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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	9	0	12	3	SS
3	3	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
4	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	SS
5	5	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,9-1	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
6	6	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0	SS
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
8	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
9	9	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (7)	May 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
11	18	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
12	19	May 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	3	SS
13	20	May 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	GS	28	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
14	21	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
15	22	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	1	9	3	SS
16	23	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	2	5	1	SS
17	24	May 11	DET		KCA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
18	25	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	GS	28	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
19	26	May 14	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
20	27	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1	SS
21	28	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
22	29	May 17	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	0	4	0	4	1	SS
23	30	May 18	DET	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
24	31	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
25	32	May 21	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
26	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	SS
27	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
28	35	May 24	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
29	36	May 25 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	1	10	2	SS
30	37	May 25 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
31	38	May 27	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
32	39	May 28	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
33	40	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
34	41	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
35	42	May 31	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	43	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
37	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	SS
38	45	Jun 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
39	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	GS	25	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
40	47	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	3	1	1	5	0	SS
41	48	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
42	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
43	50	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	1	10	3	SS
44	51	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
45	52	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
46	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
47	54	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
48	55	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
49	56	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
50	57	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
51	58	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
52	59	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
53	60	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
54	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	CG	51	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
55	62	Jun 23	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
56	63	Jun 24	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
57	65 (1)	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
58	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
59	67	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
60	68	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	69	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
62	70	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
63	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
64	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
65	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
66	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	75	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
68	76	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	SS
69	77	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
70	78	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
71	79	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
72	80	Jul 14	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
73	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
74	82	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
75	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
76	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
77	85	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	48	11.1	2	7	0	9	0	SS
78	86	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
79	87	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
80	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
81	89	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
82	90	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	SS
83	91	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
84	92	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,9-1	GS	26	7.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
85	93	Jul 27 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
86	94	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
87	95	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
88	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	51	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
89	97	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	98	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	99	Aug 1	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	100	Aug 2	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
93	101	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
94	102	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
95	103	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	104	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	2	1	2	5	0	3B
97	105	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
98	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	107	Aug 10 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	116 (8)	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	117	Aug 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
102	118	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	119	Aug 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
105	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
107	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	124	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
109	125	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
111	127	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	128	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
113	129	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
114	130	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
115	131	Sep 3	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	132	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
117	133	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
118	134	Sep 6	DET		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
119	135	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	136	Sep 9	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
121	137	Sep 10	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
122	143 (5)	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
123	148 (4)	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	3B
125	150	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
126	151	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
127	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
128	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
129	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							129gm		1099.2	206	288	20	514	63