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Buck Martinez
John Albert Martinez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 7, 1948 in Redding, CA
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 21, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1969
Final Game: October 3, 1986
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Buck Martinez: 58 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 15 go ahead
3 Tms
TOR35
KCR15
MIL8
 
vs LHP37
vs RHP21
 
Away31
Home27
 
Leverage
High Lev10
Medium Lev20
Low Lev28
13 Opps
KCR7
MIN6
BOS6
SEA6
DET6
BAL5
CHW5
TEX4
MIL4
NYY3
OAK2
CLE2
CAL2
51 Pitchers
Larry Gura3
Floyd Bannister3
Vida Blue2
Aurelio Lopez2
Paul Splittorff2
Jim Kaat1
Mike Caldwell1
Bill Travers1
George Frazier1
Frank Tanana1
Tim Stoddard1
Len Whitehouse1
Don Durham1
Luis Tiant1
Randy Lerch1
Ed Vande Berg1
Pat Dobson1
Jerry Koosman1
Rick Wise1
Jim Slaton1
16 Parks
Exhibit Stad19
KauffmanStad8
Kingdome4
Tiger Stad4
County Stad4
Memor. Stad3
Fenway Pk3
Metrodome2
Comiskey Pk2
Yankee Stad2
Munic. Stad2
NetworkAssoc1
ClevelandStd1
Metrop. Stad1
Arlington1
Angel Stad1
Where Hit
741
Unk13
82
92
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms56
2·HR gms1
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
9th19
7th18
8th16
5th4
6th1
Outs
023
118
217
 
