21	BRO	NL	17	21	-4	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1949	22	BRO	NL	22	28	-5	0	-0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.489	.498	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1950	23	BRO	NL	22	40	-3	-0	1	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.509	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1951	24	BRO	NL	46	66	-10	0	1	6	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$	1
1952	25	BRO	NL	34	77	-10	0	0	9	0	0.0	3	3	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	3	$	1
1953	26	BRO	NL	43	101	-11	-0	0	11	-1	-0.1	3	3	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	3	$	1	MVP-9
1954	27	BRO	NL	39	98	-15	0	-0	11	-4	-0.4	3	-0	-0.4	.490	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-0	$	1	AS
1955	28	BRO	NL	42	76	-8	-0	0	8	-1	-0.1	3	2	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.1	2	$	1
1956	29	BRO	NL	32	71	-12	-0	-0	8	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.6	.482	.496	-0.6	-0.1	-3	$	1
1957	30	BRO	NL	21	22	-5	0	-0	2	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1958	31	LAD	NL	32	29	-7	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$21,000	1
1959	32	LAD	NL	10	7	-2	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$17,000	1
12 Seasons				360	636	-93	-1	2	69	-23	-2.5	21	-1	-2.4	.493	.499	-2.4	-0.2	-1	$38,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1948	21	BRO	NL	21	19	0	0.0	105	.105	.095	.274	.095	.349	.095	.405	.190	.754	-49	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.105	.000	.000
1949	22	BRO	NL	28	26	0	0.0	107	.143	.115	.275	.115	.349	.115	.412	.231	.761	-39	.000	-5.3	-0.5	.125	.000	.000
1950	23	BRO	NL	40	29	3	2.8	111	.333	.243	.273	.282	.351	.270	.424	.552	.774	44	.272	-3.1	-0.3	.429	.054	.027
1951	24	BRO	NL	66	56	1	0.5	105	.154	.131	.270	.159	.344	.148	.409	.306	.753	-18	.016	-10.4	-1.0	.208	.049	.016
1952	25	BRO	NL	77	63	2	0.8	99	.213	.152	.264	.200	.337	.167	.393	.367	.730	2	.052	-9.0	-1.0	.268	.061	.015
1953	26	BRO	NL	101	82	5	1.6	113	.263	.215	.278	.223	.350	.237	.433	.460	.782	19	.118	-11.5	-1.1	.307	.032	.022
1954	27	BRO	NL	98	82	3	1.0	113	.212	.159	.279	.194	.351	.182	.431	.375	.782	-3	.052	-13.8	-1.4	.263	.068	.023
1955	28	BRO	NL	76	62	4	1.7	109	.222	.203	.270	.197	.342	.284	.428	.481	.770	24	.139	-8.3	-0.8	.350	.081	.081	.0
1956	29	BRO	NL	71	64	1	0.4	111	.138	.121	.274	.121	.342	.136	.433	.258	.776	-33	.013	-13.0	-1.3	.153	.015	.015
1957	30	BRO	NL	22	21	0	0.0	110	.105	.091	.279	.091	.344	.091	.432	.182	.775	-52	.000	-4.9	-0.5	.095	.000	.000
1958	31	LAD	NL	29	27	0	0.0	110	.053	.037	.275	.071	.343	.037	.429	.108	.772	-71	.000	-6.9	-0.7	.077	.037	.000
1959	32	LAD	NL	7	7	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.278	.000	.345	.000	.431	.000	.776	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				636	538	19	0.9	109	.194	.156	.274	.175	.345	.180	.422	.355	.768	-7	.052	-92.6	-9.3	.238	.044	.024	.0
162 Game Avg.				286	242	9	0.9	109	.194	.156	.274	.175	.345	.180	.422	.355	.768	-7	.052	-92.6	-9.3	.238	.044	.024

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	22	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1952	25	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
1953	26	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0

