Billy Martin

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: May 16, 1928 in Berkeley, CA us

Died: December 25, 1989 in Johnson City, NY

Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, NY

High School: Berkeley HS (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: April 18, 1950 (Age 21-337d, 10,663rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1961 (Age 33-138d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Agents: Eddie Sapir

Full Name: Alfred Manuel Martin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

3419

877

.257

425

RBI

333

OBP

.300

SLG

.369

OPS

.669

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYY		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 18	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
3	3	Apr 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	55	12.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
5	5	Apr 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,15-6	GS	26	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 23	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
7	7	Apr 24	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
8	8	Apr 26	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 27	NYY		BOS	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
10	10	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 30	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.1	3	2	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
13	13	May 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
14	14	May 3	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
15	15	May 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
16	16	May 5 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0	2B
17	17	May 5 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
18	18	May 7	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	1	2B
19	19	May 8	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS	38	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
20	20	May 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	GS	26	5.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
21	29 (8)	May 22	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	4	2	9	1	2B
22	30	May 24	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
23	31	May 25	NYY		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
24	32	May 26 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
25	33	May 26 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-6	GS	29	6.1	2	1	0	3	1	2B
26	34	May 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,17-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
27	35	May 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
28	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
29	38	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
30	39	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	40	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
32	41	Jun 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
33	42	Jun 2 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	8	0	9	2	2B
34	45 (2)	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,14-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
35	48 (2)	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
36	50 (1)	Jun 11	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	22	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	51	Jun 12	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
38	52	Jun 13	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	53	Jun 14	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
				Player went from New York Yankees to Kansas City Athletics
40	57	Jun 16	KCA		NYY	L,6-8	CG	46	10.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
41	58	Jun 18	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
42	59	Jun 19	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
43	60	Jun 20	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
44	61	Jun 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	62	Jun 22	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
46	63	Jun 23 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
47	64	Jun 23 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
48	65	Jun 25	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
49	66	Jun 26	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
50	67	Jun 28	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
51	68	Jun 29	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
52	69	Jun 30 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
53	70	Jun 30 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
55	72	Jul 3	KCA		CHW	W,5-0	GS	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
56	84 (11)	Jul 16	KCA		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
57	85	Jul 17	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
58	86	Jul 18	KCA		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
59	87	Jul 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
60	88	Jul 20	KCA		BAL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
61	89	Jul 21 (1)	KCA		BAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
62	90	Jul 21 (2)	KCA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
63	91	Jul 23	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
64	92	Jul 24	KCA	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
65	93	Jul 25	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	94	Jul 26	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
67	95	Jul 27	KCA	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
68	96	Jul 28 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
69	97	Jul 28 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
70	98	Jul 30	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
71	99	Jul 31 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
72	100	Jul 31 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	101	Aug 2 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	52	12.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
74	102	Aug 2 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	2B
75	103	Aug 3	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
76	104	Aug 4	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
77	105	Aug 6	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
78	106	Aug 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
79	107	Aug 8	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	108	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
81	109	Aug 10	KCA	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
82	110	Aug 11 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-0	GS	14	4.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
83	111	Aug 11 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B 2B
84	112	Aug 13 (1)	KCA		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
85	113	Aug 13 (2)	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	54	14.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
86	114	Aug 14	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
87	115	Aug 15	KCA		DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
88	116	Aug 16	KCA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
89	117	Aug 17	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
90	118	Aug 18	KCA		CLE	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
91	119	Aug 19	KCA		CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
92	120	Aug 20	KCA		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
93	121	Aug 21	KCA		NYY	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
94	122	Aug 22	KCA		NYY	L,4-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
95	128 (5)	Aug 28	KCA		WSH	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
96	129	Aug 30	KCA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
97	130	Aug 31	KCA		CHW	L,3-8	GS	31	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	134 (3)	Sep 6	KCA	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	36	8.1	2	1	0	3	1	3B 2B
99	135	Sep 7	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
100	136	Sep 8	KCA	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	34	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	PR 3B
101	137	Sep 11 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
102	138	Sep 11 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
103	139	Sep 13	KCA	@	WSH	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
104	149 (9)	Sep 24	KCA		CHW	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
105	150	Sep 25	KCA		CLE	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
106	151	Sep 26	KCA		CLE	L,1-2	GS	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	152	Sep 27	KCA	@	DET	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	153	Sep 28	KCA	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	53	13.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B SS
109	154	Sep 29	KCA	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
							113gm		906.1	220	232	13	465	53