DefPos
C56
PH2
Bases
---39
1--7
-2-6
12-3
1231
--31
1-31
 
83 RBI
RISP12
0 on39
1 on14
2 on4
3 on1
Any on19
Inning
12
27
34
410
511
68
77
84
94
Extra1
 
1-313
4-629
7-end16
RelScore
+4..6
+36
+27
+110
Tied13
-15
-21
-31
-4..9
 
Ahead29
Tied13
Behind16
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1969 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1969-06-28 KCR MIN Dave Boswell ahead 1-0 b 4 0 --- 1 5 2 10% 80% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1969-07-27 KCR @ DET Pat Dobson tied 0-0 t 1 2 12- 3 5 2 26% 75% Home Run; Hernandez Scores; Foy Scores
3 3 3 1 1969-08-05 KCR @ BAL Eddie Watt tied 4-4 t 8 0 --- 1 5 2 26% 76% Home Run
4 4 4 1 1969-08-16 (2) KCR BOS Sparky Lyle ahead 6-2 b 7 2 --- 1 7 2 1% 99% Home Run
1973 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
5 5 1 1 1973-09-22 KCR TEX Don Durham tied 0-0 b 6 0 --- 1 9 2 17% 74% Home Run
1974 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1974-09-14 (2) KCR @ MIN Jim Hughes ahead 2-1 t 2 1 1-3 3 9 2 17% 84% Home Run; Bevacqua Scores; White Scores/unER
1975 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1975-04-27 KCR CHW Jim Kaat behind 4-8 b 7 2 -2- 2 9 2 10% 15% Home Run; Patek Scores
8 8 2 1 1975-07-22 (1) KCR @ MIL Jim Slaton ahead 2-0 t 5 1 --- 1 8 2 9% 83% Home Run
9 9 3 1 1975-07-23 KCR @ MIL Bill Travers ahead 1-0 t 2 2 --- 1 8 2 10% 68% Home Run
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1976-04-16 KCR CLE Fritz Peterson ahead 1-0 b 5 0 --- 1 7 2 11% 83% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1976-04-23 KCR @ NYY Catfish Hunter tied 1-1 t 6 0 --- 1 9 2 18% 68% Home Run
12 12 3 1 1976-06-13 KCR BAL Mike Flanagan ahead 2-0 b 2 1 -2- 2 9 2 11% 88% Home Run; Wohlford Scores
13 13 4 1 1976-08-28 KCR @ BOS Tom Murphy ahead 5-3 t 9 2 --- 1 9 2 5% 96% Home Run
14 14 5 1 1976-09-16 KCR @ CAL Frank Tanana tied 0-0 t 7 2 -2- 2 9 2 34% 83% Home Run; Patek Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
15 15 1 1 1977-06-04 (2) KCR BAL Tony Chevez ahead 10-6 b 5 0 --- 1 9 2 3% 96% Home Run
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
16 16 1 1 1978-08-29 MIL @ CLE Rick Wise tied 0-0 t 3 2 --- 1 9 2 13% 58% Home Run (Deep LF)
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
17 17 1 1 1979-06-01 MIL @ KCR Larry Gura behind 2-3 t 5 1 --- 1 9 2 14% 47% Home Run
18 18 2 1 1979-07-04 MIL @ NYY Luis Tiant behind 0-4 t 6 0 --- 1 9 2 6% 14% Home Run
19 19 3 1 1979-07-24 MIL @ DET Pat Underwood ahead 4-2 t 7 1 --- 1 9 2 9% 88% Home Run
20 20 4 1 1979-09-19 MIL @ SEA Floyd Bannister ahead 4-1 t 4 0 --- 1 9 2 6% 87% Home Run
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
21 21 1 1 1980-06-25 MIL @ OAK Steve McCatty ahead 3-2 t 9 1 --- 1 9 2 9% 92% Home Run (Deep LF)
22 22 2 1 1980-08-25 MIL KCR Larry Gura behind 0-4 b 3 0 --- 1 9 2 7% 23% Home Run
23 23 3 1 1980-08-30 MIL @ DET Aurelio Lopez behind 0-3 t 3 0 --- 1 9 2 8% 29% Home Run
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
24 24 1 1 1981-06-11 TOR KCR Paul Splittorff behind 1-2 b 3 1 --- 1 9 2 13% 53% Home Run
25 25 2 1 1981-08-11 TOR @ DET Dan Schatzeder ahead 3-0 t 1 2 12- 3 8 2 14% 92% Home Run; Woods Scores; Garcia Scores
26 26 3 1 1981-08-21 TOR CHW Ross Baumgarten behind 0-4 b 5 2 1-- 2 9 2 13% 22% Home Run; Bell Scores
27 27 4 1 1981-09-11 TOR SEA Glenn Abbott behind 0-6 b 5 1 --- 1 8 2 2% 5% Home Run
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
28 28 1 1 1982-04-29 TOR @ KCR Paul Splittorff ahead 1-0 t 4 2 12- 3 7 2 25% 86% Home Run; Nordhagen Scores; Bonnell Scores
29 29 2 1 1982-07-04 TOR @ MIN Frank Viola tied 2-2 t 7 2 --- 1 5 2 22% 65% Home Run
30 30 3 1 1982-07-15 TOR TEX Dan Boitano ahead 4-0 b 6 1 --- 1 7 2 3% 97% Home Run
31 31 4 1 1982-07-21 TOR KCR Vida Blue behind 3-7 b 7 0 1-- 2 7 2 12% 23% Home Run; Upshaw Scores
32 32 5 1 1982-08-02 TOR MIL Randy Lerch ahead 7-1 b 5 0 --- 1 7 2 1% 99% Home Run
33 33 6 1 1982-08-27 TOR NYY George Frazier ahead 9-3 b 7 0 --- 1 7 2 0% 100% Home Run
34 34 7 1 1982-09-17 TOR CAL Dave Goltz ahead 3-1 b 4 1 --- 1 7 2 8% 84% Home Run
35 35 8 1 1982-09-22 TOR @ MIN Brad Havens behind 1-2 t 8 1 --- 1 8 2 25% 45% Home Run
36 36 9 1 1982-09-26 TOR @ SEA Floyd Bannister ahead 4-2 t 6 1 --- 1 8 2 9% 85% Home Run
37 37 10 1 1982-09-30 TOR MIN Jack O'Connor ahead 5-4 b 8 1 --- 1 7 2 8% 93% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1983-05-17 TOR @ MIL Mike Caldwell tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 7 2 11% 59% Home Run
39 39 2 1 1983-06-05 TOR @ BAL Tim Stoddard tied 1-1 t 6 2 123 4 8 2 38% 91% Home Run; Orta Scores; Moseby Scores; Powell Scores
40 40 3 1 1983-06-14 TOR OAK Tom Underwood ahead 4-1 b 2 0 --- 1 8 2 6% 88% Home Run
41 41 4 1 1983-06-25 TOR @ SEA Ed Vande Berg behind 1-5 t 9 0 --- 1 7 PH 2% 4% Home Run
42 42 5 1 1983-07-10 TOR TEX Rick Honeycutt behind 0-1 b 2 1 -2- 2 8 2 17% 63% Home Run; Upshaw Scores
43 43 6 1 1983-07-12 TOR @ KCR Vida Blue ahead 3-0 t 4 0 1-- 2 7 2 9% 92% Home Run; Barfield Scores
44 44 7 1 1983-07-14 TOR @ CHW Jerry Koosman ahead 1-0 t 2 2 1-- 2 8 2 18% 75% Home Run; Upshaw Scores
45 45 8 1 1983-07-18 TOR KCR Larry Gura ahead 3-1 b 4 0 1-- 2 8 2 10% 91% Home Run; Upshaw Scores
46 46 9 1 1983-08-29 (1) TOR BOS John Tudor ahead 1-0 b 5 0 --- 1 6 2 10% 81% Home Run
47 47 10 1 1983-09-19 TOR SEA Matt Young tied 4-4 b 4 0 --- 1 8 2 12% 68% Home Run
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
48 48 1 1 1984-06-16 TOR BOS Bruce Hurst ahead 1-0 b 4 2 -2- 2 8 2 17% 84% Home Run; Barfield Scores
49 49 2 1 1984-06-23 TOR @ BOS Rich Gale ahead 4-1 t 4 0 --- 1 8 2 6% 88% Home Run
50 50 3 2 1984-06-23 TOR @ BOS Mike Brown ahead 6-1 t 5 1 -2- 2 8 2 4% 98% Home Run; Mulliniks Scores
51 51 4 1 1984-08-03 TOR @ BAL Scott McGregor behind 0-1 t 4 2 --3 2 7 2 23% 59% Home Run; Johnson Scores
52 52 5 1 1984-08-29 TOR CHW Floyd Bannister behind 1-6 b 5 0 --- 1 7 2 5% 12% Home Run
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
53 53 1 1 1985-04-28 TOR @ TEX Mike Mason tied 0-0 t 5 1 --- 1 7 2 14% 61% Home Run
54 54 2 1 1985-05-29 TOR @ CHW Britt Burns behind 2-6 t 6 2 1-- 2 7 2 11% 17% Home Run; Burroughs Scores
55 55 3 1 1985-06-04 TOR MIN Len Whitehouse ahead 5-2 b 8 0 --- 1 7 2 2% 99% Home Run
56 56 4 1 1985-06-06 TOR DET Aurelio Lopez tied 0-0 b 12 1 1-- 2 7 2 36% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Bell Scores
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
57 57 1 1 1986-06-14 TOR DET Willie Hernandez tied 5-5 b 9 0 --- 1 8 PH 36% 100% Walk-Off Home Run
58 58 2 1 1986-07-22 TOR @ SEA Mark Langston behind 5-7 t 6 2 --- 1 9 2 11% 28% Home Run

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1954 to 2009, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.