1955	28	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	29	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs (5 Series)							11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0
5 WS							11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	1	0	0	1	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	BRO	NL	27		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	21	BRO	NL	21	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		10.5			1.29	90%
1949	22	BRO	NL	28	0.0%	17.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.2		26.0	1.33	75%
1950	23	BRO	NL	40	0.0%	25.0%	2.5%	2.5%	11%	10.00	3.7			2.80	68%
1951	24	BRO	NL	66	0.0%	13.6%	3.0%	1.5%	13%	4.50	6.8		15.3	1.25	79%
1952	25	BRO	NL	77	0.0%	24.7%	3.9%	1.3%	10%	6.33	3.5		33.0	3.30	61%
1953	26	BRO	NL	101	0.0%	16.8%	1.0%	2.0%	10%	17.00	5.5		11.6	1.63	75%
1954	27	BRO	NL	98	0.0%	23.5%	4.1%	2.0%	14%	5.75	3.8		22.0	1.57	67%
1955	28	BRO	NL	76	1.3%	15.8%	0.0%	5.3%	27%		6.2	74.0	6.7	1.09	83%
1956	29	BRO	NL	71	0.0%	11.3%	0.0%	1.4%	13%		8.3			0.75	82%
1957	30	BRO	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.3		22.0	2.00	86%
1958	31	LAD	NL	29	0.0%	27.6%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	8.00	3.4			1.11	66%
1959	32	LAD	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			1.00	43%
12 Yrs				636	0.2%	18.9%	1.9%	1.9%	13%	10.00	4.9	588.0	19.0	1.42	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.1%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.18	8.0	42.0	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1948	21	BRO	NL	-4.5	-0.5	21	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.77	-0.4	-0.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.85	-4.8
1949	22	BRO	NL	-5.3	-0.5	28	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.53	-0.4	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.89	-6.4
1950	23	BRO	NL	-3.1	-0.3	40	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.74	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	1.00	-3.0
1951	24	BRO	NL	-10.4	-1.0	67	-0.7	0.4	-1.1	.83	-0.9	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	1.01	-9.6
1952	25	BRO	NL	-9.0	-1.0	79	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.91	-0.8	0.5	-8.0	-0.8	0.98	-9.5
1953	26	BRO	NL	-11.5	-1.1	102	-1.0	0.5	-1.4	.70	-1.1	-0.3	-12.1	-1.2	0.99	-12.9
1954	27	BRO	NL	-13.8	-1.4	98	-1.3	0.6	-1.9	.90	-1.3	-0.1	-14.9	-1.4	0.90	-14.6
1955	28	BRO	NL	-8.3	-0.8	77	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	1.05	-0.6	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	1.06	-6.4
1956	29	BRO	NL	-13.0	-1.3	71	-1.3	0.2	-1.5	.93	-1.3	-0.1	-15.2	-1.5	1.00	-14.2
1957	30	BRO	NL	-4.9	-0.5	22	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.73	-0.4	0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.88	-4.8
1958	31	LAD	NL	-6.9	-0.7	29	-0.4	0.0	-0.5	.69	-0.6	-0.0	-6.2	-0.6	0.81	-7.0
1959	32	LAD	NL	-2.1	-0.2	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.92	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.04	-2.1
12 Yrs				-92.6	-9.3	641	-7.1	4.0	-11.1	.84	-8.4	-0.0	-90.5	-8.8	0.97	-95.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	21	BRO	NL	0	50%	4		0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1949	22	BRO	NL	0	33%	7		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	23	BRO	NL	0	36%	19		0	1	0	17%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1951	24	BRO	NL	2	60%	16	0	0	1	1	50%	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1952	25	BRO	NL	0	50%	26	0	0	0	1	43%	2	2	0	2	1	1	3	1	2
1953	26	BRO	NL	2	57%	23	0	0	1	0	18%	2	2	0	4	4	0	5	3	2
1954	27	BRO	NL	0	22%	29	0	0	0	1	50%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	28	BRO	NL	1	79%	27	0	1	1	1	50%	2	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	4
1956	29	BRO	NL	1	13%	14	0	0	1	0	20%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1957	30	BRO	NL	0	100%	13	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1958	31	LAD	NL	0	50%	7	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	32	LAD	NL	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				6	48%	185	0	1	5	5	33%	25	20	4	11	9	2	18	6	12

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	21	BRO	NL	21	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1949	22	BRO	NL	28	32%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	6	1	17%	8	2	25%	20	1	5%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1950	23	BRO	NL	40	33%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	10	0	0%	10	1	10%	26	1	4%	3	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1951	24	BRO	NL	66	20%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	3	38%	18	0	0%	18	4	22%	50	4	8%	8	4	50%	5	2	40%	0
1952	25	BRO	NL	77	22%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	7	64%	12	0	0%	11	4	36%	46	3	7%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1953	26	BRO	NL	101	15%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	70%	24	2	8%	26	7	27%	80	8	10%	9	6	67%	7	3	43%	0
1954	27	BRO	NL	98	9%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	15	2	13%	16	7	44%	54	4	7%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1955	28	BRO	NL	76	7%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	15	4	27%	61	11	18%	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	0
1956	29	BRO	NL	71	10%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	16	1	6%	16	3	19%	45	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1957	30	BRO	NL	22	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	1	50%	12	1	8%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	31	LAD	NL	29	17%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	32	LAD	NL	7	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
12 Yrs				636	15%	92			0	0	0	0		1	0	21	1	0	1	0	0	50	31	62%	121	8	7%	131	34	26%	424	33	8%	36	15	42%	26	9	35%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			88%			12%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	21	17	21	21	1	2	0	0	0		0	2	.095	.095	.095	.190	-49	2	0	0	0
1949	22	39	49	47	2	5	0	0	1		0	7	.106	.106	.106	.213	-43	5	1	0	2
1950	23	61	89	84	6	14	1	0	1		1	17	.167	.186	.179	.365	-4	15	1	1	3
1951	24	107	155	145	12	22	2	0	5	0	3	26	.152	.174	.166	.340	-10	24	1	1	6
1952	25	141	232	211	19	32	3	0	7	0	6	45	.152	.183	.166	.349	-6	35	1	2	13
1953	26	184	333	304	31	52	5	0	15	0	7	62	.171	.195	.188	.382	2	57	3	2	20
1954	27	223	431	392	35	66	7	0	19	0	11	85	.168	.195	.186	.381	1	73	5	2	25	1
1955	28	265	507	466	47	81	10	1	30	0	11	97	.174	.195	.202	.397	4	94	6	2	25	3	0
1956	29	297	578	532	48	89	11	1	30	0	11	105	.167	.186	.194	.380	-0	103	7	2	30	3	0
1957	30	318	600	554	50	91	11	1	31	0	11	108	.164	.182	.190	.372	-2	105	8	2	30	3	0
1958	31	350	629	581	51	92	11	1	31	0	12	116	.158	.177	.182	.360	-5	106	8	2	31	3	0
1959	32	360	636	588	51	92	11	1	31	0	12	120	.156	.175	.180	.355	-7	106	8	2	31	3	0

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	21	18	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
1949	22	23	29	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
1950	23	23	40	37	3	8	1	0	0	1	10	.216	.256	.243	.500	2	22
1951	24	48	67	62	4	7	1	0	3	2	9	.113	.141	.129	.270	1	46
1952	25	36	80	69	7	10	1	0	2	3	20	.145	.192	.159	.351	2	34
1953	26	45	103	95	10	19	2	0	7	1	18	.200	.208	.221	.429	4	43
1954	27	41	102	92	4	14	2	0	4	4	24	.152	.186	.174	.359	3	39
1955	28	44	79	77	12	15	3	1	11	0	13	.195	.190	.273	.463	4	42
1956	29	33	74	69	1	8	1	0	0	0	8	.116	.116	.130	.246	1	32
1957	30	22	23	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1958	31	34	30	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.034	.000	.034	0	32
1959	32	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
12 Yrs		377	656	608	41	81	11	1	27	12	124	.133	.152	.156	.308	17	360
162 Game Avg.		162	282	261	18	35	5	0	12	5	53	.133	.152	.156	.308	7	360

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1966 BBWAA ( 2.0%) 1968 BBWAA ( 3.2%) 1969 BBWAA ( 1.2%) 1970 BBWAA ( 0.7%) 1971 BBWAA ( 0.8%) 1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%) 1973 BBWAA ( 1.1%) 1974 BBWAA ( 3.0%)	All-Star Games 1954 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1953 NL (9, 16%) 0.16 Career Shares (804th)

Hall of Fame
1966 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1968 BBWAA ( 3.2%)
1969 BBWAA ( 1.2%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1972 BBWAA ( 1.0%)
1973 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1974 BBWAA ( 3.0%)

All-Star Games
1954 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1953 NL (9, 16%)
0.16 Career Shares (804th)

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Steve Blass (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Oeschger (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ramon Martinez (990) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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